Clampy, it is excruciatingly horrible to me because I am running out if seasons to watch them. If you think there was something good about this season so far I am not at all surprised.
There's been plenty of shit this season but there's also been good moments. Not enough of the good but saying there's been nothing is wrong unless no one enjoyed watching Jack earlier in the season, sticking 5 past Norwich, Everton at home, the Leicester semi, the Watford winner to name a few.
Quote from: Flamingo Lane on July 18, 2020, 11:04:13 AMThere's no real point in saying this, but I'm going to say it anyway - the more you look at the league table this morning the significance of that goal conceded at Everton just grows and grows. I really must stop looking at it and go out and do something more purposeful!As do the two games against mighty Bournemouth - in particular the home defeat ......shocking results and performances
There's no real point in saying this, but I'm going to say it anyway - the more you look at the league table this morning the significance of that goal conceded at Everton just grows and grows. I really must stop looking at it and go out and do something more purposeful!
Quote from: villa `cross the mersey on July 18, 2020, 11:08:12 AMQuote from: Flamingo Lane on July 18, 2020, 11:04:13 AMThere's no real point in saying this, but I'm going to say it anyway - the more you look at the league table this morning the significance of that goal conceded at Everton just grows and grows. I really must stop looking at it and go out and do something more purposeful!As do the two games against mighty Bournemouth - in particular the home defeat ......shocking results and performancesI'm not sure if I agree with that. At home we went 2 down early doors thanks to blunders from 2 new signings. Heaton (pen) Luiz (ballwatching) After that we laid siege to their goal but could only find the net once. Away we gave as good as we got but again individual errors cost us. And we were denied a great shout for a pen when their keeper punched Engels right in the bracket from a corner! Poor results but not shocking results and performances by a long shot.
Quote from: The Edge on July 18, 2020, 02:39:10 PMQuote from: villa `cross the mersey on July 18, 2020, 11:08:12 AMQuote from: Flamingo Lane on July 18, 2020, 11:04:13 AMThere's no real point in saying this, but I'm going to say it anyway - the more you look at the league table this morning the significance of that goal conceded at Everton just grows and grows. I really must stop looking at it and go out and do something more purposeful!As do the two games against mighty Bournemouth - in particular the home defeat ......shocking results and performancesI'm not sure if I agree with that. At home we went 2 down early doors thanks to blunders from 2 new signings. Heaton (pen) Luiz (ballwatching) After that we laid siege to their goal but could only find the net once. Away we gave as good as we got but again individual errors cost us. And we were denied a great shout for a pen when their keeper punched Engels right in the bracket from a corner! Poor results but not shocking results and performances by a long shot. No worries The Edge - its all about opinions Maybe I expect too much … to me losing at home and away to Bournemouth constitutes "a shocking result" primarily as they are the level of opposition we should be expected to beat - I agree you cant compensate for individual errors - its just so frustrating and disappointing that we cant beat a relegation rival - we can all look at "what if " scenarios in numerous games, however when you take these two particular games into consideration it just shows how thin the dividing line is between success and failure - we would have been better off drawing both games Cheers and UTV - regards VCTM
I feel more depressed this time around than last time. Last time, as has been said, felt like a mercy killing. It always seemed like we were going to get relegated sooner or later so might as well get it over with. Plus we were so far adrift that the individual results ceased being important. Hammerings were greeted by gallows humour, last minute defeats by a shrug of the shoulders. And we didn't really know what the Championship was like, maybe it would be fun?This time, after the excitement of last season, you felt like it could be the start of something special and the years of suffering could be coming to an end. Every hammering has been soul-destroying and every last minute loss has been a massive kick in the bollocks. Knowing it is coming doesn't make it any less painful. It also just feels like last year was for nothing, and I can no longer look back on those games with the enjoyment I used to get every time they repeated the playoff final on telly.Conversely, I do believe we will be in much better shape to go back up this time, so this relegation could be much less damaging than the last one. But it feels much worse.
I can forgive the home Bournemouth defeat as we were still finding our feet and did, at least, give it a bit of a go after a disastrous start.The away games at Watford, Bournemouth and Southampton were the most unforgivable, for me. All massive games against teams that were relegation rivals and we just vanished. In terms of our capacity for being massive, bottling, fannies, not even getting a draw against ten man Arsenal having had the lead twice was just pathetic.
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Quote from: RamboandBruno on July 18, 2020, 05:15:46 PM&feature=shareWatching that again was useful:- we WERE good going forward, despite Trez' inability to hit a decent shot- Mings was awful for the 2nd Arse goal- Engels was a liability! Two goals down to his poor defending- the handball at the end was a disgrace from that wanker MossWe played decent football but our defending really was comedy gold.
Arsenal game was more horrible game management I'm afraid. I remember in that game Arsenal were barely doing anything and then Emery made a double change around 60 minutes, DS did nothing.Guendozhi came on and gave Arsenal the energy they needed in CM to make up for the lost man and we did nothing. He got a cheap penalty and his presence also caused other chances.Should've put on another midfielder at 2-1 up to counter this but just looking at the line ups and Luiz wasn't in the 18 for some reason despite being on the bench for the West Ham game six days previously.Sadly DS has not improved at that side of the game at all during the season even now when we can use 5 subs.