Rosenior's Done One

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as a comparison I thought I'd look at our last 10 seasons in the Championship and compare League positions and goal scored and against

position for against
2010 /11 11th 52 51
2011 /12 8th 47 44
2012/13 2nd 61 52
2015/16 4th 69 35
2017/18 18th 70 70
2018/19 13th 66 68
2019/20 24th 57 87
2021/22 19th 41 54
2022/23 15th 51 61
2023/24 7th 68 60


make of it what you will but the problem doesn't seem to be scoring goals but letting them in at the other end although it can easily be argued that when we do score more we tend to let in more - having said that we really need to look at tightening the defence next season

If you go a little bit further back to our first seasons in the Champ, you have:

2005/06 – 18th – 49F 55A
2006/07 – 21st – 51F 67A
2007/08 – 3rd – 65F 47A

Crazy to think this season was our third highest scoring Championship season of all time and our fourth best Championship finish of all time, and that still wasn't good enough.
 
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Does he? I haven't heard it yet, but from the bits reported on here, it sounds like he lost confidence in LR style, and that's why he was let go, not because we missed out on the top 6?
I think Acun thought we are not going to win enough games if we keep the ball in our own half as much as we were doing. I think he was right.
 
Zaroury was injured.

And when he wasn't, he was dropped for Ömür, who was really good.

People often seem to ignore that you can only put so many players on the pitch at once. If, as people say, you absolutely must play Tufan, absolutely must play Ömür, have to play at least one out and out striker, and Carvalho and Philogene are obvious starters, then how could you possibly also fit in Zaroury?
 
Does it matter? The reply was in response to Acun changing his tune. I haven't listened to all his interviews, but from what I have heard, I was saying I don't think he is.

It matters if you're going to pretend that us missing the Top 6 played no part.
 
I've been quite vocal in my belief that LR, whilst improving us, has failed to deliver given the resources at his disposal. Not sure what you're getting at.

Thought it was pretty apparent what I was getting at. You claim that Acun's decision had nothing to do with our finishing position (or more accurately, you believe Acun). The notion that Rosenior failed to deliver is rubbish. If it was down to 'the resources' at his disposal the league table would just line up with the wage bills. We overperformed and still left points on the table - which is exactly why we should have had optimism heading into next season.
 
It matters not what we think. The chairman and his backers are pumping the money in and expect a decent return for their investment.

I personally did not like the style of play we were trying to play. It was far too pedestrian and easy for teams to play against. I go to football to be entertained and not sit there looking at my watch wishing the time away.
 
Its incredibly niave to think you can just bring in a few attackers in january and guarantee they slot in without being apart of pre season

It’s even more naive and sentimental to believe a man is going to carry on obsessively funding failure whilst simultaneously been bored to tears by a rigid system that does not work and certainly wouldn’t work in the prem.
 
It’s even more naive and sentimental to believe a man is going to carry on obsessively funding failure whilst simultaneously been bored to tears by a rigid system that does not work and certainly wouldn’t work in the prem.

I dont mind being wrong
But i think we might be saying similar in a years time
 
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It matters not what we think. The chairman and his backers are pumping the money in and expect a decent return for their investment.

I personally did not like the style of play we were trying to play. It was far too pedestrian and easy for teams to play against. I go to football to be entertained and not sit there looking at my watch wishing the time away.

Come on, Vern - Your Kid is always in the know - give us the latest odds on the names we've been hearing
 
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