barneyrubble Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 I think the season could be decided for us today, lose or draw against Burton with there horrible home record and a probable win for boro would leave a gap and shatter our confidence. The performance at Preston was not a bad one just showed flaws in both boxes.We must be more ruthless. I think we will win today and it may spark a good run, however Lj has a very interesting team selection to make,can see him going for something new. Prediction city win 3 1 Any views on team for today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeneys Penalties Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Believe me. the season will NOT be decided in March Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 9 minutes ago, Sweeneys Penalties said: Believe me. the season will NOT be decided in March We do not have the strength and depth to get in that top 6 and stay there We have nothing more then a 'punchers chance' The club royally ****** up with their recruitment in January, and boy, does it show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globe Trotter Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Prediction: Pisano to start and score city to win, cider to be drunk, tommy on the pitch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC RISK77 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 21 minutes ago, Barney red said: I think the season could be decided for us today, lose or draw against Burton with there horrible home record and a probable win for boro would leave a gap and shatter our confidence. The performance at Preston was not a bad one just showed flaws in both boxes.We must be more ruthless. I think we will win today and it may spark a good run, however Lj has a very interesting team selection to make,can see him going for something new. Prediction city win 3 1 Any views on team for today? No chance will the season be decided today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeneys Penalties Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: We do not have the strength and depth to get in that top 6 and stay there We have nothing more then a 'punchers chance' The club royally ****** up with their recruitment in January, and boy, does it show As much as I may agree, the season will NOT be decided in March. Strewth, I remember Swindon thought they'd won League 1 in November in the days of not so long ago. As a complete aside, I was reading a thread on KUMB, where West Ham fans were debating whether or not they'd be better off playing in The Championship. They stand a chance of doing well in The Championship...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman85 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 32 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: We do not have the strength and depth to get in that top 6 and stay there We have nothing more then a 'punchers chance' The club royally ****** up with their recruitment in January, and boy, does it show I said in December let's not make the same mistakes as 2008. Arguably we made worse decisions. At least Carle and Adebola were effective in some games. Our Jan signings were woeful this year. All three. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Rizzle Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 I agree with your sentiment. Today is very important. BUT this game won’t decide our season. Anything can happen in football. We could lose today but still end up going on excellent run and finish solidly in the play-offs. Who thought we’d turn it around last season after our terrible run? Who thought we’d start this season so well? Anything can happen and as a previous poster said, our season won’t be decided in March. Need to bounce back sharpish though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 43 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: We do not have the strength and depth to get in that top 6 and stay there We have nothing more then a 'punchers chance' The club royally ****** up with their recruitment in January, and boy, does it show No they did I not royally **** up. LJ and MA adhered to SLs strategy/philosophy so if you want to point the finger, blame SL himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 City could do with a win today for sure. It's test of the depth of squad and with the two suspensions it'll mean changes to the team and hopefully Baker is fit to play.Kelly will probably start at LB. A win would almost certainly put us back in the top six and be a morale boost after the loss at Deepdale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 8 minutes ago, Robbored said: No they did I not royally **** up. LJ and MA adhered to SLs strategy/philosophy so if you want to point the finger, blame SL himself. I said 'the club'... I didnt point the finger at one person They all have to take responsibility Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 24 minutes ago, tinman85 said: I said in December let's not make the same mistakes as 2008. Arguably we made worse decisions. At least Carle and Adebola were effective in some games. Our Jan signings were woeful this year. All three. My biggest concern is I dont fully trust them to bring in the right players going forward. We have made a couple of good signings...but by and large, weve wasted an awful lot of money in the last 2 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Robbored said: City could do with a win today for sure. It's test of the depth of squad and with the two suspensions it'll mean changes to the team and hopefully Baker is fit to play.Kelly will probably start at LB. A win would almost certainly put us back in the top six and be a morale boost after the loss at Deepdale. Sometimes a youngster like Kelly coming in can be the spark, the freshness that is the catalyst. I hope so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 13 minutes ago, Robbored said: No they did I not royally **** up. LJ and MA adhered to SLs strategy/philosophy so if you want to point the finger, blame SL himself. So it was SL who decided we didn't need to sign a right-back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: My biggest concern is I dont fully trust them to bring in the right players going forward. We have made a couple of good signings...but by and large, weve wasted an awful lot of money in the last 2 years I said in another post that recruitment will come under scrutiny as we go into next season. Brownhill and O’Dowda have given him credit for Engvall and Moore (who I feel will still come good). We can’t keep spending £1.5m on players (is that now £2m this summer) and seeing no returns. There must be cheaper youngsters. I understand Bakinson was in the region of £0.3-0.5m! