[Football] Does one disaster matter that much?

[birthofanorange]

Okay, worst result in decades, but does it matter? Not to me, no - it would be far more worrying if it was a regular occurrence, but it simply isn't.
The knee-jerk/wetting posts on here have me laughing, and there's no doubt that I needed a bit of cheer, after that.
All said and done, we're still doing 'reasonably' well...in the Prem, of all places.
Knock Chelsea out next week and the mood will be entirely different - quelle surprise.

 

[JetsetJimbo]

I guess the question is how long do you keep faith that Hurzeler will come good. I'm getting to the point of doubting him and today really hasn't helped. I hope the squad and him can get through this.

This was the breaking point for me. I held my tongue after the Palace and Everton games, but now I feel I shouldn't have. He's out of his depth and doesn't have the players' respect.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

This was the breaking point for me. I held my tongue after the Palace and Everton games, but now I feel I shouldn't have. He's out of his depth and doesn't have the players' respect.

Dunk came out and said the players let Hurzeler down today, which suggests respect ?

 

[JetsetJimbo]

Dunk came out and said the players let Hurzeler down today, which suggests respect ?

Players don't play like this for a manager they respect

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Players don't play like this for a manager they respect

I've seen performances as bad as that under every manager we've ever had

 

[JetsetJimbo]

I've seen performances as bad as that under every manager we've ever had

Perhaps my memory is failing me, I don't remember us being on the receiving end of that many 7-0 scorelines

 

[sydney]

Perhaps my memory is failing me, I don't remember us being on the receiving end of that many 7-0 scorelines

last one was Huddersfield I think...some time ago , the home drubbing by Palace was equally painful. Jury definitely out on this guy although he wasn't on the pitch , when questioned about selections he said that there were reasons not for the public.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

Perhaps my memory is failing me, I don't remember us being on the receiving end of that many 7-0 scorelines

You don't remember that many? We've never lost 7-0 to anyone in our history before yesterday, so yes, your memory is failing you

 

[tigertim68]

As soon as I saw the line up yesterday, I knew what was going to happen, I said this to my brother before we watched the match on tv

 

[sydney]

You don't remember that many? We've never lost 7-0 to anyone in our history before yesterday, so yes, your memory is failing you

ahem..!! 7-1 my mistake.

 

[Super Sub]

It depends on everything else going on imho.
if all is well in the camp and it’s just a game gone wrong then so be it. If however there were signs it was coming and there is disharmony in the group then perhaps it is more of a concern.

 

[Steve in Japan]

It doesn't "matter" as such, but it's ruined the weekend.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Nah...shit happens, just like it did to Forest last week.

We had a couple of honkers under the last manager as well, 6 against Villa and 5 against Everton.

What disappointed me most was the total lack of application and concentration towards the end. This made the score line much worse than it possibly needed to be.

 

[nsclurker]

We had a couple of honkers under the last manager as well, 6 against Villa and 5 against Everton.

What disappointed me most was the total lack of application and concentration towards the end. This made the score line much worse than it possibly needed to be.

Luton away, Roma away. At least we kept those to four.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Luton away, Roma away. At least we kept those to four.

Good point.

 

[GJN1]

It matters in that most of us could see playing 1 midfielder wasn't going to work out too well. You would hope that a Premier league manager might have seen the same unless there was something he knew that we didn't

And what must O’Riley and Gomez think, knowing he’d rather start with a one man/youth midfield than pick them?

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

It matters when it's the worst league defeat in 67 years FFS

 

[Since1982]

It's not so much the scale of the defeat but that it's another game with obviously deficient team selection, copious individual errors leading to goals and a sense that the manager doesn't know what to do about it. It's a blip but there is a trend.

 

[Arkwright]

You have to take the rough with the smooth, however yesterday was rough.
I didn't get the team selection or the formation.
Basically it does matter, ninety minutes of my life lost watching that!