Confidence the key for York City home joy declares manager Nigel Worthington (From York Press)
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Confidence the key for York City home joy declares manager Nigel Worthington
12:44pm Monday 11th March 2013 in Sport
By Steve Carroll, Sports reporter
CONFIDENCE and performance will turn around York City’s disappointing home form, says manager Nigel Worthington.
The former Norwich and Northern Ireland boss takes charge of his first game at Bootham Crescent against Rochdale tomorrow night (kick off 7.45pm) bidding to immediately improve on a record of just four home League Two victories all season.
“It’s about confidence,” Worthington said. “I have been here a week and the players around the place are smiling and working hard. There is good spirit there. All the things are right, I think it’s just about holding the nerve on the big stage and going and performing.
“They did that on Saturday away from home, now go and do it again. They have got it all to play for. We know the situation we are in but go and enjoy your football and I always say that to players.”
On what is needed to start notching victories, Worthington added: “There’s little bits and pieces we need to keep working on and be aware of. The awareness to see things and try and stop them before they happen.
“There were two very good goals (at AFC Wimbledon in a 3-2 defeat) but I just feel the three goals we conceded were soft goals and that’s something that we need to try and tighten up on a little bit to make things better.
“There’s two things and they are straightforward. They are not difficult. You have got to try and keep clean sheets to give yourself a chance of winning games and, after that, you’ve got to score goals.
“It’s something we keep mentioning and trying to imprint in the players’ heads. If we individually do our jobs well and then put it all together as a team then that can become a strength for us.”
Comments(32)
heartbreaker
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1:17pm Mon 11 Mar 13
harry dowker
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1:19pm Mon 11 Mar 13
He will put his own stamp on the formation tomorrow and we will get the win.
roobarb85
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1:32pm Mon 11 Mar 13
If we can't get 9 points there, then we probably don't deserve to be in the division.
paddymacwakey
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1:41pm Mon 11 Mar 13
uhtred
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2:09pm Mon 11 Mar 13
heartbreaker wrote:Fyfield did OK, get off his back!
Never mind the home form Press, I don't want a Kit Kat chunky and don't come here for Premier League News videos!!
Anyway a win is a MUST tomorrow. If we don't win I will be even more worried than I am now... didn't go on Saturday but could probably do with keeping Fyfield away from the team. Parslow seemed to be doing a decent job at left back. What's wrong with Oyebanjo?
openallhours
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2:19pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Wind Mills
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2:31pm Mon 11 Mar 13
I'm hoping this will bring 3 points on Tuesday and the start of a mini recovery.
Need to get behind the players on Tuesday.
Sing loud sing proud
Garrowby Turnoff
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2:56pm Mon 11 Mar 13
heartbreaker
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3:00pm Mon 11 Mar 13
uhtred wrote:Ok, perhaps he did ok on Saturday (i did hear he made a couple of errors) but he is the biggest liability in the team and we can't afford any slips up at this stage!
heartbreaker wrote:Fyfield did OK, get off his back!
Never mind the home form Press, I don't want a Kit Kat chunky and don't come here for Premier League News videos!!
Anyway a win is a MUST tomorrow. If we don't win I will be even more worried than I am now... didn't go on Saturday but could probably do with keeping Fyfield away from the team. Parslow seemed to be doing a decent job at left back. What's wrong with Oyebanjo?
billoofyork
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4:28pm Mon 11 Mar 13
heartbreaker wrote:he isn't anywhere near the biggest liability. i won't go into details on my opinions there as i have aired them time and time again this season.
uhtred wrote:Ok, perhaps he did ok on Saturday (i did hear he made a couple of errors) but he is the biggest liability in the team and we can't afford any slips up at this stage!
heartbreaker wrote:Fyfield did OK, get off his back!
Never mind the home form Press, I don't want a Kit Kat chunky and don't come here for Premier League News videos!!
Anyway a win is a MUST tomorrow. If we don't win I will be even more worried than I am now... didn't go on Saturday but could probably do with keeping Fyfield away from the team. Parslow seemed to be doing a decent job at left back. What's wrong with Oyebanjo?
as others have posted lets be positive tomorrow night and saturday and hope some of that positivity crosses over to the pitch. i am 100% behind whoever NW picks as all deserve a fresh start to prove themselves and keep us up
YorkCityLuke
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5:14pm Mon 11 Mar 13
openallhours wrote:The time for getting behind the team was the start of the season, you've been spouting nothing but doom and gloom from day one. You're a sickening hypocrite.
