royalsmudge I very seldom post, but I'll offer my thoughts nonetheless
1. Rodgers was a kn0bber, with a very iffy record in the transfer market, but he should never have been sacked. If he'd stayed we'd be in better shape than this and I believe we'd have stayed up
I can't say I agree. Our away wins came mainly against teams that were woefully out of form. Two of them sacked their managers straight afterwards.
A big problem for us is that we get outfought too easily, and get downhearted the moment we go behind. With our goalscoring record, it's not surprising, but had we not faced Barnsley, Coventry and Sheffiled Weds sides on the verge of slitting their wrists, we'd probably be bottom with just two wins.
We can't compete, which is bad news in a competitive division. I don't believe we'd have done any better under Rodgers either.
4. We have probably the worst strikeforce, back 4 (less Bertrand), central midfield, along with a highly suspect keeper in the division. That is the reason we are where we are.
So of our starting 11, nine are the worst players in the division in each position? Or do we just have the worst defence, midfield, attack and goalkeeper in the division?
As I said above, we are weak both physically and mentally. We have a loser's mentality as we are so used to losing after being this way for a year. For me, Saturday is crucial. Win, and we can get the ball rolling and maybe get a bit of momentum for a spell with plenty of winnable games.