10 points above the bottom three with Wigan having a game in hand. We’re in a relegation fight, Critchley’s got two more game I think. If we’re 5-7 points above by the end of the Middlesbrough game then I think he’ll find himself out of a job.
Lose to Sunderland on Tuesday He’s got to be sacked in my opinion I agree with northwest that group of players is mostly beales set up and is capable of winning a few football matches
Last Edit: Feb 11, 2023 19:17:26 GMT by singlespeed
No streams today, everything is coming up as Luton Coventry
Match remains 0-0 after 20 minutes
I used the the same site you recommended last week and got both halves after the usual hassles with ads - minus the bit where we moved into freezing accommodation and I saw the last 20 mins in my coat. I bet it was warmer at Loftus Road! I would add the commentary offered was Millwall's and I now realise how glad I am to have Andy Sinton and Nick London doing ours! They admit when we foul, admit when we play badly and praise the opposition where they perform. Good for them!
Last Edit: Feb 11, 2023 20:34:36 GMT by kingfisher
We dominated possession, we passed them off the park but our finishing prior to the arrival of Martin was awful.
Illias adds so much with his energy and movement but his finishing is abysmal.
Do agree but would say in Chair's defence that when he looks for someone to pass to or someone to do a 1-2 with - Lowe and Armstrong were AWOL. In the end he was taking shots from the edge of the box, which is speculative at best. On a separate note, why was Johansen taken off to allow Martin on? Was it because he is still not match-fit? If that was not the reason then we made another mistake as his influence is not matched by that of Dozzell. Why not take off Dozzell and replace with Tim; and Lowe with Martin???
They are largely the same players though that had us top of the league so I'm not sure I agree with some of the comments above.
And it wasn't like we were top after just a few games, it was a third of the way into the season.
They can be good enough.
They can indeed be good enough, but could someone (anyone!) please ensure they do become good enough again. If I was NC I would be bashing my head against the wall in my office in sheer frustration and bewilderment. Every week you prepare the squad, select the players and then they work the socks off but let teams run rings around them.....
Martin been with us days His header was fantastic today against a stubborn Millwall defence Surely can’t become reliant on a 34 year old for our goals now
They are largely the same players though that had us top of the league so I'm not sure I agree with some of the comments above.
And it wasn't like we were top after just a few games, it was a third of the way into the season.
They can be good enough.
Our best performances came when we've had influential players like Balogun and Johansen in the team plus an on form Chris Willock.
Unfortunately, Johansen still doesn't appear to be match fit and who knows when we might see a fit Balogun and a confident and on form Chris Willock.
Without the dominant figure of Balogun our organisation from set pieces is non existent as we saw with the 2nd Millwall goal today. When Dunne plays alongside Balogun or JCS he looks assured but when he plays alongside Rob Dickie the pair of them look as though defending is alien to them.
Sir Les now claiming Beale was offered the rangers job before Gio van Bronckhorst in something I’ve just read He’s starting to make excuses to justify why we are in the mess we are in right now,he’s got a big decision to make if we lose our next 2 games and critchley is hanging on by a thread right now After Beale went the players have totally lost their self belief and confidence,yes we were in bad run then but that was purely down to him have his priorities on the way to Glasgow He would of turned it round quickly if he stayed and given a January to freshen up the squad we would of been top 6 easily We should of got a manager like Chris wilder not critchley,because we have a relegation battle coming up if we don’t pull out a win or two soon
Last Edit: Feb 12, 2023 10:26:03 GMT by singlespeed
That second goal was a joke The defending was awful
I have to disagree singlespeed - both goals were poorly defended! In the highlights I looked for Laird and found him absent without leave, whilst Dickie leaves the right exposed. In the post-match review on Monday morning I know whose hand would be out for the ruler!
It is really odd, we had a defence that leaked like a sieve - but that was resolved (for a while) and we breathed a sigh of relief. We then had a situation where the attack was not scoring goals - but that now seems to be at least improved and we breathed again. Now we have a defence that looks so vulnerable that in-form strikers must be screaming for the chance to play against us.