There's no space for doom or gloom now as every game is massive and I'm sure that the Longhurst will be the 12th man this week. The road to recovery starts tomorrow night with 3 points.
openallhours
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5:57pm Mon 11 Mar 13
YorkCityLuke wrote:Oh it's you again. You have a very selective memory when it comes to my posts. How many points are we off the play offs? Why are we in this position? Don't blame your ignorance on proper supporters.
openallhours wrote:The time for getting behind the team was the start of the season, you've been spouting nothing but doom and gloom from day one. You're a sickening hypocrite.
There's no space for doom or gloom now as every game is massive and I'm sure that the Longhurst will be the 12th man this week. The road to recovery starts tomorrow night with 3 points.
tomwillo1
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6:42pm Mon 11 Mar 13
YorkCityLuke
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6:50pm Mon 11 Mar 13
openallhours wrote:How does our current position make you less of a hypocrite? If you want I can trawl back through your posts and find examples of uncontructive attacks made on the players and management (not to mention other fans), which demonstrate how much and how often you undermine this team. A 'proper supporter' was getting behind the club the whole time, not just when his petty, childish vendetta against Gary Mills was satisfied.
YorkCityLuke wrote:Oh it's you again. You have a very selective memory when it comes to my posts. How many points are we off the play offs? Why are we in this position? Don't blame your ignorance on proper supporters.
openallhours wrote:The time for getting behind the team was the start of the season, you've been spouting nothing but doom and gloom from day one. You're a sickening hypocrite.
There's no space for doom or gloom now as every game is massive and I'm sure that the Longhurst will be the 12th man this week. The road to recovery starts tomorrow night with 3 points.
Phil, Leeds
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7:13pm Mon 11 Mar 13
openallhours
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7:20pm Mon 11 Mar 13
YorkCityLuke wrote:There was no vendetta against Mills, only a dislike of his management style this season. Where as you chose to ignore the facts, I identified a long time ago that there would be trouble ahead. I would have loved to have been proven wrong, but now we face a relegation battle. Just man up and give me an apology and we'll move on.
openallhours wrote:How does our current position make you less of a hypocrite? If you want I can trawl back through your posts and find examples of uncontructive attacks made on the players and management (not to mention other fans), which demonstrate how much and how often you undermine this team. A 'proper supporter' was getting behind the club the whole time, not just when his petty, childish vendetta against Gary Mills was satisfied.
YorkCityLuke wrote:Oh it's you again. You have a very selective memory when it comes to my posts. How many points are we off the play offs? Why are we in this position? Don't blame your ignorance on proper supporters.
openallhours wrote:The time for getting behind the team was the start of the season, you've been spouting nothing but doom and gloom from day one. You're a sickening hypocrite.
There's no space for doom or gloom now as every game is massive and I'm sure that the Longhurst will be the 12th man this week. The road to recovery starts tomorrow night with 3 points.
Prob
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7:30pm Mon 11 Mar 13
tomwillo1 wrote:Thirded. The giant adverts I can get over, just, but the video drives me mad.
Yes im sick of the stupid adverts and videos that keep coming up on here. Get rid press or sack the culprit. COME ON CITY!
it must be Gary Ford
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7:31pm Mon 11 Mar 13
big mobe
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7:44pm Mon 11 Mar 13
did not assemble a squad capable of holding their own in this division-at best
decent conference standard.get over it. all we can do now is get behind N.Worthington and the team. However IF
we do go down I think it will be the end for the club.
johnno65
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8:31pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Reedy to come on in the 2nd half an poach a couple of goals, big men up front thats what weve been wanting, TY or Parslow can fill in at the back, NW is right just enjoy the football we need the lads to relax and not let the pressure add to more mistakes.
Would like to see McReady, Platt and Coulson play a part before the end of the season.
lord_love_rocket
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9:13pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Phil, Leeds wrote:You'd seriously put a slow centre half up front with a big slow forward in a 4-4-2??? It could work in a 4-3-3, but I think starting him at centre half and bringing him up for set plays would be a wiser option, and if plan A doesn't work throw him up front last 20 as a plan B if we go route one (assuming we don't go route one from the start)
We could do worse than playing Chris Smith up front tomorrow. He's prepared to put his head where others daren't and he looks to attack the ball where others wait for it to find them. Play Parslow centre half with O'Connell unless McGurk is fit in which case he must come in and then play O'Connell at left back and Banjo at right back. Smith and Rankine the 2 up front, Blair and Chambers on the wings and McGrath with McReady (if available) in centre midfield.
