by Schards#2 » 08 Feb 2009 10:15
by PEARCEY » 08 Feb 2009 10:16
79Royal Wolves lost at home to Preston (and also away to QPR).
Birmingham lost away at Preston (and also away to QPR).
Brum play Preston at home in the penultimate game of the season and they've still got Sheff Utd, Wolves and Us to come.
Wolves have still got Brum, Cardiff and QPR to play this season.
Cardiff have still got to play Wolves, Sheff Utd, QPR, Swansea and Preston and an FA cup tie against Arsenal.
Swansea still have to face QPR, Cardiff and Sheff Utd, plus a distracting FA cup tie against Premier League opposition.
We have got Sheff U and Birmingham to play at home.
Whilst the past two games have been dull and we need Coppell to freshen the side up (Harper and Kebe need a rest for a start), I'm not going to start looking for a rope and the nearest exposed beam just yet.
by LoyalRoyalFan » 08 Feb 2009 10:16
Schards#2 Congratulations on finding a stat to support the argument that Kebe could play up front. The more relevent stat may be that Kebe has scored 1 goal. However, as usual, i'll back my own eyes over Snowball stats and they tell me Kebe is an absolutely dreadful finisher and when he's in with a chance of scoring or laying on a sitter, he goes to pieces.
I'd agree with possibility of trying N Hunt on the right wing and certainly playing Matejovsky. Our team is seriously lacking creativity at the moment, both full backs don't create a lot, neither centre half are comfortable on the ball, both wingers are our of form and both centre mids are defensive midfielders.
Whilst I agree that Matejovsky might weaken us defensively, we need to create chances and he created one within minutes of coming on with one intelligent pass. I'd be happy to trade the weakening of the defensive unit in return for some more creativity at the moment.
by bcubed » 08 Feb 2009 10:18
Wizard I enjoyed the game today, but I enjoy most games as I can't get to many.
Thought Marek, Noel and Shane all looked pretty good when they came on, gave us some oomph that had been missing. Just a shame we couldn't find the net.
Though Pearce and Armstrong looked out best players out there today.
by LoyalRoyalFan » 08 Feb 2009 10:19
bcubedWizard I enjoyed the game today, but I enjoy most games as I can't get to many.
Thought Marek, Noel and Shane all looked pretty good when they came on, gave us some oomph that had been missing. Just a shame we couldn't find the net.
Though Pearce and Armstrong looked out best players out there today.
Excuse me Wizard but I think you'll find that even saying that Long looked "pretty good" is enough to have you removed from the forum.
Long is cr*p is far more acceptable
by brendywendy » 08 Feb 2009 10:21
by Man Friday » 08 Feb 2009 10:25
by Snowball » 08 Feb 2009 10:25
Schards#2 We've been here before with Coppell, 04/05 we had a string of poor performances and results that took us from looking good for automatic promotion to missing the play offs. Last year a similar run took us from mid table into relegation. In both instances, Coppell didn't seem to have an answer to how to stop the rot, he kept playing the same team and the same tactics and seemed to just hope that it would turn around. We are not in this scenario yet but, on average, performances have been dreadful since christmas though despite this, we have got 10 points from 7 games. Again, we see little change to the side other than through injury, despite these poor performances. We need to kick start after the 2 week break or we are in serious danger of the season petering out badly as those previous seasons did and some fresh blood in the form of Tabb, Henry and Matejovsky getting involved might freshen things up.
by papereyes » 08 Feb 2009 10:32
weve made a concious effort to shore up defensively and have lost a bit of flair as a result, but no ones scoring vs us either.
by Schards#2 » 08 Feb 2009 10:37
by Snowball » 08 Feb 2009 10:40
Schards#2 Congratulations on finding a stat to support the argument that Kebe could play up front. The more relevent stat may be that Kebe has scored 1 goal. However, as usual, i'll back my own eyes over Snowball stats and they tell me Kebe is an absolutely dreadful finisher and when he's in with a chance of scoring or laying on a sitter, he goes to pieces.
Schards#2 I'd agree with possibility of trying N Hunt on the right wing and certainly playing Matejovsky. Our team is seriously lacking creativity at the moment, both full backs don't create a lot, neither centre half are comfortable on the ball, both wingers are our of form and both centre mids are defensive midfielders. Whilst I agree that Matejovsky might weaken us defensively, we need to create chances and he created one within minutes of coming on with one intelligent pass. I'd be happy to trade the weakening of the defensive unit in return for some more creativity at the moment.
by Schards#2 » 08 Feb 2009 10:44
by Snowball » 08 Feb 2009 10:45
by Schards#2 » 08 Feb 2009 10:48
Snowball If we play exactly as poorly for the rest of the season we will finish in the top two almost certainly.Against equivalent sides (1st, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th) we should expect (based on the recent 10 from 7) 21-22 points from 15 games giving us 80 points
But we are NOT playing equivalent sides, we have just three of the top 9 left to play, all at home.
And while the others are gaining points they are killing each other, Cardiff v Wolves, Cardiff v Swansea etc
by Snowball » 08 Feb 2009 10:51
Schards#2 Snowball, in what way is that a kneejerk reaction? It's a reaction to having seen Kebe over the season.
Furthermore, in what way does detailing the amount of shots he's had in any way make the argument that he's a good finisher? Indeed, given he's only scored once, doesn't it demonstrate the opposite?
by Snowball » 08 Feb 2009 11:03
Schards#2Snowball If we play exactly as poorly for the rest of the season we will finish in the top two almost certainly.Against equivalent sides (1st, 3rd, 4th, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th) we should expect (based on the recent 10 from 7) 21-22 points from 15 games giving us 80 points
But we are NOT playing equivalent sides, we have just three of the top 9 left to play, all at home.
And while the others are gaining points they are killing each other, Cardiff v Wolves, Cardiff v Swansea etc
No we won't!!!!!!
If we achieve the same sort of results, we probably will, however, if we keep playing this poorly we are unlikely to achieve the results.
This is why exclusive reliance on statistics is fundamentally flawed.
by Schards#2 » 08 Feb 2009 11:05
by Platypuss » 08 Feb 2009 11:10
brendywendy If we win our game in hand we go top ffs-what are you lot on about?!
by Wizard » 08 Feb 2009 11:11
bcubedWizard I enjoyed the game today, but I enjoy most games as I can't get to many.
Thought Marek, Noel and Shane all looked pretty good when they came on, gave us some oomph that had been missing. Just a shame we couldn't find the net.
Though Pearce and Armstrong looked out best players out there today.
Excuse me Wizard but I think you'll find that even saying that Long looked "pretty good" is enough to have you removed from the forum.
Long is cr*p is far more acceptable
by brendywendy » 08 Feb 2009 11:54
papereyesweve made a concious effort to shore up defensively and have lost a bit of flair as a result, but no ones scoring vs us either.
Didn't we do that last season, to great success, after Christmas?
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