Newty82

It's gonna be absolutely barmy if the season finishes with these appeals still to happen.

Imagine 'the best league in the world' potentially not knowing who's bring relegated at the end of the season?!

...if any clubs can learn anything of us & Forrest vs the likes of Citeh...

Don't admit guilt!

Fuckin wankers.

Changing the rules next season aswell because they know they've fucked it up.

Getting done twice for the two thirds of the same thing.

Shit show.

3 hours ago, Palfy said:

I think how it works is it’s looking like selling the Stadium or go out of business, the worst owner in our history and probably English football as well and truly screwed us. 
As I’ve been saying in another thread building the stadium was financially irresponsible at the time, we should have bought the ground got the planning which would have lasted 3 years or indefinitely if we made a start then pulled the plug on it till it was financially responsible to carry on.

Now the stark reality means Club or Stadium, I know what one I want, but if Moshiri had done as I said we could have had both, it may have taken another 5-10 years until we found owners who could turn the clubs finances round and then build the stadium. 

To be fair, though, I think at the time all was 'OK'. As in, a certain Russian was in the background putting money in in various ways.

So, financially, they probably had a plan and that was sound.

1 hour ago, Palfy said:

I think I need to lower my expectations and belief’s to fit in with the shite we are being served, but I won’t because they day that I think or consider hoofing the ball up the pitch is how football in PL should be played is the day I stop being a supporter. 

But my point would be we haven't played hoof ball all season. The first few months of the season we were far from hoof ball.

Or ar least, when we did, it was with a purpose.

Recently we have reverted back to mindless hoof ball. And it's been shit. Which makes his recent statement about going back to long ball vs Burnley a bit laughable.

I don't think you need to lower your expectations or beliefs. I'd love to see us playing better football too.

Let me ask...which managers in recent years have you been happy with and why?

1 hour ago, Palfy said:

You don’t think or haven’t considered that he’s come out with shit like that, because clueless and incompetent of understanding or playing football which incorporates trying to keep the ball on the ground and pass it. 
Just a thought Newty, because it looks and makes more sense than “ I guess that’s what pressure can do to you “

 

No. Because I don't think he's clueless and incompetent. At all.

We've played some of the best football we've seen in years under him. Not hard to beat, but still.

He said he wanted us to play better. He wanted to be able to play better. We were playing good football.

The only reason we werent/aren't higher up the table is because we couldn't score...

HOWEVER...where he absolutely does deserve criticism, and where my view of him has dwindled, is how he has gone about the long winless streak.

I'll hold judgement until the end of the season.

I do want to see more from us. I want us to get back to how we were those first few months of the season.

13 minutes ago, Hafnia said:

Anyone notice motd say "not the best game for var but we will gloss over that"

seems that the epl and pgmol don't want it highlighting for the likes of us.  Garner penalty - couldn't see it from where I was.  The linesman was getting some serious shit from main stand and park end first half.  Oliver shouldn't ref us.  

I can't see how that wasn't a penalty?

There's seems to be no talk about it. Even in here. And Oliver was looking straight at it. Even the commentators didn't make much of it. Bizarre.

43 minutes ago, Hafnia said:

Unlikely cos Coleman and dcl are the only players that go back that far. 

I think the point is that 'we' say the same thing year after year.

When a manager is disliked, it's one of the repetitive accusations that gets made.

And it's been made year after year for....years!

I think we can all agree that as the last 4-5 years have gone on, our squad is getting smaller and worse in quality.

Whether it's Dyche or somebody else, it's gonna be a tough job for years to come. And I expect the same accusation(s) to be repeated during those years.

1 hour ago, Romey 1878 said:

 

I don't really have an issue with that being the plan for Burnley tbh. It probably is the way to go against them - press them into making mistakes, and when we have it get the ball up the pitch as quickly as possible so their shite defenders are pressurised (and we can only do that by hitting it long because we lack pace).

I would've tweaked it a little bit when it became apparent very quickly that the wind was going to be an issue. Too many times Pickford went long and the wind stopped the ball going where it was intended.

Yeah. For me it's more the statement of deliberately playing it long...like it was a master stroke for this game that we've not seen before

1 hour ago, Sev said:

After the match against Burnley yesterday.

“We looked at how well we had played this season and not won,” said Dyche, “so we deliberately tried to play it long and strong and play the game as awkward and ugly as possible and get an ugly win and it worked.”

Yes, it was ugly as hell and could have easily ended in a draw. Or worse.

I just think it's a rather strange thing to say. Well, perhaps it's just me. Not satisfied with the play, but loved the three points.

He's come out with some weird stuff recently. I guess that's what pressure can do to you.

1 hour ago, Romey 1878 said:

Some people can't even spell Jarrad correctly, so Haaland is nigh on impossible.

Aaah. Gerald. Having a great season.

1 hour ago, Hafnia said:

My brother goes to all home games I've been to 3/4 this season - the wins against Newcastle and Burnley in the cup I felt fine after.....  watching games at home I relieve the stress by venting on the forum. Can't do it at the game 

You hide it well...

Unbeaten in 2. What a run this has been!!!

Phew! Despite our best efforts, we get a win!!!

I'll take another few of those over the next 7 games thanks!

Such a weird running style has Beto

DCL getting his confidence back.

Willing to go at it now.

C'mon Dom...these last 7 games!

Jeez...Brentford have come from 2 down at Villa to be 3-2 up.

Although all I'm arsed about is 18th!

Oh my word. Another bit of luck for us.

Are Burnley us in disguise?!

Opening up for us as Burnley need to push on.

We're certainly finding more rhythm.

Boring, horrible, shite performance.

We all said we'd take an ugly win!

DCL won't get any luckier than that. Although he created his own luck with the closedown.

We do, collectively, need to do a lot more.

6 minutes ago, badaids said:

He'll be wanting Doucs in there in case he needs to come back in to midfield and muck out to Gomes and Garner can play.

Yeah exactly

Well, we wanted more footy.

My impression is that with Gomes and Garner playing, Dyche wants us to 'go for it' more.

Young on the right is suspect.

Other than that, I don't really see what else we can do (except maybe start Beto in place of Doucs...but then we wouldn't be able to start with Gomes and Garner, IMO).

How do you guys get tickets these days? I always struggle...unless I'm leaving it too late?

From what I'm seeing on Socials, the fans are rallying once again. All the stuff we've seem the last couple of years to help us stay up.

It's brill to see. When it matters, all opinions, debates etc get put to one side to fully focus on what really matters.

Over to Dyche and the players to respond in kind....

1 hour ago, Palfy said:

So am I it would seem. Luckily I never needed an A Level in English Language to bang a nail in

....wondered where you were going with that then.

My mind didn't go the same place...