Be nice to see Ranks and Walker up front together personally as that's what I think Walker has needed all season, yet since Ranks has been back I don't think they've played together once, but I may well be wrong.
rupertbehr
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9:34pm Mon 11 Mar 13
rupertbehr
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9:37pm Mon 11 Mar 13
lord_love_rocket wrote:You are !!! Saturday @ Wimbledon
Phil, Leeds wrote:You'd seriously put a slow centre half up front with a big slow forward in a 4-4-2??? It could work in a 4-3-3, but I think starting him at centre half and bringing him up for set plays would be a wiser option, and if plan A doesn't work throw him up front last 20 as a plan B if we go route one (assuming we don't go route one from the start)
We could do worse than playing Chris Smith up front tomorrow. He's prepared to put his head where others daren't and he looks to attack the ball where others wait for it to find them. Play Parslow centre half with O'Connell unless McGurk is fit in which case he must come in and then play O'Connell at left back and Banjo at right back. Smith and Rankine the 2 up front, Blair and Chambers on the wings and McGrath with McReady (if available) in centre midfield.
Be nice to see Ranks and Walker up front together personally as that's what I think Walker has needed all season, yet since Ranks has been back I don't think they've played together once, but I may well be wrong.
pip007
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9:42pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Killieboy
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9:42pm Mon 11 Mar 13
garnham
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9:45pm Mon 11 Mar 13
big mobe wrote:Can't understand the end of the club comments
come everybody, get real. we are in a mess. the board acted too late. G Mills did not assemble a squad capable of holding their own in this division-at best decent conference standard.get over it. all we can do now is get behind N.Worthington and the team. However IF we do go down I think it will be the end for the club.
We didn't fold 8 years ago & we won't no matter what happens.
Scarborough/Chester/
Halifax/Boston & Darlington all still in existence.
Fact is we can only support the lads to the hilt. Players retire the club will go on f
YO1
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9:49pm Mon 11 Mar 13
If only we'd been aware of that earlier in the season, things could have been so different. I hope his team talks are little more technical.
Fingers crossed but I'm not optimistic given the evidence on Saturday.
skilly
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10:05pm Mon 11 Mar 13
big mobe wrote:I'm sure all the ex football league clubs currently battling in the conference would not agree with your comment re 'end of club'. Not what we want but no way would the club die. Lets focus on winning enough games to stay in the league
come everybody, get real. we are in a mess. the board acted too late. G Mills
did not assemble a squad capable of holding their own in this division-at best
decent conference standard.get over it. all we can do now is get behind N.Worthington and the team. However IF
we do go down I think it will be the end for the club.
lord_love_rocket
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10:35pm Mon 11 Mar 13
YO1 wrote:Suppose he's right, so all we have to do is stop the opposition scoring goals against us and try to score against them and we should in theory improve our league position.
Did our new manager actually say there are only two things needed.. keeping a clean sheet and scoring goals?
If only we'd been aware of that earlier in the season, things could have been so different. I hope his team talks are little more technical.
Fingers crossed but I'm not optimistic given the evidence on Saturday.
YorkCityLuke
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11:54pm Mon 11 Mar 13
openallhours wrote:You 'identified' nothing, you just mouthed off as usual and have altered the facts to fit your deranged fortune telling. And please give us all some credit, anyone who reads your nonsense knows that you were just overjoyed that Mills failed in the end because you thought it 'proved you right' - gloating has always been more important to you than the success of this club. Do you even go to matches? I seem to recall reading something on here suggesting you didn't, which would make an awful lot of sense.
YorkCityLuke wrote:There was no vendetta against Mills, only a dislike of his management style this season. Where as you chose to ignore the facts, I identified a long time ago that there would be trouble ahead. I would have loved to have been proven wrong, but now we face a relegation battle. Just man up and give me an apology and we'll move on.
openallhours wrote:How does our current position make you less of a hypocrite? If you want I can trawl back through your posts and find examples of uncontructive attacks made on the players and management (not to mention other fans), which demonstrate how much and how often you undermine this team. A 'proper supporter' was getting behind the club the whole time, not just when his petty, childish vendetta against Gary Mills was satisfied.
YorkCityLuke wrote:Oh it's you again. You have a very selective memory when it comes to my posts. How many points are we off the play offs? Why are we in this position? Don't blame your ignorance on proper supporters.
openallhours wrote:The time for getting behind the team was the start of the season, you've been spouting nothing but doom and gloom from day one. You're a sickening hypocrite.
There's no space for doom or gloom now as every game is massive and I'm sure that the Longhurst will be the 12th man this week. The road to recovery starts tomorrow night with 3 points.
GreenshawGrinder
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12:51am Tue 12 Mar 13
heartbreaker says...
1:13pm Mon 11 Mar 13
Anyway a win is a MUST tomorrow. If we don't win I will be even more worried than I am now... didn't go on Saturday but could probably do with keeping Fyfield away from the team. Parslow seemed to be doing a decent job at left back. What's wrong with Oyebanjo?