Definitely agree. We give teams too much respect, play with too much fear (IMO) don’t stamp our authority on the other team. Only team we have done that to so far is Wednesday and they’ll get relegated
This. Massive game aside, including the cup and friendlies, we've failed to score more than one goal in each of the last 12 home games.
We've become difficult to beat which is fantastic and hats of the LR, but that alone won't see us progress further then mid table. We need to be able to win games Has LR got that in his locker yet....I'm not sure *Edit* turn the games like Coventry and Leeds into wins before anyone says he's won games
I agree with you but we have had a difficult run of games and lie sixth in the table. That’s not too bad. Very often the result of games is defined by a couple of key moments, the miss, good saves by the keeper that’s football. I think that some players who were much coverted may need replacing for a while but I think there is the basis of a good side here. I do think though we will be in for another striker in Jan. Still can’t fully understand the Oscar situation.
It's great we are 6th and I'm sure we'd have all taken it at the start. But we have drawn the most games in the top 6, scored the least in the top 6, 8 of our 10 goals have come from 2 players and one of those players has a hat trick. We aren't scoring enough goals and we more more goals from different players. We can't keep relying on Ingram/Allsop/the defence to win us a point. We need the score goals and get 3pts
This is always a difficult one, would we have preferred them to have a really good go at it but maybe lost 2/3-0? I think Rosie is aware that against the better teams, if we go gung ho from the start, we’ll probably get picked off and maybe it’s better to finish stronger and maybe pinch three points but if not, one is better than none.
Have we though? Of the seven games we've played, four of our opponents are in the top half of the league, three in the bottom.
What table are you looking at? All but 2 opponents so far are 12th or above, and one of those below was a kick away from the Premier league last year. It's 7 games in. League is only just taking shape, but we've played 3 parachute clubs and the 2 favourites for promotion, last year's beaten playoff finalists and a side who finished 7th level on points with the playoffs. Only game against a side I expect to finish bottom half this year was Wednesday - even Bristol are flying. We've probably played 2 of the eventual top 3 in that run of games also. Yet were 6th.
An extra 4 points out of the 6 dropped in the last 3 home games and we wouldn't all be asking questions. Just as a side note, Acun and Tan literally gave away tickets last season and we never gave the supporters a performance to match, this season 20k gates haven't been rewarded either. Its about wanting to have people come back again and again
Teams playing as badly as us for a number have seasons have still got higher gates than us including ones in League One. Nearly all charging more as well.
The elephant in the room seems to be that crowds are still growing, all but one above 20k without giveaways this season so obviously folk have been finding a reason to come back again, despite you saying there hasn't been one.
. Not anywhere near like last season. And even if they were, they're still coming back and more coming along more regularly to boot - which is the crux of the point I responded to. I can understand the tendency for fans to analyse, but some seem desperate to find a negative spin somewhere, when it's pretty difficult to find one considering the progress on and off the pitch the last 18 months or so and it's still continuing. Why not just enjoy the ride?
I'm enjoying the ride, but as I've always done, I will praise when it's deserved and push for more when it's needed
I've enjoyed this season so far and I'm looking forward to seeing things improve further as we get our best players all starting (worth remembering Morton and Philogene only signed three weeks ago), I'm not sure how anybody could think the Leeds game wasn't entertaining (at least in the second half).
For me the biggest frustration is the fact we seem to waste the first 45mins of most games being slow, pedestrian and over cautious
