Ah.....but when we survived on those occasions, the players involved managed a few basics......passing to the same colour shirt....actually controlling the ball.....created a chance in front of goal....summoned up some passion and fight....played for the manager....didn't have to...
We do not play to the new PL blueprint. Quick, accurate, simple football with no frills.
It is all about playing this style and continuing to improve. It is about having pace in key areas. The ability to move the ball quickly downfield, with good running off the ball. Bournemouth haven't got the...
Well maybe you are right and maybe we all got a bit complacent with holding that 13th place for quite a few weeks. Those three straight 1-0 wins zoomed us up the table and created a comfort zone. We have had a couple of little rallies ( 5 points over Xmas/New Year and Hudds/Palace ) other than...
Indeed.
The hundreds of millions at stake and the large amounts that the fans have to fork out, now make a huge difference to attitude. The owners and fans are both less patient now. The club sold us on being ' PL ready ' The fans have bought into it and committed their cash in large amounts...
The Nazi's didn't get elected.
The highest they ever polled was 37.4%, playing on the emotions of the German people at the height of their economic problems. As the economy started to improve, support for the Nazi's waned. They knew it was their last chance and so created pressure on the ageing...
Its the worst possible mixture of arrogance and self-entitlement. The sort of attitude that led thousands of their fans at big games over the years to believe that it was their right to get into games without paying. The sort of attitude that led to their fans lining the streets leading to...
Couldn't stop myself going when the third went in ( 74 min ). Told my friends I would see them back at the car. They arrived back at car about 2 minutes after me! Was sitting in car waiting for them and thinking....' 3-0 to Bournemouth at home is shocking '....Jonny Cantor then said....'...
Cannot understand the mentality that thinks he would be the best man to take us out of the Championship. Why, when we would see the same old turgid, cautious approach as soon as we arrived back in the PL. If we survive, we will sink without trace next season. Fans expecting a change of tactics...
Don't hold your breath. If he hasn't learnt how to adapt to PL demands after nearly two full seasons then he never will. Trouble is, he hasn't got a footballing brain and thats a big handicap. He is a headless chicken with little or no control. A limited, one-trick pony who PL players have...
He will never learn.
He has been allowed to make critical mistake after critical mistake at this level but has been indulged by manager and fans. He is a walking liability. He refuses to adjust his style to PL demands, continually overplays and regularly loses the ball.
Championship player at...
.....and lots of others who now regard themselves as ' European ' and not ' British ' For me, a worrying trend. Why can you not still be British in identity, whilst enjoying the benefits of full integration with our European partners and neighbours? I don't hear too many Germans saying that they...
It was the poorest preparation for a referendum possible. Arrogance and complacency kicked in. Cameron decide that this was going to be his legacy. He would quell the Eurosceptics in his own party for another x no. of years. Farage et al would be derailed and relegated to a minor irritant and he...
It didn't matter whether it was one single vote or 5 million votes. It was a yes/no vote and only needed a simple majority. How do you decide what is an acceptable mandate? One million, five million, ten million? Cooper and Letwin got their emergency vote though the other night by one vote ( 313...