Major Isewater Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 3 hours ago, JP Hampton said: You know just thinking about Scott and Weimman yesterday…. “There ain't half been some clever b**stards” Lucky bleeders. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Swan and Cemetery Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 Premier League often gives the impression of being undeserving/ungrateful egocentric juveniles swanning around, earning a fortune and thinking they’re the bee’s knees. We’ve got (I think) 5 players with Premier League experience: Andy K, Andi W, Matty J, Nahki W and Tomas K (the latter two each with fewer than 10 appearances each admittedly). These seem like 5 experienced professionals, setting great examples on work ethic etc to the younger lads. Maybe a good indication that some experience from higher levels around training and on match days, even if later in in careers (Andy rather than the other four), can have significant benefits in imparting wisdom and what it takes to succeed at the top level. Must be impactful for Alex to be working with someone with a Premier League winners medal. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 Two additional reasons to be cheerful….. 1) This thread has remained positives throughout 2) NPs comments about Scotty re no offers and he thought from the first time he saw him that he’d play for England 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, redysteadygo said: From my view in Dolman E29 I thought he tried to go around O'Leary on the outside but he shinned his last touch and it ran away from him. Whatever it quickly went from a heart in the mouth moment to one of total hilarity. As Margot Leadbetter would have said ‘ Thank you , Jerry’ It’s a good life ! Edited March 12, 2023 by Major Isewater 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jerseybean Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 He said, So far the speculation has been cooked up by journalists and agents. "We have not received one firm offer. If we do, it will need be more than £25 million in today's market. "I believe Alex will play for England one day. I thought that when I first saw him in a training session and nothing since has changed my mind." 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh1t_ref_again Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 It gives so much encouragement for next season, no loan players about to go back to their ivory tower clubs, so many young players who are constantly improving making up the majority of the team. Think we all accept AS will be sold in the summer and best we can accept is a loan back , but with 25m+ in the bank to invest in more young hungry talent and not highly paid has beens. Also allows us to fight off interest in our other young starlets who I can also guess are being watched. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 Plenty of reasons to be cheerful. We have got rid if wasters such as Bentley, Palmer, Martin etc and reduced the wage bill yet we are on course for a better placed finish. This season as a whole has been better than last season. Bad performances have been few and far between. When Nige first came in, we couldn't even get a shot on target. We then couldn't stop conceding. We then couldn't see games out and would concede late goals. Generally our players were not fit. Finally we then couldn't score goals from outside the box. I'm very cheerful because in Nigels time here, each one of those things have been addressed one by one. With this continued progression then I'm excited that next season we will be pushing for the play offs. 6 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Alligator Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 We are moving in the right direction at the moment and yesterday was all about patience, a little bit of luck, and a committed performance throughout the team. Its a shame we find ourselves with injury issues yet again, and who knows where we might be if we had a fully fit squad. But it is what it is, and for me a top half of the table finish would be very satisfying. There still is a long way to go before we are strong enough to compete with top six sides over the course of a full season, but hey, another Championship season beckons, in what is becoming an increasingly difficult league to get out of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 48 minutes ago, Jerseybean said: He said, So far the speculation has been cooked up by journalists and agents. "We have not received one firm offer. If we do, it will need be more than £25 million in today's market. "I believe Alex will play for England one day. I thought that when I first saw him in a training session and nothing since has changed my mind." I trust he will be selected for the U21's whenever the next squad is named ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 hour ago, Red_Alligator said: We are moving in the right direction at the moment and yesterday was all about patience, a little bit of luck, and a committed performance throughout the team. Its a shame we find ourselves with injury issues yet again, and who knows where we might be if we had a fully fit squad. But it is what it is, and for me a top half of the table finish would be very satisfying. There still is a long way to go before we are strong enough to compete with top six sides over the course of a full season, but hey, another Championship season beckons, in what is becoming an increasingly difficult league to get out of. A long way off? With all those injuries we are only 3 wins off of being short of competing to be a top 6 side. Let's not forget that by and large we've had some appalling refereeing decisions throughout the whole season which has cost us points. I think we're actually a lot closer than you realise. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 hour ago, slartibartfast said: I trust he will be selected for the U21's whenever the next squad is named ? The u20s have a world cup this year so they may want him involved in that 1st? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 6 hours ago, Port Said Red said: That's 11 clean sheets in the league as well as 1 against West Brom in the cup, compared to only 5 clean sheets in the whole of last season. The last two with only one recognised centre half. Lets not forget the many on here who thought it was a disgraceful decision to drop Bentley a few months back..................that hasn't worked out too disastrously so far. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 15 minutes ago, Numero Uno said: Lets not forget the many on here who thought it was a disgraceful decision to drop Bentley a few months back..................that hasn't worked out too disastrously so far. Been a great decision, and credit to Max and the defence for making it work, whoever has played in front of him. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Alligator Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 31 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said: A long way off? With all those injuries we are only 3 wins off of being short of competing to be a top 6 side. Let's not forget that by and large we've had some appalling refereeing decisions throughout the whole season which has cost us points. I think we're actually a lot closer than you realise. All teams are subject to appalling refereeing, just look on any forum. I hope you're right of course, but we still have to - at the very least - deal with the issue of not being able to consistently field our strongest eleven. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, Red_Alligator said: All teams are subject to appalling refereeing, just look on any forum. I hope you're right of course, but we still have to - at the very least - deal with the issue of not being able to consistently field our strongest eleven. Of course they do and things usually even out but I don't think that can be said for us. Even yesterday we should have had another penalty. 