Are you worried?

[Demitri_C]

Christ I’m not thrilled with direction of travel - there are obvious, and clear, things to fix - but consigning us to being a mid table side now is a bit bloody defeatist and over the top.

Just trying to be realistic  thats where i see us at the moment a club that probably going to finish outside the top 6 if this form continues.

I mean look at our performances in the league.  How many times can say we have played brilliantly this season? Mpst of the performances  have been average. Durans aaved us a few times this year but thats papering the cracks


We also cant keep clean sheets big concern that

[ChicagoLion]

Christ I’m not thrilled with direction of travel - there are obvious, and clear, things to fix - but consigning us to being a mid table side now is a bit bloody defeatist and over the top.

I said we look like a mid table team, it’s not defeatist, it's the reality of where we are and how we are playing.

I was more referring to Demetri’s reference to reluctant acceptance.

Ok,sorry, because I think we are on the same page regarding the problem starts with the midfield.

Yep absolutely, we fix that and I think we see a totally different team.

And there you have it, will Kamara get back to his best? What is the combination that provides the platform? Will Rogers start making telling decisions that his approach work warrants?

[Hillbilly]

Only when we have a corner.

[Ian.]

Only when we have a corner.

Especially if we have a penalty.

[usav]

If we had won’t he last two home league games, which let’s face it we should have done, we would be joint second.  Given that we haven’t played great yet this season, a few moments aside, it’s not terrible and we are far from looking at a lost season or anything like that.

[ChicagoLion]

If we had won’t he last two home league games, which let’s face it we should have done, we would be joint second.  Given that we haven’t played great yet this season, a few moments aside, it’s not terrible and we are far from looking at a lost season or anything like that.

Yes there is still a lot of games to go, but this slump needs to end soon.

[Accent Guy]

We are somewhat fortunate that the league is a bit mental this season and as such, nobody has pulled away in the race for Europe in any way whatsoever. Then again, the other clubs are all saying the same I'm sure.

We now have 10 games in 5 weeks and one would expect that, come the end of that run, we will have a better idea of where we are at.

To be honest, if we can take 6 points from the next 3 games, (I fully expect a loss at Chelsea so we really have to be winning the 2 home games), then I would think we will be going into the Xmas period in the top 7, which, all things considered, is hardly a crisis.

Conversely, failure to win yet more of the winnable home games we have coming up, and we will be making things very hard for ourselves. Especially as we can't seem to beat the Sky 6 these days.

November always looked tricky and so it proved. December is only slightly kinder fixture wise but we cannot afford to have another poor month.

A fit and ready Kamara cannot come soon enough.

[Demitri_C]

We are somewhat fortunate that the league is a bit mental this season and as such, nobody has pulled away in the race for Europe in any way whatsoever. Then again, the other clubs are all saying the same I'm sure.

We now have 10 games in 5 weeks and one would expect that, come the end of that run, we will have a better idea of where we are at.

To be honest, if we can take 6 points from the next 3 games, (I fully expect a loss at Chelsea so we really have to be winning the 2 home games), then I would think we will be going into the Xmas period in the top 7, which, all things considered, is hardly a crisis.

Conversely, failure to win yet more of the winnable home games we have coming up, and we will be making things very hard for ourselves. Especially as we can't seem to beat the Sky 6 these days.

November always looked tricky and so it proved. December is only slightly kinder fixture wise but we cannot afford to have another poor month.

A fit and ready Kamara cannot come soon enough.

Good post.

I do think having a fully fit kamara will help, but it wont solve all our problems.

We need to amend our defensive shape, cut out the terrible individual errors defensively too. Furthermore I think we have some out of form players like bailey, Philogene and rogers. These guys need to vastly improve to what we have seen this season.

They wouldn't be getting a sniff at the top clubs under this form.

[coreyfeldman]

Apparently we've conceded only 2 more this season so far that last but scored 10 less. Also read we've created most and missed the most big chances in the league this season.

Does feel about right - despite performances being nowhere near the levels of early last season I can think of most games wheres been at least one chance you think we have to put away. Rogers has been very guilty of this, Watkins missed a fair few, Ramsey has missed a couple.

This did comfort me slightly this morning

[Demitri_C]

I would agree with that. We have been wasteful in front of goal and its cost us. Perfect examples arsenal and spurs games

[kippaxvilla2]

Yes.

[PhilVill]

I think the last few games will have definitely made the managers mind up on some players that he was already thinking weren't good enough so I would expect a busy January (loans out and the like). It wouldn't surprise me to see a good player or two arrive.

This club is far from the finished article, with Emery polishing a few turds along the way, so a few bad runs were expected. No excuses for some of the individual cock ups mind you.

[Risso]

I think the last few games will have definitely made the managers mind up on some players that he was already thinking weren't good enough so I would expect a busy January (loans out and the like). It wouldn't surprise me to see a good player or two arrive.

This club is far from the finished article, with Emery polishing a few turds along the way, so a few bad runs were expected. No excuses for some of the individual cock ups mind you.

Agreed Phil. Some of the players he inherited (Bailey and McGinn) have reverted to Smith/Gerrard form levels, and aren't contributing to the team. I think we'll see replacements for both sooner rather than later.

[RamboandBruno]

I think the last few games will have definitely made the managers mind up on some players that he was already thinking weren't good enough so I would expect a busy January (loans out and the like). It wouldn't surprise me to see a good player or two arrive.

This club is far from the finished article, with Emery polishing a few turds along the way, so a few bad runs were expected. No excuses for some of the individual cock ups mind you.

Agreed Phil. Some of the players he inherited (Bailey and McGinn) have reverted to Smith/Gerrard form levels, and aren't contributing to the team. I think we'll see replacements for both sooner rather than later.

I dont think mcginn is anywhere near the horrendous form under Gerrard, but likewise not as good as he was this time last year. He’s played a lot of football including Scotland games and he’s getting on in football terms, maybe his legs are starting to slow a bit.
I think Baileys confidence is shot, but he’s not hiding and I thought there were green shoots of recovery on Saturday. Once he hit the bar, he was one of our better performers.
I doubt very much that we’ll see a number in and out in January, maybe one each through the revolving door, with Carlos the obvious candidate. The likes of mcginn and Bailey wont be going anywhere yet.

[PhilVill]

Yeah, I thought Bailey was a different player once he hit the post/bar so I'd love to see him kick on now, a massive two games for him coming up. I still think we could see a few comings and goings in January though, we still carrying baggage.