Otis
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We have looked rather doomed before too. This time we have been keeping our heads above water consistently.
We still have a healthy cushion over third from bottom and Rotherham have such a backlog now.
We have looked rather doomed before too. This time we have been keeping our heads above water consistently.Difference is for a lot of those PL escapes we were properly in the mire before squeezing out at the end, this time we have had so many points thrown away and made it far harder than it needed to be.
Quite a few of the bookies have Rotherham at better odds than blues to stay up. Wonder why. It would be nice for them to get some of those games in hand played. Would give much better viewing on things.We have looked rather doomed before too. This time we have been keeping our heads above water consistently.
We still have a healthy cushion over third from bottom and Rotherham have such a backlog now.
We have looked rather doomed before too. This time we have been keeping our heads above water consistently.
We still have a healthy cushion over third from bottom and Rotherham have such a backlog now.
It’s almost like the threads on here the other week about who we wanted to come up from League 1 were a bit premature.
Depends which team turns up on thr dayThe answer simply is to win more games than Birmingham out of our 10 remaining and Birmingham's 9. Looking at the remaining fixtures that shouldn't be difficult.
I thought you would want them to if they are shit - give you a better chance if you have to play them?
Apparently Wycombe tried all sorts of dubious tactics, hounding the ref, appealing etc tonight against Barnsley. Hope we are wise to it and that Osti keeps his cool (and Hamer, for that matter) Come on City!!
I think we beat them still. Luton pressed us really well at the start last night and gave us no time on the ball, our midfield sat deeper to plug gaps from sloppy passing and then it went to shit.Apparently Wycombe tried all sorts of dubious tactics, hounding the ref, appealing etc tonight against Barnsley. Hope we are wise to it and that Osti keeps his cool (and Hamer, for that matter) Come on City!!
If we go down it really is purely ourselves to blame, countless chances to pull away and they've been flapped every time. Shouldn't be anywhere near danger with the number of points chucked away time after time
We need to go back to 4 4 2 and stop with the tip tap football.
Exactly.
There are a few posters on here which just turn a blind eye every time it happens and point to the next game.
I've said it before, but the league this year is shite. The standard is awful. Reading should be destroying Birmingham, yet they fuck it up. As for us, we look worse than we did last year in league one, and it has very little to do with our opposition. I wouldn't like to go through our fixtures and look at the points I think we should have got because it would only piss me off more.
We've had so many chances to get those points and we've thrown them away. Individual mistakes have been a big problem, but negative tactics have been unbelievable too.
Some were behaving like Luton were Barcelona the way should have just bowed down to them. It really is pathetic. I hope we stay up but sometimes I don't feel we deserve it. As someone else pointed out, our body language against Luton/Barcelona was a joke. There was no fight at all and I would say on any other normal season we would be down there below Wycombe.
This season we have been generally pretty pathetic for many reasons, but recruitment needs looking at too. I know everyone was excited with Hamer (I was too), but since he has dropped off and the scope has zoomed out a bit, you have to say the last years' worth of signings have been extremely poor.
Need to hope we stay up and sort this shit out in the summer.
As for us, we look worse than we did last year in league one, and it has very little to do with our opposition
Your argument fell down when you wanted to start biamou. As for the wingers comment.....We should have learned by now that one up front doesn't work for us, it is annoying seeing this when we are gifting goals almost every game.
Robins should accept that our defending is dodgy, put 2 up front and be trying to win games 3-2, 4-3....
Biamou with Godden or Walker
Do not play Kelly and James together
Dabo and O'Hare on the wing
It's almost like we should outplay and beat every team with a massively higher budget and experience at this level isn't it?Often agree with a lot of your points, but this bit I can't agree with.
Much too simplistic and really negative. The league is the same every year, 24 teams, 46 games and a mix of sides like us that come up, sides that come down and that middle group of clubs who have been in this league a while and are jostling for space at the higher end of the table. Somebody must occupy the lower positions. That is our role this season and it is progress, Huddersfield and Forest and Derby can't have that perspective.Exactly.
There are a few posters on here which just turn a blind eye every time it happens and point to the next game.
I've said it before, but the league this year is shite. The standard is awful. Reading should be destroying Birmingham, yet they fuck it up. As for us, we look worse than we did last year in league one, and it has very little to do with our opposition. I wouldn't like to go through our fixtures and look at the points I think we should have got because it would only piss me off more.
We've had so many chances to get those points and we've thrown them away. Individual mistakes have been a big problem, but negative tactics have been unbelievable too.
