Laws lambastes lax defending

Sat, 24 Oct 13:00:15 2009

Sheffield Wednesday boss Brian Laws blasted his side's defending as "a shambles" after their 4-1 defeat to Watford.

Defender Adrian Mariappa gave Watford the lead from close range, and Henri Lansbury swept in a fine second after a one-two with Tom Cleverley.

Marcus Tudgay gave Brian Laws' side some hope. But Jon Harley and then Lansbury again scored excellent second-half goals to give the Hornets a thoroughly deserved three points.

"The only way to remedy defending like that is to make changes, and I will have to do that now," said Laws.

"I am bitterly disappointed. I can't stomach basic mistakes like that. They walked through our defence at times, and you just cannot defend like that.

"Every one of them has to take responsibility. They were a shambles, and it's the first time I've ever had to say that about my team."

 

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  1. re comment 2, im not convinced that laws would know­ what to do with any transfer funds, look at his last­ few signings, darren purse-not good enough, jermaine­ johnson-lightning quick but cant cross or do much else,­ lewis buxton-not good enough,akpo sodje-spends more­ time on the treatment table than my dinner plate spends­ on my kitchen table and last but not least franny­ jeffers-signed in desperation because billy sharp and­ gregorz riasiak had turned us down,what a total waste­ of money that was and if we are honest we could have­ told him before hand and saved him about a million­ quid. i was happy with the signing of laws when he came­ as a few weeks before i saw scunny destroy notts forest­ with an exellent brand of football, but 3 yrs on i cant­ see how we have got any better,laws has had plenty of­ time but im afraid its time to go!!!

    From teamstone, on Mon 26 Oct 9:02PM

  2. totally agree with teamstone, i myself think Brian Laws­ is only there because of the lack of decent managers­ out there. Giving their sponsorship money away and­ spending money improving the ground, dream on.
    Wasnt­ it only a month or so ago that wednesday played like­ real madrid more like real tossers now.
    Average team,­ average players, average manager, another average­ season.

    From paulwinty, on Mon 26 Oct 2:41PM

  3. Our wage bill for players is bottom 10 not top 10 of­ this Division.. and sad to say Money is a big factor in­ every division..So lets give Laws some funds for­ players.. so he can bring in 2 or 3.. we need...

    From john henry, on Mon 26 Oct 10:50AM

  4. its about time, but to be fair purse and buxton are­ your signings so are you not too blame bri? also how­ can you say you were dissapointed last night after­ tuesdays performance, did we not really lose on tue did­ we all imagine that one?fed up of the excuses, instead­ of impoving the ground how about this, we spend the­ money on a centre half,a full back and a forward who­ actually knows where the goal is and doesnt get injured­ on every third saturday,how about that for a­ plan????well if all else fails we could always blame it­ on the attendance we get at hillboro, havent heard that­ excused for about a month now!!!!owls forever but­ gutted at the moment

    From teamstone, on Sat 24 Oct 1:15PM
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