Shrewsbury Match Thread (3 Viewers)
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Otis
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I think last time we had the conversation about Burton they were something like 11 clear of 3rd.
They are now 9 points clear of 3rd. So where is the collapse and fall away?
They are still doing enough to be top 2 and are in fact still top.
shmmeee
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If we end up bottom half after the last game of the season, it doesn't much matter where we are beforehand.
And as others have said, it's not Mowbray's first offence. The man obviously hasn't learned how to stop his teams dropping like stones so what's the point?
rondog1973
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Under normal circumstances would think it propostrous to want the manager sacked after 4 on the spin defeats with a team in 8th position, but surely Mowbray must realise what a dickhead he is for letting O'Brien go. We desperately need a player who plays with the bit between his teeth. Granted he wanted away, but Mowbray should have told him he needed all his best players for the promotion push and he would grant him his wish to move when the season ends.
Common knowledge Mowbray has previous in nosediving promotion campaigns and I think the new manager bump could salvage play off ambitions.
Common knowledge Mowbray has previous in nosediving promotion campaigns and I think the new manager bump could salvage play off ambitions.
James Smith
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That's really shocking if true.
Otis
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If he can't learn from the same mistakes then I would reckon that a large proportion of us will believe it will happen again next season.
And if it does, what if this time we are NOT 11 points clear of 7th and are further down the table.
Next season could very easily be a relegation dogfight.
chiefdave
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Villa have 8 from the last 30.
fellatio_Martinez
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Mowbray is like Father Christmas, useless after December. I know that lines probably been used before but fuck it.
6 Generations
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My view is based purely on the fact that historically changing the manager has failed since Strachan got the chop.
It's frustrating but that game tonight sounded like we could've scored 6 and it also sounded like Mowbray listened and changed things.
Therefore hope from a drastically improved performance on the previous three games should be gleaned.
We have had a go tonight and failed in front of goal. Quality players have failed in front of goal.
The radio commentary would suggest 'he must score, but the keeper's saved' means that we constantly pressured their goal but couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo.
Armstrong, Lameiras, Fortune, Murphy, Fleck, Henderson missed those chances, not Mowbray or Clapham.
We all know how hard it is supporting Coventry City,
As suffering Sky Blue supporters alone have to hold on to is the hope that one
day we can have a successful season.
Stick with Mowbray.
It's not over
SkyBlue_Bear83
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Burton are doing their best to bottle it but the rest of this league is so shit that they probably only need 4 more wins to finish top 2.
14 points from the last 10 is not awful but its not even play off form, they wouldn't get away with that in a normal league one season.
SlowerThanPlatt
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Worst form in the country over the last 10 games? Maybe only Colchester with worse
Johnnythespider
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I would give him until Christmas and see where we're at
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rockdude101
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We are exactly three points off matching our final standings last year. So unless we go on to lose every game from now till the end of the season (By which point I will agree and join with the protests) it is an improvement.
As for the second point - if we're simply going to resign ourselves to relegation then that's what we will achieve.
chiefdave
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6 from their last 30.
Nick
Administrator
Is it an improvement with the squad we have?
SkyBlue_Bear83
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Norwich have 4 points
Crystal Palace have 2 points
Doncaster have 3 points
Morecambe have 2 points
Otis
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Is that biased though that reporting?
I was following SSN and they were saying it was very even and end to end. At no point did they say we were dominating.
Otis
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But it's after Christmas we plunge!
skybluedan
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Tbh we are higher than I thought we would be , because we have seen the way we can play and have been at the top until recent makes it worse for me because I had been given some hope again but I'm a cov fan so always expect the worse like every season and low and behold, BUT talk of getting rid of Mowbray is shocking , look where we've been , look how he has sorted the club from the bottom up , staff , finances, I mean ffs sake to get anything out of shitsu come on. And who gives a fuck what burton are doing
rockdude101
Active Member
Are you asking that is this squad better than the one we had last year, or that this squad isn't achieving what it is realistically capable of?
