Exactly - and don't forget Ledson is only 5'7"Who are these big powerful players in this unit. In Lindsay and Storey we must have two of the most undersized centre halves in the division, Ledson, Whiteman and DJ are hardly giants in the centre and Maguire and Riis are not exactly Andy Carrol and Duncan Ferguson. Usual bollocks from Bowyer, trying to imply if they get beat it's because we are thuggish lot of long ball players.
100% a draw away form home is a great result! I picked a draw again tooI'll take draws away from home all day. No complaints with the last 6 games, we're doing okay.
After the first 3 games I'll take okay.
3 of the last 4 have been away as well and the home game was vs the stand out side of the league.
West Brom absolutely should've put 3 past us, the one they scored, Hugill's 1-1 and the other Phillips strike that whistled just past the post. If I recall correctly, Bristol had a 1-1 that another day Iverson gets it wrong or doesn't get there in time and it's a pen or 1-0 and you can't rule out long shots just because they're from outside the box, they had 3 or 4 of those and they certainly looked more than capable of landing them on a different day, think even Matt Phillips almost scored a beauty from outside the box against us too. I'm not saying that every single team should be hammering us, I'm more saying that we're giving up a lot space and opportunities that frankly so far I think we've done well to escape being punished.
My other concern and you touch on it slightly here is that we've literally played 1 of the current top 6 in WBA.When did we play Fulham/Bournemouth at home?
Exactly. We’re doing alright but those first 3 games were a massively missed opportunity. I still think 21st will be a good achievement this season given our lack of goals. Gonna be a long season either way.My other concern and you touch on it slightly here is that we've literally played 1 of the current top 6 in WBA.
Think this week's two tests will give us some indication as to where we are at before a tricky run in October. Coventry are absolutely flying and got over 20k on the ground Friday night when they walloped Peterborough.
If we don't win at least one of the two games, two wins from the opening eleven league games simply isn't good enough for any manager/head coach at Championship level. Got to turn these draws into wins.
By the way, since smashing us off the park opening day, Hull have scored 1 goal and gained just 2 points from the 8 games since. Completely fallen off the rails, or was that an opportunity missed?
My other concern and you touch on it slightly here is that we've literally played 1 of the current top 6 in WBA.
Think this week's two tests will give us some indication as to where we are at before a tricky run in October. Coventry are absolutely flying and got over 20k on the ground Friday night when they walloped Peterborough.
If we don't win at least one of the two games, two wins from the opening eleven league games simply isn't good enough for any manager/head coach at Championship level. Got to turn these draws into wins.
By the way, since smashing us off the park opening day, Hull have scored 1 goal and gained just 2 points from the 8 games since. Completely fallen off the rails, or was that an opportunity missed?
I get that to a degree, but of those 6 sides in the top half we've played - we haven't won any of those games.Looking at it another way though we’ve actually played 6 sides in the top half and only 3 sides in the bottom half. In fact we’ve only played 2 of the bottom six.
for me Liverpool is a distraction we dont need right now, good for cash coming in , but imho nothing elseI get that to a degree, but of those 6 sides in the top half we've played - we haven't won any of those games.
These next five games before we play Liverpool are crucial in my eyes. Simply got to start winning games against league opposition as currently it feels we've got away with it somewhat by beating three sides in lower divisions in a cup competition.
Frankie should just tell the players that compared to our league fixtures it’s a nothing game and when it does come we’ll be playing their u23 team.for me Liverpool is a distraction we dont need right now, good for cash coming in , but imho nothing else
I hope your right bud !!!!!!!Frankie should just tell the players that compared to our league fixtures it’s a nothing game and when it does come we’ll be playing their u23 team.
FWIW Murphy has a change of pace.Wins will be at a premium with the current strike force !!
Barky the only one with a real change of pace has fallen off the planet it would appear !!!!
Don't understand this attitude at all.for me Liverpool is a distraction we dont need right now, good for cash coming in , but imho nothing else
My other concern and you touch on it slightly here is that we've literally played 1 of the current top 6 in WBA.
Think this week's two tests will give us some indication as to where we are at before a tricky run in October. Coventry are absolutely flying and got over 20k on the ground Friday night when they walloped Peterborough.
If we don't win at least one of the two games, two wins from the opening eleven league games simply isn't good enough for any manager/head coach at Championship level. Got to turn these draws into wins.
By the way, since smashing us off the park opening day, Hull have scored 1 goal and gained just 2 points from the 8 games since. Completely fallen off the rails, or was that an opportunity missed?