Erol Bulut calls for patience from fans after defeat to Preston

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Bulut regularly refers to three or four home games we lost that he felt we should have won (or at least drawn). He is right about those games

Which games are these? These are our home league defeats:

QPR (1-2) - deserved defeat, we could have pinched a point late on but we were terrible until we went 2-0 down.
Norwich (2-3) - deserved defeat, Norwich created lots.
West Brom (0-1) - deserved defeat, 1 shot on target.
Birmingham (0-1) - deserved defeat, we were dreadful.
Leicester (0-2) - deserved defeat, but no shame in losing to Leicester.
Leeds (0-3) - deserved defeat, but no shame in losing to Leeds.
Preston (0-2) - deserved defeat.

I could equally add that we were perhaps fortunate to get our two home draws (against Watford and Plymouth) and were fortunate to have beaten Sheff Wed (last gasp penalty) and Millwall (keeper drops one into his net).

[jon1959]

Which games are these? These are our home league defeats:

QPR (1-2) - deserved defeat, we could have pinched a point late on but we were terrible until we went 2-0 down.
Norwich (2-3) - deserved defeat, Norwich created lots.
West Brom (0-1) - deserved defeat, 1 shot on target.
Birmingham (0-1) - deserved defeat, we were dreadful.
Leicester (0-2) - deserved defeat, but no shame in losing to Leicester.
Leeds (0-3) - deserved defeat, but no shame in losing to Leeds.
Preston (0-2) - deserved defeat.

I could equally add that we were perhaps fortunate to get our two home draws (against Watford and Plymouth) and were fortunate to have beaten Sheff Wed (last gasp penalty) and Millwall (keeper drops one into his net).

Bulut talks about the top three in your list if I remember correctly.

As I said in my post we weren't good enough to get the win (or draw) - but we were in a position in each of those games where we should have held onto a scoreboard advantage (the Norwich game), used our possession and chances after they scored to take points (West Brom - the opposite of our win at Watford) or turned possession and momentum into points (the QPR game).

Luck sometimes plays a part, but it doesn't always have to a narrative of us being lucky to win but deserving our loses.

I am not happy with the team or with Bulut - but let's talk about ability, intelligence, decisions, selection and other factors - not luck.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Bulut talks about the top three in your list if I remember correctly.

As I said in my post we weren't good enough to get the win (or draw) - but we were in a position in each of those games where we should have held onto a scoreboard advantage (the Norwich game), used our possession and chances after they scored to take points (West Brom - the opposite of our win at Watford) or turned possession and momentum into points (the QPR game).

I wasn't talking about luck. In each of those games I reckon we got what we deserved.

What possession and momentum against QPR? We were crap. They went 2-0 up, deservedly so. We scored with 12 minutes to go and had some of our best chances afterwards, but to go 2-0 down at home is asking for trouble.

West Brom - chances after they scored? We didn't manage one on target after they went ahead and, like it or loathe it, the combined xG for all the 6 attempts we managed after they scored tallies to 0.11. We didn't create anything like a semi decent opportunity. Deserved defeat.

Norwich - if we deserve credit for the away games where we've won from behind, how can we not give Norwich credit for what they did to us? For 25 minutes in the second half, we didn't muster a single shot on goal until they went 3-2 up, them having 11 attempts on goal and Alnwich making 6 saves.

Now I appreciate those might be Bulut's comments, but they don't stand up to any scrutiny at all. In fact, the more he speaks, the more I wonder what he's on about.