The players are simply not not fit enough or accustomed to playing the high press. They are block and hoof players, stay in your zone and don't be running up filed with the ball is all they're conditioned for. We collapse after 20 minutes. I'd say that the physical demands now put on them plus the lack of confidence/ belief are major factors for our decline.
I've tried to like Edwards but i can't. I'm at the stage in life where i've eased up a bit with my temper, more tolerant and kinda feel for him a bit but at the same time i want to windmill his peanut off and then hurt him badly. He's harming one of the things i cherish most in life and i ain't fucking happy about it.
Completely irrational i know but i get like this when anybody takes the piss out of my club and us supporters. He won't change tactics that are getting us continuously beaten. He stubbornly refuses to accept responsibility or admit he's not up to it. The players look broken, he's sending them out for more of the same as last time and the time before. The same fucking tactics that are taking us down and he's getting paid fot it.
In my opinion and one i've only quite recently come to is that Edwards will never be able to succeed here because we simply can't afford the type of player he needs. New top notch players X eleven- plus subs. All of what i just said and must be willing to drop down to league one where Millwall are going to play like Brazil for a season.
Relegation will mean a huge loss in revenue. Something i believe we can't afford to happen. It can take years to get back. People mentioning Ipswich a lot. They were getting nearly 30k a home game in league one but it took them three seasons to get out of that league. Portsmouth have been stranded there for years. We only tend to be promoted via the play offs and not automatic promotion. So far from a given/ just a formality.
Fuck all that- lets go down and rebuild-chat. Rebuild with what and with who at the helm defining our future? Fucking Aldo and his Ipad? The championship is where we need to be.
It's outgrowing us in some ways and our current predicament was expected in many respects because the truth is that this league is becoming more defined by money/ size of club. Clubs spending more than our entire summer budget on one player. How do you compete with that on a regular basis but with far from regular finances?
We can't and it will get harder. If anything we'll be just about able to spend enough money to stand still.
