Us_and_Them Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 I mentioned this on another thread but thought i would start a fresh one to get peoples opinion.... After listening to player, Millen said that saturday is a "must win" game, and if the players can't handle that pressure they won't be playing... Has he done the right thing by stating that publicly? I guess it's not beyond reason SL has had a quiet word? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellRedPhil Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 I mentioned this on another thread but thought i would start a fresh one to get peoples opinion.... After listening to player, Millen said that saturday is a "must win" game, and if the players can't handle that pressure they won't be playing... Has he done the right thing by stating that publicly? I guess it's not beyond reason SL has had a quiet word? Who knows, but with Cardiff and QPR following it, I think it has become must win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arthur Lee Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Who knows, but with Cardiff and QPR following it, I think it has become must win! Saturday is our biggest game since Wembley. If we get nothing (or just a point) against Norwich - we will be bottom and several points adrift by the end of October. We won't get anything from QPR or Cardiff and Reading are now in the top 6 having won 4 out of 5. Then it's Middlesbrough away. Then Preston home who have just scored 6 away at Leeds, and have scored more away goals this season than any team in English football! Saturday could be Keith's last chance because i can't see Lansdown putting up with City being rooted to the bottom for very long before he acts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Arthur Lee Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Saturday is our biggest game since Wembley. If we get nothing (or just a point) against Norwich - we will be bottom and several points adrift by the end of October. We won't get anything from QPR or Cardiff and Reading are now in the top 6 having won 4 out of 5. Then it's Middlesbrough away. Then Preston home who have just scored 6 away at Leeds, and have scored more away goals this season than any team in English football! Saturday could be Keith's last chance because i can't see Lansdown putting up with City being rooted to the bottom for very long before he acts. Sorry, thats not true about Preston's scoring record. I read their results page wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Hocking Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Bad interview by Millen - players don't need comments like that. In reality he is the one feeling the pressure, not them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snufflelufagus Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 For me it now all about the home form. We have 3 out of the next 4 at home. We need to get 5 points minimum from those 3 just to stay in touch. Relegation for me is how well you do with your home form, at at the moment that is a definate must do better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC_Dan Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Fair enough. As long as he can find 11 players who can handle it there's no problem. The problems come if it turns out we have 30+ players who can't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Us_and_Them Posted September 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Bad interview by Millen - players don't need comments like that. In reality he is the one feeling the pressure, not them. I tend to agree, seems he has just placed alot of added pressure on himself with his "must win" comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WellRedPhil Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Saturday is our biggest game since Wembley. If we get nothing (or just a point) against Norwich - we will be bottom and several points adrift by the end of October. We won't get anything from QPR or Cardiff and Reading are now in the top 6 having won 4 out of 5. Then it's Middlesbrough away. Then Preston home who have just scored 6 away at Leeds, and have scored more away goals this season than any team in English football! Saturday could be Keith's last chance because i can't see Lansdown putting up with City being rooted to the bottom for very long before he acts. Although on paper you'd imagine we'd get nothing from the Cardiff and QPR games, it doesn't quite work like that in football. I don't think we'll get anything at Cardiff tbf but it wouldn't surprise me if we beat QPR, we have a decent record against Warnock in the league and we're usually at our best in front of the SKY cameras down the Gate. But I agree with your sentiment, failure to win on Saturday piles on the pressure and what follows is two extremely tough games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Hocking Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 Whatever the circumstances, I hate the phrase 'must win game' - partly because we never seem to win them but also because it adds pressure to everyone. It also means that if we do win the emotion we feel is relief. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Dazzler Posted September 29, 2010 Report Share Posted September 29, 2010 You really do not get a "must-win" game in the league in October. A must-win game can happen in April or May when you need 3 points to either avoid relegation or achieve promotion/play off position. This sort of talk takes me back to before the play-off final in 2004 V Brighton when the Chairman (Laycock/Lansdown? can't remember) stated that failure was "not an option", unfortunately it was - that's the funny thing about football! Of course if KM chooses to, he can tell his players that every game is "must-win" as a sort of motivational tool. But the problem is when you state publicly that you must win the next game there must be some consequence if you don't win it. Will the world end? Will we not bother trying for he rest of the season? Or will that make the next 2 games "next win"? Or maybe he is teasing us into thinking that the Chairman has declared it a "must win" game for KM? We desparateley do need a win or two soon, but its quite feasible that we could draw againt Norwich and still have a good season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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