In fact, 12th in the Premiership!paultheroyal 12th in the table - get in!! Enjoy!!
by Arch » 07 Oct 2007 18:35
In fact, 12th in the Premiership!paultheroyal 12th in the table - get in!! Enjoy!!
by Smoking Kills Dancing Doe » 07 Oct 2007 18:38
by RoyalBlue » 07 Oct 2007 19:00
Jeffers217 I think if we continue to play the same team we will get relegated no doubt. The annoying thing is just because we won Coppell will keep the same team and very few teams are going to find us a test. Coppell is superb burt I am really questioning his selection. How Duberry has held down his place is beyond me,Bikey is miles ahead of him. And how Murty has hed onto his place is also mesmorising, Rosenior needs to be right back and afraid to say Oster right wing. And get Gunnarsson out of the squad.
Derby were better than us today, if the strikers were given decent service, no doubt the rsult would have been different.
by Amongst the sheep » 07 Oct 2007 19:06
Crowthorne Royal but I'm sorry a 1-0 win against Derby is a poor result.
by Kitsondinho » 07 Oct 2007 19:08
by AthleticoSpizz » 07 Oct 2007 19:24
dickCrowthorne Royal What another horror show today....Those with RTG's will of course say we are 12th (or similar) and x places behind a UEFA spot, but that frankly is bollo*ks. Quite why we look so bad with the same players this year is puzzling. Not 1 player IMO today deserved the Reading shirt (maybe a bit harsh on Hunt) and that more than anything is what's missing for me.......NO DESIRE. Bad performances I can just about put up with, but we were gutless today and showed nowhere near enough appetite if we are to survive this season. How many times in midfield did the worst team in The Premiership just pick up loose ball and run 10-25 yards with it unchallenged? Far too many is the answer. I am a great fan of Coppell who has been superb for us, but you have to question how he could play the same 11 this week. He will of course say he was justified, but I'm sorry a 1-0 win against Derby is a poor result. Gunnarsson was AWOL again and the right hand side players Rosenior & Oster were pathetic. Our anticipation of where 50/50 balls may land and the winning of the 'second ball' were non existent. Doyle still looks off the pace and Kitson was poor today...I can't remember him winning 1 header all game. Duberry is not Prem' standard and I could go on. It's a long wait until January to bring in some desparately needed quality. Coppell also needs to be consistent, he talked about rewarding winners after Wigan....and then Pompey happens, then by definition he rewards losers!!
A win before a 2 week break is the only silver lining and that looks more like a streak of 'grey', like the skies that lay ahead of this poor current team.
NB - And by the way, Shorey.......could he get in to any international team on current form??!!
by Mad Dog's Ghost » 07 Oct 2007 19:27
by Trigger » 07 Oct 2007 19:35
by Schards#2 » 07 Oct 2007 19:36
by Dirk Gently » 07 Oct 2007 19:38
by Smoking Kills Dancing Doe » 07 Oct 2007 19:39
by Cemy Junction Expat » 07 Oct 2007 19:42
Crowthorne Royal I am a great fan of Coppell who has been superb for us, but you have to question how he could play the same 11 this week.
by fallen angel » 07 Oct 2007 19:44
by The whole year inn » 07 Oct 2007 19:46
by RG30 » 07 Oct 2007 19:46
by AthleticoSpizz » 07 Oct 2007 19:47
in all fairness Shards, monumentally struggling to stay up, is what we expected last season..................we excelledSchards#2 Coppell really put his reputation on the line by fielding the same team after conceding seven. You can see why he did it as it must ingender hugeloyalty from the players but did it work? Not really, an unconvincing win at home to the stand out worst team in the division is not a huge vindication.
Gunnarsson simply isn't good enough to start and it's patently obvious every game.
Rosenior just isn't very good really, not a patch on Seol who would, sometimes, turn a game.
Nothing today suggests that we don't have a monumental struggle ahead staying up.
by The whole year inn » 07 Oct 2007 19:50
Schards#2 Coppell really put his reputation on the line by fielding the same team after conceding seven. You can see why he did it as it must ingender hugeloyalty from the players but did it work? Not really, an unconvincing win at home to the stand out worst team in the division is not a huge vindication.
Gunnarsson simply isn't good enough to start and it's patently obvious every game.
Rosenior just isn't very good really, not a patch on Seol who would, sometimes, turn a game.
Nothing today suggests that we don't have a monumental struggle ahead staying up.
by AthleticoSpizz » 07 Oct 2007 19:54
whilst partially agreeing with your last lineThe whole year innSchards#2 Coppell really put his reputation on the line by fielding the same team after conceding seven. You can see why he did it as it must ingender hugeloyalty from the players but did it work? Not really, an unconvincing win at home to the stand out worst team in the division is not a huge vindication.
Gunnarsson simply isn't good enough to start and it's patently obvious every game.
Rosenior just isn't very good really, not a patch on Seol who would, sometimes, turn a game.
Nothing today suggests that we don't have a monumental struggle ahead staying up.
Agreed.
The fact that we have Fae sitting on ther bench whilst sitting through another horror show from Bryn is utterly astounding.
Fae is potentially a decent centre midfielder. Get him in there FFS
Bryn is just not a premiership football player. Full stop.
by The whole year inn » 07 Oct 2007 19:58
AthleticoSpizzwhilst partially agreeing with your last lineThe whole year innSchards#2 Coppell really put his reputation on the line by fielding the same team after conceding seven. You can see why he did it as it must ingender hugeloyalty from the players but did it work? Not really, an unconvincing win at home to the stand out worst team in the division is not a huge vindication.
Gunnarsson simply isn't good enough to start and it's patently obvious every game.
Rosenior just isn't very good really, not a patch on Seol who would, sometimes, turn a game.
Nothing today suggests that we don't have a monumental struggle ahead staying up.
Agreed.
The fact that we have Fae sitting on ther bench whilst sitting through another horror show from Bryn is utterly astounding.
Fae is potentially a decent centre midfielder. Get him in there FFS
Bryn is just not a premiership football player. Full stop.
Please tell me about the "horror show" from Bryn.....i was at the game and saw more horrors from NS and even DK than him
by Rob-Royal » 07 Oct 2007 19:58
Cemy Junction ExpatCrowthorne Royal I am a great fan of Coppell who has been superb for us, but you have to question how he could play the same 11 this week.
On reflection this may be another example of Sir Steve's higher powers of judgement.
He knows that his current first choice line up is shakey and lacking in confidence but he also knew that the Pompey result was a freak, and that we had every chance of getting a win vs Derby at home - either with the Pompey line up, or a much-tinkered one.
If he takes 4 or 5 players out of the Pompey line up, and the revised squad goes on to beat Derby, those same 4 or 5 players are going to feel that they have been proven to be the weakest links ... confidence driven down even further.
By playing the same line up vs Derby, we now have 3 points and a squad who can all now look to the next games with Pompey firmly behind them.
By making 4 or 5 changes we possibly would still have the 3 points but with 4 or 5 players possibly still in the doldrums.
Now SC can make difficult changes for forthcoming games without any player from the Pompey game feeling that they are out in the cold long term.
Of course, some might argue that that is exactly how to motivate underperforming players ......
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