3 games in we have 3 points. No we havent won a game but we havent lost one neither. All the Anti thorn chants are stupid the seasons a marathon not a sprint. We have 43 games left this season all we need is a win once we get a win whether in cup or league football i think we will start to believe and start winning games. All the people that booed the team off today take a look at yourselves if you were a true fan you would support your team win lose or draw. Keep the Faith PUSB!!!
Why the panic (9 Viewers)
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skybluejelly
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I thought we won against dagenham
yeah i am frustrated at that but how is that thorn's fault its not like he made 3 changes at half time to disrupt the balance. Fans need to support the team like if there is a bad pass or even if we blow a two nil lead dont get on their backs roar them on to try and get the winner.
Otis
Well-Known Member
6 points lost from winning positions.
Sound familiar? And it's only 3 games in.
And what happened to hitting the ground running and our being one of the favourites? Yep, early days, but we only played well for 20 mins against Sheff Utd and 45 against Bury and not at all at Yeovil.
Doesn't exactly inspire you does it.
Anyway, I'm not panicking. I predicted a 14th place finish (was asked if I was mental when I said it) and we are 14th.
Sound familiar? And it's only 3 games in.
And what happened to hitting the ground running and our being one of the favourites? Yep, early days, but we only played well for 20 mins against Sheff Utd and 45 against Bury and not at all at Yeovil.
Doesn't exactly inspire you does it.
Anyway, I'm not panicking. I predicted a 14th place finish (was asked if I was mental when I said it) and we are 14th.
yeah we did. need a win to end this drawing run then hopefully go on a winning run.
Nick
Administrator
Did you notice the other manager make the changes that changed the game? We didnt respond!
Suppose yeah not until it was too late. We do need to make earlier subs just fine tweaking i think.
Covstu
Well-Known Member
I agree fella, but blind faith won't win us games! Thorn is our manager and I will support him until sisu change him which is unlikely however it s clear he is not a manager but it is all we have.
Mucca Mad Boys
Well-Known Member
With 43 games left...
Pretty sure Sheff Wed started poorly and they got promoted
Also sure Reading were well adrift off the top in January.
skybluealan
Well-Known Member
You must be joking, we were at the beginning of the season one of the favorites for promotion, now most teams will be thinking easy one point if not 3. Until Thorn leaves we have no chance. We will stay in Div 1
Grendel
Well-Known Member
With 43 games left...
Pretty sure Sheff Wed started poorly and they got promoted
Also sure Reading were well adrift off the top in January.
Didn't Sheffield change the manager?
Weren't we adrift last season - how did we end up?
Don't tell me thorn won the cup as a player so all is well.
percy
Member
good prediction if there were 3 games left but im fairly confident of finishing higher, with another 43 games to go
percy
Member
good i hope they do think that. they may be in for a surprise
skybluedan87
Member
Nah not convinced we were two nil up can't hold a lead or finish a game off! Two more game s thorney then jog on fatty!
Otis
Well-Known Member
With 43 games left...
Pretty sure Sheff Wed started poorly and they got promoted
Also sure Reading were well adrift off the top in January.
Yes of course there are 43 games left, but last season we kept losing points from winning positions (something like 30 in the end i think). New season, 3 games in and we have lost points from winning positions in each of the 3 games.
Why would you think that is going to change? No certainty whatsoever that we will change that sad fact of throwing points away.
And remember in the last 30 years only 6 teams relegated from the Championship have managed to get promoted in their first season in League One.
Hardly inspiring either is it.
JulianDarbyFTW
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Sheesh, anyone would think we'd lost 4 out of 4. I'm having doubts about Thorn, I must admit, but if you look at the first half in isolation we were streets ahead of them. The second half obviouly not, but we can and will batter teams. The issue is lack of confidence, something that Thorn can influence to a degree, but at my job there are some things I excel at and some things I don't, and no amount of training will change that until I decide to make it change. So why should footballers be any different?
ccfcway
Well-Known Member
we can and will batter teams ?
we can, agreed, will ?, a different matter
we have years of a losing mentality, and we currently have the least successful manager in history managing us, so get rid of him, and we may have a chance
SkyblueBazza
Well-Known Member
Who's panicking? The whiners are just happy because they have something more solid to whine about.
I agree marathon not a sprint & changing managers can work for or against you. History dictates it generally works strongly against us...but if we're struggling after 10 games I'll reconsider. Otherwise pusb & AT!
I agree marathon not a sprint & changing managers can work for or against you. History dictates it generally works strongly against us...but if we're struggling after 10 games I'll reconsider. Otherwise pusb & AT!
SkyblueBazza
Well-Known Member
Too early for me to press the panic button.
SkyblueBazza
Well-Known Member
No. New team needs to learn new team-mates ways & manager's tactics ( :-/ whether good, bad, indifferent or incredible)...which takes about 10 games on average to judge (e.g. Some get off to a flyers then fade, or vice-versa)
Ask me after 10 games if I'm panicking
Nick
Administrator
Have other teams got new players? Would you really expect us not to win against bury when 2 nil up?
mark82
Super Moderator
At this rate we will be 20 points off the pace after 10 games.
CCFC Germany
Active Member
Having won zero games being relegated and being amongst the "biggest" clubs in the League might be reason enough to panic.
I don't, as I did not expect automatic promotion, anyway.
It's time for Cov supporters to learn that other clubs in League One might be able to play football as well.
