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Nobody said we're sinking like the Titanic.
I said some people on here would be sat on it as it sank and welcome the opportunity of a swim.
It was an observation of their ability to drag any little positive from every crap decision that City make as a club.
I've never once said City will be relegated. You've got your wires crossed here.
I think a few of them aren't great and wouldn't be playing if we had more money. Again my opinion and some might think they'd be coming through regardless. Opinions differ, it happens.
I like the look of Colwill but he has plenty to work on and have liked a bit of what I have seen of Bowen. I'm not sure Bowen should be seeing game time over the likes of Wintle but I think he has something. The jury is still out on a few of the others and despite it being popular belief on here games do not suddenly bring them up to standard. For some of those players it simply exposes them as not being up to this level.
They might well prove me wrong and all come good. It is never a good idea to throw kids in because you have to though. Kids should come in because they are ready, not because we are threadbare in terms of depth in that position.
Good luck to them though and I hope they come good for everybody's benefit.
Do I think we have been producing top level kids all along and despite being good enough for the first team we've overlooked them time and again? Not really.
Do I think we've overhauled our academy so much in the past season or two that we're suddenly producing kids good enough for the first team after many years of producing absolutely zilch? No.
I won't. The day I start tailoring my opinions to point score with a lot of people I'll never meet on here it will be a sad day.
A lot don't agree with me. I don't agree with many of the glass always half full brigade but it is what it is.
If people believe with a few tweaks that an academy that produced absolutely nothing for years and years suddenly starts producing Championship standard players and all they need is game time then more fool them.
Playing Devil's Advocate here let's say the players are up to Championship standard as many here believe.
What changes do you think the academy have made to go from producing no youngsters to the required standard for years to getting a lot into the team in one season?
Okay, some positives.
I fully expected us to get a hiding yesterday, and we didn't. So that's a plus. Okay, being pleased because we 'only' lost 1-0 isn't the best positive, but I'll go further - the game could have ended 1-1 just as easily. Then we'd all be saying a draw against one of the top sides was a great result.
If they are a 'top side', then they struggled to impose themselves enough that they could score more than one. So either they're not a top side, or we're better than we think.
Player positives ? Playing Moore and Collins looked to be a good idea, and though Bagan is always prone to errors, he laid on more crosses in five minutes than Brown did in an entire half. Vaulks looked knackered.
Yes, it was poor football, and yes, it was dire to watch. But we didn't get a drubbing, and we were still in it right up to the final whistle.
Interesting and informative information - in the 24 hours after we beat Forest the OP posted 8 times. In the last 24 hours, since we lost to Bournemouth, he has posted 26 times, every single one negative and critical, as usual. Says it all for me.
You appear to be becoming TLG’s lackey. You have obviously been brown nosing him far too long and it is adversely affecting your judgement. Associating with someone like that wont do your ‘street cred’ any good. Remember, he doesn't like our owner, apparently at least partly because he is from the far east and dresses differently.