itsabuzzard
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Hope springs eternal. Frank the Tank might be the last throw of the dice, but let's give it a go. Believe.
Hope springs eternal. Frank the Tank might be the last throw of the dice, but let's give it a go. Believe.Amazed at some still claiming they think we’ll get promoted. Have they watched any of the games in the past two months??
Exactly.Hope springs eternal. Frank the Tank might be the last throw of the dice, but let's give it a go. Believe.
4points clear of boro come end of the game next monday
This. Writing off our chances of promotion, let alone going up automatically or, God forbid, actually winning the league from our current position is defeatist by definition. I'm having none of it until it's inevitable, and it's a long way from that.Exactly.
New Frank The Tank, but same old shit and I will be the first to concede.
We surely have to play better with him in the team haven't we?
We bought him to improve us. Let's see what a difference he can make.
Our form is horrendous though....This. Writing off our chances of promotion, let alone going up automatically or, God forbid, actually winning the league from our current position is defeatist by definition. I'm having none of it until it's inevitable, and it's a long way from that.
All true, but the opportunity is still there. Do people think that Onyeka will make no difference?Our form is horrendous though....
And has been for longer than we were good at the start of the season....
The blips are when we've won the odd game!
We've had enough goes at turning it around....
We haven't been able to do it!
It's mad that people seem to assume that without ever seeing him play for us.All true, but the opportunity is still there. Do people think that Onyeka will make no difference?
It’s not defeatist. There’s being positive and there’s being negative. Objectively, however, if you watch the performances of the last two months, there’s nothing to suggest we are getting promoted. It’s just calling what is in front of our eyes.This. Writing off our chances of promotion, let alone going up automatically or, God forbid, actually winning the league from our current position is defeatist by definition. I'm having none of it until it's inevitable, and it's a long way from that.
Boro are having the same sort of run we had at the start of the season…. Will they sustain it ? Who knows but it’s still all to play for …
They might not sustain it, but I'll guarantee you they won't drop off to the extent we have.
Can we find our form and take advantage? I'd be grateful if someone could give me a good reason to have hope that we will that goes beyond 'its in our hands' or'Leicester did it'.
Leicester didn’t even do it, it’s a complete myth. They never dropped off top spot and never dropped below 2ppg.They might not sustain it, but I'll guarantee you they won't drop off to the extent we have.
Can we find our form and take advantage? I'd be grateful if someone could give me a good reason to have hope that we will that goes beyond 'its in our hands' or'Leicester did it'.
We don’t need a 13 point drop off though do we. They are only 2 points ahead of us.
Fair enough, that’s weird, TransferMarkt has them as top the whole season. I looked it up last night.View attachment 49108
In fairness, they dropped to 3rd as late as the end of March
I do vividly remember them having a major wobble and dropping out of the Top 2 as there was a lot of talk at the time of us potentially sneaking into 6th and playing them in the Play-Offs - One of those games they lost away at Plymouth and their fans booed them off as they thought they had blown itFair enough, that’s weird, TransferMarkt has them as top the whole season. I looked it up last night.
Fair enough, that’s weird, TransferMarkt has them as top the whole season. I looked it up last night.
Edit: just figured out why, Leicester had a game in hand when they dropped to 3rd. They never dropped below 1st with equal games played.
Leicester didn’t even do it, it’s a complete myth. They never dropped off top spot and never dropped below 2ppg.
Why let something like reality get in the way?It’s not a myth that Maresca came under fan pressure and the senior players held a meeting to try and sort their form out.
Why let something like reality get in the way?
It's desperate to pin our hopes on something Leicester did anyway, really scraping the barrel.
While saying it's "ended" at the beginning of February is rational.
No one's pinning their hopes on it, just pointing out that it happened.It's desperate to pin our hopes on something Leicester did anyway, really scraping the barrel.
Leicester didn’t even do it, it’s a complete myth. They never dropped off top spot and never dropped below 2ppg.
No one's pinning their hopes on it, just pointing out that it happened.
I believe in optimism, no way are we a bottom 7 side like our last 13 games have us on current form. It has to turn round especially if Lampard gets our away form back although last year at Derby, Norwich, Hull, Luton and Plymouth we were woefulThey might not sustain it, but I'll guarantee you they won't drop off to the extent we have.
Can we find our form and take advantage? I'd be grateful if someone could give me a good reason to have hope that we will that goes beyond 'its in our hands' or'Leicester did it'.
I'm not fully convinced we'll finish in the top 2, but we are still in with a very good chance - there are still plenty of games left to play and 'Boro and Ipswich still have to play each other. We need to pull our finger out if we're going to do it and that starts with winning next Monday.While ignoring the far more compelling evidence of our away form for the last 3 months.
I keep saying it, but I really want someone to give me something tangible to hold on to, but no one can, and something Leicester did isn't cutting it
You have to believe that Frank will rediscover the spark that had us on fire earlier in the season. It's a fifteen game mini-league and we're in second place. Let's give it a go.It’s not defeatist. There’s being positive and there’s being negative. Objectively, however, if you watch the performances of the last two months, there’s nothing to suggest we are getting promoted. It’s just calling what is in front of our eyes.
Let's see what FTT can add.While ignoring the far more compelling evidence of our away form for the last 3 months.
I keep saying it, but I really want someone to give me something tangible to hold on to, but no one can, and something Leicester did isn't cutting it
Yeah, that’s correct, my mistake, I hold my hands up!I was just going off this
I'm not convinced we'll finish in the top 2, but we are still in with a very good chance - there are still plenty of games left to play and 'Boro and Ipswich still have to play each other. We need to pull our finger out if we're going to do it and that starts with winning next Monday.
Let's see what FTT can add.
Or are we writing him off too?
1 player CAN change a team's fortunes. We have been crying out for a player like him and so many people have been saying it's been down to tactics as to why we have been struggling so much.
We are not going to play exactly the same way with Onyeka in the side are we. There should be less holes and he can win the ball back for us
I don't know whether he IS the answer, but can't we at least give him a chance?
It desperately needs to turn, but the only possible catalyst Icansee for that is Onyeka. I don't see anything else that suggests a resurgence.
I haven't said its ended. Though there is a rationale behind it based on the huge downward trajectory of the last 3 months which is far more compelling as evidence than something a parachute team did a few years ago.
I believe in optimism, no way are we a bottom 7 side like our last 13 games have us on current form. It has to turn round especially if Lampard gets our away form back although last year at Derby, Norwich, Hull, Luton and Plymouth we were woeful
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