And something else besides, needle, discipline has been lost since then
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Otis
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Cally Fedora
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Well we really need to get a grip here. Early Feb. We’re top. We are capable of beating any team in the league.
Ccfcisparks
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Except Ipswich and Oxford who we haven't beaten in either time playing this year
Matt smith
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IF we can win next Monday it could change everything
Cally Fedora
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So you don’t think we’re “capable” of beating Oxford?
People are forgetting anything decent in recent games. All bad luck, poor reffing decisions etc irrelevant
There’s been some poor play, especially defensively and some awful decision making (Thomas and BTA sendings off totally brainless, Dasilvas not great either) but with even just a bit of luck/rub of the green we’d have two or three more wins in this bad run. It just hasn’t been going for us.
Some have just lost all perspective and windmilling everyone involved with the club….which is still top of the league FFS
I was updating a mate earlier (non city fan) and he was pissing himself when I mentioned the boos yesterday
Otis
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Clearly should have and had the chances to.
Anyone continuing their meltdown into Sunday needs to watch the highlights from yesterday
chiefdave
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Do we win on those?
Created more than enough to
alexccfc99
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I don’t get where this outlook we were good and unlucky yesterday is coming from, I thought we were absolutely dogshit
Sloppy passing, completely static and managed to hit the target a whole five times
I said we created enough and deserved to win. There were also blocks that don’t count as on target but yeah, we should’ve finished better. Doesn’t mean we didn’t deserve to win
chiefdave
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It's obviously not all over, we're top of the league. But its also not everything is fine, just keep doing the same and it will work out.
Look at the form table over the last 10 games. We're 17th. Middlesborough are 3rd and Ipswich 1st. They both have games in hand which means potentially Boro move ahead of us and Ipswich move within 2 points.
Boxing Day we were looking at potentially going 16 points clear of 3rd. That's a huge turnaround that you can't ignore.
The concern is that towards the end of last season teams worked us out and we didn't have a response. The same seems to have happened this season, but earlier, and again we don't seem to have a response.
Poor teams can sit behind the ball knowing are play is pedestrian and we generate few genuine chances, and often fail to convert them. Better teams can sit back and hit us on the counter knowing are defence always has a mistake in them.
Look at the form table over the last 10 games. We're 17th. Middlesborough are 3rd and Ipswich 1st. They both have games in hand which means potentially Boro move ahead of us and Ipswich move within 2 points.
Boxing Day we were looking at potentially going 16 points clear of 3rd. That's a huge turnaround that you can't ignore.
The concern is that towards the end of last season teams worked us out and we didn't have a response. The same seems to have happened this season, but earlier, and again we don't seem to have a response.
Poor teams can sit behind the ball knowing are play is pedestrian and we generate few genuine chances, and often fail to convert them. Better teams can sit back and hit us on the counter knowing are defence always has a mistake in them.
CCFC96
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If you think that then I’m afraid there’s no hope for you.
alexccfc99
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Must have been watching a different side playing a different game - If you think that was an acceptable performance against 23rd in the league at home then there isn’t much for you either
CCFC96
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I think creating numerous chances and conceding basically nothing is a good performance vs a side with 11 men behind the ball.
Just got very unlucky - that’s life and has been life the past few weeks, it’ll swing the other way.
Otis
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Don't think anyone has said everything's fine have they?
For me, I would be really worried if we were going with same team and formation etc.
Onyeka will hopefully give us that bit of steel and energy and ball winning ability that we have been lacking.
I do think we will have a bit of a different look and feel with him in the side
Ccfcisparks
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so you think our bad form is down to luck?
Otis
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I don't think we were that unlucky to be honest. The non sending off and a few that were bobbling about in the penalty area, where the ball could have ended up anywhere, stand out though.
But we completely controlled the game and clearly deserved to win .
chiefdave
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There's a fair bit of look at the stats and would have won on another day type posts.
Otis
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Yeah, but I think everyone is concerned.
Just not ready to write the season off with 45 points still to play for
torchomatic
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Similarly, there's a lot of "it's all over", which it obviously isn't.
alexccfc99
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If you are a promotion hunting side and not beating 23rd place at home I don’t see how it can be spun in a remotely positive matter
If we were in the midst of a positive run of form and it was one of those days where their keeper has a worldie and we huffed and puffed and couldn’t blow the house down, then I maybe could accept it - But taking into account the rut we are in and recent performances that was worrying yesterday
I am actually struggling to see where our next win is going to come from?
Otis
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You are, yes
I'm not.
Let's at least give the new guy a chance.
If Onyeka comes in and nothing changes, then yeah, I will probably feel the same, but we have brought him in to address an issue and to solidify us in the middle of the park and give us more energy
So yeah, I can see where the next win will come from, because I think Frank The Tank will improve us
Sick Boy
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It's also not a given that they'll win away at Sheff U tmw.
CCFC96
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No not entirely, but I think it’s played a pretty big part. Oxford/Norwich/Charlton/Blues all could’ve gone our way with a bit of luck.
Blues score 3 goals from 3 shots, we don’t get a clear pen.
Charlton we go a goal up early, play ok, managing the game alright and then Brau happens.
Norwich - Haji missed a couple of 1v1s, EMC hits the bar from 4 yards out with a header, Kitching error happens.
Oxford - Dominate the game, create enough to win, Haji doesn’t take his chances.
You say the Charlton and Oxford games go our way rather than us being unlucky and we’re 9 points ahead of Ipswich.
I’d be a lot more concerned if we had just put up 0.2xG at home like Hull did in midweek vs what we did yesterday.
covcity4life
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Ccfcisparks
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If that works 1 way then thats OK, but we were just as "lucky" to beat Leicester and Millwall, as we were "unlucky" to lose/draw the ones you mentioned
CCFC96
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But we weren't lucky to beat either of those sides based on the stats.