3 games off the top of my head that we should have won if we would have got thr correct decisions was Hull away, Wigan away and Sheffield United at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Alligator Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 1 minute ago, W-S-M Seagull said: Of course they do and things usually even out but I don't think that can be said for us. Even yesterday we should have had another penalty. 3 games off the top of my head that we should have won if we would have got thr correct decisions was Hull away, Wigan away and Sheffield United at home. But we didn't. And that's always been part of the game. Good luck always tends to go in favour of teams at the top, it's all part of the mix which gets them there. The teams at the bottom tend to get the worst of the luck. That's life. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 2 minutes ago, Red_Alligator said: But we didn't. And that's always been part of the game. Good luck always tends to go in favour of teams at the top, it's all part of the mix which gets them there. The teams at the bottom tend to get the worst of the luck. That's life. If VAR was in the Championship, we'd be a top 6 team right now. And thats what I mean about us not being as far off as you think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Alligator Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 (edited) 49 minutes ago, W-S-M Seagull said: If VAR was in the Championship, we'd be a top 6 team right now. And thats what I mean about us not being as far off as you think. You can't know that. After all VAR would be available for every team in the division, therefore it would have influence elsewhere. Anyway VAR is not exactly perfect, is it? Edited March 12, 2023 by Red_Alligator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 7 hours ago, Red_Alligator said: Good luck always tends to go in favour of teams at the top, it's all part of the mix which gets them there. The teams at the bottom tend to get the worst of the luck. That's life. Yeah ,but which comes first are they lucky coz they're top ..or are they top coz they're lucky ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRock Posted March 12, 2023 Report Share Posted March 12, 2023 What I like as much as anything is Nige is back to his old self. You contrast the body language, general demeanour in his interviews between that Xmas period and now. I was genuinely worried about his health at the turn of the year. I think, perhaps, even he was questioning whether he was going to crack it and if he had made the right choice with this Club. Now, a calm, authority exists. More measured, confident and relaxed. ..but still with hunger and determination to succeed. Just look at that passion last week in his response to the question about the players that left in January. Well done that man. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 Another reason to be cheerful is that we are above both Cardiff and Swansea. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanjita Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 18 hours ago, CiderJar said: It's nice to be a lunatic. With a rhythm stick 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 20 hours ago, slartibartfast said: I trust he will be selected for the U21's whenever the next squad is named ? I think he will be in the under 20s as they have a world cup in May. Same side he was in that won the euros. If I were him I'd want to play in a world cup tournament and I hope the England management think the same. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W-S-M Seagull Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 17 hours ago, Red_Alligator said: You can't know that. After all VAR would be available for every team in the division, therefore it would have influence elsewhere. Anyway VAR is not exactly perfect, is it? Of course. But not every team went 400 odd days without getting a penalty. Even tho we've had two recently we are still down on the average. Almost every single game this season we should have had a penalty. We rarely get wrong decisions go in our favour either. So if things were just a little bit normal with decisions then we would be in and around the play offs, despite having a depleted squad. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Topper 123 Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 3 points closer to MY target of 60 great season of improvement COYR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 Just now, Magger1 said: 3 points closer to MY target of 60 great season of improvement COYR I’m hoping @Nogbad the Badhas lost the pre-season predictions thread, pretty sure I’ve done crap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 20 hours ago, Red_Alligator said: We are moving in the right direction at the moment and yesterday was all about patience, a little bit of luck, and a committed performance throughout the team. Its a shame we find ourselves with injury issues yet again, and who knows where we might be if we had a fully fit squad. But it is what it is, and for me a top half of the table finish would be very satisfying. There still is a long way to go before we are strong enough to compete with top six sides over the course of a full season, but hey, another Championship season beckons, in what is becoming an increasingly difficult league to get out of. I believe that we have actually played better football against the top ten than against the bottom ten. I'm not referring to the match score but the quality of the performance . It's significant to me that our only defeat since Jan 1 was against one of the poorer sides and the win against Blackpool is the first win against any of the current bottom three. So to succeed in a top six finish next season, we need to improve our points won against those in the bottom half. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 5 minutes ago, cidered abroad said: I believe that we have actually played better football against the top ten than against the bottom ten. I'm not referring to the match score but the quality of the performance . It's significant to me that our only defeat since Jan 1 was against one of the poorer sides and the win against Blackpool is the first win against any of the current bottom three. So to succeed in a top six finish next season, we need to improve our points won against those in the bottom half. Strangely we still struggle to breakdown sides that come to defend. You would think with the added pace of our players and the guile of Scott in particular, that we would have the tools to do that. I think it shows that we need a Semenyo type to change things up, or maybe we have just missed a fully fit Conway. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 19 minutes ago, cidered abroad said: I believe that we have actually played better football against the top ten than against the bottom ten. I'm not referring to the match score but the quality of the performance . It's significant to me that our only defeat since Jan 1 was against one of the poorer sides and the win against Blackpool is the first win against any of the current bottom three. So to succeed in a top six finish next season, we need to improve our points won against those in the bottom half. Sorry, in the absence of @BS4 on Tour..., I am acting as pedant! We beat Huddersfield also. Selectively picking the bottom 5, 16 points from 9 games ain’t too shabby…for the team we currently are. Totally agree though, that if we are to improve, we need to get better results all-round. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted March 13, 2023 Report Share Posted March 13, 2023 2 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Sorry, in the absence of @BS4 on Tour..., I am acting as pedant! We beat Huddersfield also. Selectively picking the bottom 5, 16 points from 9 games ain’t too shabby…for the team we currently are. Totally agree though, that if we are to improve, we need to get better results all-round. Ta muchly. I can remember facts, figures and whole teams from my teenage but last week and five minutes ago are just blank now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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