Re: Are we in a relegation battle?
Posted: 10 Feb 2013, 10:21
It is a worrying scenario when you are on a run of losses to suggest that you "are playing well" "didn't deserve to lose" etc etc such as were the descriptions following yesterdays latest defeat. Plain fact is though that we had three quarters of the game to claw back a one goal deficit and couldn't do it.
Most of our games follow the same pattern - if we concede the first goal thats more or less it we lose. If we score first we spend the rest of the game defending, more than likely conceding a goal somewhere along the line. Occasionally (such as the Exeter win) it works but the pattern of the game was the same ie we spent all the second half camped deep in our six yard conceding a shed load of corners.
The notion of the players knowing they are better than their current form is also a fanciful one. If thats the case the why don't they wake up and play better? - the answer is because they can't of course - the squad is devoid of any quality.
If you accept all these excuses then really we should beat Rotherham on Tuesday night ie luck will go our way, the players will realise that they are in a relegation scrap. It is complete nonsense and we will most likely lose again to plunge us deeper into the mire.
The apologists,moderators and general club lackys on here will suggest that calls for a new signing will likely bankrupt the club plunging us 10 million to debt etc etc.
It is cobblers - one decent loan signing to play alongside Howe up front would have probably given us a few more points so that we could all have relaxed by now.
The current situation with the manager isn't helping either - of course Ling cannot help being ill but the apparent "mystery" and lack of information as to when he is returning isn't helping the cause.
Taylors admission that he has not even spoken to Ling seems even more bizarre. So it seems that are league status might be in the hands of Taylor and Veysey who are charged with a squad of players half of whom would probably struggle to command a place in a conference side.
All in all it is far from a satisfactory situation. Three or so wins in the next half a dozen games would of course render the whole current situation meaningless and what a boost it would be to win on Tuesday. The problem is though what happens if these wins don't come (and that is the most likely scenario).
If we are in the same situation in a months time we will really be in trouble.
Most of our games follow the same pattern - if we concede the first goal thats more or less it we lose. If we score first we spend the rest of the game defending, more than likely conceding a goal somewhere along the line. Occasionally (such as the Exeter win) it works but the pattern of the game was the same ie we spent all the second half camped deep in our six yard conceding a shed load of corners.
The notion of the players knowing they are better than their current form is also a fanciful one. If thats the case the why don't they wake up and play better? - the answer is because they can't of course - the squad is devoid of any quality.
If you accept all these excuses then really we should beat Rotherham on Tuesday night ie luck will go our way, the players will realise that they are in a relegation scrap. It is complete nonsense and we will most likely lose again to plunge us deeper into the mire.
The apologists,moderators and general club lackys on here will suggest that calls for a new signing will likely bankrupt the club plunging us 10 million to debt etc etc.
It is cobblers - one decent loan signing to play alongside Howe up front would have probably given us a few more points so that we could all have relaxed by now.
The current situation with the manager isn't helping either - of course Ling cannot help being ill but the apparent "mystery" and lack of information as to when he is returning isn't helping the cause.
Taylors admission that he has not even spoken to Ling seems even more bizarre. So it seems that are league status might be in the hands of Taylor and Veysey who are charged with a squad of players half of whom would probably struggle to command a place in a conference side.
All in all it is far from a satisfactory situation. Three or so wins in the next half a dozen games would of course render the whole current situation meaningless and what a boost it would be to win on Tuesday. The problem is though what happens if these wins don't come (and that is the most likely scenario).
If we are in the same situation in a months time we will really be in trouble.