Kris says Saturday's game with Scunthorpe is the club's biggest of the season.
By Kris Commons. Friday, 09 March 2007.
A week is a long time in football - just as Kris as his looks back on the highs and lows of another seven days at the City Ground. After thrashing Huddersfield 5-1, The Reds crashed to Doncaster and must pick themselves up for the trip to Scunthorpe.
Hi everyone.
It's been a strange week. We thrashed Huddersfield on Saturday then lost to Doncaster three days later.
Everything we touched turned to gold against Huddersfield. They were low on confidence so we got stuck in early doors. We got off to a great start and ended up scoring five goals. It could have been seven or eight in the end. I would not say it was our best performance in terms of how we played though.
I thought I did OK. I felt a bit rusty and I could have done better on the ball. I was desperate to get a goal, but I was pleased with the assist for James Perch.
I was in the corner but the two defenders gave me too much room and I was able to get free. Perchy read my cross like a book. It's always nice to set up a goal, especially when it's someone you are mates with. Perchy is my room-mate. Very rarely does he score and when he does it's normally me who sets him up!
Losing to Doncaster was really disappointing. There was no spark in the side. We were trying to do the right things, just like we did against Huddersfield, but it just did not happen. A few of us did not bring their A game.
Their goal was one of the best strikes I have seen - a 30 yarder into the top corner. From then on it was an uphill battle. We did have some chances but it was just one of those days.
We have watched the video and we had three corners in the first ten minutes and a few free-kicks out wide. We caused them problems.
The gaffer spoke to us in the changing room and said we should have used the ball better. He also said that he could not fault our effort. He does shout when we he's angry. He does not sound very aggressive when he's on the touchline, but he's certainly got a nasty side. He gets right into the game and sometimes loses his voice.
We are playing Scunthorpe on Saturday - I'm actually sitting in the hotel room at the moment. It's the biggest game of the season for us. It's so important we get three points, especially as Bristol City and Yeovil have pretty easy games.
We owe them one too after they embarrassed us earlier in the season.
The game was on Sky, it was a lovely sunny day, 28,000 in the City Ground - it should have been perfect. But everything went wrong for us and we lost 4-0. We were not expecting them to play that well. Credit to them for that.
They have Billy Sharp who is an excellent player. He's the best striker in the league, although Luke Varney at Crewe has been doing well. He's strong, runs the channels and is an excellent finisher. With his goals, Scunthorpe are always going to have a chance. They have Jermaine Beckford too who is on loan from Leeds. He's scored some great goals too.
Hi Kris. What is the young talent like coming up from the lower divisions? I have heard good reports about Lewis McGugan.
Graham Sheardown (New Zealand)
Lewis is a good player - he's got the potential to be a great midfielder. He's strong, powerful and can pass the ball. He scored against Huddersfield on Saturday, what a goal too! He just needs to keep pushing and working hard. There's a good chance he'll get a run of games now. I don't have a lot to do with our academy, but there are whispers around the club that there are some talented players. We want to keep them at the club rather than selling them as we have done in the past. As for the lower leagues, there are some good players. League One is not dirty football, we do try and play. Look at Billy Sharp. I'm sure he could play at a higher level.
How does Colin Calderwood's management style compare with previous managers at the club?
Jamie Franks
I have played under three - Colin, Gary Megson and Joe Kinnear. Colin is very professional. He likes everything done in great detail. He likes to know everything about his opponents - he uses lots of scouts. He's a great bloke. You can have some banter with him too. Gary was a real hot-head, very aggressive. He would try and get us really revved up before a game. He'd shout a lot during the game if things were not going right. His training sessions were the same too. If we were not training well then he'd run us hard. Joe was a little bit like Colin in that he was very relaxed. He did not take the coaching sessions - we had four or five coaches to do that.
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