Quote from: Rissbert on November 19, 2012, 11:40:58 AMThe thing is, Lambert is hardly Guardiola is he? Norwich's football last season was functional, but certainly not spectacular, and Lambert seems to be getting away wih poor results simply because he isn't McLeish. Even Mark Hughes tries to play better football than McLeish, so does just about every manager in the league.No, he's not Guardiola, you're right there, but he is compared to McLeish. We've played more decent football this season so far than in the entirety of last.Nobody is particularly happy with the way things are at the moment, but beyond being angry for the sake of it, what are the ultimate options available to us? What should we do?Sack the manager? Get some quality in in January? Start getting behind the team more? Start booing them to show how unhappy we are?Serious question - what should we do?
The thing is, Lambert is hardly Guardiola is he? Norwich's football last season was functional, but certainly not spectacular, and Lambert seems to be getting away wih poor results simply because he isn't McLeish. Even Mark Hughes tries to play better football than McLeish, so does just about every manager in the league.
A couple of wins will not make it okay. We need a couple of wins followed by some better form. No point dragging yourself clear only to sink back into the mire. Reading got a great result against Everton but I can't see them putting together a run as they're too brittle. Sunderland could go either way - terrible against us, better yesterday (though not great). Southampton are one of those sides too, and I can't imagine Norwich, Stoke or even Swansea being safe until close to the end of the season. What we need is to get clear soon and stay clear. If we've a buffer by January we'll stay clear.One thing I think is that you'll be able to spot the relegated teams a mile off by mid-season. It'll be the bottom three playing catch-up.
Quote from: curiousorange on November 19, 2012, 02:12:39 PMA couple of wins will not make it okay. We need a couple of wins followed by some better form. No point dragging yourself clear only to sink back into the mire. Reading got a great result against Everton but I can't see them putting together a run as they're too brittle. Sunderland could go either way - terrible against us, better yesterday (though not great). Southampton are one of those sides too, and I can't imagine Norwich, Stoke or even Swansea being safe until close to the end of the season. What we need is to get clear soon and stay clear. If we've a buffer by January we'll stay clear.One thing I think is that you'll be able to spot the relegated teams a mile off by mid-season. It'll be the bottom three playing catch-up.I think we're in for a season of struggle with Saints, Reading and Wigan. Sunderland will come good as they are showing signs of doing. Norwich will be OK as they seem to be getting more and more confident and have a decent defence.
Quote from: Rissbert on November 19, 2012, 03:13:21 PMQuote from: curiousorange on November 19, 2012, 02:12:39 PMA couple of wins will not make it okay. We need a couple of wins followed by some better form. No point dragging yourself clear only to sink back into the mire. Reading got a great result against Everton but I can't see them putting together a run as they're too brittle. Sunderland could go either way - terrible against us, better yesterday (though not great). Southampton are one of those sides too, and I can't imagine Norwich, Stoke or even Swansea being safe until close to the end of the season. What we need is to get clear soon and stay clear. If we've a buffer by January we'll stay clear.One thing I think is that you'll be able to spot the relegated teams a mile off by mid-season. It'll be the bottom three playing catch-up.I think we're in for a season of struggle with Saints, Reading and Wigan. Sunderland will come good as they are showing signs of doing. Norwich will be OK as they seem to be getting more and more confident and have a decent defence.Sunderland beat Fulham, but Fulham were down to ten men. They (Sunderland) didn't look too good when we beat them recently, so where are these signs of them coming good which go beyond where we were three weeks ago?.