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Once again this was a North End performance that was a joy to watch. Superb atmosphere and a rip roaring game with Simpson's men proving that the fast flowing attacking movement we have now become accustomed to is no fluke.
We are now achieving what I've been hoping for since supporting this team. By that I mean we are not only winning but we are doing so in some considerable style. The difference between this regime and that of Davies is that we are much more attack minded and nowhere near as negative in terms of making major changes to our team because we are worried about what the oppostion might do. Instead we are doing what McLaren should be doing for England and that is taking the game to our opponents and imposing our style on them.
For me the outstanding perfromance yesterday was McKenna. He was literally like a purring Rolls Royce engine in the middle. He kept the movement fluid with a combination of long range and short passes. In almost every instance he was accurate and this may well turn out to be his best season yet.
Once again Whaley was in rampaging form down the right where he caused Sunderland all manner of problems. We even had the spectacle of Dichio scoring ! Quite unbelievable.
If there is one weakness it remains in the heart of our defence where Chilvers just isn't winning enough headers. For the life of me I cannot understand why Wilson has been treated so unfairly. It is obvious the lad is ahead of Chilvers so one can only assume there is an attitude problem yet I must admit if I were Wilson I would also want to leave given that someone was ahead of me who shouldn't be.
We are now achieving what I've been hoping for since supporting this team. By that I mean we are not only winning but we are doing so in some considerable style. The difference between this regime and that of Davies is that we are much more attack minded and nowhere near as negative in terms of making major changes to our team because we are worried about what the oppostion might do. Instead we are doing what McLaren should be doing for England and that is taking the game to our opponents and imposing our style on them.
For me the outstanding perfromance yesterday was McKenna. He was literally like a purring Rolls Royce engine in the middle. He kept the movement fluid with a combination of long range and short passes. In almost every instance he was accurate and this may well turn out to be his best season yet.
Once again Whaley was in rampaging form down the right where he caused Sunderland all manner of problems. We even had the spectacle of Dichio scoring ! Quite unbelievable.
If there is one weakness it remains in the heart of our defence where Chilvers just isn't winning enough headers. For the life of me I cannot understand why Wilson has been treated so unfairly. It is obvious the lad is ahead of Chilvers so one can only assume there is an attitude problem yet I must admit if I were Wilson I would also want to leave given that someone was ahead of me who shouldn't be.
