Quote Originally Posted by robinrover View Post
Thanks for the report champs
Another good read I will say on downing we havnt lost with him at the back so might be our lucky rabbits foot so to speak
If you believe in those sort of things

Yeah, it's good that we haven't lost with him. But I'm just starting to look out out GD, and also I think we need to start setting higher standards. We need to go up, we need to compete at the next level,when we get there. We need to think like that. Funnily enough the vast majority of this winning run has been since we lost Chapman. While outstanding, maybe we where a little easy to nullify? And I've seen enough at this level now, and if he was still playing while we've been beating everyone, some player would've done some serious damage to him. I've seen some awful challenges this season, from some big hard buggers. But next season we really do need to be looking at players like him to add to us. Same with Lenihan, this time next season we could be above Sheffield Utd in the league? Who knows, but I really hope we manage to keep hold of him for our promotion push, and next season. Like you say, we haven't lost with Downing in the team. And maybe I'm being a tad overly critical. But the last few performances from him have been concerning. Luckily the lads at the other end (and Mulgrew) give us a good enough lead, to cover up some poor goals.