Great result totally controlled the game.
I don't think I've ever seen an away game for City where we were so dominant. Our 1 flaw is that we are not converting our possession to goals.
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Great result totally controlled the game.
I don't think I've ever seen an away game for City where we were so dominant. Our 1 flaw is that we are not converting our possession to goals.
I mentioned this the other day, with Fish & Lawlor at the back I wonder if we’ll see him playing, say 10/15 yards ahead of them, one of his bursts then arriving on the edge of their box, could be interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
Absolutely.Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
Was Fish injured today?
No he was on the benchQuote:
Originally Posted by Wash DC Blue
Despite early season fears our bench does look quite reasonable. Barry-Murphy seems to have added 50+% to some players somehow.Quote:
Originally Posted by PontBlue
I'm impressed at the amount of skill these young players have. I worry a bit about naivety at times.
How did he get these players to progress so quickly?Quote:
Originally Posted by ToTaL ITK
They can only get better :ayatollah:
I'd say it's more that they're having to play against league one players instead of championship onesQuote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
I don't know about that, I don't think the gap is really all that much. Ipswich went up from league 1 playing like we do then went straight up again.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
There's obviously a gulf. But I don't think these players with this manager would be in a Championship relegation battle let alone relegated in bottom place.
It’s huge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cardiff Ultra
Top Tuesday eve….can see us putting five past Burton
Don't get carried away yet :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
The three promoted clubs are 7th, 11th and 15th ATM. I wouldn't call that huge.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
OK. 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by Cardiff Ultra
Doesn’t look like there are any standout teams in the championship this season either, the wurzels and Stoke riding high? Preston, Charlton and qpr up there, fancied a few of those for the drop too….i don’t think the gap is very big eitherQuote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
OK. 👍Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
It's individual quality at crucial moments in my opinion. Wigan had a chance during todays game where the player just took to long in thinking about what he was going to do. By the time he had made his mind up, Trott had narrowed the angle and the Wigan player just threw a leg at it. In the championship we would have been punished more often than not.Quote:
Originally Posted by goats
That has been evident a number of times this season. The gap between L1 and Championship is, if not 'huge', then very significant iIMO.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tuerto
Even though the Championship last year was terrible and we were the worst of the terrible teams, the gulf between L1 and the Championship is way bigger than I’d imagined.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cardiff Ultra
These players just needed to be given a chance in whatever division. It is just bizarre that it hasn’t been tried before by the club.
Then again maybe it isn’t so strange when you look at lots of the other decisions :-/
Ive not seen us be as dominant in a Championship away game since at least Warnock’s time. So, on the face of it, you would say that’s proof that standards are a lot lower in League One.
However, for me, there are three “imponderables “ at play here.
‘1. The BBM effect.
2. Related to that, we are playing in a completely different way to how we played in the Championship.
3. It seems that we trust what I’d describe as our best group of young players since we were granted Academy status in 04/05.
For what it’s worth, I think there’s a bit more involved than just a decline in standards following a relegation.
didnt some say the championship was the worse every last year
Im not sure the bottom of the Championship and much different to the top of L1 from what ive seen
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Some people are so bitter and twisted they will say anything rather than give City some credit.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue matt