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[Harry Lime]

Frankly astonished by the overwhelming negative reaction here, even from seasoned fans and messageboard doyerns. What on earth did you expect?

No I'm not astonished really. We'll sign a few players this week and next stop who knows.

Let's judge it after a dozen games. We could be this season's Coventry or we can carry on wetting the bed after 2 ****ing games, up to you.

[MOZZER2]

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at last a voice of reason on here but more to the point what is a message board doyern ?

[Hilts]

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Apart from positive cameos from Colwill Tanner and Robinson the huge plus is at least football is being discussed again and the main board isnt spammed with interest rates , vaccines , speed limits and flat earth lunatics.

[The Lone Gunman]

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What on earth did you expect?

Better. That’s what I expected.

With a number of new players in attacking positions, I didn’t expect the first home game of the season to be a carbon copy of the rubbish that was served up last season. But unfortunately that’s precisely what we got.

[Harry Lime]

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Better. That’s what I expected.

With a number of new players in attacking positions.

Since when did that all gel perfectly?

[RichardM]

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at last a voice of reason on here but more to the point what is a message board doyern ?

Doyen
a: the senior member of a body or group
b: a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor

[The Lone Gunman]

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Since when did that all gel perfectly?

I have no idea what that question means. All what?

[MOZZER2]

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Doyen
a: the senior member of a body or group
b: a person considered to be knowledgeable or uniquely skilled as a result of long experience in some field of endeavor

thanks for clearing that up .Never heard that word before

[Harry Lime]

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I have no idea what that question means. All what?

Sorry on my clunky phone, meant to expand the quote.

Cohesion.

New manager, new players/system etc. To quote you, 'its August ....'. I'll go further, it's early August.

I know it's boring where everyone throws their opinion into the ring every 2 seconds but I think it's safe to say we'll know more after 15 games.

[bluesp]

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I’m with the OP. Start judging the team and manager after 10/ 12 games not 2….before the window has closed! The amount of negativity I’ve since in the last day or so more than matches the crazy top 6 talk and over positivity before the first league game. The players and manager need to be given time rather than being booed and abused during the first game by unbelievably fickle “fans”

[A Quiet Monkfish]

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I’m with the OP. Start judging the team and manager after 10/ 12 games not 2….before the window has closed! The amount of negativity I’ve since in the last day or so more than matches the crazy top 6 talk and over positivity before the first league game. The players and manager need to be given time rather than being booed and abused during the first game by unbelievably fickle “fans”

True. I've been a fickle fan continuously since August 1962.

[The Lone Gunman]

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Sorry on my clunky phone, meant to expand the quote.

Cohesion.

New manager, new players/system etc. To quote you, 'its August ....'. I'll go further, it's early August.

I know it's boring where everyone throws their opinion into the ring every 2 seconds but I think it's safe to say we'll know more after 15 games.

Of course. I agree. But you asked what people expected.

I expected City to beat a QPR side that has been in freefall for months, who were smacked 4-0 at Watford last week and who I'd backed for relegation before the season began. I'm pretty sure most Bluebirds fans did. The bookies certainly did.

I also expected to see some better football with likes of Ramsey, Bowler and Grant in the side. However, Ramsey was largely ineffective, Bowler was disappointing after a bright start last week and Grant looked absolutely hopeless.

I expected a much better all-round team performance than we witnessed yesterday and so did pretty much everyone else I spoke to before and after the game.

We'll obviously know more after 15 games, but whether Bulut can last that long remains to be seen. It's obvious he was a Dalman appointment as opposed to Tan's choice. Therefore, I believe he's on thin ice. I don't think Vinnie will exercise much patience with him.

[Des Parrot]

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What on earth did you expect

A win against QPR and 3 points in the bag. Shirley no one expected to lose against the relegation favourites.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

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I was hoping that we'd have an energy about us, a purpose, a drive to our game. It'll take a bit of time for some partnerships on the pitch to develop, but that doesn't excuse a lifeless, lacking in energy performance in Bulut's first game.

Track back to Warnock's first game in charge. We'd been rubbish for Trollope, yet under Warnock, we at least showed some guts and desire in his first game. None of that yesterday.

[Harry Lime]

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A win against QPR and 3 points in the bag. Shirley no one expected to lose against the relegation favourites.

If you are basing your opinion on the bookies then us getting 3 points against QPR is pretty far from being in the bag. I'm not sure if I expect any result in this league, especially in August