Tayls Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Mantis said: Ok but we genuinely played well against United last night? It wasn't like the Chelsea or Newcastle games at all. And that's without mentioning the demolition of Sheffield United. Yeah they're shit but if we really were as bad as people are making out, we wouldn't have won that game so easily. We probably didn’t look as bad. But to be honest I struggle to see much beyond the goals we concede when we lose, because it’s usually down to the defence looking like an absolute shambles. And, be fair, the United goals were piss poor. And, I do think United will catch us. Edited February 12 by Tayls 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 12 VT Supporter Share Posted February 12 (edited) 12 minutes ago, Tayls said: Honestly your confidence is great. But, let’s not kid ourselves here. We look likely to lose 3 or 4 in a row. Utd have hit form and manage to grind out results whilst being so rediculously boring to watch. We are bad at the moment, injuries means we struggle to get a consistent starting 11. Defence has taken an absolute battering. We won’t stay ahead of United for much longer. Last night we looked like we would steamroller our next 3 opponents so no, I don’t agree Edited February 12 by Stevo985 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonLax Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 38 minutes ago, Tayls said: And Newcastle. They’re all winning games and not necessarily playing brilliantly. Grinding out the wins whilst are on a nosedive in form. Na, not too worried about Newcastle. They are the one team with more injuries than we do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post markavfc40 Posted February 12 Popular Post Share Posted February 12 (edited) If you wanted a run of games to try to rebuild a bit of confidence, and get a young defensive midfielder up to speed, then the next three wouldn't be a bad place to look. Take 7 or 9 points from those and our prospects will look very different to what they do now. I get that supporters are a little down but I wouldn't swap places with any of the teams behind us. 5 points on the team in 6th (and a +18 goal difference over them) and 10 points on the team in 7th, is still a very good place to be. Edited February 12 by markavfc40 8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJBOB Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Yes, I think there's reason to be down with our form and injuries. But in the last 8 matches since Arsenal, we have 3W-2D-3L and all 3 losses were against United x2 and Newcastle. So if other teams can get credit for playing shit and getting points - we probably only played well for about 2 matches (Sheffield and United) in that run of 8 and still cobbled 11 points. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 35 minutes ago, Tayls said: We probably didn’t look as bad. But to be honest I struggle to see much beyond the goals we concede when we lose, because it’s usually down to the defence looking like an absolute shambles. And, be fair, the United goals were piss poor. And, I do think United will catch us. Fortunately we have Torres back pretty much any game now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 53 minutes ago, Tayls said: And Newcastle. They’re all winning games and not necessarily playing brilliantly. Grinding out the wins whilst are on a nosedive in form. Newcastle? Since we beat Arsenal on 9th December we have 1 more point than them and they've played a game more. They've won 3 league games, drawn 1, lost 5, including batterings at Spurs and Liverpool. Applying the same logic you have to our results/performances then surely its all about to fall apart for them? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister_a Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 We’re better than we’ve been since Martin O’Neil’s era, both tactically and performance wise. We have been badly hurt by injuries, and continue to be, annoyingly. We narrowly lost to the mancs, but we could have easily won, and I’m sure if we play the way we do, we will still be in for top 4/5 (once the defence sorts itself out/Pau returns). This whole wheels coming off narrative is silly, considering after our bad run of form, we’re still the highest we’ve been in the league for many many years. I wish we had a full squad though, Jesus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hank Scorpio Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 1 minute ago, Mister_a said: We’re better than we’ve been since Martin O’Neil’s era, both tactically and performance wise. We have been badly hurt by injuries, and continue to be, annoyingly. We narrowly lost to the mancs, but we could have easily won, and I’m sure if we play the way we do, we will still be in for top 4/5 (once the defence sorts itself out/Pau returns). This whole wheels coming off narrative is silly, considering after our bad run of form, we’re still the highest we’ve been in the league for many many years. I wish we had a full squad though, Jesus. Do you not think Kamara being out the rest if the season will not make the defense worse? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAMAICAN-VILLAN Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 4 minutes ago, Hank Scorpio said: Do you not think Kamara being out the rest if the season will not make the defense worse? In honestly... I think a " Kamara type " of player is easier to make up for/replace with attributes than if we lost a key player up top or in middle ( Not naming any names to tempt fate ). If we never had so many injuries in other areas it would have been even easier to make up ink. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayls Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) Chelsea a concern now with their upturn in results… gaps closing all over the place now. We were 20 points ahead of them. Now 12. Edited February 12 by Tayls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 17 minutes ago, Tayls said: Chelsea a concern now with their upturn in results… gaps closing all over the place now. We were 20 points ahead of them. Now 12. No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 10 minutes ago, duke313 said: No You don't get it - we are literally the worst team in the worst form of all time. We will struggle to win another game this season. We are terrible everything is terrible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Townsend Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) Why are some of our fans heaping pressure on us? We need to close ranks, **** everyone, and get behind the team. Edited February 12 by Captain_Townsend More accurate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwivillan Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Just now, Captain_Townsend said: Whey are our fans heaping pressure on us? We need to close ranks, **** everyone, and get behind the team. It's the same posters that are always **** complaining 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duke313 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 5 minutes ago, Mantis said: You don't get it - we are literally the worst team in the worst form of all time. We will struggle to win another game this season. We are terrible everything is terrible. We may never win another game ever again. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post NurembergVillan Posted February 12 Moderator Popular Post Share Posted February 12 If that game ended up a draw yesterday we'd be saying we'd been robbed and had turned a corner. One pinpoint cross against the run of play doesn't make us a shit team any more than winning 5-0 away makes us title contenders. Don't believe the tripe about Utd being a club in crisis. That shit sells newspapers and Sky Sports subscriptions. They've had rough patches of form by their standards but are still 6th. And despite having a £1bn squad are still 5 points behind us. UTFV! 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post omariqy Posted February 12 Popular Post Share Posted February 12 The players really need us right now. Imagine how they feel after giving everything so far this season. Everything has gone against us these last few games. We need to rally around them. Grow some **** balls and let’s **** do this thing. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 43 minutes ago, Tayls said: Chelsea a concern now with their upturn in results… gaps closing all over the place now. We were 20 points ahead of them. Now 12. Man. City away for them at the weekend.... They were supposed to play Spurs at home but that's been cancelled with them in league cup so hopefully they're in form when that gets re-arranged. Was a big win for Chelsea tonight otherwise they'd have probably been stuck in the bottom half for a few weeks which would've probably seen Poch getting very close to being sacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 5 hours ago, CVByrne said: A question I wish could be answered. I do hate football. There is no joy at all to it. Win a game happy for a few mins or just relieved. Games like Newcastle at the start of the season or United yesterday. Days of suffering. There is no trade off. It's all a complete negative. Especially this cursed club Then for god's sake man, do something else with your time, for your own benefit. Take up hiking, do some photography. Learn to play a musical instrument. This may not be the best way to fill your time. I'm being serious. What's actually happened is we've lost a game, and lost an important player to injury. It's a small blow, but in the grand scheme of things it's trivial. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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