Numero Uno

Two sides with completely different aspirations this season. They want to get out and we want to stay in the Championship. On today's evidence both will get what they want out of the season.

5 minutes ago, cityexile said:

It is small steps. This did not sound like Cardiff in fairness, where we were clearly the better team.

Last international break, after drawing to MK we were bottom. This one, six points off the bottom and two out of the zone. Not great, no point saying it is, but better than it was. Going to be a long old season, but today was ok, no more, no less.

Exactly. We won't stay up on today's result and won't be going down on the back of it either. No need to slash your wrists because you "only" got a point and clean sheet away from home.

2 minutes ago, Ivorguy said:

Fans still divided between optimists and pessimists.

Which will turn out to be the more realistic?

i am still, sadly, in the pessimistic camp.  All will depend on new faces in January but on this season's recruitment situation, signings and loans, I am not holding my breath

You also failed to mention the realists who realise that we could be higher up the league but don't expect us to travel anywhere and smash teams out of sight in this league including ones who have only lost once at home this season despite being in the bottom three. Oh, and the people with an agenda who want Cotterill out so take the negatives whenever they can get them.

4 minutes ago, lambo said:

2 goals scored in 4 games

You missed the three clean sheets bit. Funny that !!

1 minute ago, JoeAman08 said:

An away point is ok. This is the type of team we need to be getting 3 points against though. There aren't many of them and we won't always beat them but that's now 3 points from 3 games against teams we will be battling it out with to stay up. If what we've been told about how good our team is, that isn't acceptable.

What's all this bull$h1t about us being told how good we are? The comments I have read from Cotterill are that we are getting better. Have a look at our away record - it's not that shoddy. If we sort things out at the Gate (and we have won two out of the last three at home) we will be alright.

To call an away point unacceptable is unacceptable if you ask me.

A point away from home is a result for me. You can't just turn up and smash any team in the Championship.

2 minutes ago, CITYAREREDANDWHITE said:

What are Mcinally or Sky Sports saying about the game?

Belter of a game.

And a Goalkeeper if Hamer doesn't cut it over the next few weeks (I can't believe for a second that he won't be given a go after Frank's dismal effort today).

What would people do on Tuesday?

Foe me it would be Hamer and Reid in for Fielding and Freeman. Maybe Cox for Wilbraham who looked like he had concrete boots on today. And definitely Baker in for Bryan if the lad is fit. For me Bryan and Freeman went missing when it counted today. Pack gets a lot of stick in comparison but at least he tried to get on the ball and put himself up there to be shot at - a far better trait in a player than going missing in my view.

1 minute ago, old_eastender said:

Just got in... well if you looked at the match stats we played well...

 

 

Bloody annoying that they dish out the points based on the final score !!

Get a grip ffs. We played a team that beat Middlesbrough last time out off the park, their keeper was outstanding and we hit the woodwork twice. On their own patch too. If anyone cannot see that this team is starting to cope with life in the Championship send us a pm because I know where you can get a cheap guide dog.

We've proven we're competitive away from home. Got to build on the home win against Forest - it's at the Gate where our fate will be decided.

Zamora, 2-1.

Just cleared one off our line. Got to hang in there.

It was shown on SSN. Bad miss. One on one with plenty of time.

Kodjia just missed a one on one - sitter.

Three, and one of those was straight at him from 35 yards.

Great volley from Williams, get in there!!

In that case we ought to name just the three subs then !! But in all seriousness you can't use a saving of probably £200 as reasoning when you take into account we have been bidding £7m for players (it would take us 35,000 away matches or 1,522 seasons to balance one off against the other !!).

Whatever Clever Clogs, you are the one with the 15K of posts on this forum, all positive of course.

It's sad that you have to explain this to some people.

Grow up and read the post properly you big Jessie.

Got to be honest, I don't share in the mass moaning but I think Cotterill is being a right Diva with this 6 on the bench b0ll0ck$. We were amateur enough as it was in our pre-season and recruitment full stop but this type of thing just makes us look like a Sunday Pub outfit. We must be the only professional football club in England that cannot fill a bench - except we can because we could stick an Under 21 on there (scrap the Academy if NONE of them are up to it, simple as that).

Five points from five away games when you look at who we have played is decent form. One point from four home games is dismal and that is where Cotterill has to come up with a solution. So not bothered that we are bottom tonight after that result.

If we can hold on for a 2-2 that's a good result at Ipswich. It's the home form that Cotterill has to sort out.