bluemike wrote:Did you think we hoofed it a lot on saturday ? I must confess it didn't notice it as being excessive but I may be wrong. To be honest I don't see why there always has to be a major inquest when we lose and I don't mean that in a funny way at all, sometimes it should be a case of hands up, the opposition were simply better than us and this is what I feel about saturdays game. For me Brighton played very well while we didn't, we had too many individuals have off days at the same time, I take some comfort from the fact that Brighton appear to have played at the top of their game while we were some way short of ours and still it ended up being very very close, although on chances we were outplayed.
I actually do think we have a very good squad and will be right in the mix for most of the season, I see us as serious dark horses for the top Two, we have to realise we have a shed load of injuries at the start of the season but still have had a very good month, add to that the two latest signings and things are looking very rosy on the squad front, miles better than last season.
As for the Chambers thing, yes he has had a couple of tough games and has not been at his best yet, but for me he should and almost definitely is one of the first names on the teamsheet, I really dont think we can look at everyone except Tommy Smith as being the cause of any defensive frailties although having said that he has done pretty well this season.
I keep saying to people, we lost a game, so what ?? Do the Town fans think we are going to go 46 unbeaten ? If they want and expect that they need to go support Man City, There is no major issue with the defeat to Brighton, currently they are the best team in the division, it won't last, I guarantee it. Ten points from Five games and Third in the table is more than a satisfactory start, with Bru, Bishop, Murphy and Parr soon to return I think we will be well set to kick on and be up there where we all want to be.
Well I thought we hoofed it a lot, yes. Maybe you didn't notice it so much because that seems to be the style we've played for the past few seasons.
But most times the ball was moved (or attempted to be moved) out from defence it invariably seemed to be in the air, and to me that's not a good option when you've only got the likes of Pitman as a target.
But I'd like to know what you think is wrong with the defence if none of the current back 4 are to blame, because to me shipping the amount of goals we have shipped over the past few seasons and are continuing to do this season indicates a very big problem.
Personally I do not expect to win every game, far from it. But I do expect long-standing deficiencies to be addressed.
And we are hardly in a unique position in the league of having an injury list either. I'm merely trying to be realistic - sure we've improved our squad, but so have many of the other clubs. We're even banging on about some recent acquisitions that we've never even seen play yet, so you'll forgive me if I treat claims that we're going to be top 2 with a pinch of salt. I think we'll be fortunate to finish as high as last season, but that's just my opinion, there are a lot of games still to play, and time will tell
