Awful? They weren't awful, they lacked a bit of quality up front but their midfield controlled the game for the vast majority of the game, and in Quinn had the beat player on the pitch by a mile.
I can accept the 'need to gel' as an argument for being a little rusty but it shouldn't be used as a justification for failure when it's plainly a result of something else -I think that is what bother's some - it's when it is used as a way to prepare for acceptance of failure in the interim - Excuse makes always have a good one ready and I just think we will be getting a season full of them.
True but of course there are concerns after last season. Things that will have to be addresses are;
Away wins need to be achieved
We need to win games when we get ahead
We need to be fluid and play well for long periods not just 20 minutes per match
At the moment it is a new division but the same tactical errors and the same outcome.
No the facts relate to League games - for all I know Doncaster fielded a weakened side against York - I cannot be bothered to look.
The only relevant starts are regarding the League which is why the attempt at diversion.
Why is it this season in particular that we need time to 'gel'?
I have never heard it used as an excuse before?
Do some teams and players gel better than others?
Because last season we signed 3 players, 2 GKs, and 1 striker, who didn't start the season... :facepalm:
So only Murphy had to 'gel', but GKs don't necessarily need to gel.
But this season we have signed 9 players, with apparently at least 1 more to come (McGoldrick/Trotta and Robinson?)
We should have got off to a flyer last season against 10 man Leicester then.
We should have got off to a flyer last season against 10 man Leicester then.
How many players left without being replaced? And around we go again...it's getting tiresome, this.
How many players left without being replaced? And around we go again...it's getting tiresome, this.
King and Gunnarsson.
Our team was pretty much our first choice, only "kid" in the team the potential £25million player Bigi, only player not previously with us was Murphy.
Leicester had 7 players making their debut.
We had one.
Can't use "gelling" argument only when it suits you.
It was 1st choice as it was all that was left. Gelling is irrelevent if you are making your league debut or just plain shit. We didn't lose to Leicester due to gelling: we lost to them as they totally outclassed us.
A pub team wouldn't beat Man U just because they'd played together for 5 years, would they?
And I'm not using the gelling argument anyway-just tearing to pieces those that are attempting to because their vendetta obsesses them so.
This is you tearing us to pieces?
Do you get somebody to pass you the toilet paper?
It was 1st choice as it was all that was left. Gelling is irrelevent if you are making your league debut or just plain shit. We didn't lose to Leicester due to gelling: we lost to them as they totally outclassed us.
A pub team wouldn't beat Man U just because they'd played together for 5 years, would they?
And I'm not using the gelling argument anyway-just tearing to pieces those that are attempting to because their vendetta obsesses them so.
Interestingly though you have stated that sides of higher quality take longer to get their act together so on that basis you would expect 7 new players to struggle.
No one on here has a vendetta against anyone that I can see.
I remember the Leicester game well and you could visibly tell Leicester were a new team playing their first games together that day, both teams were poor and we had no goal threat that day which was our downfall, it was a tight game which was decided by a set pieceKing and Gunnarsson.
Our team was pretty much our first choice, only "kid" in the team the potential £25million player Bigi, only player not previously with us was Murphy.
Leicester had 7 players making their debut.
We had one.
Can't use "gelling" argument only when it suits you.
I remember the Leicester game well and you could visibly tell Leicester were a new team playing their first games together that day, both teams were poor and we had no goal threat that day which was our downfall, it was a tight game which was decided by a set piece
Yeah it was a lame performance we did'nt deserve to lose ,very level and in numbers also with both sendings off ,just some poor defending let us down at a set pieceI remember the Leicester game well and you could visibly tell Leicester were a new team playing their first games together that day, both teams were poor and we had no goal threat that day which was our downfall, it was a tight game which was decided by a set piece
Yeah it was a lame performance we did'nt deserve to lose ,very level and in numbers also with both sendings off ,just some poor defending let us down at a set piece
,alas may have given us a little impetus tfor the rest of the season,history now.
Not really history. Just another mind numbing game courtesy of the clueless one.
Like the thread!!Not really history. Just another mind numbing game courtesy of the clueless one.
Says a man with no vendetta.
Is everyone who thinks Thorn is clueless accused of having a vendetta - you can think him clueless and even unworthy with having a vendetta.
How?! Surely the passive, aggressive nature of the post's scream "VENDETTA"!!
Has anyone had a vendetta against any manager? Must be at least one you thought was not up to it. Hardly a vendetta, just a conclusion you draw from what you witness.
Yup, there are managers I haven't particularly liked but I definitely did not talk about them all day!
I don't think I have disliked any manager. That suggests emotion - my conclusions are based on facts and cold hearted reality.
I think any team with 6 new players in a starting line up need time to gel click whatever..be foolish to think otherwise
To be fair.you would moan if we had 6 points on the boardOther than the 3 who are top of the league with maximum points.:facepalm:
Other than the 3 who are top of the league with maximum points.:facepalm:
To be fair.you would moan if we had 6 points on the board
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