I disagree. The manner of that loss was worse than anything last season. If we bounce back and learn a lesson fair enough, but there was so much wrong with that performance there is a lot to bounce back from and having to do so v Fulham.
You are entitled to disagree... But I'm talking about a gut feel of a game... The 2nd half became laughable.I disagree. The manner of that loss was worse than anything last season. If we bounce back and learn a lesson fair enough, but there was so much wrong with that performance there is a lot to bounce back from and having to do so v Fulham.
Disagree original poster is right. Forest deserved zilch last year was absolute daylight robbery we lost there.I disagree. The manner of that loss was worse than anything last season. If we bounce back and learn a lesson fair enough, but there was so much wrong with that performance there is a lot to bounce back from and having to do so v Fulham.
It was just as bad at Rotherham away in league 1 , we were utterly appalling that day and Rotherham didn't need a couple of dodgy decisions to do it either.. we went on to have a great season
I'm well known within my family for having such a foul mood after a loss - after losing to Forest Green in L2 I threw my phone at a wall and smashed it.
However tonight, I'm absolutely fine. Maybe it's because I'm going on holiday tomorrow, or maybe it's like you and doesn't actually feel that bad.
Nobody saw that coming - Tatics had a big say from the 1st minute as Luton seem to target our left flank from the off and continued to do so throughout the first half but we did not seem to counteract this - They threw us off our stride from the off with there pressing, never letting us put two or three passes together - Bad day at the office - You could say Luton management played a blinder and Coventry management had a mare -In a perverse way, I feel better after a result like this than I did after losing to Forest away last season.
That fucking hurt for days... This is almost a 'get it out of the system' performance.
If we play well for 9 games & chuck in one horror every 10 games this season... Then we might be okay...
One thing that i certainly thought was very strange, was looking at the bench throughout the first half they all sat there! There was no rallying or bollockings, there was literally no direction coming from bench. They were sat down the whole time.
Saw AV stood up in 2nd half and trying to rally players. But it seemed like MR couldnt give a fuck. Which we all know isnt the case. Just strange.
Time will tell but at this stage we just have to hope its a blip. Every season produces the odd bizarre result and performance, so let's hope that's all it was. The reaction against Fulham will be interesting, as after last night most people will expect another tonking.
I agree that the tactics and the not changing tactics were bizarre. We have been doing much less overly passing out from the back since midway through last season, which coincided with fewer silly goals conceded and more points. Yet for some reason the tactics were to do so amidst a highly energetic and effective press and on a tight pitch. Despite being caught out numerous times this continued throughout the game.I'm ambivalent. We deserved to lose and I'm hoping it was a big wake up call of what we need to do to maintain where we are.
However, the thing that annoyed me most was that it was obvious our playing it out wasn't working against their press and the wing backs were being caught out after 15-20 minutes yet we persevered with it for the entire game. Once again MR showed a reluctance or inability to change things in game. What makes it even more frustrating is that he did exactly the same thing against Brentford last season and they didn't learn, so MR surely knew what was happening. Post-match he talked about playing differently away from home to pick up more points, so why wait for the next game to do it? If we couldn't because the players haven't been given a plan B in training, why not?
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