westyorkshireexile
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Cheer up everyone, at least we can look forward to beating the scum twice next season.............on second thoughts!!!
WeCheer up everyone, at least we can look forward to beating the scum twice next season.............on second thoughts!!!
I agree we were as good as Peterborough in many departments. But then I thought they were very poor as well (and had got one point from their previous 3 games)! What they did have was someone who looked capable of putting the ball in the net - even if it took him two golden chances to do so.
Sorry, but ifs and buts are exactly why teams get relegated. In two of those matches we threw away leads and in one we were playing against 10 men. That's not divine intervention - it's because we aren't that good.
But there are 9 teams within five points of each other scrapping not to be in three relegation places (if you accept that as they are 7 points adrift Wimbledon are the most likely candidates to occupy one of the four places). There is every chance we can be one of the six that don't go down - but it will be tight.
I can only go by what I saw in the ground today and outside of it, and some people were doom mongering when they got to their seat. Today was not great, but then again, neither was last week, but listening to the talk and as much as I could tolerate of Rad Ox, it was surprising to hear.
And we have come through a set of game where I quote a number of fans, "we won't get a point against those teams" and yet we did. The recent run of games was very tough, the next set of games are more reasonable - we play teams around us, so have our destiny firmly in our hands.
So the reason I am telling people to stop being whiny bitches and calm down is that they need to engage their brains and realise we've played teams in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th , 10th and 12th so far this year and lost once. Take a look at the below and we play each team this season apart from Plymouth and Southend. So yeah, stop being whiny bitches and man upView attachment 1144
Obviously none of the loan players or those out of contract which would leave barely half the current team.We
May with the players we have plus a striker, but how may of them will want to stay with us while we are in L2
You have completely missed the point. And you also forgot Bristol Rovers.
Plymouth = lost
Southend = lost
Bristol R = lost
We haven’t done well against teams around us.... the fact that we have many of them still to play is something to be very concerned about.
It might well be in our hands but we don’t seem to have the stomach for a fight.
Although I think we are better now than we were then. Believe ?
And the ones on contract Henry and Whyte will they want to stay?Obviously none of the loan players or those out of contract which would leave barely half the current team.
^ ThisThis ^ There was an (unearned) arrogance on show today that's much more worrying than the result. Got to dig in at accy now.
I haven’t seen a replay of the goal on tv yet, but ..... I have criticised our defence a number of times this season, they are not good enough but from the Oxford mail stand I could see their player make a move for the goal
From where I was it took shocking defending to a lower depth than I thought possible
An 18 goal striker, well 19 now to be given the run of the penalty area horrendous
Whoever was making him should have come out on rad ox and apologied
This was a poor game and had nil nil all over it
We could still be playing now and not have scored but to give a goal away like that is a disgrace
And for a crowd of over 6.000 the atmosphere was poor, very poor, atmosphere can be generated by the team, little sign of that yesterday, and then by the crowd itself, there was little forthcoming, a combination of the treatment of the Ultras, the board, the manager, the tactics, the players attitude, the stadium all these contributed to a lacklustre attitude within the crowd yesterday
Looking at the height of him I would suggest Brannigan marking him would be a joke, it looked like the ball was going to be put into the box, so common sense would say one of the central defenders or someone tall. If you think putting Brannigan, our shortest player, against him in a potential header situation is a good idea then ...... well that’s probably why I’m not a manager because I would put someone against him who would actually have a chance !!!!I thinks that’s a bit far, however watching g it back it was clearly Ruffels or Brannigans man. If that was Hanson or Dickie they would have been getting dogs abuse.
It looked to me as though Nelson was Toney’s marker. Or should have been. As has been said elsewhere, if that had been Dickie....Looking at the height of him I would suggest Brannigan marking him would be a joke, it looked like the ball was going to be put into the box, so common sense would say one of the central defenders or someone tall. If you think putting Brannigan, our shortest player, against him in a potential header situation is a good idea then ...... well that’s probably why I’m not a manager because I would put someone against him who would actually have a chance !!!!