SkyBlueDom26
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Cracking post that
Cracking post thatUnfortunately, whilst our owner has done some great things since buying our Club (none more so than acquiring the CBS), his lack of football understanding has resulted in us wasting a transfer window in the season where we had the best chance of PL promotion for a generation.
Mr King has allowed a weak recruitment team waste funds on average wingers (including one not even expected to feature this season) instead of addressing the clear need for a proper striker, a central defender and a capable left back.
He has gambled on employing a manager who will deliver despite the squad deficiencies - unfortunately that manager doesn’t appear to have a Plan B and instead of playing our new midfielder (at least for part of the game), deems it acceptable to keep going with Plan A despite the poor efforts in the previous two games.
I predict that Mr King has already experienced the highs of his ownership - in this kind of form, promotion is a forlorn hope which will inevitably be followed by a tough next season both psychologically and based on teamsuch as Birmingham and Wrexham investing, Sheffield United starting with Wilder, not to mention Notts Forest/West Ham coming down.
I hope I am wrong, but with the experience of the many disappointment of being a Coventry fan for 50 years, I bet I am not.
Mr King’s ill-timed “motivational” New Year message is highly likely to come back to haunt him - I am pretty confident he also won’t be charging £45 for a ticket if we are the Championship next season.
Excellent post and the bootlickers won’t like itUnfortunately, whilst our owner has done some great things since buying our Club (none more so than acquiring the CBS), his lack of football understanding has resulted in us wasting a transfer window in the season where we had the best chance of PL promotion for a generation.
Mr King has allowed a weak recruitment team waste funds on average wingers (including one not even expected to feature this season) instead of addressing the clear need for a proper striker, a central defender and a capable left back.
He has gambled on employing a manager who will deliver despite the squad deficiencies - unfortunately that manager doesn’t appear to have a Plan B and instead of playing our new midfielder (at least for part of the game), deems it acceptable to keep going with Plan A despite the poor efforts in the previous two games.
I predict that Mr King has already experienced the highs of his ownership - in this kind of form, promotion is a forlorn hope which will inevitably be followed by a tough next season both psychologically and based on teamsuch as Birmingham and Wrexham investing, Sheffield United starting with Wilder, not to mention Notts Forest/West Ham coming down.
I hope I am wrong, but with the experience of the many disappointment of being a Coventry fan for 50 years, I bet I am not.
Mr King’s ill-timed “motivational” New Year message is highly likely to come back to haunt him - I am pretty confident he also won’t be charging £45 for a ticket if we are the Championship next season.
Why not?I don't.
There may be a lack of ability, a lack of confidence, but not a lack of effort or application. Booing the team today might you feel better but it won’t give them more ability or confidenceFair play to the fans booing, spend our hard earned money to watch players on thousands a week play utterly pathetic
Agree with this. Its absolute bullshit the players have lost the fight etc.There are 15 games to go so it clearly hasn't ended yet.
But the last couple of months have been incredibly shit, no doubt about it, and we need to change it quickly.
It’s not just the squad suffering from a fragile mentality looking at this forum.
Mr King’s ill-timed “motivational” New Year message is highly likely to come back to haunt him - I am pretty confident he also won’t be charging £45 for a ticket if we are the Championship next season.
We played well enough to win the game. Oxford parked the bus. Poor finishing cost us. Hull have just lost at home to a team that lost 5 nil at home to Derby. Sheff Utd will have a good chance of beating Boro and so do we. Not too concerned tbh.
Oh give it a fucking rest man, it's the beginning of February there is everything to play for.Today showed that we won’t make it in the autos race.
This is not even a melodramatic post. The players don’t have the mentality, fight, passion to do this. Been evident for months.
If this is how they want to perform at home then there’s no chance for the rest of the season.
How on earth will these bunch of players be up for a battle with Boro?
Lampard you’re to blame as well as you’ve persisted with some nonsense tactics, formations even when we started the downward spiral. Don’t use injuries and fatigue as an excuse. You should have tightened us up over the last few months.
If you can’t beat Oxford who are awful at home in a promotion run in you don’t deserve anything. We don’t have any away form.
Too many so called big players picking up a wage for little return. No urgency, passion, creativity… nothing.
We won’t be going up through the autos and we haven’t a hells chance in winning any play off battles.
It’s a shame as this is the once in the blue moon chance to get out of this league. But it’s ending in a worrying style.
Whilst you spew your sanctimony... may as well die a hero.Imagine being in the trenches with a flannel like you
The turning point of our season and that’s on Doug.Not as much as his decision not to sign Bamford.
Sanctimonious means not declaring the season over when you are top of the table on the 7th February. I'm ok with that.Whilst you spew your sanctimony... may as well die a hero.
Good for you. I've already said it's not terminal.Sanctimonious means not declaring the season over when you are top of the table on the 7th February. I'm ok with that.
Last 13 games we're 17th. Even middle of the table form during that period and we'd still be 5 points clear at the top.2015/6 all over again - but worse!
Said it before, in that season people were saying the same things when the writing was on the wall.
"We'll be fine"
"It's not over yet"
"There's still 15 games to go"
" We've got X to play and if we win we'll be Above them"
Last 15 games, we're middle of the table - average Championship plodders.
What makes people think it is going to change!?
It hasn't last week, the week before, the couple of weeks before that, a month ago, a couple of months ago .....
Oh give it a fucking rest man, it's the beginning of February there is everything to play for.
Imagine being in the trenches with a flannel like you
But also... fuck it... I hope we can turn it overSanctimonious means not declaring the season over when you are top of the table on the 7th February. I'm ok with that.
Two centre backs passing the ball to each other on the halfway line in added time isnt helpful either.Get the frustration, but it’s not helpful.
People who think we might not get promoted are in denial. This is it, you can start enjoying it now.
Leicester comparison is nothing like us. They were still 11 points clear at this point in the season and their PPG never dropped below 2ppg. They just had two strong teams chasing them down, but they'd done most of the hard work already and only needed to win a hanful of their last few games. We have been in bottom 8 form for 13 games and need to somehow turn it back around to top 2 form for the last 15.On reflection, maybe we shouldn’t right us off. While they clearly didn’t have the lead we had, I still remember Leicester bottling it in 23/24 only to win the league after getting back up straight.
We need work 100% but if I was looking at it positively. We had chances to win today (looking at Wrights 1 on 1) and defence wise we did much better imo.
Likewise time is running out for us to get on a run
Did we see or envisage the turn around this time last year?..with no little previous form.Leicester comparison is nothing like us. They were still 11 points clear at this point in the season and their PPG never dropped below 2ppg. They just had two strong teams chasing them down, but they'd done most of the hard work already and only needed to win a hanful of their last few games. We have been in bottom 8 form for 13 games and need to somehow turn it back around to top 2 form for the last 15.
Did we see or envisage the turn around this time last year?..with no little previous form.
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