I don't, as I did not expect automatic promotion, anyway.
It's time for Cov supporters to learn that other clubs in League One might be able to play football as well.
Diehard Si
New Member
Well it's often said that a leader will keep a cool head while everyone around them loses theirs. Let's hope Thorn, Shaw and Carsley keep theirs while you and many other fans run around panicking.
Voice_of_Reason
Well-Known Member
Bournemouth (favourites) have a money-bags owner and spent heavily, as did Preston.... thay have hardly got off to flyers, have they ? Early days, but we are undefeated so far !
Grendel
Well-Known Member
Preston have not spent heavily.
Otis
Well-Known Member
Can go one of two ways.
We win next game and it's 1 win, 3 draws, undefeated. Won't look at all bad. 4 games undefeated and a win.
If we lose though, 3 draws and 1 defeat and then it's all going to look quite awful with no wins in 4 games.
Draw again of course and it's as we were and it's stretched to no wins in 4 games.
Draws are only good if they are followed by wins. Follow them up with defeats and it will indeed be the panic button. What people are most concerned about though is the throwing away of points from winning positions THREE times in a row. That is simply not acceptable. Last season we were one of the favourites to go down so this was more excusable, but this season we are one of the top favourites so go up so it simply should not be happening.
Happening it is though and I can fully understand why people are beginning to panic.
We win next game and it's 1 win, 3 draws, undefeated. Won't look at all bad. 4 games undefeated and a win.
If we lose though, 3 draws and 1 defeat and then it's all going to look quite awful with no wins in 4 games.
Draw again of course and it's as we were and it's stretched to no wins in 4 games.
Draws are only good if they are followed by wins. Follow them up with defeats and it will indeed be the panic button. What people are most concerned about though is the throwing away of points from winning positions THREE times in a row. That is simply not acceptable. Last season we were one of the favourites to go down so this was more excusable, but this season we are one of the top favourites so go up so it simply should not be happening.
Happening it is though and I can fully understand why people are beginning to panic.
Thorn didn't panic at all last season - How did that help us? Cov threw away roughly 1 in 3 games last season - So far its 2/3 and the other we scraped a draw! We have a strike force that is struggling a defence that relies on 1 player (who gave away a ridiculous penalty). Under Thorns' cool head we have no width, playing longball to short strikers, and yet there are some who STILL think he is doing a good job!
I'm not panicing - I would have sack long before end of last season!
When you have Thorn's #1 fan Linnell backtracking on how wonderful a manager he is he really is done for.
If he is to be given a chance, please tell me what changes he has made tactically to his teams from last year. All teams have new players, so that is simply not an excuse!
Tell me what he is doing differently from last season, and I might be prepared to give him 10 games.
So far I think he has had (including pre-season) more than thos 10 games already. I think in those pre-season games (remember against even lower league teams) they played well in possibly 1 maybe 2 of those games.
This is a squad who lost to Nuneaton (2 leagues below) and were thrashed by Wrexham!
His supporter witter on about no manager could do better with what he had - but look at Yeovil! Are they seriously trying to say Yeovil are a moneybags club?
I'm sorry, but the days of "we have to press on" and "have to pick ourselves up" being wheeled out over and over again in interviews must end ASAP.
Keeping him in place is a betrayal to all the loyal fans who went to the away games last season.
I'm not panicing - I would have sack long before end of last season!
When you have Thorn's #1 fan Linnell backtracking on how wonderful a manager he is he really is done for.
If he is to be given a chance, please tell me what changes he has made tactically to his teams from last year. All teams have new players, so that is simply not an excuse!
Tell me what he is doing differently from last season, and I might be prepared to give him 10 games.
So far I think he has had (including pre-season) more than thos 10 games already. I think in those pre-season games (remember against even lower league teams) they played well in possibly 1 maybe 2 of those games.
This is a squad who lost to Nuneaton (2 leagues below) and were thrashed by Wrexham!
His supporter witter on about no manager could do better with what he had - but look at Yeovil! Are they seriously trying to say Yeovil are a moneybags club?
I'm sorry, but the days of "we have to press on" and "have to pick ourselves up" being wheeled out over and over again in interviews must end ASAP.
Keeping him in place is a betrayal to all the loyal fans who went to the away games last season.
sylus
Well-Known Member
3 draws isn't panic stations yet imo,but we are talking about thorn here,the man is totally deluded.worst manager ever and we still defend him,i just can't understand this now.anyway i know sisu don't give a sh#t about us,but will there come a time when enough is enough, even with them and replace the clueless one,even if it is with either carsley/shaw.
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skybluejack10
New Member
even in league 1 with a strong side, we can't beat a team and still can't hold onto a lead!
we still look unfit after 80 mins, although the work rate in the first half was good
the fact that we drew to bury who were absolutely appalling makes me feel sick, and by being 2-0 ahead aswell is just embarrassing!
Even a 2-0 finish against that team would be embarrassing as they really were the worst i've ever seen play against cov!
we still look unfit after 80 mins, although the work rate in the first half was good
the fact that we drew to bury who were absolutely appalling makes me feel sick, and by being 2-0 ahead aswell is just embarrassing!
Even a 2-0 finish against that team would be embarrassing as they really were the worst i've ever seen play against cov!
skybluesteve76
New Member
The same mistakes from last season are blatantly still running thought this team like a bad disease! That's why there's panic, i personally want to see us win football matches!