I think this has to be our worst ever season in the Premier league and we were awful in the early nineties. I thought the relegation season of 2005 under the car dealer was bad, but at least we were in games and scoring goals, but could not defend. Both Crouch and Phillips had goals, with those goals this season we would be fine. So now we can't score, can't defend, just hopeless. Really began to believe again after Sunday. Sadly at 53 I should no better.
In our dreams. Can anyone tell me which game we looked like a PL team this season? Even when we win, it’s more by luck against another poor team.
Mane showed much more thoughand you could see he had genuine quality very early on imo whereas Sulemana is still pure potential. Not slating him as he's young and new to a struggling team so was never going to set the world on fire but I'd defo expect more for that sort of money. Bet they both had some excellent stats though
Think we are past that now, play them and live with the consequences if they break down. The squad is hardly small
Yeah I thought so, maybe KWP until his injury. He was the only one looking for a forward ball from midfield and breaking the lines with that pass. The front 3 were all basically anonymous. Centre backs didn’t really do much wrong (not sure who was meant to be picking up Norgaard for the flick on for their first goal, think it was JWP). Perraud was decent As I said don’t think anyone can be singled out for being particularly poor tonight, just nobody was much good either
Anyway, my fault this one, first game I've watched since Leeds. Glad I turned down a ticket when offered this morning mind!
Yep when all is said and done and we are down, I know most will blame the hiring of Nathan Jones, but for me the recruitment has been the reason. The worst of it is the players we let go.
It’s the lack of goals that’s the real killer. Supporting this bunch of pathetic mercenaries is just so boring. It sucks the life out of me. Any other club in that situation, that had 7 minutes stoppage time announced would have had a real go. I’m not even sure what the plan was then other than argue with the Brentford players. Soul destroying.
He did nothing wrong, he was just there not offering much going forward in the same way that Lavia does, we are far too passive offensively when he and Mo El play, it's been the same all season. Start them at the Etihad but not in a winnable home match when we are desperate for points.
I agree Lavia should start, and I’m sure everyone knows this on the coaching staff, so you can only assume he was ****ed after the Utd game, but Diallo was actually decent tonight and definitely not to blame for the loss. Ely was Ely and I would’ve preferred anyone with some pace to start ahead of him, Edozie seems to have fallen out of favour but tonight would’ve been a good game for him I think
I dunno. People forget that Sadio looked lost when he first came here. I mean, I don't think he's going to be as good, but the kid needs time.
Can any of our older fans shed some light on our history with Birtles? Has to be something there surely. I know he played for Forest, did one of our players injure him once or something?
I'll let him off considering he's improved our defence in the last few games. Any time someone is down injured he is the one player who is talking to the others, encouraging them. He'll be captain material in our Championship team.
