Subscribe We had had two telephone calls and one interruption and we had gone well
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We had had two telephone calls and one interruption and we had gone well past the 20 minutes. Time to let him go.That night Arsenal were quicker, in thought and deed, and won 3-1. Hopefully you can instill a bit of that."They will see that tonight with Arsenal. We will be able to run as fast but they will be able to do things quicker Liverpool were so quick, especially Kenny.
As the ball was coming down he could see what was on before he got it at his feet."You could talk all day about the likes of Dalglish but Whelan still had much to do. Liverpool played a lot of long balls, if you play them in the right place they can be very effective. But I don't mean just smashing it in the air and fighting for things, I would not want that - it would mean I would not get a kick myself."It is frustrating at times because you expect the players here to do things that you have got used to over the years - but you have to adapt and not get uptight when you can see a pass and they can't. If that means getting a big centre-forward and putting it up to him... but I hope it does not come to that."But, if I see someone hitting a 50-60 yard ball over the centre-back's head for our centre-forward running on, that won't be classed long ball by me, that will be a great pass.
"I will try to play football, to do things properly, but if it does not go right you have to try something else. Its location makes it difficult to bring players in - Mike Lapper, an American international, is the only likely summer recruit - and the combination of beach, pier and Radio One Roadshow is hardly conducive to getting in the mood for Saturday's First Division kick-off.With that in mind Whelan and Foley took the team to Dublin last week for matches at Bohemians (his brothers' old club) and St Patrick's Athletic (his father's), and some team-bonding over a drop of the dark stuff.It was a chance for Whelan to instill a football philosophy which is straight out of the Anfield playbook. But, even for a club with limited resources, a 9,000 capacity ground and neglible tradition - his office is filled with dubious looking trophies - there are dreams."Reading and Barnsley have shown what is possible. And, though I see kids walking around town with West Ham shirts we have a hard core of four or five thousand fans They are just as fanatical as Liverpool's. Liverpool may have had more fans but they came from all over, these are Southend people and this is their club."Keen they may be, but Southend is not a footballing hotbed. For this season Whelan is just seeking consolidation and stability.