I guess you can only beat what is in front of you, but any over the top optimism from beating Forest(0 wins in 10) & Leeds (6 defeats in their last 7) has to be tempered by the fact that both these teams are utter, utter garbage at the moment...our lack of goals is incredible, I was under the impression that Riga's new brand of attacking football was the answer to all our problems
Bad. No hope of scoring. We gave the game up before kick off by picking Spongefoot upfront on his own.
Some players are starting to look tired, Sordell, Obika, Piggot, Reza have not played enough to be in that group, they do not need rotating. Church will run 20 yards to chase a dead end but not jog back 3 yards to get onside!
As for Patrucci giving the ball away then not having the balls to take a yellow by fouling their player on the half way line, pathetic.
Role on Tuesday. Still in our hands but we need to be better/more threatening than that.
This feels like the game that's finished us off With Millwall, Yeovil and Birmingham winning away I thnk reality has set in and surely made us realise we just ain't good enough to compete with these teams
Leave it out mate - we didn't get a result today against a very decent team. That's all.
Another game on Tuesday. We lick our wounds and move on.
This feels like the game that's finished us off With Millwall, Yeovil and Birmingham winning away I thnk reality has set in and surely made us realise we just ain't good enough to compete with these teams
We beat Nottingham Forest and Leeds we won against two very big traditional English clubs... Think we can definitely compete at this level
We're four points behind Blackpool thanks to Yeovil and they could seriously get dragged into the fight now with our two games in hand left
Have a feeling a different formation on Tuesday as it's a must win. Can anybody there today say did the pitch play it's part and its not going to be a factor in our possible downfall?
We have scored 3 goals in 8 under Riga - equivalent to 17 over the course of a season......harsh to extrapolate over a season I guess & we have picked up vital points, but it's quite amazing nonetheless. The lowest tally over a season in the league's history is 24.
Church was hopeless as usual and Harriott completely ineffective. Gucci makes no difference and Obika struggles to stay on his feet. We have no attacking threat - passed the ball okay at times but never look like scoring and seem reluctant to shoot. Frustrating as hell to watch - rest of the season will be a struggle and I just hope we don't need a result on the last day.
One of the bottom four will make a run at it and string a set of results together. Yeovil look like the team most likely to do it as they can score goals. Not bringing in a decent forward on loan will come back to haunt us. Everyone keeps saying we are playing good teams when we play a top 6 team but yeovil got a draw at Leicester. So pissed off because 3 poitnts today would have given us a cushion and pulled other teams into it.
So frustrated with our players reluctance to shoot. If you don't shoot you will never score. Not sure why the hell Church played today. Not been even on the bench in last 3 games and then suddenly in the team. He is definately not the answer up front!!!!
So frustrated with our players reluctance to shoot. If you don't shoot you will never score. Not sure why the hell Church played today. Not been even on the bench in last 3 games and then suddenly in the team. He is definately not the answer up front!!!!
So frustrated with our players reluctance to shoot. If you don't shoot you will never score. Not sure why the hell Church played today. Not been even on the bench in last 3 games and then suddenly in the team. He is definately not the answer up front!!!!
Playing Church on his own up front is as good as forfeiting the game. Seriously, if he starts another game I will assume that Riga has been told to take us down.
As I said to Fanny pre match we are going to score a shed loads against someone this season, it just was not going to be Reading.
There is a reason why Burnley, Derby and Reading are promotion hopefuls and we are not so I'm not fussed about the results we have against them, never expected much to day, Tuesday and 22nd are must win games and the are the ones to focus on.
As I said to Fanny pre match we are going to score a shed loads against someone this season, it just was not going to be Reading.
There is a reason why Burnley, Derby and Reading are promotion hopefuls and we are not so I'm not fussed about the results we have against them, never expected much to day, Tuesday and 22nd are must win games and the are the ones to focus on.
