by Royal Ginger » 16 Mar 2023 01:18
by leon » 16 Mar 2023 08:25
Royal Ginger To what end?
We keep on cycling managers again and again and again and it’s not a lot of fun. I’m so bored of it. We’re not going to get anyone that’s going to fix it all so let’s at least keep hold of a bit of stability (and Tom Ince).
It’s a shit few years with at least another to come.
If he keeps us up, he’s done what he was supposed to. Still being in the championship after all of this crap is quite an achievement. There’s a lot of Reading adjacent teams in league 1.
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 16 Mar 2023 08:29
by leon » 16 Mar 2023 08:32
YorkshireRoyal99 To be fair, we've been edged out in our last 3 games by teams who are all significantly better than us and in the play off places. Obviously we got a hiding at Boro, but if we can perform as we have in the last 2/3 games against some of the sides we've still got to play around us, then we will pick up enough points to survive even after a deduction.
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 16 Mar 2023 08:39
leonYorkshireRoyal99 To be fair, we've been edged out in our last 3 games by teams who are all significantly better than us and in the play off places. Obviously we got a hiding at Boro, but if we can perform as we have in the last 2/3 games against some of the sides we've still got to play around us, then we will pick up enough points to survive even after a deduction.
Yeah and the same was said at times during Bullivants reign of incompetence. We still went down.
It’s irrelevant the league table doesn’t care how close you are - our results are utterly dire.
by Snowflake Royal » 16 Mar 2023 08:40
Visionmorganb We played better tonight but when we'd fought back to 1-1 surely that was when a good manager would bring on Liam Moore to shore up the defence and try to get a hard earned point. Recently Ince has been trying to preserve a point for 90 minutes, today it would have only been for 25. Comes across a little clueless
We can't have it both ways though. We criticise him for negativity (rightly in a lot of cases) so we can't very well complain when he makes like for like changes in a game which either side has had chances to win. And he showed some faith in the Academy players on the bench which hasn't always been the case.
No way to know for sure of course but if we'd played for a draw I'm not convinced we'd have held out but I am sure we definitely wouldn't have won. His changes gave us the best chance of winning the game and I'm ok with that.
by Snowflake Royal » 16 Mar 2023 08:43
YorkshireRoyal99leonYorkshireRoyal99 To be fair, we've been edged out in our last 3 games by teams who are all significantly better than us and in the play off places. Obviously we got a hiding at Boro, but if we can perform as we have in the last 2/3 games against some of the sides we've still got to play around us, then we will pick up enough points to survive even after a deduction.
Yeah and the same was said at times during Bullivants reign of incompetence. We still went down.
It’s irrelevant the league table doesn’t care how close you are - our results are utterly dire.
Yeah I don't necessarily disagree, but our results are poor against 4 of the best 6 sides in the league currently, most teams in our position would have poor results against those types of sides. We hardly got blown away in the last 3 either.
Looking at what fixtures we've got left, we've only got Burnley left who are in the top 6 and the rest we can definitely get points from, even the away fixtures.
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 16 Mar 2023 08:45
Snowflake RoyalYorkshireRoyal99leon
Yeah and the same was said at times during Bullivants reign of incompetence. We still went down.
It’s irrelevant the league table doesn’t care how close you are - our results are utterly dire.
Yeah I don't necessarily disagree, but our results are poor against 4 of the best 6 sides in the league currently, most teams in our position would have poor results against those types of sides. We hardly got blown away in the last 3 either.
Looking at what fixtures we've got left, we've only got Burnley left who are in the top 6 and the rest we can definitely get points from, even the away fixtures.
Yep. Relegation is still only a possibility. It's not like a new manager will suddenly solve anything.
Tbh, if we go down I'd be more inclined to give Ince another year at a lower level with fewer constraints.
Anyone expecting Ince to go immenently is deluded imo. We were dreadful for ages under Clownovic and lost 7/8 in a row. We're on 4, exclusively from the top 6.
by leon » 16 Mar 2023 08:50
by Brogue » 16 Mar 2023 08:53
Snowflake RoyalYorkshireRoyal99leon
Yeah and the same was said at times during Bullivants reign of incompetence. We still went down.
It’s irrelevant the league table doesn’t care how close you are - our results are utterly dire.
