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Evo1883

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #246
Chris1987 said:
You are deliberately missing the point and twisting things which have been said. Adi & Lawrence were here as part of the managerial team which turned things round. To conveniently just mention the poor start bit solely with reference to Adi & Lawrence is deliberately misleading.
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The start was the same with or without them was the point , absolutely not 1 bit misleading
 
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Chris1987

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #247
Ring Of Steel said:
There is so much gaslighting going on by people with agendas.

Lampard is not the man. Nothing has changed under his leadership and we need to stop kidding ourselves that these players are all L2 wasters. We haven’t seen a single shred of improvement in any area. We’re in zero danger of relegation, never were- what’s probably going to happen now is we’ll just drift along and finish up lower mid table.

The people who wanted Robins out will then claim that’s a ‘good achievement’, and that we were certs to go down had he not gone, and we’ll spend until about this time next year kidding ourselves things will turn, but they won’t and we’ll be straight back on the managerial merry go round.

I am desperate for Lampard to get it right, because we stand to lose all the momentum which took 7 years to build, but head over heart if we’re honest we can all see where this is heading.
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Good summary apart from your irresistible need to inject some pro Robins rhetoric into almost everything you say
 
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Grendel

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #248
skybluecam said:
We’ve seen changes. Whether they justify the decision is a matter of opinion but it’s not like nothing has changed.
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Where was he when we won against Millwall and Hull?
 
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fernandopartridge

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #249
Frostie said:
With our "elite tactician" & coaching team, you'd expect an immediate upturn in results & performances or at the very least significant signs of improvement, especially given the very favourable fixtures.
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And clearly with a benchmark of 26 points by this point, King did too
 
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Hobo

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #250
Grendel said:
It’s not the same and the only ones who will call for his head are those who won’t let go of Robins through pure sentiment
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Not true Robins has gone we move on. Lampard deserves time like any manager.

But he is proving what I have been saying for years - new manager bounce is a myth. Because it only takes a couple of games for players to return to type.

New manager, new coaches, new ideas. Coaching takes time, we have to be patient and realistic.
 
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skybluecam

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #251
Ring Of Steel said:
How is it not like nothing has changed, having seen that match against Portsmouth? There’s a genuine case for saying it’s got worse.

It is about opinions though, you’re right. Looking back at it I think I’d have rather seen Chris Ramsey become assistant and leave Robins in, but that’s long gone now and we have no choice but to really support Lampard- but it’s alarming to see how nothing has got better, I know it’s only a few games but.. anyway we’ll see.
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Tactically we're playing quite differently. 5 at the back is gone and Lampard's 433 with only one holding mid plays more fluidly and attacking than Robins' 4231 did (when it works).

The Portsmouth game kind of epitomised our current situation: potential to be great, like the first 10 minutes but then undone by poor individuals and a loss of confidence/belief.
 

Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #252
skybluecam said:
Tactically we're playing quite differently. 5 at the back is gone and Lampard's 433 with only one holding mid plays more fluidly and attacking than Robins' 4231 did (when it works).

The Portsmouth game kind of epitomised our current situation: potential to be great, like the first 10 minutes but then undone by poor individuals and a loss of confidence/belief.
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Our midfield was open the entire game in fairness , tactically we were wank

Also worth pointing out lampard did nothing to remedy the issues
 
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skybluecam

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #253
Evo1883 said:
Our midfield was open the entire game in fairness , tactically we were wank

Also worth pointing out lampard did nothing to remedy the issues
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That's his philosophy though, his teams will always be fairly open.

Not sure anyone could have remedied the fact that all of our players clearly didn't want to be there 2nd half. We could barely get out of our own box.
 
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Evo1883

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #254
skybluecam said:
That's his philosophy though, his teams will always be fairly open.

Not sure anyone could have remedied the fact that all of our players clearly didn't want to be there 2nd half. We could barely get out of our own box.
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So we've the British ange then
 
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clint van damme

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #255
skybluecam said:
That's his philosophy though, his teams will always be fairly open.

Not sure anyone could have remedied the fact that all of our players clearly didn't want to be there 2nd half. We could barely get out of our own box.
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He needs to be more pragmatic or it will be his downfall.
Tighten it up, for now.
 

Ring Of Steel

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #256
Chris1987 said:
Good summary apart from your irresistible need to inject some pro Robins rhetoric into almost everything you say
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Despite what you, Grendel and various others are trying so hard to pretend isn’t the case, he was our most successful manager in decades, so “pro Robins rhetoric” is kind of inevitable when comparing managers.
 
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skybluecam

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #257
clint van damme said:
He needs to be more pragmatic or it will be his downfall.
Tighten it up, for now.
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Nah. Portsmouth was an anomaly. This team needs to be playing on the front foot
 
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Evo1883

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #258
skybluecam said:
Nah. Portsmouth was an anomaly. This team needs to be playing on the front foot
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Here

 

clint van damme

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #259
skybluecam said:
Nah. Portsmouth was an anomaly. This team needs to be playing on the front foot
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We're conceding 2 goals plus on a regular basis. We need to stop that and build from there.
 