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 7 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: I said 'the club'... I didnt point the finger at one person They all have to take responsibility Responsibility for what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baldyman Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 59 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: We do not have the strength and depth to get in that top 6 and stay there We have nothing more then a 'punchers chance' The club royally ****** up with their recruitment in January, and boy, does it show As much as I want to clap with a big smile on my face , I totally agree . What the hell were we thinking in January and how much say did LJ have over the signings of Walsh, Diolny and Kent ? Not one of them a starter now and nowhere near good enough . Utter waste of time signing them . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon79 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Another big game, but not a decider, that’s for sure. As for January, don’t personally think they did anything different than what they were being lauded about earlier in the season. Something most fans from my memory were behind ( not signing expensive journey men ) & something I will still be behind come what may. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garland-sweden Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Important game today. My feeling is, we have to win to be in the race for top six. A nice 1-0 win would like to see the future better. Its now or ever, like the old song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 1 hour ago, Barney red said: I think the season could be decided for us today, lose or draw against Burton with there horrible home record and a probable win for boro would leave a gap and shatter our confidence. The performance at Preston was not a bad one just showed flaws in both boxes.We must be more ruthless. I think we will win today and it may spark a good run, however Lj has a very interesting team selection to make,can see him going for something new. Prediction city win 3 1 Any views on team for today? In eight "head to heads" as managers,Clough has the advantage over Johnson...... Would not be at all surprised to see us struggle with their style of play & our awful form continuing,losing by the odd goal. Cue a meltdown on here tonight...................and rightly so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 2 minutes ago, Robbored said: Responsibility for what? Piss poor recruitment in January Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: So it was SL who decided we didn't need to sign a right-back? Obviously not......but had LJ gone to SL saying that he needed to bring in a RB then it would have happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephenkibby. Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 4 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Sometimes a youngster like Kelly coming in can be the spark, the freshness that is the catalyst. I hope so. BE great if Kelly came in and played a fantastic game, then played well for the next two. Not only good for him but would give Bryan something to think about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: Piss poor recruitment in January Jeez............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman85 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 10 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: My biggest concern is I dont fully trust them to bring in the right players going forward. We have made a couple of good signings...but by and large, weve wasted an awful lot of money in the last 2 years Totally agreed. Apart from Brownhill, COD (jury still out), Diedhiou, Paterson and hmmmm I don't include Baker as he was a Burt/SC moment of excellence....our signings for the money spent have been average. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinman85 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 1 minute ago, Robbored said: Jeez............ Well it was! Why can't people accept that the board took the cheap option again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hampshire Red Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 Andy is such a positive, balanced poster it is a treat to read his comments. He has given the club, SL, MA, Lj mega credit all year and now is perhaps right to question one or two minor thing. Recruitment in January does now look questionable but overall the R&R (Retention just as important) still looks ok to me. To be without Bobby, Flint, Bryan for the rest of the season would feel impossible The real blow has been Pisano & CoD injuries and they may still get us over the line into 6th which would be a truly remarkable performance given where we were 12 months ago (playing Burton at home having lost just about every game for 3 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, Robbored said: Jeez............ It was. Performances and results have proved it and will continue to prove it Please dont sit there and try to belittle me and others by trying to make out you have a 'superior knowledge' of football to everyone else And stop acting like you can 'see a bigger picture' that no one else can see. I put it to you...next season....we will not come close to the play offs. Wait and see Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC RISK77 Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 6 minutes ago, tinman85 said: Well it was! Why can't people accept that the board took the cheap option again! And you know the budget do you? You seem to think SL will splash the cash like Sheik Mansour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted March 10, 2018 Report Share Posted March 10, 2018 i dont get this cheap option thing. although under contract,i think some of our players might have had substantial pay rises to ensure the squad LJ is building stays together and they dont go looking for more average top end championship wages elsewhere which is afterall what the club has achieved this season. im only guessing and am no way itk to suggest this is true but know i would want the best wage i could get in a short career regardless of any loyalty which i dont think really factors in football these days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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