The Owls and The Terriers-The Difference!

Hi...ahem..."all"

Firstly another MASSIVE well done to Wednesday for another two great results (On Saturday especially) we looked a tad tired yesterday but we were proffesional enough, coupled with unquestionable desire & will, to win the game!! We are really snapping at the blunts heels now! Just hope that Rochdale have a lot of fight in them and cause a suprise (A very nice one for us) and beat them!!

Now for the point of this thread, on the 'Udders threads, in particular, one where "Grim" stated 5 reasons for their failure this season, now without adding more salt to the wound, this is because Wednesday has the more experienced chairman and managers (GM & DJ), now I dont know what went off behind the scenes at the Galpharn but LC seemingly lost the fans, the players and eventually the Chariman by throwing games away and worrying too much about losing.

The difference is that Wednesday got rid of the deadwood last season (Potter, Miller, Heffernan, Spurr ect) who didnt give us anything and replaced them with players that had desire and metal to win games and that was badly needed, Megson signed exactly the right kind of players that was needed to get out of L1. Hudders however seemingly signed players for the sake of it and then had a squad that was too bloated to keep players happy, dropping them if they had a bad game et al. Now the difference here was that we kept faith with our players and had a manager that built a good raport with the players and got them to enjoy themselves a bit, but came down heavy if we had a bad defeat i.e. Stevenage!! This is why we are where we are, we sacked Megson when something wasnt right (four straight defeats) and he, allegedly, fell out with Mandaric so then replaced him with somebody who has a good reputation and knows how football should be played. Udders instead went for someone who has'nt nowhere near as much experience and who had a rough time before being sacked from his last job.

The problem Grayson has is that he has inherited players that LC had and he has obviously not changed the players mindsets (i.e. no will to win), they still draw a lot of games and have lost 3 in 4 which has effectively thrown them out of the promotion race. DJ however has inherited players that have a will to win, good morale but all he has changed is the players minsets in terms of playing, not often now do we see hoofball ect, DJ has got us playing more simple football and, as ive stated a few times already, has eased pressure of the players by allowing them to express themselves more, thus they are enjoying their football a bit more.

Now I do hope that 'Udders do sort themselves out next season if they dont go up this season but the chariman we have in comparason to theirs is more experienced at running clubs, know's when to make the difficult decisions & has got this decision spot on as it has turned out, whereas Grayson may need more time coz this summer may see a big exodus there if they dont go up!!

UTO