Have we blown it?
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Have we blown it?
Club seems to be in free fall at the moment. We are steadily working our way through a worrying decline. We’ve long since gone through the following stages:
1. “It’s ok, we’re still top”
2. “It’s ok, we’re still top, ahead of Stevenage as long as they lose their games in hand”
And pretty soon we will plummet past the next stage:
3. “Stevenage have won their games in hand and are now above us” where we will enter the next stage:
4. It’s ok, we’re still in the automatic play off places”
How long until we enter stages 5 & 6 (which are the same as stages 2 and 3, except “top” is replaced with “in the automatic promotion places” and “Stevenage” is replaced by “Northampton/Carlisle”
Real panic stations is if we hit stages 7 & 8 where “automatic promotion places” and “Northampton/Carlisle” are replace with “play offs” and “whoever is in the play off places”.
Really concerning decline recently and the players we have bought in to help us through this crisis are simply not good enough. Signing players who are unfit, haven’t played for a year or are untested in league football really isn’t acceptable
1. “It’s ok, we’re still top”
2. “It’s ok, we’re still top, ahead of Stevenage as long as they lose their games in hand”
And pretty soon we will plummet past the next stage:
3. “Stevenage have won their games in hand and are now above us” where we will enter the next stage:
4. It’s ok, we’re still in the automatic play off places”
How long until we enter stages 5 & 6 (which are the same as stages 2 and 3, except “top” is replaced with “in the automatic promotion places” and “Stevenage” is replaced by “Northampton/Carlisle”
Real panic stations is if we hit stages 7 & 8 where “automatic promotion places” and “Northampton/Carlisle” are replace with “play offs” and “whoever is in the play off places”.
Really concerning decline recently and the players we have bought in to help us through this crisis are simply not good enough. Signing players who are unfit, haven’t played for a year or are untested in league football really isn’t acceptable
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Re: Have we blown it?
Not yet but it's heading in the wrong direction.
We have blown the chance to be out of sight by not strengthening early while we were well clear. Seems the gamble of acting late in the window to save on wages / grab a "bargain" has backfired. Now it's about whether we have enough to get going again for the run-in
We have blown the chance to be out of sight by not strengthening early while we were well clear. Seems the gamble of acting late in the window to save on wages / grab a "bargain" has backfired. Now it's about whether we have enough to get going again for the run-in
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Re: Have we blown it?
It also backfired last season but lessons weren't learned .gshaw wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:47 pm Not yet but it's heading in the wrong direction.
We have blown the chance to be out of sight by not strengthening early while we were well clear. Seems the gamble of acting late in the window to save on wages / grab a "bargain" has backfired. Now it's about whether we have enough to get going again for the run-in
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Re: Have we blown it?
Unfortunately, predictable and no great surprise.Save on wages and grab a bargain, well I wonder who’s idea that was ?gshaw wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:47 pm Not yet but it's heading in the wrong direction.
We have blown the chance to be out of sight by not strengthening early while we were well clear. Seems the gamble of acting late in the window to save on wages / grab a "bargain" has backfired. Now it's about whether we have enough to get going again for the run-in
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Re: Have we blown it?
"When I won promotion at Swindon we had a month October drew 4 lost 3 , we stick together & get through this " RW !
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Re: Have we blown it?
Have we blown it? No not yet but carry on like this and we will. Why we haven’t gone out and got ourselves an out and out striker god only knowsKelman and Drinnan playing up front on there own is definitely not the answer, why Wellens continues doing this mystifies me.He obviously tells his fullbacks not to venture forward to much and I think that’s why James is so ineffective. Hunt has never impressed personally but he does the job Wellens ask’s him to do.I think Wellens is a good manager but he seems to be putting his faith in some of the players he’s either managed or worked with. We started the season by pressing teams and we seem to have lost that now. We need to go back to basics like the start of the season and perhaps change our formation in which we play two up front because other teams seemed to have worked us out in the second half of the season
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Re: Have we blown it?
The answer is not yet but we're currently on the brink .Something needs to happen . Maybe it is going for broke and bringing in a new striker before the transfer deadline . I understand the creativity part but we need somebody who can put away an half chance . I don't see that in our current strikers .
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Re: Have we blown it?
48RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 10:19 pm The answer is not yet but we're currently on the brink .Something needs to happen . Maybe it is going for broke and bringing in a new striker before the transfer deadline . I understand the creativity part but we need somebody who can put away an half chance . I don't see that in our current strikers .
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Re: Have we blown it?
We certainly haven’t blown it, but we are ‘stumbling ‘ towards the finishing line. Our usually very reliable defence let us down a bit yesterday but they’re due an off day, it’s our strike force that need to improve.
RW will know the areas we need to improve on to cope with life in League One, and there’s no need to panic at the moment.
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Re: Have we blown it?
Heh. I’d still be panicking if we were already promoted.Cheshunto wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:52 amWe certainly haven’t blown it, but we are ‘stumbling ‘ towards the finishing line. Our usually very reliable defence let us down a bit yesterday but they’re due an off day, it’s our strike force that need to improve.
RW will know the areas we need to improve on to cope with life in League One, and there’s no need to panic at the moment.
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Re: Have we blown it?
I Think youll find both need to Improve, Dont concede wont Lose Dont Score Wont Win . I'll Gladly accept stumbling over the finishing line , but I do think we'll get thereCheshunto wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:52 amWe certainly haven’t blown it, but we are ‘stumbling ‘ towards the finishing line. Our usually very reliable defence let us down a bit yesterday but they’re due an off day, it’s our strike force that need to improve.
RW will know the areas we need to improve on to cope with life in League One, and there’s no need to panic at the moment.
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Re: Have we blown it?
We've still got to play teams that are currently in 4th place down to 9th. All I know is we've got to better play better than yesterday or we will blow it .
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Re: Have we blown it?
Nope. You don't know that. You might suspect it but that's about it. What a load of whingers we have on here.RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:08 pm We've still got to play teams that are currently in 4th place down to 9th. All I know is we've got to better play better than yesterday or we will blow it .
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Re: Have we blown it?
You do also realise those 4th-9th teams have to play the teams in 1st-10th as well dont you ?RedDwarf 1881 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 19, 2023 12:08 pm We've still got to play teams that are currently in 4th place down to 9th. All I know is we've got to better play better than yesterday or we will blow it .
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Re: Have we blown it?
Not worth going there, we all know he’s a LEG END!PoundhillO wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:55 pmUnfortunately, predictable and no great surprise.Save on wages and grab a bargain, well I wonder who’s idea that was ?gshaw wrote: ↑Sat Jan 28, 2023 8:47 pm Not yet but it's heading in the wrong direction.
We have blown the chance to be out of sight by not strengthening early while we were well clear. Seems the gamble of acting late in the window to save on wages / grab a "bargain" has backfired. Now it's about whether we have enough to get going again for the run-in
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Re: Have we blown it?
10 points from our last 6 games; 16 from our last 8. If we carry on at that rate, we’ll “blow it” all the way to 90+ points.
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Re: Have we blown it?
“The club seems to be in free fall”… We’re unbeaten in 8 games ffs!!… What would we be in if we’d lost the last 8??