Discussion thread - turnips welcome.

After my perusal and thoughts of the Championship table yesterday, just been looking at it again. Some obviously meritable sides showing the way, but can't get my head around how come Turnip City are in the top 6 let alone 3rd spot.

OK, the obvious answer is they've got the points on the board that puts them there, but the only difference between them and us is that they are playing ****e and winning, whereas we are playing ****e and not.

Why is their ****e better than ours at picking up points? Should we take a leaf out of their books and just be ****er - is that possble?

 

Some ****e on this thread already! Car for sale!

 

Can't you contribute in a more postive manner on this serious subject?

 

More to the point how are the Second City 4th

 

how come city are not in the bottom three.just saying.

 

Keep watching - we're only 6 points off it.

Thank goodness for the Sheff Wed points deduction, Derby's even ****ier perfomances than ours, and for Wycombe losing their first 7 games.

 

Good points Sparks.

Apart from the Wendies where they had done their homework (what happened to Monk?) and first half at QPR, where we were very runny dog sh1te, on both occasions, other games have been lost or drawn based on single mistakes/events, e.g. the Wurzels.

Clearly mistakes need to be cut out but you can't guarantee that all the time. Our real problem is the inability to score more than the opposition.

There is no doubt that a fit Tomlin has been greatly missed, not only for his knack of scoring vital goals, some worldies and some tap ins., but also creating space and chances for others.

Wilson is a very good young player and we would be right in the soft and smellies without him but he does not have Tomlin's skill of getting into unusual spaces and being able to wrong foot defenders over half a yard. The two of them in tandem could create havoc and many more chances for Moore, actually facing goal, not the wrong way.

The rest of midfield has been slow and lacking creativity and has missed Bacuna's drive and energy. Ralls gets further forward and is more of a threat with Bacuna mopping up behind him.

Apart from the odd good performance from Hoilett our wingers have disappointed although Murphy's cameo on Saturday shows he can perform if in the right state of mind.

That brings us back to our biggest error, no traditional right back cover. That has to be addressed urgently in January.

I have said before that I don't think Moore is all that and he certainly can't do what he is paid for with his back to goal. He has also failed to notch on a few occasions with clear headed chances in front of goal. But if we look at his goals for Wales and us last week, there is a striker there given the ball in the right place and with improved confidence.

Finally, tactics. We mentioned this after Saturday's draw. Does Harris have the confidence to go for games from the start? Has he bred a tension within the team which makes them reserved in their play until they have no option but to go for it? Look what happened at QPR where we were worth a draw after a shocking first half.

More questions than answers I'm afraid and only Harris, or someone else can resolve that.

The next 3 games gives us chances to claw back some of the deficit - or see us up to our knees in crap rather than our ankles. This season's performances indicate the outcome will be somewhere in between.

 

We felt exactly the same when you snuck into the Play-Offs last season and we didn't..... I guess it shows the very fine margins in this league tbh.

 

Because we are better than you. To cheer you up we’ve got a few injuries to first teamers as well.
So carry on looking up and dreaming losers

 

I agree the margins can be pretty tight in the Championship, but that's stretching it a bit.

Yeah - we "snuck in" in 5th place with 73 points alright. That's 10 points ahead of you who "bombed out" and finished in 12th.

 

If we end up 3rd I can't help thinking it's a poor league.
I worry our injury and Covid situation will come home to roost starting tomorrow night.
We've had good fortune on the pitch though and wonder if our game plan, to defend our half, will get sussed sooner rather than later.

 

You mean you're just better at being ****?

Injuries are nothing new - we've lost Tomlin so it's the end of the bloody world over here.

 

Fcuk me Sparkey, if you lot are relying on Tomlin, you've had it.

 

That was my point......

 

And we are currently 9 points ahead of you.....??

 

..........for how long though?

If recent season's history is anything to go by, start handing out the hankies.

EDIT - on the other hand it could be 12 points by tomorrow night.

 

It's OK RP. We've come to terms with Tomlin being a mythical character who we thought still existed. In the real world, we'll be relying on our tactically astute manager. Oh god!...............nurse!!!!!!!!!
Hope all is well with you.

 

Tomorrow you have a pushover .. whereas we are up against our third relegated prem team in about a month!.. note you did better against the only one you have faced to date a 1-1 draw!
GULP just looked at your December fixture list … sh*** about to hit fan with that lot, you could be pooping up the bottom of the table after that lot! If we are not 15 pts above you on new years day ….. sack both managers

 

Morning Clingo, great to hear from you.
Tomlin has incredible innate ability but reasons only known to him why he doesn't show it more often.
Keep well mate.