Disappointed, if not surprised.
Well, on the bright side, the players certainly looked rested!
We couldn't hold on for le point in the end, unfortunately, and have sunk towards a relegation fight, given how tight the league is at the moment (Cardiff taken all the way up to 6th!).
Over to you.
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Thank god for that 98th minute winner against QPR!
Predictable once our bubble slowly started bursting and that's what the sad part is.
Roly, your cunning plan wasn't that cunning after all, it seems.
Please take your experiment elsewhere.
We scored! Well done KAG.
Luzon hasn't been helped by injuries but as with BP last season I do think we should be doing better than 1 point in 15.
We might have been OK had we not had that run of injuries.
It now seems that some of those who've come in have yet to adapt to this league.
Not looking good at all but still early days. Let's see how we do with a full squad and especially Diarra and Mak back.
Regardless, Luzon now needs to show he can manage a team over a whole season and Roland needs to back him to do that.
Missing Big Mak at both ends of the pitch and Jackos leadership
Wish he had played our best side at Palace now..
Luzon's been banging on about how important the first goal is and today we got it. We still got nothing from the game. Everything about us is shot at the moment. We've got no width. We don't press teams. Watt looks disinterested. We give the ball away. We look like we are playing in the RWC rather than the championship. Sideways football at its best.
I really cannot complain too much as I bother to only go to away games if it's a new ground. Far more fans put more miles in than me so probably have more of a right to be angrier than I, but I've completely turned on them based on that showing.
We've got no idea how to break teams down. For me that we were still in the game and took the lead has more to do with the opposition today than our game plan. Others are welcome to see it differently and add what they thought were positives. When I've calmed down I will recognise that KAG took his goal well, Moussa got on the bench.
I'm too angry for all that. We've been let down. The last 15 minutes honestly, I can't put into words how inconceivably bad our attempt to get back in the game was. The players that came over at the end I appreciate were slightly sheepish, but in no uncertain terms I couldn't help telling them to do one.
Disgraceful. @oohaahmortimer if they continue to play like that then can I be the first to have a stab at your percentages 21st -24th 99%, survival 1%
I also think something is very wrong behind the scenes with team spirit.
The injuries are hurting us, but that isn't the sole issue. Our defending from set plays has shoddy for ages and today it seemed every ball banged into the box was won by Cardiff. No surprise that the winning goal came via that route. Are we still zonal marking?
Confidence seems very low at the moment.
Lets hope that we can get some of the injured back sooner rather than later.
The Igor situation has now come to a head and needs sorting asap. If him and Luzon are now beyond redemption we need to move him on and hope that whatever wages it frees up allows us to bring someone else in to replace him.
I'm not in a panic yet, but am concerned that our next game is against a team who we have a very poor record against.
For what its worth I really hope Roland keeps his head and doesn't sack Guy. We've seen that he can get us playing expansive attacking football and winning games and he deserves to have the chance to make it work with all of his best players available to him.
Hopefully we can scramble something against Fulham, get some injuries sorted and the season back on track.
Worries me that Jackson wasn't around today. Players like him are going to be pivotal in this piss poor thin squad.
Following on from our posts on the the match thread......
Our injury/ suspension list includes 3 defo starters Hendo Diarra Mak
The list also robs us of the back up you speak of (ceballos Reza Igor Jacko). I admit the squad if a bit thin and a couple of seasoned loanees would be nice
Too many youngsters.
Too many players whom have no experience of this league
Solly is not captain material - We need a leader out there
Squad is too thin
Until these issues are addressed things aren't going to get better. Bottom 3 once we've played Preston.
Not looking too clever.
Hopefully there may be 3 teams worse than us?
Well done to you all for your enthusiasm to keep going watching this dross
Hopefully you will be rewarded soon for your efforts