Anyone starting to get worried?

[RamboandBruno]

I was in the Holte v Liverpool and it was only when I watched the replay did I realize the fuck up that led to their 2 goals.Arsenal were down to 10 men and our manager was a rabbit in the headlights.
I expected us to be lower half the table but safe I did not expect our midfield to be so porous or so many  of the abject performances where we have been all over the place, the last being Bournemouth.
We are capable of some very good football but we allways give any opposing team, plenty of opportunities to score against us and this is our biggest problem.

As I said perspective and expectations. I expected us to be around where we are and think smith and the players will have achieved something if we stay up with a cup final appearance to boot, given, as I said, over haul of squad and the nature of our injuries being so long term to such key players and positions.

Maybe smith was a rabbit in the headlights, but to be fair to him and going back John e’s comments, he’s learnt to sacrifice some of his preferred formation in order to compete and make us harder to beat. Last 5 league games since that change it’s been win 2 lost 2 draw 1, through in the Leicester cup games that goes to 3 2 2. That’s enough form to keep us up. People will come on say we have no chance of that form in the next five games, but we simply don’t know that yet.

[RamboandBruno]

Throwing in VAR comments?? Really? I can’t remember if it went to VAR and they made another wrong call or they simply made the wrong call by it not going to VAR, but either way it was another wrong call.

I’m surprised anyone’s using VAR as an indication of any point to be honest

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Whatever anybody does, don't search for the handball, it will make you far too irritable for a Sunday morning. Cheating ******.

[Abbeyfealeavfc]

Great "perspective" R and B!

[Meanwood Villa]

Agreed, very balanced summary R&B and about how I feel as well. Disagree on the Arsenal game as that was one that went begging for me but hopefully we correct that when we play them at home. More generally speaking I am reasonably confident we'll stay up because I think we'll pull out some results when we need to. Just like we did last year and like we did in the semi final.

[eamonn]

Great "perspective" R and B!

Were Rambo and Bruno exponents of Rhythm and Blues?

[eamonn]

we now have a team full of Smiths signings and we mostly play more like a Bruce team than what we were told a Smith team plays like
playing out from the back with Hause and Konsa who are maybe ok defenders but not very good footballers is like watching some sort of live car crash

I know what you mean but they aren't Smith's signings. That's not meant to exonerate him, but he was never here to make signings and he doesn't.

Apart from at least Konsa and Jota?  He would certainly have pushed for those.

[Demitri_C]

Citys games been called off. For me this is good news for two reasons. A the weather conditions might have had a impact on citys performance and secondly means city get less of a break now for cup final as their game wi probably be next weekend  now.

City have a awful amount of games coming up

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It will be replayed later in the season I'd have thought.

[SoccerHQ]

They will surely play it next weekend.

[Demitri_C]

Great Bournemouth winning ffs. I knew sheffield United would cock ut up.

This is what we need to do win games back to back which we are struggling to do consistently

[Sexual Ealing]

Great "perspective" R and B!

Were Rambo and Bruno exponents of Rhythm and Blues?

No doubt he'd have recommended them, but I'd have thought they'd have had to be signed off by the 'committee' like all the others. That's £18m worth of business. I can't see the club suspending protocol just because DS knew they were good lads.

[Demitri_C]

Yessssssss Sheffield united get in !

[amfy]

They will surely play it next weekend.

I thought that at first but I would imagine they all have holiday booked for next weekend.

[exigo]

I'm less worried having looked at the form table. For all the talk of a Watford and Bournemouth revival, I'd take Samatta and a soon-to-return McGinn over West Ham and Bournemouth's next few games.