Riza needs to work on 'game management'.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Hoofing the ball aimlessly away knowing it will come straight back is not good enough.
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Riza needs to work on 'game management'.Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Hoofing the ball aimlessly away knowing it will come straight back is not good enough.
It's going to be so close a the end of the season, lads.
Wait: so he is learning on the job whilst managing a Championship side in a relegation scrap?! After having made those crazy substitutions against whoever it was when we ended up drawing due to his stupid decisions??Quote:
Originally Posted by Forest Green Bluebird
He should be learning his trade in the Conference!
I don't think you can put this on Riza. He put fresh legs on for Willock which I think any manager would have done at that stage of the game and I'm pretty sure he didn't tell the team to panic. It's just one of those things.Quote:
Originally Posted by Forest Green Bluebird
Please explain.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff
It must be great being employed as a footballer. You can make dreadful mistakes, make little effort and it all gets blamed on a bloke on the touch line.
exactly, it's just a classic side in a bad run reactionQuote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
people would be on here moaning that he didnt make a substitution when it was obvious Willock was done if he hadn't done anythingQuote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
So, no wins in seven games and top-of-the-table Sheffield United up next.
Ho hum.
I'm not in the 'Riza out' camp by any means, but I think he's made the subs because he felt he should, not because he needed to. Willock wasn't 'done' and was our only effective outlet to keep possession in the Stoke half.Quote:
Originally Posted by blue matt
What on earth does that mean?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rjk
*facepalm*Quote:
Originally Posted by NYCBlue
Just a question, will you be happy if City keep losing?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
The injuries keep piling up, so I suppose some encouragement should be taken from Willock having what I thought was his best game for us by a distance, Kanga actually looking like a footballer when he came on and Meite showing more of the improved form from him we saw at Coventry - now I wonder if any of them can repeat it in a home game?
Mr happy .:xmasthumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
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Free hit really. Can't see anyone with any sense see City picking up any points?Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
Now the Oxford game on Boxing Day is looking important.
Lose that...
2 mistakes from Alnwick but I know he pulled out a few quality saves.
Shame really
He came for the ball and you can see halfway through the run up he's thought Bollocks...... He knows he hasn't got a chance, the delivery was good, the space was crowded and the ball wasn't hit with a lot of pace, It's on Alnwick and if he's going to come, then he has to be aggressive to stand any chance of even creating enough of a problem to offset the attacking player. A word for those defending the set piece, piss weak, didn't even try to compete for the ball.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluebirds17
Decent recent away form. Unlucky not to get 6pts from last 2. Our luck will surely change before long.
What was he thinking for their second goal?!Quote:
Originally Posted by WJ99mobile
95 mins on the clock and no need to come for the ball. Absolute stupidity.
Still it a point gained :xmasthumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff
Apart from the poor performances, both collectively and individually, it's the continuous mistakes that need sorting out, because we are being punished regularly. Players make poor decisions when they are low on confidence, we go a goal down and you can see it drain out of some of our lot. Another problem is the lack of creativity. Our creative players have one manual it seems, if it works then great, when it doesn't they have absolutely no idea how to mix it up, think differently, use some intelligence in order to break the opposition, they continue to do the same things with the same result, because in my opinion they're daft, they lack the intelligence needed at pivitol moments during a game. It;s all well and good looking the part when things are going our way. Defensively we don't work hard enough as a unit. just my opinion. :xmasthumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Former Labour leader
I suppose. But…..it will feel like a defeat plus we need to be beating the absolute dross that is around us and somehow managed to get ourselves into a position to do so today.Quote:
Originally Posted by jeepster
Amateurish.
And i don't think that he would have if his confidence was up. He flapped.Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff
It could be the point that saves us:xmasthumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobby Dandruff
We were lucky to beat Norwich and lucky to get points at both West Brom and Sheffield Wednesday. Swings and roundabouts. Let’s be honest, this side certainly isn’t in a relegation scrap due to luck or a lack of it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Former Labour leader
If you’re happy with the current form you must be hoping for relegation.Quote:
Originally Posted by jeepster
Never been a fan of Alnwick, he's so slow with ball distribution never any urgency not to mention the wrong decisions he makes.
3 points from a possible 21, why would anyone think that this is okay is beyond beliefQuote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
Ifs and ands and all that, we’ve lead in three away game only for them to come back and equalise
If you gain a point away it’s little use if you lose 3 on the bounce at home, especially to sides that were on a poor run before they came to us.
For those that think it isn’t on Riza fair play to you for being so optimistic
3 points from 21 is relegation form in anyone’s book and is a result of having probably the most least qualified person for the role ever.
But never mind he’s a really nice guy apparently 🤷*♂️
Ahhhh come on lads. If we had played a bit better not let in so many goals not been so crap in defence been a bit better at scoring goals not been so bad at letting in late goals not made so many bad subs, we might be top of the league and have Musk owning the club. Look on the bright side ffs. Cheer up!
No ,but happy with a point.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
You must be easily pleased if you're happy with a point against a poor side who hadn't won in their six previous games.Quote:
Originally Posted by jeepster
Yep life is a breeze nothing really bothers me.:xmasthumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman
Yep! Same here. No longer do I let City's results affect my weekend, and I haven't for many a long season. So it's onwards and upwards, or rather in City's case onwards, sideways and downwards. I really think we are going down this season, after flirting with relegation for the last few seasons. I'm just resigned to it. Kind of reminds me of City in the early 70s when we struggled for a few seasons, only to see us finally go down at the end of the 74/75 season. Tan really dropped a bollock in not replacing the useless Bulut at the end of last season and replacing him with someone decent.Quote:
Originally Posted by jeepster
Life is too short to let a game of football get you down.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Soul '68
I have much more important issues to take up my life.:xmasthumbup:
Treat it as, especially away games, 90 odd minutes in the middle of a good day out with mates. It’s the only way.Quote:
Originally Posted by jeepster
We all do. Obviously. And yesterday’s result didn’t get me down either. The results never have a big impact on me these days. But there’s a distinct difference between not being greatly affected by football results and being actively happy with rubbish.Quote:
Originally Posted by jeepster
:xmasthumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by splott parker
No need to look to deep in what makes me content with things.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Lone Gunman