owl71

We need to strengthen at the back in January for sure.  But a month ago I thought we needed to strengthen the entire squad in January to have a prayer so things are clearly moving in the right direction.  The team spirit is still spot on, the players are buying into Röhl‘s methods.  As a previous post pointed out, we are making chances.  In relegation battles I always tend to look at the sides who are creating, and think they will get over the line when push comes to shove. 

Absolutely delighted Cadamarteri got another goal.  Finally its happening with the youth team.

Also used by Brentford as a data input to the algorithms they use in their recruitment setup…which is hardly a miserable failure.  But yeah, simplistic statistics with no context can say whatever you want them to say.

Fucking get in.  Always new Musaba would come good 🤣👍

Bloody hell that’s sad news.  R.I.P

On 29/11/2023 at 16:37, Beaconowl said:

Could the Saudi league go the same way?

Yes.  They are both authoritarian regimes.  If a small number of powerful people come to the conclusion that sports washing is a waste of time, and/or start to disapprove of the crazy money being paid to a handful of superstar imports…then yes.  Could happen.

Well that was a pleasant surprise.  Was thinking that the positives were that we didn’t fold, and we kept plugging away.  It’s clear that the players believe in Röhl.  We just need more reasons to believe in some of them.  That was a start. Hopefully Hendrick’s anaemic displays after he first came here were down to lack of match fitness, and the goal is a sign of better to come.  A point against the best team in the division is something to hang our hats on, a reason to believe for a little while longer.  

We seemed very out of shape at the back there, considering it wasn’t really a fast counter attack.  We’ve got nobody organising the defence and nobody who can put the ball in the net.  Not the best combination.

Individual fucking errors.  🤬🙄

Oh fuck off 🤬

Does not compute.  Who tore up the usual script, start well, miss sitters, concede something soft from a set piece…fall apart?

😀👍

People being convicted of public order offences for things that are merely insensitive and in very poor taste, is a dubious, and possibly dangerous precedent.  Basically we live in a country with millions of silly knobheads who completely overreact to these kinds of incidents, and need to fucking grow up.  However offensive those two idiots actions were, it was clearly not a public order offence.

On 18/11/2023 at 09:08, Andyben said:

I'm guessing Rovrum @owl71?

Only time I’ve ever been to that shithole was in the away end.  Grew up in Hunters Bar, now live in South West London.

Football evolution, not getting it in the mixer, fannying around with it at the back etc.  

https://theathletic.com/4997349/2023/11/03/tactics-teams-dont-use-anymore/?amp=1

“You’re trying to make bad players into good players”.  Rings a bell that.

10 point deduction for breaches of financial regulations.  And the six teams who were involved in a failed attempt to form a breakaway league got what punishment exactly?  Everton are a slightly bigger version of us, proper club, good support, perennial underachievers.  Don’t fit in with the future market strategy of globalised football inc.  

Stop bickering guys ffs.  Chezzie, Banzli, who gives a fuck?  It’s all Sheffield postcodes after all.

23 hours ago, Supercockle said:

I’m going to plump for 2004/5. Richard Wood is at the top, Glenn Whelan down the right and I think Graeme Lee is on there. 
 

If it is, could be worth in excess of £2 

Yeah looks like it.  David Lucas just about legible top right, also probably Lewis McMahon bottom left?

That front three today, bloody hell.  Bursts of pace and a few tricks, but absolutely nothing else.  Not clinical in front of goal.  Wank decision making.  Total inability to hold the ball up, no determination whatsoever, basically soft as shit.  Fucking lazy out of possession as well.

To think some of our fans used to slate Nuhiu.  Fucking imbeciles.  He’d be the first name on the team sheet in this fucking dogshit squad.

1 hour ago, owl4ever1867 said:

Wow, Musaba has just missed from a yard. 😂

Was it actually a miss?  Not seen it on telly but from the West end of the North Stand it looked like a clearance off the line…at the wrong end…would have gone in if he’d done nothing.

There is a grain of truth in the above, but he’s doing it with fluent English skills and highly experienced and very respected assistants.  Xisco appointed his brother.

I said on another thread that I wouldn’t be worried if we had an extra five points.  We need mid table form for the rest of the season to stay up.  At the moment we’re producing lower mid table performances.  We’re definitely improving but we do need some wins fairly quickly.  What could change the equation is other club’s finances.  With QPR and Toytown both looking fairly awful, if one other team were to get a points deduction then low forties might just be enough.

Decent attacking threat down the flanks with Marv and Valentin in wing back positions.  If we had five points more I wouldn’t be too worried.

When we get a sniff their keeper pulls of a worldie.  We really haven’t had any luck at all this season.

There’s no doubt that there’s been an improvement under Röhl.  It just looks like there’s more of a plan and more collective belief.  What the coaching staff can’t control is stupid fucking decisions at key points in games.  

And we self destruct again due to fucking incompetence playing out from the back.  Not due to recent signings either.  😡