Although the fact remains we're not out of it by a long shot, i think today was the day that has most of us accepting the inevitable.
We simply aren't good enough. Not only is a distribution, retention of the ball, and creativity not good enough to succeed at this level, we seem to have a squad that appears physically shot. Whether we are carrying knocks, i don't know, but we never won enough 50:50s, Blackburn always had a man spare, and upfront, their pairing was simply too strong for our two.
Holland came out with the most credit for me, never stopped working his socks off. The two wide men, Thomas and Ambrose, simply weren't in the game enough, Song had probably his poorest game for us, and Marcus Bent simply winds everyone up. Thatcher was nowhere near match fit. To me the ref was looking to do him, his first booking was identical to a Blackburn one on Thomas five mins before, which he didn't even have a word with. His second booking was simply reckless, and let everyone down.
The fans were absolutely superb, you had to be there to know just how supportive they were throughout the whole game, even when behind. We certainly couldn't of done more.
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You are right, we went today I think I can only see us picking up 1/3 points left and Alan p has made a sterling effort to keep us up, our form over the last 8 games or so has been top 6.
I think the players have done very well over the period from January, but they and not all are culpable were simply not right in the first half of the season.
The board have to take the blame for Dowie and Reed appointments both wrong. And they have accepted that .
It means DBent will be off to balance the books whether he wants to or not, lets hope Dickson is our saviour next season and Alan p can be as astute as he was in January.
Here's to looking up.
Let's go for it next season in the best way we can.
There is life beyond the Premiership, and now I need to sleep
Goodnight and god bless
There is still a glimmer of hope, but the reality is that we'll probably do well to get another point and the Spurs game is going to be the last time we see a fair few of those players turning out for us at The Valley.
Personally I hope that Holland gets a new contract - his commitment and professionalism could be very valuable in helping to chase promotion.
We don't create enough chances, we lack fight & defensively at times it is absolute chaos - oh well my weekends will be freer next season as there is next to zero coverage of the CCC - wonder if Valley Vision will be around next season..............
PS - I was back indoors at 8:25 tonight. Great run back down the M6, M42 & M40.
even tho relegation hasn't happened yet the scary thing to me is what will be left to try and get us back to the premiership once the end of season clearout takes place, imo not a lot , i really do fear for us next year
Next season will be different, look forward learning from the mistakes of this season
I make you right Rothko- a truely bitter pill to swallow but as has been said before, lets enjoy next season!
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We didn't need to be there to know how good the fans were, that came over loud and clear on the radio, you were superb sang through the game and did everything the team could have asked for, truly a 12th man, there'll be some hoarse voices across south east London and Kent today.
As for the players being knackered, I think that's likely, but in reality Pardew has shuffled the pack in search of that elusive einning formula but he has too many dud cards in his hands.
think you may be right there...
'Fraid your probably right. We don't have the same quality as Blackburn but they have had a huge injection of cash from the Walker family. That enables them, I am sure, to pay higher wages and attract better players.
In all the despair of this season we should not lose sight of the fact that we have punched above our weight for a long time. Without going over everything from the past, let us not forget that after the sellout years, our club has been re-built both on and off the pitch. A stadium has risen out of a derelict site.
RM and other directors have but money in but nothing like the injection that most other clubs in the PL have had to play with.
If you add to that during the premier league run, two top strikers and a brilliant defender have had to retire due to injury/illness. These are huge things for a club of our size to weather.
This season, we have bust our transfer budget. It hasn't helped much. We are currently in a relegation slot with two games to go. West Ham spent £18m in the last transfer window, they might just have bought their way out of it with the additional help of an illegally qualified Argentinian.
Some blame Curbs leaving the cupboard bare. That's pretty unfair in my opinion but if it's said enough times people start believing it. What sort of squad would any other manager have left with our clubs limited resources.
I still have hope that we can get out of this. If we don't our club is still in good hands and next season is still one of hope .
Will be in a race with Roy keane to get the Man U job.
That Marcus Bent's hit form eh.