mark1948 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 With two losses in a row we are now five points behind where we were two years ago. Although that is recoverable over the next three games, the nature of our play leaves me a little less convinced that we can do this. Rotherham's performance at Middlesbrough sort of put things into context. QPR looked to be there for the taking early on, they paid us so much respect. When Mr Brolly realised that we were not following up tackles with any tenacity and simply leaving the ball for QPR to regain possession, he changed from the defensive to the offensive and got the reward. Its no good our moaning about injuries and unavailable players although changing out the entire defence after the Middlesbrough game I thought was extreme. The performance was almost as bad as the Brentford game with us never really troubling their back line. Let's just hope we get it together at Birmingham on Saturday, although I'm not holding my breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 It is good that we are playing badly and having some duff results AND we are still in contention. We have a load of things we can improve on. As you say, let's hope that we can. This is better than it being that we are playing at our best and nothing can change for the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrTacoSWFC Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 If we get anywhere near the playoffs will be an over achievement. What I've come to realise is this season is about trying to sort out the mess... finish the season, bring through some of the youth to see what we can use for next season, get rid of a lot of the dead wood at the end of the season, comply with EFL spending rules and try and see how to move forward, potentially losing some big names on the process. For fans to expect Jos to win all the games we have and get promoted is a pipe dream.. getting promoted is possible as anything can be achievable but I don't think it's what this season is all about. As for squad rotation, as much as I'd love for us to play the best team every game it would inevitably take it's toll on the players. We have enough players injured as it is. Think we just have to enjoy the good and accept the bad and see what happens, hopefully not scrapping near the bottom near the end. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Get a settled side and a way of playing and we should be ok. Anything above midtable is a bonus this year. Hoping beyond hope that the injury debacle clears up soon!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ash76 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 11 minutes ago, mark1948 said: 'm not holding my breath. Good, if you do end up holding your breath though make sure it’s not for too long or you’ll die Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat blondeau Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 We’ve been well beaten by Wigan, Brentford, Forest and QPR which is a worry about where we are in this league. We’ve done well to pick up 5 wins so far. I hope I’m wrong but the way we’re playing the next four fixtures look tough and with the likes of Millwall and Preston starting to pick up points I’m expecting to be close to the bottom 3 by December. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark1948 Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 31 minutes ago, Ash76 said: Good, if you do end up holding your breath though make sure it’s not for too long or you’ll die I've already got one foot in the grave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside_Owl Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 1 hour ago, nilsson said: We’ve been well beaten by Wigan, Brentford, Forest and QPR which is a worry about where we are in this league. We’ve done well to pick up 5 wins so far. I hope I’m wrong but the way we’re playing the next four fixtures look tough and with the likes of Millwall and Preston starting to pick up points I’m expecting to be close to the bottom 3 by December. That's it, keep the positivity coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mat-Owl Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 We've also had decent results against Stoke, WBA, Leeds & Villa!! It's all swings & roundabouts, consolidation is the key for this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OxonOwl Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) If we get into the playoffs it will be because we have won more points than the teams below us. Unless we have been lucky in the majority of these games or the refs have favoured us (which won't happen because we are Wednesday) then we won't have over achieved, we will just have achieved. We will have deserved it. Edited October 25, 2018 by OxonOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 2 hours ago, MrTacoSWFC said: If we get anywhere near the playoffs will be an over achievement. What I've come to realise is this season is about trying to sort out the mess... finish the season, bring through some of the youth to see what we can use for next season, get rid of a lot of the dead wood at the end of the season, comply with EFL spending rules and try and see how to move forward, potentially losing some big names on the process. For fans to expect Jos to win all the games we have and get promoted is a pipe dream.. getting promoted is possible as anything can be achievable but I don't think it's what this season is all about. As for squad rotation, as much as I'd love for us to play the best team every game it would inevitably take it's toll on the players. We have enough players injured as it is. Think we just have to enjoy the good and accept the bad and see what happens, hopefully not scrapping near the bottom near the end. Can you make our chairman aware of this. For some reason he seems to think we're in a promotion or buggered situation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 2 hours ago, torres said: Get a settled side and a way of playing and we should be ok. Anything above midtable is a bonus this year. Hoping beyond hope that the injury debacle clears up soon!! Is that what chansiri meant when he said if we don't get promoted this season we're in trouble? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Just now, poite said: Is that what chansiri meant when he said if we don't get promoted this season we're in trouble? I wouldn't have thought so because mid table isn't promotion pal. In the real world we had no chance of getting promoted with this squad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poite Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Just now, torres said: I wouldn't have thought so because mid table isn't promotion pal. In the real world we had no chance of getting promoted with this squad Yeah....i was being sarcastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 4 minutes ago, poite said: Yeah....i was being sarcastic Sorry pal, just thought you were being dopey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lomas613 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 2 hours ago, mark1948 said: I've already got one foot in the grave. I DONT BELIEVE IT hahahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gurujuan Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 3 hours ago, torres said: Get a settled side and a way of playing and we should be ok. Anything above midtable is a bonus this year. Hoping beyond hope that the injury debacle clears up soon!! No sign of a settled side under Jos, it’s not his game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torres Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 2 minutes ago, gurujuan said: No sign of a settled side under Jos, it’s not his game Which I fear means no progression Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Past Member Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 3 hours ago, mark1948 said: With two losses in a row we are now five points behind where we were two years ago. Although that is recoverable over the next three games, the nature of our play leaves me a little less convinced that we can do this. Rotherham's performance at Middlesbrough sort of put things into context. QPR looked to be there for the taking early on, they paid us so much respect. When Mr Brolly realised that we were not following up tackles with any tenacity and simply leaving the ball for QPR to regain possession, he changed from the defensive to the offensive and got the reward. Its no good our moaning about injuries and unavailable players although changing out the entire defence after the Middlesbrough game I thought was extreme. The performance was almost as bad as the Brentford game with us never really troubling their back line. Let's just hope we get it together at Birmingham on Saturday, although I'm not holding my breath. Your right, this is the problem. Look at amount of strikers who are or have failed (for the most part) at SWFC in the last 12 months: Rhodes, Fletcher, Joao, Nuhiu, Winnall We have little pace, no width (out & out wingers), and do not attack as a team, achieving basically no overloads in the final 3rd. It's desperately difficult for strikers ti shine in our team. it's about time we looked at the reason beneath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherlyegg Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 1 hour ago, Mat-Owl said: We've also had decent results against Stoke, WBA, Leeds & Villa!! It's all swings & roundabouts, consolidation is the key for this season Except that Stoke are shyte, we had a bad result against WBA, we were lucky against leeds and villa are proper reyt shyte. Apart from that I remain optimistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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