Good write up as always Bob. Sadly, I think 5-2 defeats will become the norm next season. Just my thoughts that's all....
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Good write up as always Bob. Sadly, I think 5-2 defeats will become the norm next season. Just my thoughts that's all....
Interesting comment from Steve Evans after the game: “The players were surprised when we told them we were going with three strikers, but we thought that was a way we could get at Cardiff City.”
So, the new manager of one of the very worst sides in Championship history identified a weakness in City’s set-up and exploited it, while our manager stuck with his usual formation. No surprise there.
I've renewed my season ticket but I won't be looking forward to next season if Bulut stays. I've seen absolutely nothing to support the contention of some that he's steadying the ship ready to push on with some much more attacking, attractive football. I don't believe anyone else has either. Maybe they just find it hard to believe he could could possibly pursue this dull-as-ditchwater and, ultimately, not very successful style of football going forward? I think they'll be bitterly disappointed if so.
If teams pressed our defence more, we’d be doomed most weeks. It’s a no brainer.
As usual a good write-up Bob. I would imagine you're quite relieved to have a break from commenting on this dross week in week out.
From being ambivalent towards Bulut's potential contract extension, I like many supporters I suspect, now feel apprehensive about our prospects under him next season.
The issue is despite the "conservative" approach and set up of bulut we concede so many goals. 70 this season. Eric said our worst at this level for nearly 50 years?
That would be understandable if we were playing fast attacking football but conceding a few goals as part of the transition but being so embarrassingly poor and weak in defence yet also setting the team up only to defend is ridiculous.
We scored 20 goals from set pieces this season, the highest in the Championship. Is this a part of the Bulut masterplan, because if it isn't and they dry up next season our points tally will reflect the dire quality of our football.
That's it in a nutshell. Set pieces, late winners, recovering from being behind in games, they're the reason we finished in the top half. That's the winning mentality that Bulut created, almost a British Bulldog approach. Virtually every statistic from this season makes for grim reading, other than the number of wins we've achieved. To some, those wins matter more than anything else. To others, those stats cause concerns. Nobody is right or wrong to feel like that, of course.
easy to read too much into a game with nothing riding on it, clearly several of the players were already on the beach