I got off my death bed and walked to Moss Lane on Saturday to watch 90 mins of absolute drivel. It was cr*p of the highest order. However, little did I know that the poor performance was largely down to the poor crowd ......
In the NL Paper today, Graham Heathcote says of yesterday's Trophy game, "I come from an era when the Trophy was important to this club. But we had 620 here when the average gate is 1000 so people obviously don't think it's that important. There was no buzz about the place and that contributed to a flat game".
Im sorry, but as 1 of the 620 there who paid to watch the Sunday League performance, I expect more than that from Heathcote - he was the one last week who was downplaying the FAT.
I know he is viewed as untouchable in many eyes, but for his side to produce that and then refer to the crowd is a joke. If he had wanted to encourage the crowd a little, maybe bringing Bowler on for O'Neill and thus going from 4-4-2 to 4-5-1 wasnt the best idea - albeit for a short period.
Sorry, but I think thats pretty p1ss poor of him.