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Saddlebrains

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  • Today at 1:57 PM
  • #106
Grendel said:
Lets be honest you'd be the first next season to be moaning about the revised ST prices and claiming King is ripping fans off
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Youre missing out the bit where I make a song and dance about how I wont renew first
 

larry_david

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  • Today at 1:58 PM
  • #107
covcity4life said:
Fucking hell top of the league in January and posts about "im so angry at this team, the management, the players, everything"

Get a fucking grip
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But I am angry. So who are you to tell me not to be. Were you happy watching kitching try put his foot on the ball, miss and let them score.
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 2:04 PM
  • #108
Grendel said:
Genuinely do you actually attend any games?
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Yeah I do
 

Grendel

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  • Today at 2:07 PM
  • #109
Ccfcisparks said:
Yeah I do
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Its not how you come across
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Today at 2:08 PM
  • #110
Grendel said:
Its not how you come across
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OK?

i'm sure you aren't like how you come across IRL
 
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CovValleyBoy

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  • Today at 2:21 PM
  • #111
I'm not angry. I am petrified.
However I've thought for a couple of years we are destined to return to the Premier Lge.
That will sustain me for now.
 
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chiefdave

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  • Today at 2:57 PM
  • #112
CovValleyBoy said:
I'm not angry. I am petrified.
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This is what it comes down to isn't it.

Anyone that's been a fan for longer than the recent rise up from L2 will be just waiting for this to fall apart.

So now we're not playing well and results are slipping people are worried. Worried that those in charge either don't see it or don't know how to fix it, or in the case of the owner won't put up the cash to fix it.

We need a decent run of results, with decent performances, to calm people down a bit.

People can shout about bedwetting but at the end of December we were looking at beating Ipswich to potentially move something ridiculous like 16 points clear of 3rd. Now the gap is 8 points from two teams who have a game in hand.

Yet we have people making out the lead is insurmountable and we have nothing to worry about..
 
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Londonccfcfan

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  • Today at 3:01 PM
  • #113
skyblu3sk said:
Not sure that's right. I think Esse is too attacking for our lineup pulls everyone out of position.
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Esse should be playing AM or Rudoni.

Sakamoto should be given a start hes much better than Esse defensively.

Esse has x factor to play AM. That lay off for Wright as an example.
 

Londonccfcfan

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  • Today at 3:03 PM
  • #114
Ccfcisparks said:
After being 13 points clear can you blame him
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It was 13 to 3rd and 8 points to 2nd at one point.
 

covcity4life

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  • Today at 3:06 PM
  • #115
larry_david said:
But I am angry. So who are you to tell me not to be. Were you happy watching kitching try put his foot on the ball, miss and let them score.
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Yeah I loved it

Canaries4life
 
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CCFCSteve

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  • Today at 3:18 PM
  • #116
Grendel said:
I must admit even for me it’s becoming tiresome

The irony is if we do get promoted we’d be then losing most weeks and the hysteria then would be off the scale.
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Exactly this. I was speaking to a mate about it a couple of weeks or so back when there was moaning and couple of boos at HT. we were both saying WTF is going to happen if we do get promoted and potentially getting smashed some weeks… I can only imagine !
 
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skyblu3sk

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  • Today at 3:18 PM
  • #117
Londonccfcfan said:
Esse should be playing AM or Rudoni.

Sakamoto should be given a start hes much better than Esse defensively.

Esse has x factor to play AM. That lay off for Wright as an example.
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That's where my head goes to yes.
Give him a more free AM role.
 

clint van damme

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  • Today at 3:19 PM
  • #118
chiefdave said:
This is what it comes down to isn't it.

Anyone that's been a fan for longer than the recent rise up from L2 will be just waiting for this to fall apart.

So now we're not playing well and results are slipping people are worried. Worried that those in charge either don't see it or don't know how to fix it, or in the case of the owner won't put up the cash to fix it.

We need a decent run of results, with decent performances, to calm people down a bit.

People can shout about bedwetting but at the end of December we were looking at beating Ipswich to potentially move something ridiculous like 16 points clear of 3rd. Now the gap is 8 points from two teams who have a game in hand.

Yet we have people making out the lead is insurmountable and we have nothing to worry about..
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There's definitely vibes of the Mowbray season about it. Where he knew what was coming long before it did but still couldn't come up with the answers.

I said from the start we wouldn't keep scoring like we were, I said we'd have a blip and expected it around Christmas, and I said boro would stay the course so I got all that right.

But I said the blues game would be a watershed moment and after the cup break I thought we'd return to some sort of form but we haven't and it's worrying.

I appreciate we won 2 home games, but the concerns are around away form and last night was another abject performance.

If we don't change it Saturday then I really will start to believe we can blow this.

