Canadienfan Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 Does anyone know why Yallop didn't have Brennan playing or even on the bench after the Belize series, a series in which Jim scored in each game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 One of the biggest mysteries of all, IMHO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadienfan Posted September 11, 2004 Author Share Posted September 11, 2004 Was there any rumors of Frank disliking Jim's personality or anything like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Mouth Soup Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 Rumour is, as I hear it, Yallo doesn't rate Brennan. Take that for what you will, it's what my sources have told me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 JB is our 4rth or 5th best player, good defensively, he can score goals...WHY in the hell would Yallop choose Simpson instead (young, unproven at this level, and didn't do a damn thing in the minutes he played). I know Yallop should be given more time, but i think he fooled himself and us into thinking we we're an offensive team. With Osieck, we would have been prepared for guatemala, prioritized our defense, Brennan, menezes, maybe even aguiar would have been there instead of simpson and peters ... IF NOT FOR YALLOP WE'D STILL BE IN IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Mouth Soup Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 quote:... IF NOT FOR YALLOP WE'D STILL BE IN IT Yes, because Frank is the only one playing on the pitch. Give the Yallop bashing a rest. We win and lose as a team and we were poor as a team, end of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Mouth Soup Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 quote:... IF NOT FOR YALLOP WE'D STILL BE IN IT Yes, because Frank is the only one playing on the pitch. Give the Yallop bashing a rest. We win and lose as a team and we were poor as a team, end of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrennanFan Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 We had good players and we still played badly (or at least not well enuf), does that not make you think that maybe there was a coaching problem?? I know there are other factors involved, but Yallop is a minor league coach, a proven pro would have helped. Now i'll stop the bashing. We'll win the next game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ed Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Loud Mouth Soup Yes, because Frank is the only one playing on the pitch. Give the Yallop bashing a rest. We win and lose as a team and we were poor as a team, end of. Why don't you start up a cheerleader forum then?? Last I checked, we beat each of Guatemala, Honduras, and Costa Rica last time we played them under Holger. Yallop picked the team that lost. He deserves the bashing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fza Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 I think I heard Yallop saying he was very satisfied with Simpson`s performance during the Guatemala game and that he was his preferred choice ahead of Brennan. Nolando asked Yallop on World Talk Radio. Check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VI Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 …from a good source. Jim was asked to come out. He wanted a guarantee that he would be starting. Frank told him there are no guarantees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loyola Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 quote:Originally posted by VI …from a good source. Jim was asked to come out. He wanted a guarantee that he would be starting. Frank told him there are no guarantees. If that's what happen, then I would say that it's JB fault if he has to act like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fza Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Jim Brennan hasn`t even been considered for any of the 4 games Normwich has played this season. He has only played reserve football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaku_bert Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 <ahem> JB has not started for Norwich in the PREMIERSHIP. Simpson is league below. BTW I like both players but if truth be told I would take JB in an international match because he's been there. Simpson may prove to be the better international player, but he hasn't yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC supporter Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 I like Jim Brennan. If he wanted a guarantee of a starting position before he'd come out for World Cup qualifying, I like him less. Do I think an in-form Jim Brennan would have made a difference in the three WCQ games? Maybe. Do I think the current reserve-squad Brennan would have made a difference? Nope. All it really does is provide more fodder (and another excuse) for our disappointing performances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Have Flag-will travel Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 This is all hearsay but: Surely, if a demand was made, Yallop would know how to handle it and still get the player to come out. A youth coach would know how to handle this, so you would assume that Yallop would know as well. All he has to say is that squad selection depends on performance and if the player performs he will be on the field. Then again if the player feels he has done enough to be on the field (as Brennan has) and the coach won't select him then there is a MAJOR problem. If our coach is basing his squad selection on who plays ball then we have a problem. I don't care if a player is a major cancer and high maintenance, if he helps then put him on the field. I would rather that than a player who tows the line, but is also a sh*tty player. We can't afford to be so picky that we bench players. Besides what is there to put up with? You get the guys for a few games. It is not as though you have to live with the guy for 50 games+. Could you imagine: "Radz and Devos you broke curfew. You are off the team" Who are they putting in in their place? Me?? You??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgs Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 i think brennan should have been told that he was pencilled in to start. i think we all agree that he is our best option on the wing, granted the lack of first team football. