Season over already? (5 Viewers)

pusbccfc said:

Not comparable.

The reason we are a mid table side is because of the lack of fight, desire and mental strength. It's not quality (besides Collins and arguably JDS). We were plod a long this season picking up a win or two and that is the making of a midtable side.

Pompey battered us today because they had the fight and desire but it can be hard to keep that up when you've got poor players. Hence why they got smashed to pieces at Derby.

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It absolutely is comparable

I know plenty of Brum fans and they palmed off the talk of relegation until April last season and look what happened

We cannot do the same, the way these players keep making the same basic, shit errors and the way they seem incapable of putting a run of form together means they cannot be trusted to not get us into a relegation battle

The only thing that is not comparable is the fact that they are in a much better position to get back than we would be

It's very much not season over as this league changes very fast with 3 wins in a row. Sadly the issue seems to be we can't win 2 games in a row let alone 3!

I didn’t watch much of today (only the first 30 mins) so I’ve only seen the goals … but Thomas is still a decent enough player for me. It’s left back and other CB I have the issue with. What on earth has kitching done to not get a sniff …

I defended Collins a lot but Yh, today was enough for anyone.

Skybluekyle said:

I would say, there are shitter teams than us, rather than "we're too good".

That being said, the second half is deeply concerning.

More than a bad day at the office, we didn't even look like we cared about thinking about trying.

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One of them beat us 4-1 today.

alexccfc99 said:

It absolutely is comparable

I know plenty of Brum fans and they palmed off the talk of relegation until April last season and look what happened

We cannot do the same, the way these players keep making the same basic, shit errors and the way they seem incapable of putting a run of form together means they cannot be trusted to not get us into a relegation battle

The only thing that is not comparable is the fact that they are in a much better position to get back than we would be

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Worse squad than ours. It would take a disaster even bigger than theirs last season for us to happen. There's some seriously dire sides in this division.

We are very good at picking up a win or two every few games. Unfortunately that's midtable stuff.

sotvtoday said:

One of them beat us 4-1 today.

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And, as mental as it sounds, if Bassette scores that second we probably go on to do what Derby did to them last week...

Relegation battle. Simple as that.

pusbccfc said:

There's some seriously dire sides in this division.

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We got battered by one today.

pusbccfc said:

Not comparable.

The reason we are a mid table side is because of the lack of fight, desire and mental strength. It's not quality (besides Collins and arguably JDS). We were plod a long this season picking up a win or two and that is the making of a midtable side.

Pompey battered us today because they had the fight and desire but it can be hard to keep that up when you've got poor players. Hence why they got smashed to pieces at Derby.

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You know, I’m not sure about this. As well as a lack of mental strength I see very little quality. Whether it’s a lack of desire/resilience, or just lack of ability, the majority of our players look bang average or worse. When I look at our team and ask myself ‘which of these individuals would walk into Sheffield U or Burnley’s best team, or even Sunderland’s‘, I can’t see many. At the moment, maybe Wright if he’s fit, maybe, I can’t see anyone else at the moment. Our squad has players who are much of a muchness, which is why Managers find it hard to know which is our best 11. So for me, the key for this season is to avoid relegation, hopefully finishing mid table, and using the January, and in particular the close season window, to allow Frank to build a competitive team. We need to give the Manager time, he’s inherited a low to mid table team, and needs time and patients to put things right. Sorry to be negative, it won’t stop me from supporting the team and Manager, and hoping for the improvements we need.

I think most of us would take mid-table now if it was offered. January is notoriously a bad window and hopefully we can get a couple of experienced heads in to steady the ship or on loan. I won’t point the finger at Lampard as he has inherited a week minded squad with no leaders and needs at least 3 transfer windows in my opinion.

Adge said:

I think most of us would take mid-table now if it was offered. January is notoriously a bad window and hopefully we can get a couple of experienced heads in to steady the ship or on loan. I won’t point the finger at Lampard as he has inherited a week minded squad with no leaders and needs at least 3 transfer windows in my opinion.

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I will settle for staying up.

We got 15 points from 14 games under Robins and 9 points from 8 games since. To stay up, we need a minimum of 26 points from 24 games. The team isn’t up for it, so there’s no guarantee we’ll get those points.

Kubrick said:

We got 15 points from 14 games under Robins and 9 points from 8 games since. To stay up, we need a minimum of 26 points from 24 games. The team isn’t up for it, so there’s no guarantee we’ll get those points.

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Usually 44/45 points keep you up, but it's still going to be a struggle for us unless the defence improves.

blunted said:

Unless we can put together a cup run which at the moment seems unlikely. Sheff Wed (who have a really top manager) are playing so well, so we look royally screwed.
The players on paper are ok but the form and desire seems to be lacking.

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I really couldnt give a toss about the cup. We are in a relegation scrap and survival is the only priority because relegation would be an absolute disaster again for this club. Seriously who gives a toss about a cup run this season

Honestly don’t know how people are ruling out a relegation scrap. The teams we’ve lost against, the generally weak demeanour of the squad, we scraped past Oxford and Hull.

I don’t know if it’s just blind pride, but take off your sky blue goggles and look at what’s going on.