: Mon Mar 16, 2009 5:18 pm  

Nothus wrote:

Platt should never have been dropped in the first place.

Certainly not until we have someone better to come in for him. Which Sykes clearly isn't.

: Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:41 pm  

It proved a useful exercise in proving to the Sykes at fullback crowd and bring in a youngster crowd that they are very wrong. But having said that we've 17 bad players at the moment so we'd lose whichever random positions Macca puts them in on the pitch.

Maybe a match against the top side was exactly the time to experiment as we can't risk it against teams like Wolves and Crusaders as we might scrape a point against those guys if we get our best 17 playing at the top of their game.

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:02 am  

Hyde could be Hyde to Platt's Jekyll.
TBH you would be better with Gary at this moment in time.

: Tue Mar 17, 2009 8:30 am  

DILLIGAF wrote:

I still for the life of me can't understand why everyone abuses Platt for running sideways.

I'm far from Platt's biggest fan. In fact I just don't believe he's good enough for a top side (not that we seem to be one anymore).

But I do feel that people criticise him for stuff that he's not actually doing wrong. He gets abused every time he runs the ball back, no matter what he does. If he goes straight at the line, he gets abused for not being quick enough. If he takes his time looking for a gap, he gets abused for wasting yards. And when he runs sideways to try and find a gap in the line (which if he finds it, nobody seems to complain funnily enough), people abuse him for running the wrong way.

I also though it was harsh dropping him to the bench this week considering he was probably our best player at Wigan. Especially to accomodate the practically useless Sykes.

The lad really can't win no matter what he does these days. I didn't see many people complaining when Vaikona or the Paul brothers used to run sideways looking for a gap (and found it about as much as Platt does).

I agree. I think he should march into Macca's office and demand a transfer immediately.