Relegation 24/25 Thread

[Loki]

Octopus.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

I always remember Solbakken saying something along the lines of 'Someone has told Berra that he can't pass the ball well but it's not true'.

Stale Solbakken also thought it was a good idea to park our defensive line somewhere around 10 yards shy of the halfway line, with Berra and Johnson as centre halves and that moron Zubar outside them playing everyone onside every single time.

Made our defensive approach on Saturday look like AC Milan circa 1991.

 

[Johnny75]

Stale Solbakken also thought it was a good idea to park our defensive line somewhere around 10 yards shy of the halfway line, with Berra and Johnson as centre halves and that moron Zubar outside them playing everyone onside every single time.

Made our defensive approach on Saturday look like AC Milan circa 1991.

GoN reminds me of Solbakken.

Wedded to an approach that doesn't work and completely lost when trying to charge.

 

[EnglishBob]

GoN reminds me of Solbakken.

Wedded to an approach that doesn't work and completely lost when trying to charge.

Looks like the same comedy defending from corners. Zone marking, just continually not in the right zones and seemingly unable to fix it.

 

[KiwiWolf61]

GoN reminds me of Solbakken.

Wedded to an approach that doesn't work and completely lost when trying to charge.

That's actually a very good comparison.

Both started well (well it took eight games for GON to look promising) but eventually the deck of cards fell apart for both of them.

We'd have probably been relegated with Solbakken - Saunders made sure sure of it - but having just reviewed the season in the last few days (the horror . . . the horror), we could well have survived under Saunders if late season injuries to Sako and SEB didn't occur. SEB was in a rich vein of goal scoring form until his serious injury at Birmingham.

The last 6 games we lost 5 and won 1 - another 4 pts and we'd have survived and in an alternate universe Saunders wouldn't have got the sack and DW would have been committed.

The relegation allowed the club to totally reset in League 1 (thank God for only 1 season) under the steady hand of Kenny Jacket.

 

[Squeak]

Stale Solbakken also thought it was a good idea to park our defensive line somewhere around 10 yards shy of the halfway line, with Berra and Johnson as centre halves and that moron Zubar outside them playing everyone onside every single time.

Made our defensive approach on Saturday look like AC Milan circa 1991.

He also thought it was a criminal offence to actually tackle your opponent.

 

[Trips]

Ipswich v Everton and Southampton v Leicester this weekend, so at least 2 of our rivals picking up points this weekend.

Starting to look like even the much-anticipated win v Crystal Palace isn't going to move us up the table very much (if at all)

 

[jd1981]

Ipswich v Everton and Southampton v Leicester this weekend, so at least 2 of our rivals picking up points this weekend.

Starting to look like even the much-anticipated win v Crystal Palace isn't going to move us up the table very much (if at all)

This is the thing plus it ramps up the pressure on those fixtures massively.
It’s why the “we’re doing our best” or “it’s just to damn difficult” attitude always bites you in the arse.
There’s being in poor form and there’s being demoralised, we’re definitely in the latter.