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covcity4life

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #260
Ccfcisparks said:
You were literally gloating after the hull game
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You were gloating after the Portsmouth game.
 
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Cally Fedora

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #261
That’s the issue. Ours has gone from a squad of adding 2-3 and finessing to needing 5 new starting players. 4 if you take a chance on Dovin. That means Doug has to fund the purchase of two CH’s, a midfielder and a right back. And by fund it will be from reserves, not sales, unless Gyokeres goes.
 

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #262
Ring Of Steel said:
Wouldn’t matter who was in charge, I will support them. I can also say whether I think they’re good enough. I will support Lampard (don’t forget, I’m one of those “happy clappers” that get the piss taken out of them for being too optimistic), but so far we’ve seen zilch to justify making a change. It’s not hard to understand.
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He's been in the job so long too....
 

Ring Of Steel

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #263
covcity4life said:
He's been in the job so long too....
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He deserves more time and he’ll get more time, I’m saying that I see zero evidence whatsoever that he’s going to be a success, and I fear we’re now going to drift along waiting for some kind of spark that never comes. Portsmouth was worse than anything under Robins, and Lampard didn’t seem to have any idea what to do. Whatever about tactics, by now he should at least have instilled a bit of confidence & belief.

What is annoying is the way people are basically rewriting history, lying and trying to pretend Lampard has inherited a massive mess- he needs to be judged on results and results alone, zero sentiment or agenda- how long is it going to be “yeah but Robins wasn’t that good really/ yeah but Robins left him these players/ yeah but it’s not Lampard’s fault”…

Whichever way you slice it it’s been a very underwhelming start for Frank, and we need to see something very quickly.
 
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procdoc

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #264
Ring Of Steel said:
There is so much gaslighting going on by people with agendas.

Lampard is not the man. Nothing has changed under his leadership and we need to stop kidding ourselves that these players are all L2 wasters. We haven’t seen a single shred of improvement in any area. We’re in zero danger of relegation, never were- what’s probably going to happen now is we’ll just drift along and finish up lower mid table.

The people who wanted Robins out will then claim that’s a ‘good achievement’, and that we were certs to go down had he not gone, and we’ll spend until about this time next year kidding ourselves things will turn, but they won’t and we’ll be straight back on the managerial merry go round.

I am desperate for Lampard to get it right, because we stand to lose all the momentum which took 7 years to build, but head over heart if we’re honest we can all see where this is heading.
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You don’t even go to games so your opinion is irrelevant. How can you say he’s not the man after a handful of games with a bunch of useless players recruited long before he arrived. He might not be the man but you can’t say for sure yet
 
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Ring Of Steel

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #265
procdoc said:
You don’t even go to games so your opinion is irrelevant. How can you say he’s not the man after a handful of games with a bunch of useless players recruited long before he arrived. He might not be the man but you can’t say for sure yet
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Even if it was true “I don’t go to games”, my opinion would be just as valid as anyone else’s.

And Merry Christmas
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #266
Ring Of Steel said:
He deserves more time and he’ll get more time, I’m saying that I see zero evidence whatsoever that he’s going to be a success, and I fear we’re now going to drift along waiting for some kind of spark that never comes. Portsmouth was worse than anything under Robins, and Lampard didn’t seem to have any idea what to do. Whatever about tactics, by now he should at least have instilled a bit of confidence & belief.

What is annoying is the way people are basically rewriting history, lying and trying to pretend Lampard has inherited a massive mess- he needs to be judged on results and results alone, zero sentiment or agenda- how long is it going to be “yeah but Robins wasn’t that good really/ yeah but Robins left him these players/ yeah but it’s not Lampard’s fault”…

Whichever way you slice it it’s been a very underwhelming start for Frank, and we need to see something very quickly.
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If things weren't a mess he wouldn't be here.
 

skybluecam

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #267
Cally Fedora said:
That’s the issue. Ours has gone from a squad of adding 2-3 and finessing to needing 5 new starting players. 4 if you take a chance on Dovin. That means Doug has to fund the purchase of two CH’s, a midfielder and a right back. And by fund it will be from reserves, not sales, unless Gyokeres goes.
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You're writing off Milan? ffs
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #268
skybluecam said:
You're writing off Milan? ffs
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Clearly we can't function with him as the only right back option all season.
 

Jamesimus

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #269
Ring Of Steel said:
He deserves more time and he’ll get more time, I’m saying that I see zero evidence whatsoever that he’s going to be a success, and I fear we’re now going to drift along waiting for some kind of spark that never comes. Portsmouth was worse than anything under Robins, and Lampard didn’t seem to have any idea what to do. Whatever about tactics, by now he should at least have instilled a bit of confidence & belief.

