It isn't. There's clearly some psychology going on there, but in recent years, it's mostly been that they play a brand of physical football that our teams have generally struggled against.
Agree with that, unless your forward (s) have got the defenders number in terms of pace and physicality (which is where Ayling came unstuck). The other centre back is a big lad, who can play a bit, so I think Boro thought they were safe in that respect, but it backfired last night. We pressed brilliantly in the first half, but I said after about 20 mins that we'd struggle to do that for 90 mins. Well played, and not what I was expecting last night (but hoping for!)
He's a good player though and could achieve promotion to prem with 2 different teams
I think i have an irrational dislike of all footballers with long hair unless they play for Cov.
was a good player
Being dim, but how / why unless you mean a promoted team buys him in the summer?
Thought they played good football , its only because we are so well drilled that we won that , you can see why they do well
Leicester if they actually try can quite easily beat them
Malanda was meant to be the new VVD or so they said. As you sad once we could physical and pressed them higher they were very meh.
He won't get a full season with pre-season etc until next one obviously, whatever league we're in. I take your point about judging him over a full season mind as Carrick was brilliant for us for half a season (though in his defence he did have the mother of injury lists for a few years) and he was the ultimate example of a manager who is too inflexible.
i thought it was clear why you've won so many games. in some respects i think the confidence played into our hands. You opened the game up and that sort of benefits us. Your passing was quicker and slick, but to Lampard's credit i thought he went more direct and more physical.
Laughs in preston
I've appreciated and respected your posts on here mate.He won't get a full season with pre-season etc until next one obviously, whatever league we're in. I take your point about judging him over a full season mind as Carrick was brilliant for us for half a season (though in his defence he did have the mother of injury lists for a few years) and he was the ultimate example of a manager who is too inflexible.
You're right about the physicality element, unfortunately whilst we're very skillful, we don't have many big lads, so I imagine given a pre-season, he'd recruit a few "Tony Pulis" type players to bring on should we need them against the sides who like to mix it up a bit. I do fear it's a side of our game that's lacking and it's a learning curve after all. In a way with our current players unfortunately we don't have sufficient personel to be able to muscle and ram our way through games so there was less Hellberg could do, other than change shape and make subs with different skillsets which tbf to him did show, up until the penalty. It's not that Hellberg doesn't have a Plan B, he's highly reactive, but the players we need in a blood and thunder barging off the ball game are limited and it's blatent we're lacking height for the long balls game. You could logically level some blame at recruitment there, but less at Kim himself.
As for expecting to win most games, that's simply where the bar has been set. We're creatures of habit, expect to win where results thus far dictate we're likely to, expect to lose the Hoodoos as obviously those results dictate the opposite.
As for Hoodoos not being an actual thing...How else would you explain 7 losses on the bounce home and away with different mangers, different form, different players and different league standings at the time? Coincidence only goes so far until it's improbable. How else would you explain your never having won at Deepdale or 20 years of hurt against Norwich? It's why I've been saying for ages on here that we were likely to lose this game, though it was seen as ridiculous by a lot.
I get that they might be part mental blocks etc, as they do weigh on the mind somewhat. But they exist mate, and the proof is right in front of you. Denying their existence only risks more pain in the long run. And if the miracle happens and they eventually get broken it's like winning a cup.
I think Ipswich will overtake them, genuinely do. They are far too open at the back and if teams as we did press them high they'll cough up chances.
If i was Ipswich i'd be starting to get concerned again if we win at WBA. Think they were relying on us dropping off and there seems to be an expectation they will win their games in hand but i'll bet good money they don't win them both. Points on the board will always be king.
A win for us Saturday lunchtime could be massive. It puts pressure on Ipswich and Hull, both with 2 games before we play again on Wednesday evening.
Shit back handed compliment and sly digs about our style. Funny that came out after we beat you.
Thanks mate.
Because we've been tactically more astute, more clinical, showed more desire, and just generally been better than you in those games.
It's not a back-handed compliment at all "about your style" as your style for the first half of the season was very different.
Right! The notion that the hoodoo played a factor in us winning is not giving us our dues.
It's not a back-handed compliment at all "about your style" as your style for the first half of the season was very different.
Thanks mate.
Know what you mean, I don't want to rule Hull & Millwall out of it either, for right there is a potential path to pain!
But I do feel that Ipswich will finish above them, so therefore if Hull or Millwall somehow managed the not easy task of overhauling either of us, I think Ipswich will have done so first. Anyone who finishes above the Tractors would very likely be promoted IMHO.
