Yes. Bit like your fans booing your players when you lose singing we are feckin **** during the game and wanting your club back and doing a complete u turn with a change of results.
I agree, I'm fairly sure if we'd made a poor start to the season the optimism would wane resulting in lower attendances.
Apart from Mitrovic and Cairney who are class, Fulham are a very ordinary side. Not saying that out of spite, just an honest appraisal of the way they played last night. They might look a "cultured" passing side but were allowed that privilige by City as part of Warnock's game plan. They've had some decent results on the back of their methods and It may be the way Parker wants them to play. That's fair enough, but they'll struggle as the season unfolds and other teams find ways around them. Sitting there watching that negative type of game bores me to death. I sometimes despair at our often 1 dimensional approach, but at least things (good or bad) happen. Now if we could just pass the ball through these teams rather than trying to get over them more often like Flint's perfect setup pass for Murphy's goal, then we'd give the opposition a lot more to worry about.
Cairney is probably the best CM in the league but was poor last night. Ralls was immense defensively last night.
After being under the cloud of other midfielders, e.g. Gunnar, Arter and even Whitts perhaps Ralls has found his niche as a dm where pace is not so vital. He also has a passing range and vision, something we have not seen in that area. Let's hope that is the case.
Agreed - I'd rather have Ralls in the side than play against him. His commitment can lead him into some rash challenges but opposition know they've been in a game. He's got bags of energy, and if he had quicker feet to match he'd be top class. As it is, he seems to need that extra touch before releasing a pass. That seems to be a God given gift and I doubt you can learn it.
I didn’t understand the tactics against ten men. City just threw the ball down the line or lumped it up top rather than go through the phases and stretch the play out wide. Why don’t City just play football?
