This is not a team capable of winning the play-offs

We've got the back half of a decent side. A great defensive unit with ****-all up-front to make use of that fact.

 

That list of fixtures would be tough for any team in this division, add to that the results against Birmingham away and tonight's game against Brighton (unbeaten this year).
City are currently playing the hardest run of games this season and we can't expect to win any of them. We will win some, lose some and maybe draw most, but the key will be whether we can stay within reach of the leaders when the easier games begin.
Edit:
The next games are; Blackpool A, Leeds H, Ipswich H, Cardiff A, Crystal P. A, Southampton H, Leicester A

 

But Fryatt still isn't **** at finishing.

 

Completely agree.

 

Exactly

 

You utter cock.

 

But we aren't in the play offs

 

All that matters is that after 46 games that we are in the play offs.

However we can't rely on not conceding, our build up play is brilliant, Mckenna and Evans where fantastic as usual and anyone criticising Stewart was watching a completely different game to me. He gave the ball away twice in 90 minutes, Brady did that in two seconds in the second half he really wasn't himself. The problem is Fryatt's not scoring then Mclean has one chance in the six yard box..... and bloody misses it, so we have our top two strikers not scoring. Its going to be hard.

 

I've been calling for it ever since we switched to one frontman but we need to be playing 4-4-2, or some variation of it.
I reckon Evans dropped for Simpson would be the best option, how he's not even making the bench ahead of a ridiculously raw Josh King is beyond me.

 

Why we created 16 chances, having two strikers who can't score isn't going to make any difference. Then what do you do with Koren, make him drop deeper? I am a huge admirer of the 4-2-3-1 due to the fact it was clear it has its benefits over the 4-4-2, yet England as a nation decided to latch onto this three years later than every country.

 

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Just a bit of fun, Lamby

 

stewart should have had a hat trick, one in the second half from about 8 yards out too...

 

Some people have it in their ****ing box that if we keep a clean sheet we will be near enough come the end of the season. Which isn't an unfair point, my concern is that if we had bought a bloody striker or two in January we would be in line for an automatic place. Billy Sharp £1.8M it may or may not have worked out but we should have made the effort to sign him! I don't see the point about spouting off about the Allams have already spent enough. The decision made business sense, we are solid everywhere else on the pitch and that Premier League money would have helped pay them back.

 

we were when I wrote this... you might want to check the date.

 

That Lualua for them was a bit handy. Surprised they took him off, unless he was injured. Had our defence on their arses at times.

We probably should have won that tonight, just. Tough though, I thought both sides looked decent in patches.

I thought Fryatt did really well off the scraps he got. Created chances out of nothing all game, though he definitely delays shots at times.