That was so disappointing to come away with nothing and to gift them their goal from an attacking situation of our own. Not only did Perucci lose possession he should have taken one for the team and taken their player out. This is the business end of the Championship with our second tier status on the line, not the time to thrust an inexperienced Man Utd U21 player into the heat of battle. If JJ needed bringing off early for Tuesday put Cousins in there, at least he is a little more battle hardened. Nice one Jose for snatching defeat from the jaws of a draw. Sort it out for Tuesday please from the off!
How this football club believes Simon Church is an option is beyond me. Unfortunately he has nothing going for him or sadly us. Ive said before on this forum that someone should be coaching him. He cannot jump/challenge for a header as he dosn't look at the ball, doesnt anticipate, has no ball control, is not a natural finisher and when as he plays today you offer no threat to the opposition.
Riga also needs to take risks typically why not throw morrison up front for the last few minutes
Fact....we cannot rely on 1 chance per game as whilst the defence is ok we naturally will concede from time to time. Having no goal threat is not an option
Positive first half with no real chances. Poor second half and I think Riga's changes made it worse: Rezza and Petrucci were off the pace and gave the ball away far too much. Reading deserved the goal second half.
Very dispondant After today's game, still think we can beat the drop but the later we leave it the more I fear we will crumble! Don't know why church played today , so I'm trying to convince myself it's because we are saving players for Tuesday . We looked very nervy down the wings today and that wasn't helped by Harriott and whoever playing right mid not playing well . Need to revert back to the team who played against forest and Leeds and build on from there.
Petrucci looked either nervous or lacking fitness which is a huge hindrance as we new everyone fit and ready for the run in! Jose Riga is the one who can get the team ready for Tuesday and I'm confident he will do as anything other than a win will see us sink
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Some players are starting to look tired, Sordell, Obika, Piggot, Reza have not played enough to be in that group, they do not need rotating. Church will run 20 yards to chase a dead end but not jog back 3 yards to get onside!
As for Patrucci giving the ball away then not having the balls to take a yellow by fouling their player on the half way line, pathetic.
Role on Tuesday. Still in our hands but we need to be better/more threatening than that.
That's all.
Another game on Tuesday. We lick our wounds and move on.
We're four points behind Blackpool thanks to Yeovil and they could seriously get dragged into the fight now with our two games in hand left
I know we just don't create enough up front but it's just one game - not the end of our season.
We have no attacking threat - passed the ball okay at times but never look like scoring and seem reluctant to shoot.
Frustrating as hell to watch - rest of the season will be a struggle and I just hope we don't need a result on the last day.
Hamer
Wilson
Morro
Dervite
Wiggins
Cousins
Poyet
Ajderevic
Sordell
Obika
Reza
Dervite and Morrison looked solid but generally we looked spent and devoid of any substantive attacking threat.
Cousins is probably knackered and was second to a lot of stuff today. Sharpness wasn't there and Reading won easily enough in the end.
;o)
Seriously, if he starts another game I will assume that Riga has been told to take us down.
There is a reason why Burnley, Derby and Reading are promotion hopefuls and we are not so I'm not fussed about the results we have against them, never expected much to day, Tuesday and 22nd are must win games and the are the ones to focus on.
We have to be able to create more chances
How this football club believes Simon Church is an option is beyond me. Unfortunately he has nothing going for him or sadly us. Ive said before on this forum that someone should be coaching him. He cannot jump/challenge for a header as he dosn't look at the ball, doesnt anticipate, has no ball control, is not a natural finisher and when as he plays today you offer no threat to the
opposition.
Riga also needs to take risks typically why not throw morrison up front for the last few minutes
Fact....we cannot rely on 1 chance per game as whilst the defence is ok we naturally will concede from time to time. Having no goal threat is not an option
Sadly
Don't know why church played today , so I'm trying to convince myself it's because we are saving players for Tuesday . We looked very nervy down the wings today and that wasn't helped by Harriott and whoever playing right mid not playing well . Need to revert back to the team who played against forest and Leeds and build on from there.
Petrucci looked either nervous or lacking fitness which is a huge hindrance as we new everyone fit and ready for the run in!
Jose Riga is the one who can get the team ready for Tuesday and I'm confident he will do as anything other than a win will see us sink