I thought from the four games of Norwich, Middlesborough, Sheffield Utd and
West Brom if we could get six points that would be good and keep us on track.
Now we need two wins in three. Oh crap....
On Sunday, February 3, 2019, 5:09:41 AM EST, Simon McNally
<[email protected]> wrote:
Agree Dave. Been looking at remaining fixtures and after blades game there are
a lot of winnable games. We just need to keep going for next few weeks.
As for the game, feels like an opportunity missed. Needless freekick following
giving the ball away in a bad area leads to first goal, albeit from a deflected
free kick and then they can sit and hit us on the break. I thought we were well
on top after that and would equalise before half time but then Forshaw
intervened. I thought he was superb against Derby but this was back to the
Forshaw I don’t rate. Trips over the ball and gives them possession deep in our
half and then plays Pukki onside to score. At the game I thought he was a mile
offside but for some reason Forshaw is miles deeper than the rest of our
defence and plays him on.
He nearly got caught in possession a few more times - he always seems to want
more time than he actually has.
We also seem to have decided to start lunging into challenges with Forshaw and
Ayling the main culprits, taking themselves completely out of the game.
I thought Ayling was really poor - if I was their winger I’d have kept running
at him as his legs looked to have gone.
Pablo was as bad as I’ve ever seen him - I wonder if he’s not fully fit after
going off injured against Rotherham.
Roofe was back to the Roofe of last season - falling over a lot and losing the
ball.
After all that we’re still second and 3 clear of third with 16 games to play.
It’s not all doom and gloom but there’s a worrying trend developing. Too many
players running into bad form at a key point of the season.
Can’t help but think a few more signings in the window were needed.
Next game I’d play Shackleton for Ayling, Phillips for Forshaw, Clarke for
Harrison and Bamford for Roofe.
S
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> On 2 Feb 2019, at 22:31, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Just got home so have not seen anything on TV or read any reports so here are
> a few thoughts from watching it live
> A great atmosphere to start with but that soon died and apart from a
> brilliant whole ground Waccoe at two down the fans were poor today. The
> number who left as their 3rd went in was nothing short of disgraceful and the
> general mood around me was 'F off, good riddance, and dont come back' if you
> could not even bother staying to the end just because we had lost !
> Game started Ok but a 'foul' (not convinced it was a foul but a tackle from
> behind is always dodgy) gave them a free kick on the edge of the box and a
> wicked deflection put them a goal up. After that they were a horrible team -
> plenty of time wasting and one blatant dive and one rolliing around holding
> his face incident should have led to two yellow cards
> Then the keeper was lucky not to see a red when he came out and clattered
> Roberts, plus we had a good shout for a penalty for a foul on Pontus.
> We huffed and puffed a bit and looked decent enough but every 50/50 decision
> and loose ball and every bit of luck went their way and that culminated in a
> terrible mistake by Forshaw that enabled them to get 2 up
> A couple of changes at half time showed we were going for it, the ineffectual
> Harrison and the out of sorts (? not fully fit ) Hernandez being replace by
> Clarke and Douglas,
> We had a few chances to pull one back , a great cross along the six yard box
> was well defended, our one decent shot on target was well saved and a good
> free kick was headed wide by Ayling. They continued to pick up all the pieces
> and win 50/50s so perhaps it was due to good play rather than luck
> Then a quick break, another deflected shot and 3 0 game over - cue mass
> exodus - the players tonight and over the season so far deserved better
> Bamford came on , scored with a good back header but too little too late -
> albeit it led fans to (wrongly) sing we are top of the league -they too
> stupid to understand goal difference ?
> So an average performance led to a very poor result - made a bit better by
> the fact that West Brom had lost at home to Boro earlier on . Our recent form
> is not great and we are in danger of messing it all up, despite some fans
> trying to lighten the mood at the bus stop etc by declaring we are joint top
> The fact that Bamford was on the bench and even better scored, is the only
> real bright spot from the game (Clarke did impress again as an impact sub)
> As I say, anyone who has seen the game on TV before or since may dispute a
> lot of my 'facts' but I am just saying it as I saw it
> Need to at least avoid defeat next week at Boro and then beat Swansea to stop
> this season going down the tubes
> Dan James would not have made a difference to the result
> Too soon to panic and whatever the next 16 games bring this has been a great
> season
> Dave(pissed up and a bit pissed off)
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