I'd say yes on both.
sw88
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Mowbray says;
'How frustrating was that?' - kick in the teeth
Positive Signs there early on
Let a few know our defending wasn't up to scratch but rest functioned well
Looked a threat. Looked like we could score but didn't take opportunities
Have to defend and cannot concede simple goals from set pieces
Won't talk about individuals just defensive side weren't good enough
Looked like we could win football matches
Not about possession;
Thought we created chances, gave them something to cling on to naively
Been through spells like it before
Difficult to turn it round
They had a threat
Same at the Ricoh. Similar type of game
Know where we have to improve and get better
Signs today we looked potent and could score goals
(Radio cuts out)
'How frustrating was that?' - kick in the teeth
Positive Signs there early on
Let a few know our defending wasn't up to scratch but rest functioned well
Looked a threat. Looked like we could score but didn't take opportunities
Have to defend and cannot concede simple goals from set pieces
Won't talk about individuals just defensive side weren't good enough
Looked like we could win football matches
Not about possession;
Thought we created chances, gave them something to cling on to naively
Been through spells like it before
Difficult to turn it round
They had a threat
Same at the Ricoh. Similar type of game
Know where we have to improve and get better
Signs today we looked potent and could score goals
(Radio cuts out)
Nick
Administrator
So if the squad is better, we can't compare it to last season.
6 Generations
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Otis, we all feel your pain but whether Clive and /or Geoff broadcast a pro- Sky blue view or not. That's irrelevant as regardless, many of our players should have scored tonight and didn't.
Our management team cannot be at fault for that.
rockdude101
Active Member
Why not? With that line of reasoning we shouldn't be looking at results before 1st January, as we had a different team in December!
Pezza
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The form is shocking, it's actually embarrassing how many points away from the top two we find ourselves. We have one of the best squads and probably the 3rd best supported club in the division yet we find ourselves in free fall. Even if by some miracle we make the play off's I have absolutely no hope whatsoever in us winning them!
duffer
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I just don't see any reason to get rid of Mowbray myself.
Last season we would have been chuffed to bits to be anywhere near in reach of the play-offs at this point in the season. We've finally got a decent, experienced manager who wants to play football the right way, and now people want rid of him? Give the bloke a chance.
For my money, if we're going into the last few games of the season with even a thin chance of getting to the play offs, then Mowbray has done a terrific job. If we end up in mid-table obscurity, then so be it. Next season we go again.
As a reminder, I work it out that we're only three points off last season's total with eleven games still to go. To me that's significant and undeniable progress, and ditching yet another manager now would be madness imho.
Last season we would have been chuffed to bits to be anywhere near in reach of the play-offs at this point in the season. We've finally got a decent, experienced manager who wants to play football the right way, and now people want rid of him? Give the bloke a chance.
For my money, if we're going into the last few games of the season with even a thin chance of getting to the play offs, then Mowbray has done a terrific job. If we end up in mid-table obscurity, then so be it. Next season we go again.
As a reminder, I work it out that we're only three points off last season's total with eleven games still to go. To me that's significant and undeniable progress, and ditching yet another manager now would be madness imho.
Otis
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But as I just put on another thread, we have scored just 11 goals in the last 10 matches, with 6 of those coming in one single match.
5 goals in the other 9 matches. Is that just down to the players?
You can't blame Armstrong on Saturday when he was sat in the box all by himself with no support!
covmark
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I usually agree on most things you post duffer. I must respectfully disagree on this however.
5 points out of 30. 3 wins in 17 is truly shocking. The manager has to go I'm afraid.
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fernandopartridge
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It's okay. It's only the same clowns who were belittling Pressley as tactically clueless the other week before his team did a job on us.
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Huckerby
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This is bullshit. How long do you keep saying that for?
At the start of this horror show of a run, people were saying "we're 3rd for god sake we'd be dying for that last season". Then "we're 4th"....5th...6th...7th....it was all "we're in the playoffs". Then it was we're one spot below playoffs. Now it's great because we even have a chance of getting in the playoffs.
Next it'll be "its great to even be top half". Where does it end. Something needs to change
covmark
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Come on Fernando. 3 wins in 17?? Not good enough, surely?
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SkyBlue_Bear83
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Nope, not good enough. Just means Mowbray and the team need to do better, not that he should be sacked.