I think people are getting a little side tracked by the fact we created some big chances last night but I think it's a smokescreen.
Torp for example, did brilliantly to create the Haji chance that was cleared off the line, he's got that in his locker, but overall he was poor.
And that goes for others.

It was another incoherent performance littered with individual errors, and they're happening far too frequently.

When we started this run of poor away form we were actually playing well, unlucky at Ipswich and probably would have won at St Mary's but for the red but since then its been shite.
 
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jto123

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  • Today at 3:21 PM
  • #119
I’m happy to admit I’m a bedwetter and quite frankly I think people are entitled to be with current performances. What I won’t accept, however, is if we fail to get promoted that this season is worse than the league 1 relegation season. People forget what the true nadir was so easily.
 
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jto123

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  • Today at 3:26 PM
  • #120
clint van damme said:
There's definitely vibes of the Mowbray season about it. Where he knew what was coming long before it did but still couldn't come up with the answers.

I said from the start we wouldn't keep scoring like we were, I said we'd have a blip and expected it around Christmas, and I said boro would stay the course so I got all that right.

But I said the blues game would be a watershed moment and after the cup break I thought we'd return to some sort of form but we haven't and it's worrying.

I appreciate we won 2 home games, but the concerns are around away form and last night was another abject performance.

If we don't change it Saturday then I really will start to believe we can blow this.

I think people are getting a little side tracked by the fact we created some big chances last night but I think it's a smokescreen.
Torp for example, did brilliantly to create the Haji chance that was cleared off the line, he's got that in his locker, but overall he was poor.
And that goes for others.

It was another incoherent performance littered with individual errors, and they're happening far too frequently.

When we started this run of poor away form we were actually playing well, unlucky at Ipswich and probably would have won at St Mary's but for the red but since then its been shite.
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This is spot on. The loss of shape since Southampton is the problem. Hasn’t been rectified and will cost us autos.
 

SeaSeeEffCee

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  • Today at 3:29 PM
  • #121
jto123 said:
I’m happy to admit I’m a bedwetter and quite frankly I think people are entitled to be with current performances. What I won’t accept, however, is if we fail to get promoted that this season is worse than the league 1 relegation season. People forget what the true nadir was so easily.
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Bottling the autos would be worse than any relegation for me. Whenever we get relegated you’re usually pretty numb to it by the end because you know the team isn’t good enough etc. but the whiplash to go from miles clear at the top of the league to the form we’ve shown over the past two months has been horrendous.
 
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SleepyGinger

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  • Today at 3:36 PM
  • #122
Emotions were high last night but if the worst was to happen and we don’t go up we will all be there at the CBS on opening day next season supporting the team. Still a long way to go and we are in a great position, hopefully lessons have been learnt from last night and we get a signing or 2 in this week.
 

edgy

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  • Today at 3:37 PM
  • #123
jto123 said:
I’m happy to admit I’m a bedwetter and quite frankly I think people are entitled to be with current performances. What I won’t accept, however, is if we fail to get promoted that this season is worse than the league 1 relegation season. People forget what the true nadir was so easily.
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Nah not being promoted after getting ourselves into such a brilliant position will be worse than any relegation for me.
 

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Today at 3:41 PM
  • #124
ccfc1234 said:
3 questions for Lampard

1. Why take of Esse for Sakamoto and BTA for Eccles? Sakamoto for BTA fine with Esse at 10 amd Sakamoto on the right makes sense. Eccles in the 10 role doesn't.
2. Why take off Haji when he is playing well? Felt like a scripted sub
3. Why don't we vary the formation to 442 or 532 in games when we are struggling to create chances?


It's not all on Frank at all as Kitching has to do better defensively and so does EMC and Eccles with their headers and it's a different outcome. I just looked at the form table and last 6 games we are 16th.
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Bang on the money sir.
 

Londonccfcfan

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  • Today at 3:43 PM
  • #125
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT said:
Bang on the money sir.
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Esse was knackered after 60mins..still building up his fitness.
 
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CovValleyBoy

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  • Today at 3:47 PM
  • #126
I do like Esse.
2 goals in 2 lge appearances.
The power in that left foot & some of his passes, impressive.
 

COVKIDSNEVERQUIT

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  • Today at 3:53 PM
  • #127
Londonccfcfan said:
Esse was knackered after 60mins..still building up his fitness.
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Ok, but he needs to play in the 10 role with Sakamoto on the wing against QPR.
 
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jto123

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  • Today at 3:53 PM
  • #128
SeaSeeEffCee said:
Bottling the autos would be worse than any relegation for me. Whenever we get relegated you’re usually pretty numb to it by the end because you know the team isn’t good enough etc. but the whiplash to go from miles clear at the top of the league to the form we’ve shown over the past two months has been horrendous.
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We didn’t own our stadium and it seemed, for a time, like the club would cease to exist. It can’t be worse than that.
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Today at 3:54 PM
  • #129
Did people really expect us to go unbeaten until the end of the season? I thought most predictions had us losing about 5 more til then, this is one of them. Both goals were OG’s weren’t they, JDS knocks the first one in and Bobby got a deflection in front of Rushy, who looked like he’d got it covered.

