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Offline andyaston

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #15 on: May 07, 2013, 10:16:14 PM »
I agree with a lot of the above posters.

Mine would be Guzan's saves against QPR in the first half epecially the one from Samba. If we went 2-0 down they would of probably won the game and we would of been back to square one.

Offline Matt C

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #16 on: May 07, 2013, 10:16:28 PM »
Like others, half-time against Newcastle felt like a watershed moment. We had looked totally doomed but even though we ended up losing the game, something in the air changed - we started believing again.

Offline Phil from the upper holte

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #17 on: May 07, 2013, 10:23:11 PM »
I think QPR as well. Fair play to Lambert for sticking to his guns

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #18 on: May 07, 2013, 10:24:26 PM »
To me Bradford was worse than 15-0.

Of course it was embarrassing to lose by big margins but that happens and in any case we've lost plenty of games to Spurs and Chelsea in recent seasons.

Not beating a league 2 team in a cup semi over two legs was far worse and that is Lambert's black mark for this season in my mind so up to him to put that right next season.

Offline olaftab

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #19 on: May 07, 2013, 10:25:25 PM »
There is no turning point yet. We are still in deep shit and could go down so can we lock  this thread please.

Offline nodge

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #20 on: May 07, 2013, 10:26:13 PM »
It was when I saw Jesus Dave at the Liverpool game.

Offline walsall villain

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #21 on: May 07, 2013, 10:27:04 PM »
Like others, half-time against Newcastle felt like a watershed moment. We had looked totally doomed but even though we ended up losing the game, something in the air changed - we started believing again.
Agree. We totally dominated a team for the whole of the second half. It was then that I thought we had a chance coupled with the belief that we would be able to score goals.

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #22 on: May 07, 2013, 10:29:36 PM »
There is no turning point yet. We are still in deep shit and could go down so can we lock  this thread please.

I've got the back up thread of Whelan giving Arsenal a suitcase of 50m to throw the game next week on standby....;)

Offline l_mckay

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #23 on: May 07, 2013, 10:30:05 PM »
I think it also has to be the qpr game,the goal from gabby really got us going and the second half we deservedly went onto win the game,from then on are form has been very good and looks to have got us safe!

Offline TopDeck113

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #24 on: May 07, 2013, 10:40:16 PM »
The lowest point for me was the Bradford/Millwall cup exits. It's not exactly that we bounced back immediately from that, but that was when it felt like it couldn't get any worse.

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #25 on: May 07, 2013, 10:57:38 PM »
Maybe, possibly, not buying anyone except Sylla in January. That must have been a confidence boost to the team. 

What an important signing he has been though. His signing could actually have been the turning point in hindsight.

Offline Irish villain

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #26 on: May 07, 2013, 10:58:40 PM »
Beating West Ham. That was the turning point for me. We played well against Newcastle but still lost. That was scary.

When we beat West Ham and Lambert challenged the players to win five more that was the turning point.

Offline Steve R

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #27 on: May 07, 2013, 11:05:14 PM »
I'd go for half time at Newcastle when Lambert abandoned the three at the back formation. We played much better second half and have carried on improving ever since.

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #28 on: May 07, 2013, 11:06:51 PM »
Gabby scoring the equaliser against QPR maybe. Totally against the run of play, then we came out and haven't looked back since.

Agree. Or Guzan's save earlier.

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Re: Season turning point?
« Reply #29 on: May 07, 2013, 11:20:59 PM »
I think Guzan keeping us in the match  v QPR has to be the moment. As others have said if we had gone 2-0 down it could have killed our spirit .....

 


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