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veracruz

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Things don’t look quite so rosy.

No win in 3

Conceeded 7 in 3.

2pts from 9

That tends to highlight the effect of not holding on for the win at Fulham.

What stands out for me more than that is that we’ve gone from conceding 4 in 10 to 11 in 13. Still pretty good but is it a sign that our inexperienced back line and loss of Clarke and Cunningham is beginning to be felt or a blip on the radar that will right itself.

On top of that we have a game next week against a team that we’ve struggled against in recent seasons. It would be going too far to say that it’s a must win game but if we don’t it will see us slide further back toward mid table and add to our non-winning run.

As well as we have been doing I’m concerned in a way that only the tonic of a victory next week can turn around. Or maybe I've just got that Monday morning feeling…….
 
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Strangely I said a few weeks back that draws and poor performances at home would do nothing to entice fans back and could be a worry, I got some stick for saying that, mainly because I had forgotten about Cardiff.

I have now grown MORE optimistic as we have played Fulham and Wolves and played well. I think top 8 is well within our reach and that is a really good achievement, considering how much we have spent compared to rival clubs and the injuries we have had pre season and during the season.
 
Whilst I have shared in the joy of watching our young team play attacking football, I have said all along I will judge A.N. after we have had a sticky spell.
All teams have such spells and that is when the manager earns his pay. He stuggled to turn Norwich around after a lean spell but I am hopeful that he has learnt lessons.
 
Utter tosh, just played 2 of our hardest away games of the season. Fulham away touted as our best performance of the season, three goals at Wolves shouldn't have stood and we still almost got a draw. Sunderland was always going to be tough due to the Grayson factor. I'm more of a glass half full man and prefer to celebrate we're scoring more than earlier in the season and watching thoroughly entertaining football.
 
At the moment we shouldn't have anyone being negative about anything.
Wolves have been lauded for the way they have been playing and they have spent millions yet for large parts of that game we were better than them in every department .
This is a side that is still very young and pretty wet behind the ears yet they are going toe to toe with the divisions best teams.



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veracruz said:
Things don’t look quite so rosy.

No win in 3

Conceeded 7 in 3.

2pts from 9

That tends to highlight the effect of not holding on for the win at Fulham.

What stands out for me more than that is that we’ve gone from conceding 4 in 10 to 11 in 13. Still pretty good but is it a sign that our inexperienced back line and loss of Clarke and Cunningham is beginning to be felt or a blip on the radar that will right itself.

On top of that we have a game next week against a team that we’ve struggled against in recent seasons. It would be going too far to say that it’s a must win game but if we don’t it will see us slide further back toward mid table and add to our non-winning run.

As well as we have been doing I’m concerned in a way that only the tonic of a victory next week can turn around. Or maybe I've just got that Monday morning feeling…….
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Typical British attitude. Not happy unless there's something to moan about or throw a pessimistic view in.
 
veracruz said:
Things don’t look quite so rosy.

No win in 3

Conceeded 7 in 3.

2pts from 9

That tends to highlight the effect of not holding on for the win at Fulham.

What stands out for me more than that is that we’ve gone from conceding 4 in 10 to 11 in 13. Still pretty good but is it a sign that our inexperienced back line and loss of Clarke and Cunningham is beginning to be felt or a blip on the radar that will right itself.

On top of that we have a game next week against a team that we’ve struggled against in recent seasons. It would be going too far to say that it’s a must win game but if we don’t it will see us slide further back toward mid table and add to our non-winning run.

As well as we have been doing I’m concerned in a way that only the tonic of a victory next week can turn around. Or maybe I've just got that Monday morning feeling…….
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Your last sentence is the best bit of this
 
Very unlucky to lose at wolves unlucky not to win at Fulham and suddenly we are questioning Neil’s tactics. We are playing the best for all I’ve seen for a long time a team that gives everything against so called bigger teams who have spent multi millions . Enjoy the ride it might be a bit of a roller coaster but it’s a good ride.
 
However well we are doing, i think there is that niggling thought that things could have been better. I think that is what Ben Pearson said as well in his interview last week. Draws at home against Sunderland, Millwall & Barnsley. 2 points dropped late on against Fulham, following on from losing the lead the previous week. Draws away against Middlesborough & Leeds, which were good results, but maybe we deserved more. On top early on against Woves but didn't take our chances. You can quite easily make a case that we could have had a few more points in the bag.

