Sick Boy
Super Moderator
Said it elsewhere but the back room probably needs a clear out of the old regime with Lampard free to bring in his own staff. We’ve already seen the calibre of coaches are much better.
Said it elsewhere but the back room probably needs a clear out of the old regime with Lampard free to bring in his own staff. We’ve already seen the calibre of coaches are much better.The chief piss takers need to leave, probably in the summer assuming we can find someone daft enough to take them. The chairman has clearly been taken in by Stone Cold and probably a few agents in thinking that it's a great 'deck'.
He has proven he knows nothing about the game. My concern is he hinders a rebuild by sticking by these waste of space players.
I'd like to see Will King and Sprout given senior positions personally.Said it elsewhere but the back room probably needs a clear out of the old regime with Lampard free to bring in his own staff. We’ve already seen the calibre of coaches are much better.
Not really, no. We finished nine points off, we spent very little time (if any?) in the top six. I expected more if I’m honest.
Yes and also the manner of the defeat vs Man Utd.Do you believe the cup run effected our season eventually and played a part in our small squad falling away ??
I do
So you'd have to say we lost what is now Europe's most lethal striker , the championships best midfielder but finished 6 points worse off than the playoff season and got to a FA cup semi finalYes and also the manner of the defeat vs Man Utd.
Yes of courseDo you believe the cup run effected our season eventually and played a part in our small squad falling away ??
I do
I saw it as a season of progress overall and expected us to come out firing at the start of this season and to easily make the play-offs.So you'd have to say we lost what is now Europe's most lethal striker , the championships best midfielder but finished 6 points worse off than the playoff season and got to a FA cup semi final
it was a success in reality
Yeh i thought we slightly underachieved last season but we had a great cup run so i was prepared to let it slide, even though i thought the end of the season was awful. We should however, having spent another £15 million-ish on top of what we already had, been ready to go this season and we just weren't. everything looked way off.I saw it as a season of progress overall and expected us to come out firing at the start of this season and to easily make the play-offs.
Yes of course
Even after the Everton game I was very optimistic. Fuck knows what happened.Yeh i thought we slightly underachieved last season but we had a great cup run so i was prepared to let it slide, even though i thought the end of the season was awful. We should however, having spent another £15 million-ish on top of what we already had, been ready to go this season and we just weren't. everything looked way off.
Yeh same, was very positive going into the season.Even after the Everton game I was very optimistic. Fuck knows what happened.
Even after the Everton game I was very optimistic. Fuck knows what happened.
Weaker where ? Godden palmer and o hare ?
Btw you are totally and probably purposely missing the entire point about these players ..
They are better than shit and they are better than they are showing because they've shown it before many times
The cup run was extremely fortunate and ultimately consisted of one win that you wouldn’t have expected us to get. Everyone apparently hates me for pointing it out but you have to take the emotion of a cup run out of the equation when you’re assessing the manager and squad.So you'd have to say we lost what is now Europe's most lethal striker , the championships best midfielder but finished 6 points worse off than the playoff season and got to a FA cup semi final
it was a success in reality
They showed they were good enough to finish 9th! People might have reasonably expected us to do better this season if we added to the squad, or if our existing players kicked on, but neither of those things happened.Then I'm not sure why people even talk about last season negatively then , these players showed they were good enough , I think the bigger problem as stu alluded to is the squad lacks some balance .. also players performing to a lower standard than last year in general (MVE prime example )
Do you believe the cup run effected our season eventually and played a part in our small squad falling away ??
I do
The level of criticism you level at our squad of players is unwarranted & unjustified.The chief piss takers need to leave, probably in the summer assuming we can find someone daft enough to take them. The chairman has clearly been taken in by Stone Cold and probably a few agents in thinking that it's a great 'deck'.
He has proven he knows nothing about the game. My concern is he hinders a rebuild by sticking by these waste of space players.
The fast transition football of robins had well gone his style now was at least as dull as this.The only difference seems to be more focus on possession and even more crosses.
My overriding feeling is that it's very dull under Frank so far.
I miss the high turnover, fast transition football of peak Robins.
Do you think we should get Collins back in goal then?
Were you there yesterday?The level of criticism you level at our squad of players is unwarranted & unjustified.
A good centre half & a centre mid will transform a team that already carries a decent goal threat.
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Not the only reason, but he was the catalyst. He helped us link up midfield and attack, he got the best out of players like Sakamoto (until he got injured). Palmer had to up his game too, as he actually had competition. It's not just about goals and assists (and he got some really important ones in that run) but how he helped us press from the front, keep possession ticking over in the final third, his link up play with Sakamoto and Milan should not be ignored. The amount of touches he had in the penalty area per game. The fact he would run behind the striker.So what we are saying is the only reason we won games was because of O hare ?
So cal held the entire team together ?
Honestly that's a ridiculous suggestion and I like him
Palmer hasn't even been in the match day squad for Hull since mid December, I guess Selles doesn't rate him.Ahh so you do think palmer was THAT good , honestly
He's injured again.Palmer hasn't even been in the match day squad for Hull since mid December, I guess Selles doesn't rate him.
No but so what , I'm a season ticket holder & yes I watched the match yesterday.Were you there yesterday?
Ahha, actually crocked versus us and now out another 6 weeks.He's injured again.
There are too many players in there who can't perform consistently and go missing during games. It doesn't matter who the manager is if the problem of them being easy to crack is still there.No but so what , I'm a season ticket holder & yes I watched the match yesterday.
You're being over critical. Unnecessary in my opinion. Yes we are a couple of key positions light but it's not the disaster you wish to convey.
Not the only reason, but he was the catalyst. He helped us link up midfield and attack, he got the best out of players like Sakamoto (until he got injured). Palmer had to up his game too, as he actually had competition. It's not just about goals and assists (and he got some really important ones in that run) but how he helped us press from the front, keep possession ticking over in the final third, his link up play with Sakamoto and Milan should not be ignored. The amount of touches he had in the penalty area per game. The fact he would run behind the striker.
The facts remain we won over half of our games he started, compare with less than a third when he didn't.
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O'Hare is gone, but we desperately need a replacement, Rudoni isn't it. He's not a number 10, he should be played further back with either Sheaf or Eccles (or even better a replacement) and a proper 10 brought in.
And how can you have a purple patch of half a bloody seasonwe only lost 2 of the first 11 too
Lampard deserves to actually bring in his own players and be given time to sort out the current mess.
Shame it wasn’t one offAnd realistically we should’ve won that game despite being poor.
One off performances aren’t proof of anything.
Unless they’re in a particular round of the FA CupOne off performances aren’t proof of anything.
Personal pride first?People need to stop making out he's inherited Russel Slades coventry city ffsthey finished 9th and reached a semi final, they are top 6 in all the stats maybe the fucking players should start taking their chances and start defending how they did for much of last season
The players need to start doing their fucking jobs that we've seen them do many times before
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