22 Feb 2019 21:27:24
del boy hattrick bring him back haha.
22 Feb 2019 21:54:43
Well Watford won 5-1 so if we don't win on Tuesday it will show how far we have fallen behind other clubs outside of the top six.
23 Feb 2019 08:03:28
The crazy thing is we have improved as an attacking force. but our defending is probably worse that schoolboy level! Such a simple thing to sort but at the moment we look quite terrible. We give free kicks and corners away at times when we need to be calm. We have individual mistakes by the keeper and the two center backs and the two full backs seem to be hellbent on fouling. After we have given away fouls and corners, we crowd the box with players who can't head the ball. Walcott, Lookman, Gomez, Digne and Siggy all struggle. Yet attcaking wise we have plenty of possession and enough shots to win most games. The whole thing is barmy!
23 Feb 2019 09:37:39
Cardiff will throw the kitchen sink at us now, it is a must win game for them, and as much as I hate to say it, I think they will win just for the fact that we won't be up for the fight.
23 Feb 2019 12:32:04
I feel after Tuesday even the most optimistic fans might gather under my dark cloud. To think we have just paid Watford another £4 mill for Silva Moshiri is so incompitent at running a football club. If he ran his business this way he would have gone bankrupt years ago.
23 Feb 2019 14:35:32
But he has not gone bankrupt and knows how to run a business by using those in the know to guide him. He is learning fast about how to run a football club and surrounding himself with the staff who can take us where he wants us. Give him, Brands, and Silva a chance. You have a trigger finger DC :-)
23 Feb 2019 16:50:13
Maybe FM took bad advice at the start, DC, but why do you continue to slate him? His biggest mistake was appointing Walsh but that has been dealt with by employing a man who is well respected in his role of DoF, certainly an upgrade. The club is improving behind the scenes, our revenue streams seem to have gone up so that is heading in the right direction.
The only problem we've had is with managers. RK's first season wasn't too bad but the second was a nightmare, how many bad buys did we make? ok, FM might have to sign off these transfers but he was backing both his manager and Walsh. Rhino wasn't ready to step up and SA gave us nothing but dross.
What we all seem to skirt over is the influence us fans had. Walking out early in games, giving the managers (s) stick, booing the team selections etc. I think we should be careful what we wish for!
Silva wasn't who I wanted either but there's no point in moaning about it is there? Whether we like it or not, I think he will be given until the end of the season to turn things around, to see if the players can begin to play the system that he prefers. Providing, of course, results don't get worse than they already have. Whoever is in charge shouldn't matter, we should all be getting behind the team regardless.
24 Feb 2019 07:57:55
The problems all stem from Martinez allowing the squad to age so much. We sold our promising youngsters and relied totally on Barkley and Lukaku for goals. When those 2 left we were in it up to our necks!