What is annoying is the way people are basically rewriting history, lying and trying to pretend Lampard has inherited a massive mess- he needs to be judged on results and results alone, zero sentiment or agenda- how long is it going to be “yeah but Robins wasn’t that good really/ yeah but Robins left him these players/ yeah but it’s not Lampard’s fault”…

Whichever way you slice it it’s been a very underwhelming start for Frank, and we need to see something very quickly.
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Robins was great for us. Posters that don’t acknowledge that are weird. I still don’t think it was the right time for him to go, but he’s gone now and I support the football club not Mark Robins.

Unsure if Frank will be any good long term at this stage, but I’ve definitely seen differences in the setup / some of the things we are doing in our play. Some of those differences I have liked. For that reason I’m going to give it time.
 
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covcity4life

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #270
Ring Of Steel said:
He deserves more time and he’ll get more time, I’m saying that I see zero evidence whatsoever that he’s going to be a success, and I fear we’re now going to drift along waiting for some kind of spark that never comes. Portsmouth was worse than anything under Robins, and Lampard didn’t seem to have any idea what to do. Whatever about tactics, by now he should at least have instilled a bit of confidence & belief.

What is annoying is the way people are basically rewriting history, lying and trying to pretend Lampard has inherited a massive mess- he needs to be judged on results and results alone, zero sentiment or agenda- how long is it going to be “yeah but Robins wasn’t that good really/ yeah but Robins left him these players/ yeah but it’s not Lampard’s fault”…

Whichever way you slice it it’s been a very underwhelming start for Frank, and we need to see something very quickly.
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Underwhelming? If we win on boxing day he has a 50 percent win record

What were you expecting? Win every game and snatch an auto spot?
 

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #271
Jamesimus said:
Robins was great for us. Posters that don’t acknowledge that are weird. I still don’t think it was the right time for him to go, but he’s gone now and I support the football club not Mark Robins.

Unsure if Frank will be any good long term at this stage, but I’ve definitely seen differences in the setup / some of the things we are doing in our play. Some of those differences I have liked. For that reason I’m going to give it time.
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This

I think it's weird that people try to brand anyone who thinks lampard isn't dogshit as same as those that wanted robins out and putting down everything he achieved.
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #272
covcity4life said:
Underwhelming? If we win on boxing day he has a 50 percent win record

What were you expecting? Win every game and snatch an auto spot?
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His bare minimum expectation was the playoffs
 

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #273
Brighton Sky Blue said:
His bare minimum expectation was the playoffs
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Don't think that's the case

King made the change to potentially salvage a playoff push but I don't think it's an expectation at all.

We could bring in pep guardiola or Jürgen klopp and it would still be sensible to think long term and judge properly on next season not this.
 

Hobo

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #274
Brighton Sky Blue said:
His bare minimum expectation was the playoffs
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I disagree. I think that is a deluded expectation, unless you are Doug King. Unless King is planning to spend big in January and I can't see that either because it is an inflated price window even for average players.

I don't actually think King 'expects' play offs as a 'minimum'.
 
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COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

Well-Known Member
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #275
Ring Of Steel said:
There is so much gaslighting going on by people with agendas.

Lampard is not the man. Nothing has changed under his leadership and we need to stop kidding ourselves that these players are all L2 wasters. We haven’t seen a single shred of improvement in any area. We’re in zero danger of relegation, never were- what’s probably going to happen now is we’ll just drift along and finish up lower mid table.

The people who wanted Robins out will then claim that’s a ‘good achievement’, and that we were certs to go down had he not gone, and we’ll spend until about this time next year kidding ourselves things will turn, but they won’t and we’ll be straight back on the managerial merry go round.

I am desperate for Lampard to get it right, because we stand to lose all the momentum which took 7 years to build, but head over heart if we’re honest we can all see where this is heading.
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Ephron Mason-Clark has improved under Lampard surely.
 
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procdoc

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #276
Ring Of Steel said:
Even if it was true “I don’t go to games”, my opinion would be just as valid as anyone else’s.

And Merry Christmas
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Hell of a commute from Croatia!
 
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Cally Fedora

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #277
skybluecam said:
You're writing off Milan? ffs
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No. But we need another player, just one, who can play there. The dip in his form must be at least partly due to the fact he has to play every single game. And if he gets injured who knows what we’d do.
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #278
covcity4life said:
This

I think it's weird that people try to brand anyone who thinks lampard isn't dogshit as same as those that wanted robins out and putting down everything he achieved.
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Yeah and then they accuse others of having an agenda.

I still can’t quite believe I was labelled as part of a Robins out brigade despite having said I’d have given him until the end of the season.
 
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covcity4life

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #279
Sick Boy said:
Yeah and then they accuse others of having an agenda.

I still can’t quite believe I was labelled as part of a Robins out brigade despite having said I’d have given him until the end of the season.
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Yeah I'm the same but apparently I think lampards is the greatest of all time instead
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Dec 23, 2024
  • #280
covcity4life said:
Don't think that's the case

King made the change to potentially salvage a playoff push but I don't think it's an expectation at all.

We could bring in pep guardiola or Jürgen klopp and it would still be sensible to think long term and judge properly on next season not this.
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The poster in question's expectation was that.
 
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