Saying all that, i think we are in a better position that anybody expected, and it's all to play for. We have lost key players through injury, but still managed to turn in decent performances. Hopefully a few quality additions in January and we can push on to challenge for a promotion place come May
 
veracruz said:
Things don’t look quite so rosy.

No win in 3

Conceeded 7 in 3.

2pts from 9

That tends to highlight the effect of not holding on for the win at Fulham.

What stands out for me more than that is that we’ve gone from conceding 4 in 10 to 11 in 13. Still pretty good but is it a sign that our inexperienced back line and loss of Clarke and Cunningham is beginning to be felt or a blip on the radar that will right itself.

On top of that we have a game next week against a team that we’ve struggled against in recent seasons. It would be going too far to say that it’s a must win game but if we don’t it will see us slide further back toward mid table and add to our non-winning run.

As well as we have been doing I’m concerned in a way that only the tonic of a victory next week can turn around. Or maybe I've just got that Monday morning feeling…….
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I know it’s Monday but come on.
What’s not to like about the present situation?
Do you really think there’s a Championship team much better than us?
With a little more composure we could quite easily of been top of the pile.
Get on board and enjoy the ride.
 
Best performance from a North End side that I've seen for years at Fulham. Considering the injuries we've had and the teams we've played recently we were bound to have a lean spell sometime. I've no doubt that we'll be up there challenging at the end of the season, we just need to keep the players fit and on the pitch
 
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veracruz said:
Things don’t look quite so rosy.

No win in 3

Conceeded 7 in 3.

2pts from 9

That tends to highlight the effect of not holding on for the win at Fulham.

What stands out for me more than that is that we’ve gone from conceding 4 in 10 to 11 in 13. Still pretty good but is it a sign that our inexperienced back line and loss of Clarke and Cunningham is beginning to be felt or a blip on the radar that will right itself.

On top of that we have a game next week against a team that we’ve struggled against in recent seasons. It would be going too far to say that it’s a must win game but if we don’t it will see us slide further back toward mid table and add to our non-winning run.

As well as we have been doing I’m concerned in a way that only the tonic of a victory next week can turn around. Or maybe I've just got that Monday morning feeling…….
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Think Josh Earl is our Weakest player at the moment, mainly through his lack of experience and his young age, in my view he was to blame for two of there goals. We impressed to come back from 3/0 down and gave a good show of our selves, think we will still do well this season, maybe sneak a play off place
 
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We've been unlucky at home, and in the last two away games.

We need a win, asap.

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The three goals conceded at the weekend all came with a bit of luck & naivety at the back, same could be said with the goals conceded against Fulham. Those are two teams that would have most likely rolled us over last season. This squad of players have characteristics of a team that can go far, how many teams with the squad age we have would have got back into the game like we did against wolves? We were undeservedly losing by 3 goals, a position where heads can easily go especially after what happened at Fulham but we took control of the game & forced our way back in it looking like we were going to get the equaliser. These lads can do something this season, i think its only a matter of time before we put a winning run together & it wouldn't surprise me to see Trev back Neil in January.
 
veracruz said:
Things don’t look quite so rosy.

No win in 3

Conceeded 7 in 3.

2pts from 9

That tends to highlight the effect of not holding on for the win at Fulham.

What stands out for me more than that is that we’ve gone from conceding 4 in 10 to 11 in 13. Still pretty good but is it a sign that our inexperienced back line and loss of Clarke and Cunningham is beginning to be felt or a blip on the radar that will right itself.

On top of that we have a game next week against a team that we’ve struggled against in recent seasons. It would be going too far to say that it’s a must win game but if we don’t it will see us slide further back toward mid table and add to our non-winning run.

As well as we have been doing I’m concerned in a way that only the tonic of a victory next week can turn around. Or maybe I've just got that Monday morning feeling…….
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Suddenly, life has to meaning to me.... Were doomed, we having our bimp early, doomed I tell ya.

Stop panicking we’ve had a few tough games, only lost 2 games in 13. Wolves will go up, not sure they deserve it, but there is 2 other spots available. Instead of looking for the doom senario lets hold out and see where we are in January, then Alex will be able to boost a few area’s and push on. We are way way way ahead of my expectations at the start of the season.
 
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