No. I hated watching Watford when Bassett was teaching them gamesmanship and was ashamed of our team.
Feel free to keep hoping for something you saw direct evidence to the contrary for a couple of hours ago, by all means.
As I mentioned earlier, it’s now been 25 months since we last got anything out of an away match in which we trailed. That was at Palace in January 2019. A bad day at the office today, which has just got worse thanks to the man we should have signed notching his 25th of the season to put our promotion rivals ahead. Today has left a nasty taste in the mouth, and reminded us that we still have some fragilities despite our recent good run. What it doesn’t do though, in my humble opinion, is lessen a lot of the progress we’ve made this calendar year or mean the fight for the top two is now futile. How we bounce back midweek will show us a lot. Especially as changes now have to be made. The polarised debate about Xisco continues apace. He’s either a fool for not rotating much or sensible for sticking as much as possible to a winning side. Useless for his substitutions or sensible for taking off two players already on yellows. Found out for us not winning today or still doing a decent job overall with 26 points from 39. You pays your money, you takes your choice on that one. In my humble opinion, he’s generally got us playing well (those opening 20 mins today were good on the eye). Got us scoring more. Got us looking better on the road. But but but.. Back to where I started off here... The one thing he absolutely has to get us doing, something which neither Pearson nor Ivic could, is to get something from any away match in which we have gone behind. If we can’t sort that out, I fear we won’t be going anywhere this May.
The ref was totally unable to see what was happening in front of him; only made worse by the fact that his assistant couldn’t see it from 2 yards away. However that was the same assistant who missed 2 or 3 clear offsides against Sarr and Kiko in the 1st half.
Well for a start, Swansea have just lost at home against Bristol City 3-1 ! So your first sentence is wrong by three points, and you only posted it 40 minutes ago. Some people seem to think that all our rivals are just getting 3 points at a canter every game.
I'm going to go all Leicestery and not care whether we get promoted, but I will be happier if Muff are in the Conference within 5 years.
This aged well. Swansea's recent form is a spanking against an awful Huddersfield, a loss against an average (but possibly resurgent) Bristol City, and a fortunate win against a poor Coventry. Scoring 3 goals, conceding 7. They may take advantage of their games in hand, but it's certainly not a given.
The BBC website makes no mention of Muff's behaviour. Reading it you might think Watford are dirty bastards.
The BBC website makes no mention of Muff's behaviour. Reading it you might think Watford are dirty bastards.
I will admit that my assessment likely didn't include them losing to a dreadful Bristol City, but regardless they could therefore still be 5 points ahead, and they're not even the only team we're competing against - one of them actually are three points ahead of us, with a better goal different to boot. I obviously want to be proven wrong, and for us to get automatics, desperately. But with the combination of elements of our almost total lack of bench, Head Coach who can't react in-game at all or make appropriate subs, and rival teams, it seems very unlikely to me as it stands.
Of course. It beggars belief, but there is still a huge bias towards them and a bizarre desperation to paint them as plucky little Bournemouth, as opposed to acknowledging the YEARS of evidence that they are in fact a dirty, cheating, play acting, bunch of scum bag pr*cks.
Even some of our fans believe it. So they do a good job. One of them even described today as if it was a return to this style - like it had actually gone away.
Jeez. I obviously meant proven to be wrong after only 40 minutes. No need to get so aggressive, you have plainly given up and we are all entitled to take our own view. It takes all sorts All I have said is that I hope that our team does not give up as easily as you have.
The players often get moaned at fir not caring or having fight. So regardless of the performance and whether it was sensible- they at least showed us they are up for the fight. Pedro was the first in supporting his team mates, often is. Sarr loses his rag big time but again that’s because of frustration and just wanting to win.
I hope so too. Whether they prove themselves capable as a collective, having continued to give, is another matter.
Hope you're not expecting a hat trick from Gray next week, think you're going to be mighty disappointed Couple of 0-0s incoming
Looking at our remaining fixtures against the teams around us, is it ok to suggest that it's likely to be the play offs?
Would love to know what actually happened with Nige, but we dropped probably our biggest bollock of the Pozzo era by not contemplating relegation could and probably would happen and keeping him on for the championship.
We beat Norwich and Barnsley without JP, let's hope we can do it again. Not ideal but I think he could do with a breather, along with Sema
I'm not saying I hated the fight at all (other than the red JP earned in association) but they are two completely distinct concepts - being prepared to get into a mass brawl because the opposition has annoyed you is not the same thing as being 'up for the fight' on the pitch, as a team, which involves things like putting 100% effort into the game, two men competing for every loose ball and pressing high, attempting to score goals and drive the team on to get the wins required. One of those was in evidence today, the other not so much.
Has there ever been a more pathetic performance than Jack Wilshire's today? I'd forgotten what a grubby little scrote he is
Not the end of the world. We will rebuild in the summer around Gray and Deeney and invest some of the Sarr, Hughes and Pedro money on more Gosling/Lazaar quality players. We will go again in 21/22.
