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Colin Methven, Arjan De Zeeuw, Matt Jackson, Mario Melchiot, Gary Caldwell, Emerson Boyce, ..............................Magnificent captains all ............. Samy Morsy, welcome to the club.
Caldwell the manager thought he wasn't good enoughColin Methven, Arjan De Zeeuw, Matt Jackson, Mario Melchiot, Gary Caldwell, Emerson Boyce, ..............................Magnificent captains all ............. Samy Morsy, welcome to the club.
Piss pot!I've just about calmed down. Bloody hell, that was nerve-wracking. In that second half, QPR must have had 75% possession, and to be fair, we kept them down really to that single chance where Marshall made his (usual) marvellous contribution.
At the other end, we could have had 7 ....... again...... but it wasn't to be.
No problem, a 2 or 3 nil win might start to give us telly watchers a false sense of security ......... a false sense of how massive this will be if we do it and stay up, even with a points deduction......... a false sense of how easy it is for the players and coaching staff to cope with.
It's not easy ..... it's a mountain ....... but thank God we have our equivalents of Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tensing out on that field and in the dugout.
The whiskey glass I ordered from the club shop arrived this morning ............ rest assured, it's gonna be tested for leakage tonight !
Caldwell the manager thought he wasn't good enough
Do we fully understand what happened? Caldwell the Manager brought him here, and then for some reason, let him out to Barnsley. Not sure why.
Regardless, the point was about leadership and captaincy.
Despite all the doom and gloom of the winter months, we've now officially already bettered last seasons points total and will by season end have scored more and conceded less. This having lost Reece James and Nick Powell is a great achievement for the coaching and playing staff.
Bloody typical this points total would have kept us up (with a 12 point penalty) in four of the last five years.
We are already above luton. As long as we don't lost to Barnsley, I don't think they will finish above us.
Reality now is we must focus on Hull. If we beat Hull, we need only better there points tally by one for the other 3 games. This is more than doable, I'm a believer!
Should be making use of all 5 subs, lots of games in a short while......
I wish we had shown the same spirit, determination and team spirit from August to January and also played with players in their best positions consistently and we may not have been in this situation.
May well have been screaming at the EFL for preventing a promotion push.
Good point Arthur, but my point wasnt to attack Cook as maybe you thought, it was a concern that we don't "run out off steam" obviously if we had been 3 or 4 up all 5 might of been usedFunnily enough, we were discussing how some of our opposition have become hopelessly disjointed and ineffective when they've been making wholesale changes. I guess we should be making subs when it's right to do so, I'm glad we didn't lob loads on yesterday,
Well between the months of August and January there was some pretty awful management decisions made with swapping and changing, poor substitutions and negative football along with some dire performances as a team and individually.I wish we fans had shown the same togetherness and support for the players and management but hey ho, we can't have everything.
Personally I don't entirely subscribe to the "run out of steam" theory for the second half performance. I think some credit should go to Warburton and the QPR players who upped their game.
They changed the system at half time and pushed up a good five yards with more effort to get forward, this left them weak at the back and we nearly exploited this on a couple of occasions, Jamal's run and shot being a case in point.
True one or two players gave their all and looked out on their feet as they left the pitch at full time, but both Robinson and Byrne still looked full of running. A credit to the fitness coaches and to the players themselves for the work they must have put in whilst in lockdown to maintain that level of fitness.
All we can ask is that the players give their all for the remaining four games and we the supporters do our part by getting behind them in whatever way we can.
C'mon you heroes. Up the Tic's.
Well between the months of August and January there was some pretty awful management decisions made with swapping and changing, poor substitutions and negative football along with some dire performances as a team and individually.
No matter how together the fans had been through that period it wouldn't have made one bit of difference. Thankfully like last season when we were looking odds on for relegation things started changing. Maybe that's why you can't have everything.
No issue from me - what's the saying "leave it all on the pitch" - and they certainly did that. Only concern is if there is enough in the tank for 4 more at that intensity level ?Personally I don't entirely subscribe to the "run out of steam" theory for the second half performance. I think some credit should go to Warburton and the QPR players who upped their game.
They changed the system at half time and pushed up a good five yards with more effort to get forward, this left them weak at the back and we nearly exploited this on a couple of occasions, Jamal's run and shot being a case in point.
True one or two players gave their all and looked out on their feet as they left the pitch at full time, but both Robinson and Byrne still looked full of running. A credit to the fitness coaches and to the players themselves for the work they must have put in whilst in lockdown to maintain that level of fitness.
All we can ask is that the players give their all for the remaining four games and we the supporters do our part by getting behind them in whatever way we can.
C'mon you heroes. Up the Tic's.