Blip or Steady decline?

[Jürgen Weißbrot]

There's been plenty of talk about 

[Jürgen Weißbrot]

...the last 3 games being proof that the end is nigh. But is that really the case? 

 

I don't think away draws against Derby and Exeter are terrible results, tbh. Especially considering our injuries. 

 

The one game that I was really disappointed with was Oxford at home. We just didn't turn up.

 

While we've not been emphatic victors for a while, we've still looked assured at the back and controlled each game for significant periods. 

 

So, despite finding some of Moore's decisions perplexing at times (as per every fan-manager relationship ever!), I can't say I'm overly worried yet. 

 

You? 

Edited December 21, 2022 by George Whitebread

[Owlabroad2001]

I think we are struggling massively and will be lucky to scrape the play offs!!

[Sensible Soccer]

My main worry is the lack of goals from our forwards. We have scored plenty this season but they have been spread around the team. At some point you need your forwards to pick up the goal scoring mantle.

big 3 games in a week coming up… we will know more then i recon.

[doubleo]

44 minutes ago, Sensible Soccer said:

My main worry is the lack of goals from our forwards. We have scored plenty this season but they have been spread around the team. At some point you need your forwards to pick up the goal scoring mantle.

big 3 games in a week coming up… we will know more then i recon.

I don’t think we create enough chances for our forwards and that’s what worries me. Against Oxford, maybe 2 or 3 ?. That might be enough if you’ve got a Shearer or Messi upfront,  but not for players at this level.

[Boston owl]

If we can just steady the ship over the next month I still feel we have a chance at automatics. Not a great feeling watching a dull game but points is points in the end.  Argentina lost to Saudi Arabia and I thought that was the writing on the wall for them. Shows how much I can be wrong in football !!    Be good now to get a settled 11 and the forwards doing their stuff and we’ll all feel happier

[nickswfc]

Blip

and on the spectrum of blips, it's not even a big blip

silly overreaction by some of our fans this week

[areNOTwhatTHEYseem]

Get Bannan and Byers back to sort out our engine room and we should be back to winning ways.

 

Losing one of them is a huge blow; losing both at the same time is crippling.

 

We simply don't have others who can step in and do the same jobs.

[striker]

Every team has a bad run of form. Hopefully boxing day is the day we start to put that right. 

[Holmowl]

Neither.

 

If Moore stops changing the formation every game and starts picking BOTH of our strikers and stops thinking Windass is the answer we’ll fly.

 

If he sticks with his current approach then it’s clearly a steady decline because it’s as plain as the nose on your face that its awful.

[bobness]

I'm reserving judgment until after the Christmas party... 

[Pastor Kidneys]

Obviously a blip but the longer we're without the 2 main actors in midfield that blip may stretch.

[areNOTwhatTHEYseem]

5 minutes ago, Holmowl said:

Neither.

 

If Moore stops changing the formation every game and starts picking BOTH of our strikers and stops thinking Windass is the answer we’ll fly.

 

If he sticks with his current approach then it’s clearly a steady decline because it’s as plain as the nose on your face that its awful.

 

Windass has only been on the pitch for 50% of our recent three game 'blip'.

[areNOTwhatTHEYseem]

16 minutes ago, bobness said:

I'm reserving judgment until after the Christmas party... 

 

Yes, I always find my judgement is at its sharpest after the Christmas party, too...

 

[OwlsfaninNorway]

4 hours ago, George Whitebread said:

...the last 3 games being proof that the end is nigh. But is that really the case? 

 

I don't think away draws against Derby and Exeter are terrible results, tbh. Especially considering our injuries. 

 

The one game that I was really disappointed with was Oxford at home. We just didn't turn up.

 

While we've not been emphatic victors for a while, we've still looked assured at the back and controlled each game for significant periods. 

 

So, despite finding some of Moore's decisions perplexing at times (as per every fan-manager relationship ever!), I can't say I'm overly worried yet. 

 

You? 

It's hardly proof if you in the next sentence ask "Is it really the case?" 

[OwlsfaninNorway]

Neither  Bannan nor Byers were playing on Saturday.

[@owlstalk]

 

Blip

 

People panicking are drama queens 

[Pablo Bonvin]

Relegation form. Watch out Morecambe and Forest Green. We're coming for you. Mind the gap.

[Tamworthowl]

I don’t think we’re doomed, but it is a steady decline.

It’s more than three games. Since the calamitous end to the Burton game we’ve struggled: Mansfield, Accrington and Shrewsbury, all poor performances. Only Southampton did we perform creditably.

We need to address the speed with which we get the ball forward and into our strikers otherwise we’ll be over reliant on a series of clean sheets to get over the finishing line. And we’ll probably fail.

[areNOTwhatTHEYseem]

12 minutes ago, Tamworthowl said:

Only Southampton did we perform creditably.

 

That was our best performance in these past couple of months, wasn't it?

 

Hopefully we can get back to that style and approach again soon.