It's comedy gold. One of the QPR posters wondered if Cov had declared as they hadn't scored for 20 minutes.
Evidently we're not yet at the bottom of this particular down. Scoring has become an issue - feels like a regular feature with McKenna, goals are rarely from anything other than moves planned on the training ground. Seem to be missing a talisman that will take responsibility for scoring and take a risk. Still have confidence it'll come together, but might have a longer wait than I was anticipating.
A couple of wins on the board will make a world of difference but there’s clearly something toxic bubbling under that’s going to have to be cleared up before we can push on. Hopefully we are firing by the time derby day comes around.
No offence taken. My post started by offering two alternative ways of looking at our start (the second sentence more negative). Personally, I think it’s been a disappointing start, even before today’s loss.
I agree-we're dealing with the disappointment of the latter part of last Season and all relegation entails,the loss of our main striker,one of our best creative players,our driving force skipper,our first choice RB,the reintegration of long term injured players and new arrivals.Is it any wonder we're not making the best of starts?Patience,patience,patience....
Agree BigAl my concern is I think we need to start clicking soon before we fall into more of the pitfalls many clubs relegated from the PL do. Whilst I appreciate I have leveled some criticism at the club for how they've dealt with certain things, the gap between the PL and Champ both in terms of quality but mainly finance causes some real challenges in managing the squads when you go between the leagues.
Even with that all being true our performances have been well below what we could expect. All three goals we’ve conceded from defensive howlers. We have barely created anything going forward. It’s not about time for players to gel because there’s only been one new signing in the side. Szmodics is playing nowhere near his capabilities and Greaves is a much better player than he’s shown over the three games. We’ve seen plenty of other clubs that come down that have the mentality to go straight back up. There’s no sign of it in our camp and I don’t believe amongst these professionals it can be down to being unsettled over the Omari transfer saga. I have no idea where the problem is but so far there are no signs at all of a group relishing the challenge. The number of players and coaches that didn't fancy it and moved on coupled with our performances over the first three games suggests to me there is one or more level of relationship at the club that’s gone sour.