Some were behaving like Luton were Barcelona the way should have just bowed down to them. It really is pathetic. I hope we stay up but sometimes I don't feel we deserve it. As someone else pointed out, our body language against Luton/Barcelona was a joke. There was no fight at all and I would say on any other normal season we would be down there below Wycombe.
This season we have been generally pretty pathetic for many reasons, but recruitment needs looking at too. I know everyone was excited with Hamer (I was too), but since he has dropped off and the scope has zoomed out a bit, you have to say the last years' worth of signings have been extremely poor.
Need to hope we stay up and sort this shit out in the summer.
Often agree with a lot of your points, but this bit I can't agree with.
I think 2 up front would of beat Luton they looked dodgy by the time he done it the game was long goneWe need to go back to 4 4 2 and stop with the tip tap football.
Yup we use wing backs to work it wide to them to at times cross to O’Hare it’s bonkers thinking,both wingbacks are struggling at this levelI'm trying to measure it based on things like basic mistakes and tasks.
Simple passing etc
I still think the wingback thing is stupid. We barely ever score from crosses and struggle to get more than one man in the box. Separate point, I know.
Much too simplistic and really negative. The league is the same every year, 24 teams, 46 games and a mix of sides like us that come up, sides that come down and that middle group of clubs who have been in this league a while and are jostling for space at the higher end of the table. Somebody must occupy the lower positions. That is our role this season and it is progress, Huddersfield and Forest and Derby can't have that perspective.
Why should Reading be destroying Birmingham? Blues were motivated, fought hard and Reading were shy of their best, just like when we beat Reading or Brentford. Its a competitive league, you should be pleased with our progress in the big picture but all you see is we are pretty pathetic. A bit like your post IMO.
Mainly injures to our strikersNot really.
I've been watching championship football for years. The quality this season is significantly weaker than it has been for a long time. That may be due to lack of crowds, but how many games can you honestly say we have been outclassed in? Very few.
My frustration is that if we do get relegated, it was entirely preventable. We've been poor, for a variety of reasons.
Mainly injures to our strikers
I think 2 up front would of beat Luton they looked dodgy by the time he done it the game was long gone
Exactly.
There are a few posters on here which just turn a blind eye every time it happens and point to the next game.
I've said it before, but the league this year is shite. The standard is awful. Reading should be destroying Birmingham, yet they fuck it up. As for us, we look worse than we did last year in league one, and it has very little to do with our opposition. I wouldn't like to go through our fixtures and look at the points I think we should have got because it would only piss me off more.
We've had so many chances to get those points and we've thrown them away. Individual mistakes have been a big problem, but negative tactics have been unbelievable too.
Some were behaving like Luton were Barcelona the way should have just bowed down to them. It really is pathetic. I hope we stay up but sometimes I don't feel we deserve it. As someone else pointed out, our body language against Luton/Barcelona was a joke. There was no fight at all and I would say on any other normal season we would be down there below Wycombe.
This season we have been generally pretty pathetic for many reasons, but recruitment needs looking at too. I know everyone was excited with Hamer (I was too), but since he has dropped off and the scope has zoomed out a bit, you have to say the last years' worth of signings have been extremely poor.
Need to hope we stay up and sort this shit out in the summer.
So someone is breaking the rules by not isolating !BBC saying Rovrum have 20 + Covid cases this week!!
Exactly.
There are a few posters on here which just turn a blind eye every time it happens and point to the next game.
I've said it before, but the league this year is shite. The standard is awful. Reading should be destroying Birmingham, yet they fuck it up. As for us, we look worse than we did last year in league one, and it has very little to do with our opposition. I wouldn't like to go through our fixtures and look at the points I think we should have got because it would only piss me off more.
We've had so many chances to get those points and we've thrown them away. Individual mistakes have been a big problem, but negative tactics have been unbelievable too.
Some were behaving like Luton were Barcelona the way should have just bowed down to them. It really is pathetic. I hope we stay up but sometimes I don't feel we deserve it. As someone else pointed out, our body language against Luton/Barcelona was a joke. There was no fight at all and I would say on any other normal season we would be down there below Wycombe.
This season we have been generally pretty pathetic for many reasons, but recruitment needs looking at too. I know everyone was excited with Hamer (I was too), but since he has dropped off and the scope has zoomed out a bit, you have to say the last years' worth of signings have been extremely poor.
Need to hope we stay up and sort this shit out in the summer.
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