Quote Originally Posted by insider View Post
I was at Preston Sheff Weds and Watford believe me all lucky results.
Preston 1 nil down to 10 men for a large period of the game then scoring 2 in injury time.
Sheff Weds 2 off target shots all game and winning 2-1.
Watford 1 nil up then surrender tactics for the last 30 minutes sat on our own 18 yard box a better side would have scored.
They were all lucky wins in my book that have papered over the cracks of a pretty negative manager with no plan b.
His only saving grace seems to me to be we can't keep chopping and changing managers every season.
The malaise of the club goes higher up the club than Mr excuse.

I agree with the points about negativity and narrow wins papering over the cracks, but can't agree it is down to luck. We have been lucky at times and unlucky at times. We have done a few smash and grabs, and lost games where we dominated but lacked any cutting edge. Most teams in the middle of the table will have similar stories.

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 - but I don't put the results down to the other side being lucky. We weren't good enough to get the points despite dominating in the match stats.

You suggest we wouldn't have been so 'lucky' at Watford if they had been a better side. If they had been a better side we probably wouldn't have won, but I struggle to see where luck fits in. We scored a very good goal and then (disappointingly) sat back and protected that lead but did it very well. I would have liked to see us be more positive, but at Watford the team defended well.

It was, though, another instance of negativity and 'safety first' (which often produces anything but safety).