23 May 2015 15:07:37
Well the season is just about over and it's definatrly one to forget, out of both domestic cups at the first time of asking and an eventual thrashing in Europe(tho the journey up to then was fun).
Where to from here, I will hold my hands up and say I was calling for Bobbies head a couple months ago, but in fairness he kept us quite safe in the league ( we should never have been in that position in the first place). I'm willing to real back in my judgement and hope we learn from our mistakes. These mistakes go all the way back to last summer and our awful pre season, we never quite recovered, we had Bobby stating after 3 games that the players were not fit. We can't blame injuries, but rushing players back has got to stop too, we
need to add a quality CB, and a magician in midfield to
open defences up, anything else is a bonus.
Our tactics and approach to games have to change too, look what happened against United when we altered our approach!! We need to be flexible and have a plan B, but most of all we need to inject pace into our game and cut out schoolboy errors! So I'm looking forward to the summer and the blank slate and excitement of a new season!
Remember we've had an awful season, played some shocking football but we still have a fantastic squad, we simply can't do any worse next year, Spurs, Southampton and Liverpool have all had 'sucessful' seasons but they are all less than 5 league wins ahead of us!! I can certainly remember at least 5 games we threw away!!
So I'm going to jus try an erase this season from memory and hope Bobby gets it right in the summer. But how long do we give him next season, I hope if after 12 games if it's gone sideways again that someone in our club has the bottle to not stand by and just watch!!
NSNO
Get well soon Blue Bill
23 May 2015 17:43:16
Liked this post Kurajan mate ,
The bits about plan 'b' and flexibility etc. very close to my own heart.
As for Bullsh*tBob, well if we haven't got the above mentioned and getting results against all and sundry by Nov. then we should make a strong demand for his departure imo.
23 May 2015 19:19:00
Good post I still think Martinez will come good and I very excited about next season with the youngsters comin through and quality players we have right now add to that 3/4 good signings and we have a very strong squad signings for me delboy ,van dijk ,batshauyi/Austin possibly another winger/goalkeeper on loan
{Ed025's Note - your asking for a lot there coby, and i love your enthusiasm mate, i felt like that in the 80,s myself but managers over the years have ground me down, and this one is just the latest in a long line fella..
23 May 2015 23:58:55
yeah I know but think we have some very exciting youngsters at club right now IMO some of Martinez signings have bin very good lookin forward to see who we bring in hopefully not Evans lol
{Ed025's Note - dont forget cleverley coby..
24 May 2015 07:49:36
Some good points made by all there. I would add that there was obviously a big distraction after about 10 games where Distin and Eto'o disrupted the dressing room and for those 11 games we went without a win, we played the most negative depressing football. Confidence drained from the squad and RM did very well to turn it round. Although he is not my choice as manager, I will support him until his position changes. I know I upset some posters on here at times going on about Osman, squad age and a few other points, but when I see great clubs like Newcastle suffering with heir fans turning on the manager and board it makes me shiver. I am so glad we seem to be able to support our club when the chips are down. I guess we have all got used to it!