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on November 19, 2012, 03:26:08 PMQuote from: Rissbert on November 19, 2012, 03:13:21 PMQuote from: curiousorange on November 19, 2012, 02:12:39 PMA couple of wins will not make it okay. We need a couple of wins followed by some better form. No point dragging yourself clear only to sink back into the mire. Reading got a great result against Everton but I can't see them putting together a run as they're too brittle. Sunderland could go either way - terrible against us, better yesterday (though not great). Southampton are one of those sides too, and I can't imagine Norwich, Stoke or even Swansea being safe until close to the end of the season. What we need is to get clear soon and stay clear. If we've a buffer by January we'll stay clear.One thing I think is that you'll be able to spot the relegated teams a mile off by mid-season. It'll be the bottom three playing catch-up.I think we're in for a season of struggle with Saints, Reading and Wigan. Sunderland will come good as they are showing signs of doing. Norwich will be OK as they seem to be getting more and more confident and have a decent defence.Sunderland beat Fulham, but Fulham were down to ten men. They (Sunderland) didn't look too good when we beat them recently, so where are these signs of them coming good which go beyond where we were three weeks ago?.They(apparently) were very unfortunate against Everton and should have been 3-0 up at half time,so they are creating chances now.They have one of the best defensive records in the league
Quote from: LamboAlways on November 19, 2012, 03:29:59 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on November 19, 2012, 03:26:08 PMQuote from: Rissbert on November 19, 2012, 03:13:21 PMQuote from: curiousorange on November 19, 2012, 02:12:39 PMA couple of wins will not make it okay. We need a couple of wins followed by some better form. No point dragging yourself clear only to sink back into the mire. Reading got a great result against Everton but I can't see them putting together a run as they're too brittle. Sunderland could go either way - terrible against us, better yesterday (though not great). Southampton are one of those sides too, and I can't imagine Norwich, Stoke or even Swansea being safe until close to the end of the season. What we need is to get clear soon and stay clear. If we've a buffer by January we'll stay clear.One thing I think is that you'll be able to spot the relegated teams a mile off by mid-season. It'll be the bottom three playing catch-up.I think we're in for a season of struggle with Saints, Reading and Wigan. Sunderland will come good as they are showing signs of doing. Norwich will be OK as they seem to be getting more and more confident and have a decent defence.Sunderland beat Fulham, but Fulham were down to ten men. They (Sunderland) didn't look too good when we beat them recently, so where are these signs of them coming good which go beyond where we were three weeks ago?.They(apparently) were very unfortunate against Everton and should have been 3-0 up at half time,so they are creating chances now.They have one of the best defensive records in the leagueIf you take a look at the main Sunderland forum prior to last week, you'll see thread after thread lamenting just how shit they were.This is the club that managed 7 shots on goal across 9 games.
Quote from: pauliewalnuts on November 19, 2012, 03:31:42 PMQuote from: LamboAlways on November 19, 2012, 03:29:59 PMQuote from: pauliewalnuts on November 19, 2012, 03:26:08 PMQuote from: Rissbert on November 19, 2012, 03:13:21 PMQuote from: curiousorange on November 19, 2012, 02:12:39 PMA couple of wins will not make it okay. We need a couple of wins followed by some better form. No point dragging yourself clear only to sink back into the mire. Reading got a great result against Everton but I can't see them putting together a run as they're too brittle. Sunderland could go either way - terrible against us, better yesterday (though not great). Southampton are one of those sides too, and I can't imagine Norwich, Stoke or even Swansea being safe until close to the end of the season. What we need is to get clear soon and stay clear. If we've a buffer by January we'll stay clear.One thing I think is that you'll be able to spot the relegated teams a mile off by mid-season. It'll be the bottom three playing catch-up.I think we're in for a season of struggle with Saints, Reading and Wigan. Sunderland will come good as they are showing signs of doing. Norwich will be OK as they seem to be getting more and more confident and have a decent defence.Sunderland beat Fulham, but Fulham were down to ten men. They (Sunderland) didn't look too good when we beat them recently, so where are these signs of them coming good which go beyond where we were three weeks ago?.They(apparently) were very unfortunate against Everton and should have been 3-0 up at half time,so they are creating chances now.They have one of the best defensive records in the leagueIf you take a look at the main Sunderland forum prior to last week, you'll see thread after thread lamenting just how shit they were.This is the club that managed 7 shots on goal across 9 games.I haven't looked but I bet the forum makes different reading today.I just would't be surprised if thet put tugether a string of results now.MO'N has it in him to do that unfortunately
Like this place did after we beat Sunderland?And even after we lost to Man United? Which, lest we forget, was only a week ago.