9 home games yet and we’ll win most of them, with a couple of draws away should see us through. A single point ahead of second or third at the end of the season will be enough.
 
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jto123

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  • Today at 3:55 PM
  • #130
edgy said:
Nah not being promoted after getting ourselves into such a brilliant position will be worse than any relegation for me.
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It wasn’t just the relegation. The toxicity of SISU, not owning stadium and administration was much worse and tiresome. At least now we can focus on on-field problems
 

fatso

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  • Today at 4:11 PM
  • #131
Saddlebrains said:
If we do blow this 13 points clear 5 weeks ago on Boxing day, no side EVER been that far clear and not gone up automatically

It will be a tag that never leaves us. I'm bedwetting after that
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Norwich will take points of borough at the weekend.
We will win, and all will be good.

We never win at Norwich, so dont sweat
Sky Blue Pete said:
I didn’t think Norwich were very good
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Good enough to beat a team at the top of the Championship
 

Otis

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  • Today at 4:27 PM
  • #132
robbiethemole said:
Did people really expect us to go unbeaten until the end of the season? I thought most predictions had us losing about 5 more til then, this is one of them. Both goals were OG’s weren’t they, JDS knocks the first one in and Bobby got a deflection in front of Rushy, who looked like he’d got it covered.

9 home games yet and we’ll win most of them, with a couple of draws away should see us through. A single point ahead of second or third at the end of the season will be enough.
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Yeah, get all that. But the worry is that teams seem to have studied how to nullify us and have changed tactics, or tried to expose our weaknesses more.

It's no surprise that Grimes is now finding so much less space and that Mason-Clark, at times, is getting triple marked

We are finding teams are utilising big gaps to waltz through the middle of the park.

We need to make adjustments.

Really hoping we can bring at least one more player in before the window closes.

As has been said before, a CM and a LB would be great.
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Today at 4:41 PM
  • #133
Otis said:
Yeah, get all that. But the worry is that teams seem to have studied how to nullify us and have changed tactics, or tried to expose our weaknesses more.

It's no surprise that Grimes is now finding so much less space and that Mason-Clark, at times, is getting triple marked

We are finding teams are utilising big gaps to waltz through the middle of the park.

We need to make adjustments.

Really hoping we can bring at least one more player in before the window closes.

As has been said before, a CM and a LB would be great.
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Tell Doug to get his fucking wallet/ cheque book open and get some help in midfield if nothing else.
 
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quinn1971

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  • Today at 4:53 PM
  • #134
We’re still 8 points clear of Ipswich who’ve got 4 away games on the bounce in feb they’ve won 1 away in the last 6, they’re as bad as us away, it was never going to be easy, hate saying it but on this occasion I would take a point at QPR, and we’re more than capable of beating Oxford and mboro at home,
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Today at 5:36 PM
  • #135
Sky Blue Harry H said:
Fair enough ...... probably shouldn't have posted straight after I'd walked back from the ground, still a bit frustrated! PUSB!
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Nor should the likes of myself use the forum as a venting tool immediately after a game...it is pretty cathartic though!

I will say though, I get why people think 'if you're like this about bottling promotion, you wouldn't stick around in the top flight when we're getting battered every week'. The thing is, I grew up with relegation battles, then getting relegated, then lots of time finishing in the bottom half and getting relegated a few more times...that's all par for the course and I'm cool with it.

It's having done so well in the first half of the season to be on course to achieve something really special then sliding into entering the record books for throwing it all away that would just be too much of a kick in the balls. The playoff final was one thing, and it hurt, but we were a very late comer to the playoffs and Luton had finished third...it was more their time than ours. For this though, it would be the collapse of legends only comparable to Keegan's Newcastle who still came second and took it to the last day.

It would leave me thinking that we're essentially never going to get back to the top flight.
 
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shmmeee

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  • Today at 5:48 PM
  • #136
Didn’t realise we’ve lost 7 on the bounce away. That’s pretty grim.
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Today at 5:49 PM
  • #137
shmmeee said:
Didn’t realise we’ve lost 7 on the bounce away. That’s pretty grim.
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It's also untrue even including the cup.
 

shmmeee

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  • Today at 5:51 PM
  • #138
Brighton Sky Blue said:
It's also untrue even including the cup.
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Blame CWR

 
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Martw

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  • Today at 5:52 PM
  • #139
COVKIDSNEVERQUIT said:
Ok, but he needs to play in the 10 role with Sakamoto on the wing against QPR.
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I don’t think that’s a bad shout
 

Brighton Sky Blue

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  • Today at 5:52 PM
  • #140
shmmeee said:
Blame CWR

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