Yeah I don't necessarily disagree, but our results are poor against 4 of the best 6 sides in the league currently, most teams in our position would have poor results against those types of sides. We hardly got blown away in the last 3 either.
Looking at what fixtures we've got left, we've only got Burnley left who are in the top 6 and the rest we can definitely get points from, even the away fixtures.
Yep. Relegation is still only a possibility. It's not like a new manager will suddenly solve anything.
Tbh, if we go down I'd be more inclined to give Ince another year at a lower level with fewer constraints.
Anyone expecting Ince to go immenently is deluded imo. We were dreadful for ages under Clownovic and lost 7/8 in a row. We're on 4, exclusively from the top 6.
by Snowflake Royal » 16 Mar 2023 08:54
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 16 Mar 2023 08:56
leon I think if you asked, most fans who actually watch the games would say thanks but no thanks.
I wouldn’t mind the abject clueless football if we could get a few nil nil, draws and get some points, but we don’t.
by leon » 16 Mar 2023 09:02
Snowflake Royal How many games have you watched this season leon?
I'm on about 34 for the league.
by leon » 16 Mar 2023 09:03
YorkshireRoyal99leon I think if you asked, most fans who actually watch the games would say thanks but no thanks.
I wouldn’t mind the abject clueless football if we could get a few nil nil, draws and get some points, but we don’t.
But we don't against better sides, whereas most teams who sit in the bottom half with a target of just surviving, won't get m/any points from the better sides, no matter what football you play or what division you play in.
I can completely understand it's a tough watch, which it is. If it gets us over the line this season, which I still suspect it will, then job done and we can look to move away from it.
by YorkshireRoyal99 » 16 Mar 2023 09:32
leonYorkshireRoyal99leon I think if you asked, most fans who actually watch the games would say thanks but no thanks.
I wouldn’t mind the abject clueless football if we could get a few nil nil, draws and get some points, but we don’t.
But we don't against better sides, whereas most teams who sit in the bottom half with a target of just surviving, won't get m/any points from the better sides, no matter what football you play or what division you play in.
I can completely understand it's a tough watch, which it is. If it gets us over the line this season, which I still suspect it will, then job done and we can look to move away from it.
Yes but my point was even if it does Ince hasn’t demonstrated anything to say we should continue with him.
Hence “thanks but no thanks”
by paultheroyal » 16 Mar 2023 10:05
by windermereROYAL » 16 Mar 2023 10:12
by paultheroyal » 16 Mar 2023 10:22
windermereROYAL Ince isn`t going anywhere despite all the Ince out explosions all over the net following last nights game, we have 9 cup finals coming up and we need stability, no need to rock the boat now.
by Snowflake Royal » 16 Mar 2023 11:27
leonYorkshireRoyal99leon I think if you asked, most fans who actually watch the games would say thanks but no thanks.
I wouldn’t mind the abject clueless football if we could get a few nil nil, draws and get some points, but we don’t.
But we don't against better sides, whereas most teams who sit in the bottom half with a target of just surviving, won't get m/any points from the better sides, no matter what football you play or what division you play in.
I can completely understand it's a tough watch, which it is. If it gets us over the line this season, which I still suspect it will, then job done and we can look to move away from it.
Yes but my point was even if it does Ince hasn’t demonstrated anything to say we should continue with him.
Hence “thanks but no thanks”
by morganb » 16 Mar 2023 11:38
Snowflake RoyalVisionmorganb We played better tonight but when we'd fought back to 1-1 surely that was when a good manager would bring on Liam Moore to shore up the defence and try to get a hard earned point. Recently Ince has been trying to preserve a point for 90 minutes, today it would have only been for 25. Comes across a little clueless
We can't have it both ways though. We criticise him for negativity (rightly in a lot of cases) so we can't very well complain when he makes like for like changes in a game which either side has had chances to win. And he showed some faith in the Academy players on the bench which hasn't always been the case.
No way to know for sure of course but if we'd played for a draw I'm not convinced we'd have held out but I am sure we definitely wouldn't have won. His changes gave us the best chance of winning the game and I'm ok with that.
Yeah this.
People have been crying out for a more attacking display. You can't then throw your toys when it doesn’t come off.
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