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Author Topic: Anyone starting to get worried?  (Read 268901 times)

Offline Big Ming

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1380 on: February 02, 2020, 05:15:47 PM »
All is not lost.

The Aston Villa Women are doing really well.

Offline nodge

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1381 on: February 02, 2020, 07:07:03 PM »
Liverpool could have won the league a game or two before they play us so they might play their under 15’s against us again.

Offline themossman

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1382 on: February 02, 2020, 07:13:47 PM »
Not sure we’ll get much change off wolves I can see traore ripping our defenders a new one like vardy did.

Offline RamboandBruno

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1383 on: February 02, 2020, 07:17:42 PM »
Not sure we’ll get much change off wolves I can see traore ripping our defenders a new one like vardy did.

He didn’t do nowt for 40 mins last tuesday

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1384 on: February 02, 2020, 08:19:01 PM »
Not sure we’ll get much change off wolves I can see traore ripping our defenders a new one like vardy did.

We must surely be playing one of Wolves/Arsenal/Man. United inbetween europa league ties if they don't all get knocked out? Given none of them will likely be in top 4 mix they'll all have very little motivation left for the league and it's not like two of them win many games anyway this season.

There is hope. Remember in the Sherwood run in we played Spurs, West Ham and Everton in the last six games who all finished in the top half that season. We won all three.

It's amazing when you play a team who are mentally on the beach how many 50/50s you win.

Offline David_Nab

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1385 on: February 02, 2020, 08:27:43 PM »
Liverpool could have won the league a game or two before they play us so they might play their under 15’s against us again.

I think if they haven't lost once they tie up the league going the season without loss will be the target , if someone does beat them then the rest of the season I expect to see them move the team around alot to give players time on field to get a medal and rest players for champs league.

Teams in Europa league  resting players could come into it , main point is its not that easy to simply look at remaining fixtures and pic winners/losers alot will be in the motivation at the time of the games.

Offline Damo70

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1386 on: February 02, 2020, 08:33:56 PM »
I was already worried and that went up a notch after Saturday as I fancied us for a draw at least. I think it is going to be tight and nervy and could go right to the last day. Having said that 1981, 1988, 1989, last years play off final, we have a decent 'last day' record*.

*Unless the 'last day' is an FA Cup final  ;)

Offline rougegorge

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1387 on: February 02, 2020, 08:48:54 PM »
I was already worried and that went up a notch after Saturday as I fancied us for a draw at least. I think it is going to be tight and nervy and could go right to the last day. Having said that 1981, 1988, 1989, last years play off final, we have a decent 'last day' record*.

*Unless the 'last day' is an FA Cup final  ;)
In 81,  we had to thank Bosko Jankovic for a superb ending as we lost and were the poorest we'd been nearly all season.

Offline PeterWithesShin

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1388 on: February 02, 2020, 09:24:56 PM »
In '88 we drew and relied on a result after we'd finished playing, in '89 we relied on a game played over a week after we'd played and drawn our last of the season. Damo hardly chose the most convining of last day performances!

Offline Damo70

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1389 on: February 02, 2020, 11:07:42 PM »
In '88 we drew and relied on a result after we'd finished playing, in '89 we relied on a game played over a week after we'd played and drawn our last of the season. Damo hardly chose the most convining of last day performances!


I remember in 1989 West Ham still had two games in hand to overtake and relegate us away against Forest and Liverpool due to Hillsborough. I was drinking in the Red Lion in Shirley when I heard Leroy Rosenior had scored two goals to beat Forest at the City Ground. A few days later I was listening at home on the radio when West Ham took a one nil lead at Anfield and at that point we were down. Fortunately Liverpool hit back and scored five.

Offline Des Little

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1390 on: February 02, 2020, 11:09:33 PM »
You did well to pass the elite door selection policy of the Red Lion, Damo.

Offline Villan82

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1391 on: February 03, 2020, 11:37:46 AM »
Our midfield is so inconsistent play well one week and disappear the next.

So many of our players are like this.

Offline Drummond

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1392 on: February 03, 2020, 11:50:57 AM »
We keep showing that we can lose to any one, we give up more chances to the opposition than any other team and have not done anything to address that.
Yesterday’s result was a massive blow and I can’t help thinking if we can’t show up against Bournemouth then there is something fundamentally wrong with the set up.

Yes, the fundamental issue is that we've had to buy virtually an entire team to play in the toughest league, with minimum preparation.

That we're doing better than the other Play_Off winners have suggests we're actually doing better than we should, not worse. I'm disappointed when we lose, and relegation was always going to be hanging over us this season. I hoped, and thought, that we may have kicked on a bit but it's not happened, yet.

Offline ChicagoLion

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1393 on: February 03, 2020, 12:28:50 PM »
We keep showing that we can lose to any one, we give up more chances to the opposition than any other team and have not done anything to address that.
Yesterday’s result was a massive blow and I can’t help thinking if we can’t show up against Bournemouth then there is something fundamentally wrong with the set up.

Yes, the fundamental issue is that we've had to buy virtually an entire team to play in the toughest league, with minimum preparation.

That we're doing better than the other Play_Off winners have suggests we're actually doing better than we should, not worse. I'm disappointed when we lose, and relegation was always going to be hanging over us this season. I hoped, and thought, that we may have kicked on a bit but it's not happened, yet.
We had an advantage over many play off teams with Mings SJM and Jack, we bought a Top Goalkeeper. Not many if any play off teams have that luxury.
I think the team is potentially better than the results we are getting.
Like you I thought we turned the corner after Watford away but we obviously haven’t.

Offline Damo70

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Re: Anyone starting to get worried?
« Reply #1394 on: February 03, 2020, 12:45:01 PM »
You did well to pass the elite door selection policy of the Red Lion, Damo.

Kenny Rogers lookalike Kenny Fewtrell ran it back then in the late eighties. Years before the 'Regulars Only' sign at the door.

 


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