Agree with BLUETIT
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Agree with BLUETIT
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we need to have a mind set of the style of play that will take us to the next level to survive in the prem if we ever got there . we are way off the mark on that score . stoke and hudders are just like us .If you said Norwich who play the right way then I would take that on the chin
you may want to check official stats
9/5 shot for us 23/1 for them just had quick chuckle at your fellow bitter fans on swamp, even some of them admit they were crap for 60 mins and only came into the game late when we stopped pressing them and sat on the lead, match commentary including the JB Monk agreed we were well worth the lead at half time, if Moore taps in at 1-0 it was pipe and slippers second half
Well done MM watching a City team want a derby win more than the Jacks is rare recently and all we ask for
You Jack Bastard !
Swansea 0 Cardiff 1
Result
I'd agree with most of that (don't think we defended very well, don't think our injury list makes it a good performance) but have some sympathy for OP view as well that second half performance is not sustainable. Teams need to be able to play like that occasionally so not calling for complete departure from grit shown but it's a sign we have growing to do.
In the Flint and Pack thread a few days ago I posted this:
We saw Flint's goal but still think we need to make a decision about him this off-season. He's 32 at the end of this season and he's entering his final year of contract - do we offer him an extension? Do we look to sell him on back of his superb form since returning to the side? Do we lose him for nothing at the end of next season?Flint has done what Flint does well, although he hasn't score yet, and shown why he's still well thought of in this division. Flint has also shown why he keeps getting picked up by the same sort of clubs (Boro under Pulis, Cardiff under Warnock, Wednesday under Monk) and not a Brentford or Norwich.
Bluebird23 you’re probably the worst undercover Jack I’ve seen on this board. It must have really hurt your heart to write that message.
Have a good Sunday sir.
Total inability of the OP to recognise a number of basic facts .... again. We are playing in the midst of a pandemic with no fans in the grounds and no way of supporting and raising the spirits of the team when they are under the cosh and need it the most. Three of our first choice defenders are out injured and we started the game with a very inexperienced 21 year old at right wingback, a central midfielder covering at left wingback and a 23 year old centre half who has played a total of 4 Championship games. Our captain and centre half was also playing with a horrendous ankle blister but completed the game and was man of the match. It is obvious that quite a few of the team are ‘running on empty’ having completed a long hard season so far, including 12 games in the last 7 weeks and all on the back of a truncated pre season and very quick turnaround from the last one. To sit in his ivory tower and criticise the manager and team after all that and particularly after a 1-0 derby win against the jacks and all the effort put in by the players to get it, shows that the OP is an attention seeker and really is bereft of any modicum of decency or common sense and precious little football knowledge or humanity.
A boxing match where we land 7 punches to their 1? Throwing a load of punches that don't land doesn't score in boxing either.
If the possession led to chances then I could understand it. Swansea could not work us out or play around or through us. Job done.
The possession stats do need to improve though.
Agree that we need to be more comfortable in possession particularly trying to close out tight games. The possession stats are a meaningless indicator of results though as winning teams often cede possession for defensive shape (though perhaps not as dramatically as we did in the last 30 minutes).
As an illustration in Swansea's last four wins they have had less than 50% possession and in their last four defeats they have had more. In their previous home defeat to Bristol they had 70% possession.
Millwall, mcCarthy's second game. Some thumpings for the oppositions since.
One or two others closer in possession.
I think we'd all like, or most of us like us to have good possession and batter teams with it but it's fairly obvious we are better without it at the moment.
And there’s me all my life thinking that the basics of any sport was scoring more goals or points than the opposition that you’re facing, usually by taking a chance that you make and the opposition failing to take theirs because they’re not good enough, which is what happened yesterday, your lot weren’t good enough. Your team lost, double dreams dashed again, is your season falling apart at a vital time?
Having a poor game but winning is usually a sign of good things coming.
The defence was excellent but the rest of it was a shambles. Time to pay more attention to constructive attacking play.
It is what it is, they're a better side than us and that's how you beat them. Credit to MM and the boys. Is this what I want for the future of the club? No. But right after beating Swansea away with such a battling performance is not really the time to debate it.
Great win.
Excellent three points.
No 'but's.