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Odviously there has to be something going on between the two men. Hard to imagine Frankie picking Simpson over JB and being able to justify the selection to most people. Not saying Josh isn't going to be a grand player one day but he's certainly shown his time isn't now. His opportunities for development will have to come out of WCQ play. If Frankie insists Simpson is being groomed for the future and is using WCQ as the venue it's just another question mark on the managers evaluation. If JB told Frankie he'll not come out unless he starts it dose put Yallop in a tight spot. JB might feel that request should be a no brainer. Fair enough. Frankie's answer one way or another will tell JB everthing he needs to know about this WCQ campain. Except of course is JB left pride and authority out of the equation. Which brings us to possibility B. Which is JB's request was made precisely with Frankie's pride and authority in mind. JB was making the request in order to get left off the squad. Nice thought that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted September 12, 2004 Share Posted September 12, 2004 Enough with the "from a good source" stuff...We have players' wives and brothers' and old friends on here telling us the full scoop...I appreciate healthy speculation as much as the next guy, and don't doubt your suggestion(actually it's the one Brennan story that makes any sense to me) but give us something more to go on (like your source, for instance) or else this encourages others to post things without any truth attached. I come here to find out what's going on, not to get even further confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Mouth Soup Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 quote:but give us something more to go on (like your source, for instance) or else this encourages others to post things without any truth attached. I refuse to post garbage and will not. However, I respect my sources and those who they work with/live with/go out with/talk to, and refuse to divulge them. You may not like this but I will not compromise their positions and the jobs they do to satisfy your needs. Sorry. Choose to believe me or not. It's up to you. But I will not lie for the sake of stirring the pot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beaver Posted September 13, 2004 Share Posted September 13, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Have Flag-will travel This is all hearsay but: Surely, if a demand was made, Yallop would know how to handle it and still get the player to come out. A youth coach would know how to handle this, so you would assume that Yallop would know as well. All he has to say is that squad selection depends on performance and if the player performs he will be on the field. Then again if the player feels he has done enough to be on the field (as Brennan has) and the coach won't select him then there is a MAJOR problem. If our coach is basing his squad selection on who plays ball then we have a problem. I don't care if a player is a major cancer and high maintenance, if he helps then put him on the field. I would rather that than a player who tows the line, but is also a sh*tty player. We can't afford to be so picky that we bench players. Besides what is there to put up with? You get the guys for a few games. It is not as though you have to live with the guy for 50 games+. Could you imagine: "Radz and Devos you broke curfew. You are off the team" Who are they putting in in their place? Me?? You??? Boy, are you assuming a lot. You know, sometimes you can't convince somebody to do something they don't want to do, and if Brennan doesn't want to ride the pine, I get the impression Yallop is NOT going to get down on bended knee and beg, or change his philosophy entirely for ONE player, a player that is good, has things to offer, but is NOT a gamebreaker and certainly not somebody Yallop should be bending over for. I'd love to see Brennan on the squad, but Brennan has to put the team's interests BEFORE his if he wants to play for us. Yallop needs to be free to make the best decisions for the team and result. If what we are told is true in this case, I have a tough time sympathizing with Brennan. Nobody on Canada's hockey team would expect such guarantee's, not even Lemieux. Time for our lads to start acting like Canadians. (Yes, that is loaded, but what the hell[}] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reza Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 I haven't had a chance to read all the 19 posts above so this might have been already answered, but why isn't Brennan try to latch on to another club in Div 1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natesta Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Loud Mouth Soup I refuse to post garbage and will not. However, I respect my sources and those who they work with/live with/go out with/talk to, and refuse to divulge them. You may not like this but I will not compromise their positions and the jobs they do to satisfy your needs. Sorry. Choose to believe me or not. It's up to you. But I will not lie for the sake of stirring the pot. What, are you a reporter? Give me a break. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nolando Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Loud Mouth Soup I refuse to post garbage and will not. However, I respect my sources and those who they work with/live with/go out with/talk to, and refuse to divulge them. You may not like this but I will not compromise their positions and the jobs they do to satisfy your needs. Sorry. Choose to believe me or not. It's up to you. But I will not lie for the sake of stirring the pot. blah blah blah...Josh Simpson's own brother tells us what's happening, Christina Stalteri tells us what's up with her husband, a few of the MNT guys have been on here to speak themselves, and then there are posters acting like their second-hand rumours are such the Canadian intelligence secrets that they can't reveal sources. Give me a break. We already have enough crappy reporting in Canadian soccer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loud Mouth Soup Posted September 14, 2004 Share Posted September 14, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Natesta What, are you a reporter? Give me a break. No. Never said that. But hey, believe what you want. When your contacts include members of the media and current and former players, then you can decide what you want to blab on public boards. I choose to respect these people who entrust me with sometimes private or even controversial information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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