Villan_of_oz Posted December 1, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted December 1, 2016 (edited) 21 hours ago, TrentVilla said: You could try but you would struggle to find a more verciferous critic of either RDM or our lack of midfield under him. I called it in the summer (I wasn't alone) and it's why I was publically calling for his head post Brentford and privately a lot earlier. I have though drawn a line under the RDM period so my comments re the midfield and goal scoring should only be read in reference to the Bruce reign. What went before it, frankly was shambolic and the sooner RDM is a footnote in our history the better. Why do I get the feeling you don't rate RDM? Edited December 2, 2016 by Villan_of_oz was meant to be funny would've helped if i made a complete sentence...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted December 2, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted December 2, 2016 15 hours ago, One For The Road said: This is why talk of a top 2 finish is absurd. Rubbish, hard but no way absurd! What the above table doesnt show is the fact Newcastle are only 2 points ahead of Brighton currently. They were relatively clear a few games back but have been dragged back towards Brighton. Anything can happen in a few games which will change the trajectory of a season. The other point of this is that the top spot is no longer already sealed; thus there are now two teams that can falter and be caught. Teams like Leeds, Norwich and (dare i say) Small Heath will take points from 1 or both, then there are the shocks too. We just have to keep winning to capitalise when we can! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoof hearted Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 19 hours ago, One For The Road said: You can't possibly be serious about that surely? I didn't say at any point we would, just wouldn't be surprised, we could quite possibly get 25 draws, can't see your problem with my post Mandingo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 On 1 December 2016 at 09:08, villa89 said: I have to disagree with that. I don't see all the games (just the ones on the tellybox) but earlier in the season our midfield was just non-existent. Gardner and Westwood might aswell have not been on the pitch, although not helped by the bizarre 5 up front tactics of RDM. We couldn't control the tempo of a game and we couldn't stop the opposition from dominating the middle of the park and that led to inevitable losses and draws. Villatalk's obsession with possession percentages bear out the fact that we just couldn't keep the football and control the game. We couldn't take the pressure off when we needed to. Also the I agree that our finishing was poor but I don't think that was the main reason we weren't winning games. Disagree... We were controlling games... Whilst we weren't getting the results, the early games in the season we were totally dominating teams. We just couldn't score enough to put the game to bed, then we were giving 1 chance to the opposition and they'd equalise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ender4 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 19 hours ago, weedman said: So we've maintained our gap from the top 2 but gained massively on everyone else, we're showing Top 2 form since Brucey, but in order to actually close the gap on them we need them to lose form or us to do better. At the moment playoffs look the most likely then yep basically. We're not closing the gap on the top 2, only the top 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grasshopper Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 22 minutes ago, ender4 said: yep basically. We're not closing the gap on the top 2, only the top 6. Thats very easy to explain. Unless you go WWWWWWW you wont gain points on everybody. The "better positioned teams" are there for a reason - better results. we have to simply keep on picking up points untill an amount of games have passed (10+ games 30+pts) that will reflect how many pts are dropped by who. Just as we cant possibly expect to go WWWWWWWWWW noone else will. Jack Niklaus once said "you can only affect your own score - if its enough, you win - if not, you dont deserve to win" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubberman Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 3 hours ago, Grasshopper said: Thats very easy to explain. Unless you go WWWWWWW you wont gain points on everybody. The "better positioned teams" are there for a reason - better results. we have to simply keep on picking up points untill an amount of games have passed (10+ games 30+pts) that will reflect how many pts are dropped by who. Just as we cant possibly expect to go WWWWWWWWWW noone else will. Jack Niklaus once said "you can only affect your own score - if its enough, you win - if not, you dont deserve to win" I expected us to go WWWWWWWWWDWWWWWWW before the season started. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, Hoof hearted said: I didn't say at any point we would, just wouldn't be surprised, we could quite possibly get 25 draws, can't see your problem with my post Mandingo. You said you wouldn't be surprised if we went the whole of the rest of the season unbeaten. I asked you if you were serious because that's just plain mental. A 32 game unbeaten streak? The over confidence on this forum has reached proportions I thought could never happen. Edited December 2, 2016 by One For The Road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I see no reason why we can't keep the unbeaten home record all season. Throw in a few more away wins and we'll comfortably finish in the play off zone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 No chance will we go unbeaten fir rest of season I think that's even ridiculous to suggest especially with our most in form players being away for almost a month. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IwishIwasalivein1982 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Watching Forest Toon. Hopnig Forest can take some points off them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Willard Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Newcastle are going through a rough patch. Droppping more points. It'll be embarrassing if forest cant beat a 9 man Newcastle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deisler123 Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 1 hour ago, Lord Willard said: Newcastle are going through a rough patch. Droppping more points. It'll be embarrassing if forest cant beat a 9 man Newcastle Yeah. Newcastle may drop even more points before Xmas. But I would rather Brighton loses. Tomorrow 3pm, an away loss vs Cardiff City. And we win. 10 points gap - very nice indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One For The Road Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 Forest closing the gap on us. Doubt they will push for the play offs but who knows....Could do with picking up 3 points tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommo_b Posted December 2, 2016 Share Posted December 2, 2016 I keep saying this, Brighton are going to win the league, Newcastle are the team we need to catch if we want top 2, today's result was good! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Currently 15th 6 points below play offs 6 points above relegation ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 Were not good enough this season. Awful goalkeeper and midfield and we dont have enough goals in the side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 So disappointing being within a point or 2 of the playoffs and then just like that back to 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 12 minutes ago, KSV said: Were not good enough this season. Awful goalkeeper and midfield and we dont have enough goals in the side We will have chance to rectify things in January - we are not far off the top 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 3, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted December 3, 2016 Big blow tonight. Such a shame as we had an opportunity to make up 3 points on the scum, I won't feel right till we are above them. So so important that we get right back on it again now. This could be a critical point, if we don't respond and get on a other 5 games or so unbeaten run we will struggle. 2 defeats on the bounce or 1 point from 6 would leave us in a proper pickle and no mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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