The Blame Poll

[boy1985]

Who's to blame?

[Dirk Gently]

Where's the option for "life is complicated and it'll be down to a combination of factors, not just one"?

[boy1985]

Where's the option for "life is complicated and it'll be down to a combination of factors, not just one"?

use clappers for that one.

[The Real Sandhurst Royal]

Wally Downes in my opionion was the route cause of this problem as he set us up as total defensive unit not to concede.

The side being defensive were unable to score goals as we had everyone back,.

The players were frightened to move out of their positions on the chess board in case they made a mistake.

Unfortunatly he forgot attacking football and scoring goals win games we did not score so that's why we we ended up 4th..

[brendywendy]

Where's the option for "life is complicated and it'll be down to a combination of factors, not just one"?

use clappers for that one.

+1

[watfordroyal]

I blame my lucky pants!

Simply not up to the job anymore,
don't know their best line-up,
they've lost the support,
and lost the dressing room,

Need a new modern thinking smart pair, with fresh ideas!

[Royalwaster]

Who is 'Madjeski'? And for that matter is 'John Madesjki' mentioned on the OS under the 'Full report of press conference'? (Steve Coppell, John Madesjki and Nick Hammond today held a press conference to mark Steve's departure) - are these guy in some way related to our chairman, John Madejski?

[boy1985]

Who is 'Madjeski'? And for that matter is 'John Madesjki' mentioned on the OS under the 'Full report of press conference'? (Steve Coppell, John Madesjki and Nick Hammond today held a press conference to mark Steve's departure) - are these guy in some way related to our chairman, John Madejski?

vote clappers for that one.

[yuomi]

i want to blame fate. for its confluence of events that could not have been conceived or contrived by any sentient man or beast. that and the fact that the beer was even more watered down this season...

[Snowball]

i want to blame fate. for its confluence of events that could not have been conceived or contrived by any sentient man or beast. that and the fact that the beer was even more watered down this season...

On that count, in the last game we lost to two outstanding (freakish?) goals

There was a goal of the season against us at Plymouth

There was another great run and shot from distance, Forest?

a very very good scissor kick v us for Ipswich

a keeper who had a blinder in the league 1-0 defeat at Burnley

The off-the-bar that doesn't result in a goal (for us) and a minute later a goal for them off the bar and then knocked in

Even the phantom goal worked against us. We were looking winners but the PG got Watford riled up

Seriously, have we been a tad unlucky this season?

[yuomi]

i want to blame fate. for its confluence of events that could not have been conceived or contrived by any sentient man or beast. that and the fact that the beer was even more watered down this season...

On that count, in the last game we lost to two outstanding (freakish?) goals

There was a goal of the season against us at Plymouth

There was another great run and shot from distance, Forest?

a very very good scissor kick v us for Ipswich

a keeper who had a blinder in the league 1-0 defeat at Burnley

The off-the-bar that doesn't result in a goal (for us) and a minute later a goal for them off the bar and then knocked in

Even the phantom goal worked against us. We were looking winners but the PG got Watford riled up

Seriously, have we been a tad unlucky this season?

i think you might be onto something there snowy. however, my other half summed it up most distressingly last night when she spelt it out that we only needed one more goal from somewhere in a 0-0 or 1-1 and we would be in the prem right now. one shot that hit the bar or denied penalty appeal and things would be totally different.

thanks for that love.

[rhroyal]

I know we're meant to love Coppell now but he has made plenty of errors and struggled to answer questions since January. I think luck played a big part. After the Watford "Phantom Goal" we never got any marginal decisions off the ref for a couple of months, and that decision ultimately worked against us in my view. We hit the bar against Ipswich and Sheff Utd at 0-0, Kebe missed a sitter at 0-0 against Forest. 2 of them go in we could have 2 more home wins and auto promotion. I've lost count of how many world class goals we've conceded since January. 1 v Plymouth, 1 v Forest, 1 v Ipswich. It's rare to concede so many goals of that quality in one season. Then of course we conceded 2 top strikers on Tuesday nights. Of course no defense can be blameless upon conceding, Paterson wasn't closed down and Rosenior failed to head clear effectively. However you wouldn't normally expect those circumstances to yield goals. Fine margins.

However ultimately players missed those chances against Burnley, Sheff Utd, Ipswich, Forest and Plymouth amongst others. The way we always responded to going a goal down was not acceptable, the players showed no mental strength. There has been a complete loss of form from many players and they have to be held responsible too. If we'd carried on like we had before Christmas those luck factors wouldn't have stopped us.

[loyalroyal]

Who's to blame?

Your crap spelling

[rhroyal]

Who's to blame?

Your crap spelling

Excuse me? Nothing wrong with those 3 words. I wouldn't put "Who's" in an essay, but this is a football forum.

[yuomi]

Who's to blame?

Your crap spelling

Excuse me? Nothing wrong with those 3 words. I wouldn't put "Who's" in an essay, but this is a football forum.

its a total missapropriation of the word though. its whose. you wouldnt put it in an essay because itd be wrong.

[West Stand Man]

Where's the option for "life is complicated and it'll be down to a combination of factors, not just one"?

Don't be silly, that requires intelligence to both think of the option and to describe it.

[boy1985]

Who's to blame?

Your crap spelling

Excuse me? Nothing wrong with those 3 words. I wouldn't put "Who's" in an essay, but this is a football forum.

actually i think he was getting an erection over my spelling of madejski

[Still Hate Futcher!]

I feel I should shoulder some of the blame as the wheels came off as soon as we switxhed pre-match pubs. Still, we like our new one so will try and weather the storm.

[West Stand Man]

its a total missapropriation of the word though. its whose. you wouldnt put it in an essay because itd be wrong.

Sorry but you are wrong. I hate to defend the originator of the phrase used, but it certainly is not a place where whose is the right word. It should be written in full as who is and so, if you feel the need to abbreviate, the apostrophe is correct and who's will be quite reasonable.

However,
misappropriation is the right spelling. Sentences start with capitalised letter, and if you insist on adulterating the language do use an apostrophe - it'd (as in it would) and It's (as in it is), wouldn't as in would not).

[yuomi]

its a total missapropriation of the word though. its whose. you wouldnt put it in an essay because itd be wrong.

Sorry but you are wrong. I hate to defend the originator of the phrase used, but it certainly is not a place where whose is the right word. It should be written in full as who is and so, if you feel the need to abbreviate, the apostrophe is correct and who's will be quite reasonable.

However,
misappropriation is the right spelling. Sentences start with capitalised letter, and if you insist on adulterating the language do use an apostrophe - it'd (as in it would) and It's (as in it is), wouldn't as in would not).

my total and incongruous ignoring of punctuation to one side whose is considered by the OED to be a perfectly suitable and acceptable substitute for who is e.g. whose afraid of the big bad wolf? or whose got the car keys?. i'm not stressing the point that i'm right, i'm merely looking for clarification now. you are shaking the pillars of my linguistic foundation.

http://englishplus.com/grammar/00000268.htm

hth.

ah, the team board. where the really important debates go down.