The game on Boxing Day looks a massive relegation 6-pointerJust to reiterate again (not that we don't know) that teams like Spurs and Utd are eminently beatable away from home unless you have small time mentality
The game on Boxing Day looks a massive relegation 6-pointerJust to reiterate again (not that we don't know) that teams like Spurs and Utd are eminently beatable away from home unless you have small time mentality
Apparently it's not a must win game and I'm sure it's all part of the plan.Well it certainly makes the Palace game win or bust for GO.
Time for either Hobbs to get his book of English and cheap coaches out or Jeff to send that well hidden cheque book to Jorge again.
And nothing to do with 3/4/5 at the back it's the manager and only the manager that is responsible as he can't organise a defence.The discussion is on the Brighton thread, but I'll put it here as it's probably more relevant.
It's been said that we have a chance of staying up because we have goals in us, which is a fair surface level comment, however in the 30 odd years of the PL the team scoring fewest has stayed up on a number of occasions, most recently Wolves 2 seasons ago.
When they have the solo worst GA record they have gone down every single year without exception. On a couple of occasions where its joint one has stayed up.
As it stands we've conceded 25% more goals than anybody else.
Yeah, that wasn't my angle, but I agree.And nothing to do with 3/4/5 at the back it's the manager and only the manager that is responsible as he can't organise a defence.
There are so many red flags in the statistics above and beyond the obvious lack of points over half a season and the dearth of clean sheets that it beggars belief that anyone still thinks GO should be our manager.The discussion is on the Brighton thread, but I'll put it here as it's probably more relevant.
It's been said that we have a chance of staying up because we have goals in us, which is a fair surface level comment, however in the 30 odd years of the PL the team scoring fewest has stayed up on a number of occasions, most recently Wolves 2 seasons ago.
When they have the solo worst GA record they have gone down every single year without exception. On a couple of occasions where its joint one has stayed up.
As it stands we've conceded 25% more goals than anybody else.
Standard football club nonsense at this point. Waiting to lose games so you can do what you should have done weeks ago.There are so many red flags in the statistics above and beyond the obvious lack of points over half a season and the dearth of clean sheets that it beggars belief that anyone still thinks GO should be our manager.
Otherwise known a fiddling whilst Rome burns!Standard football club nonsense at this point. Waiting to lose games so you can do what you should have done weeks ago.
No doubting we've underperformed in terms of results, but we've most definitely had the worst fixtures of any team so far. 8 of the current top 9.Once again makes a mockery of the hard fixture list argument. Get the fucker gone before it's too late.
I hate this argument as we've helped to put those teams there by gifting them 3 points.No doubting we've underperformed in terms of results, but we've most definitely had the worst fixtures of any team so far. 8 of the current top 9.
While underperforming in terms of results is a pretty fundamental issue, we’ve also been completely disorganised and don’t offer any hope we’re about to go on a winning run. We’ve also won once in 19. Once. Against a terrible team. Just. Why does this bloke keep getting an easy ride?!No doubting we've underperformed in terms of results, but we've most definitely had the worst fixtures of any team so far. 8 of the current top 9.
It'll be Top 17 for the Gary O Neill truthers soon."Top 9" is a new one.
Brentford and Newcastle have very much mid-table returns, if we're writing off games against teams of that level then we aren't staying up.
Thing is, I don’t think @The Bear is saying top 9 as if it’s a mini league like the original top 6. That’s taking it out of context"Top 9" is a new one.
Brentford and Newcastle have very much mid-table returns, if we're writing off games against teams of that level then we aren't staying up.
I don’t have confidence in us having 90 minutes of what it was like 2nd half though. Think we will be ‘on the edge’ all season .The best we can hope for is he has learned from the second half yesterday, sticks with 4-2-3-1 and only plays 2 DMs at any given time other than maybe against the top 3 or 4 teams.