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exile43

exile43

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Optimism gone.

15 conceded in 6 games , played off the park by a Mick McCarthey side struggling for form. Started the season with hope, now is is apparent we are simply seeing the manifestation of a Scottish Westley.

Neil talks the talk, 'premier league' this and 'high intensity' that. Bollo*ks. Sean Maguire out for 3 months due to 'high intensity training' - sound familiar? Wouldn't be surprised if he started texting players to stay away from training soon.

A few good results doesn't turn you into a top side. This is not the second coming, and fans need to be more realistic about our chances. Feared when Grayson left that we would be exposed and all those fears are coming true.

Away from home with no win in 5, we should be looking to take a point from a struggling Ipswich side. Instead we get another di*king.

Get back to basics , and for god sake buy another centre back in the transfer window.
 
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exile43 said:
Optimism gone.

15 conceded in 6 games , played off the park by a Mick McCarthey side struggling for form. Started the season with hope, now is is apparent we are simply seeing the manifestation of a Scottish Westley.

Neil talks the talk, 'premier league' this and 'high intensity' that. Bollo*ks. Sean Maguire out for 3 months due to 'high intensity training' - sound familiar? Wouldn't be surprised if he started texting players to stay away from training soon.

A few good results doesn't turn you into a top side. This is not the second coming, and fans need to be more realistic about our chances. Feared when Grayson left that we would be exposed and all those fears are coming true.

Away from home with no win in 5, we should be looking to take a point from a struggling Ipswich side. Instead we get another di*king.

Get back to basics , and for god sake buy another centre back in the transfer window.
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Said this on another thread..
I posted this back on September 29th after being ridiculed for suggesting that we wait a while before getting carried away...

"We were top under Simpson but lacked depth and didn't invest. I worry that history will repeat itself, I hope I'm wrong. A season is about how you respond to a couple of defeats. I will start to be convinced that there may be something more to it when we bounce back after a dip in form/results. In the mean time I will enjoy each game and ignore the season as a whole.


I have also said that with his style of play we will struggle to recapture form if and when we lose it. If he loses the belief of his players he'll be gone by March. Yes we have had injuries and yes we have had some bad refereeing decisions but when the going gets tough you need to first make sure you are difficult to beat. Once confidence starts to come back then you can start taking the game to the opposition in the style we saw earlier in the season.
 
I think you have slightly exaggerated this post. I can only remember about 2 games where we played well under Westley but we have played excellently the first few months under Neil.

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Hitch 22 said:
I think you have slightly exaggerated this post. I can only remember about 2 games where we played well under Westley but we have played excellently the first few months under Neil.

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Scottish Simpson
 
Mer5eywhite said:
Said this on another thread..
I posted this back on September 29th after being ridiculed for suggesting that we wait a while before getting carried away...

"We were top under Simpson but lacked depth and didn't invest. I worry that history will repeat itself, I hope I'm wrong. A season is about how you respond to a couple of defeats. I will start to be convinced that there may be something more to it when we bounce back after a dip in form/results. In the mean time I will enjoy each game and ignore the season as a whole.


I have also said that with his style of play we will struggle to recapture form if and when we lose it. If he loses the belief of his players he'll be gone by March. Yes we have had injuries and yes we have had some bad refereeing decisions but when the going gets tough you need to first make sure you are difficult to beat. Once confidence starts to come back then you can start taking the game to the opposition in the style we saw earlier in the season.
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Good post !
 
It's easy to select a winning side when you have all your players fit and playing well. We will weather the storm even though it looks like we can't make play offs. STAY CALM AND ENJOY THE RIDE. AN will be back as a hero after the International Break when some of the short term injuries are back
 
royribble said:
Over reaction to THE MOST horrendous injury list in living memory. Grow some or "support" someone else.
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I disagree , AN has no plan b , the team out today was a very good team most played under Grayson , AN sets the team to play to his style , he has to take the rap.
 
mapping said:
I disagree , AN has no plan b , the team out today was a very good team most played under Grayson , AN sets the team to play to his style , he has to take the rap.
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What about the performance of the players?Do they get a pass on this blame business?
 
The Norwich fans said AN had no plan B and that we would ship goals which we have started to do. AN needs to get us back to basics, make us hard to score against, and get a win from somewhere. Too early to be writing him off, just as earlier on it was too soon to be hailing him as the next coming. We all need to stick together and support the team through what is a sticky patch and hope we can get to January still in a decent position, and strengthen where needed.
 
proton said:
What about the performance of the players?Do they get a pass on this blame business?
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Who is going to get the sack ? The players ? He is the head , he dictates how we play , how we are set up , the lot !
 
royribble said:
Over reaction to THE MOST horrendous injury list in living memory. Grow some or "support" someone else.
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I have some, I don't need to grow any but I also live in the real world and in the real world we need to start picking up some points.
I'll be there supporting them through thick and thin. Or thin and thinner.
 
Aitch said:
The Norwich fans said AN had no plan B and that we would ship goals which we have started to do. AN needs to get us back to basics, make us hard to score against, and get a win from somewhere. Too early to be writing him off, just as earlier on it was too soon to be hailing him as the next coming. We all need to stick together and support the team through what is a sticky patch and hope we can get to January still in a decent position, and strengthen where needed.
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Agree entirely.
 
Westley was heavily backed by us. Yeah it slashed the wage bill but clearing out a whole squad who had fallen out with him and signing 20+ players is definitely backing him.

Neil needs time to put his stamp on things here. For whatever reason, in his first transfer window here, a time when new managers are normally backed by their clubs, he was only able to get a right back on a free and a young/very inexperienced prem loanee.

He must be given cash to spend in January and the summer, in order to further put his stamp/style into this squad, to strengthen the spine of the team, to improve the quality of our squad players many of whom are not up to it when they have to play, and to replace Hugill when he leaves.

Give him time and lets hope the club back him. I feel his hands are firmly tied at the moment with the hand he's been dealt.
 
Thought after Brentford AN didn't look to have a Plan B. Our difference in style early season caught a lot of teams out, teams have got wise to it so if you can't press the team back you invite pressure which we now can't cope with.

No doubt injuries are horrendous but what is the point putting square pegs into round holes. He badly needed to have a mix of styles which is compounding the injury crisis.
 
proton said:
Not disagreeing with that but they have to take some responsibility for their standard of play.
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And some of that , I truly believe is how he is setting them up to play. We don't all go from gushing about our young talented squad under SG to then having a terrible squad of under performing players without looking at what's changed , the manager changed.
 
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