| well, well, well 07:33 - Oct 20 with 3380 views | blueysbackside |
Who would have thought that, given a bit of time, Cook's team could perform like that, eh?
Hopefully that buys him a bit more time with those of you who wanted him out by the end of October/November.
Anyone changing their opinions on Cook?
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| well, well, well on 09:17 - Oct 20 with 607 views | blueysbackside |
| well, well, well on 09:15 - Oct 20 by Swansea_Blue |
A step in the right direction blueysarse, as step in the right direction. We're slowly starting to pull together some better results, which is great. Still a long way to go to start properly challenging, but as long as we keep improving that's great.
At the very least, it's going to be good entertainment this year. At the best and if it does consistently click, we should stand a good chance of going up next year if not this one. |
Yeah, I do agree that next season could be when we go up, despite what the majority of folk say in this forum. Orgasmic entertainment last night! | | | |
| well, well, well on 09:25 - Oct 20 with 593 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| well, well, well on 08:08 - Oct 20 by Bluefish |
I dunno about that he was awful at getting the squad working this season send he started this season equally as bad. It has been well below minimum expectation and he is very very lucky to still be in a job. In reality he has left himself hanging on, we can go on to still pull it off but there is little to no room for error. I think if he gets us promoted he will go on to do really well for us because his self belief will spread but he can't afford mistakes |
"I think if he gets us promoted he will go on to do really well for us."
Stand back people, truck reversing. |  |
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| well, well, well on 09:31 - Oct 20 with 571 views | Bluefish |
| well, well, well on 09:25 - Oct 20 by The_Flashing_Smile |
"I think if he gets us promoted he will go on to do really well for us."
Stand back people, truck reversing. |
Hardly! There is a massive if in there and the liklihood of failure from this point is the massive odds on favourite |  |
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| well, well, well on 09:32 - Oct 20 with 583 views | ArnieM |
| well, well, well on 07:43 - Oct 20 by Bluefish |
I think the plan was promotion not winning a mid week match against a team that conceded 4 on Saturday as well and failed to beat Doncaster. Shall we perhaps hang on until he has put a few wins together and got us up the table. Lambert used to win some as well but we wouldn't want him back |
Was that the same team that beat Sunderland 0-4 by any chance ? |  |
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| well, well, well on 09:33 - Oct 20 with 579 views | noggin |
| well, well, well on 07:36 - Oct 20 by textbackup |
almost like a professional manager had a plan, knew what he was looking to try and do with his squad. and the supporters, unqualified, with no real idea, might end up being wrong.
but they wont be wrong, obviously, they never are. |
I remember when Aluko was a rubbish signing. |  |
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| well, well, well on 09:34 - Oct 20 with 576 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| well, well, well on 08:40 - Oct 20 by Lightworker |
Exactly this. We have Plymouth and Wycombe away shortly, neither of whom have lost a game at home, let's see if we can go to those places and get something. To be honest we need to because we are so far behind those teams due to our poor start. Pressure very much still on Cook.
Also, people seem to be conveniently overlooking one thing about last night, Pompey were awful. |
No, lots of people have said Pompey were awful. They do that every time we win a game.
Has it not occurred to you part of that was our good play making them awful? | |
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| well, well, well on 09:36 - Oct 20 with 553 views | Herbivore |
| well, well, well on 09:32 - Oct 20 by ArnieM |
Was that the same team that beat Sunderland 0-4 by any chance ? |
The same team that lost their last game 4-0 as well. Pompey were poor but we were also good, it's not an either/or. |  |
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| well, well, well on 09:36 - Oct 20 with 543 views | Bluefish |
| well, well, well on 09:32 - Oct 20 by ArnieM |
Was that the same team that beat Sunderland 0-4 by any chance ? |
Let's just see if we can finally get back to back wins | |
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| well, well, well on 09:39 - Oct 20 with 547 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| well, well, well on 08:49 - Oct 20 by positivity |
hadn't pompey lost one in 6 at home before tonight? and just beaten sunderland 4-0? |
Yeah it's funny how some look at those stats, while the Cook Doubters look at "they've lost 7 of their last 9." Both stats are true of course, but it's interesting how some lean to one set and some lean to the other. | |
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| well, well, well on 09:44 - Oct 20 with 537 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| well, well, well on 09:13 - Oct 20 by Bluefish |
And I was under PRP as well even when he won or took us top or even when Gwion miscontrolled it and got an assist or a goal |
It's not all about you Blubbers, there are plenty of others who come steaming in when we lose but are nowhere to be seen when we win. | |
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| well, well, well on 09:44 - Oct 20 with 534 views | textbackup |
| well, well, well on 09:33 - Oct 20 by noggin |
I remember when Aluko was a rubbish signing. |
not by me you cant.
I'd never heard of him and didnt pass judgement based on that. |  |
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| well, well, well on 09:48 - Oct 20 with 520 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| well, well, well on 09:31 - Oct 20 by Bluefish |
Hardly! There is a massive if in there and the liklihood of failure from this point is the massive odds on favourite |
I just liked the nice get out clause you dropped in there for if he comes good. Always nice to see.
Next up you'll be changing your avatar in 3 or 4 game's time. | |
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| well, well, well on 09:51 - Oct 20 with 487 views | Bluefish |
| well, well, well on 09:48 - Oct 20 by The_Flashing_Smile |
I just liked the nice get out clause you dropped in there for if he comes good. Always nice to see.
Next up you'll be changing your avatar in 3 or 4 game's time. |
I hope I will be changing it but we should probably wait and see. We might have checked the mirror but the indicator isn't on and we haven't started turning the wheel let let alone navigated around the corner | |
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| well, well, well on 09:51 - Oct 20 with 496 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| well, well, well on 09:36 - Oct 20 by Bluefish |
Let's just see if we can finally get back to back wins |
A lot of people have been saying this as a response to people excited about last night, but we couldn't get back-to-back wins last night no matter how hard we tried, so it's a bit of an unfair point (in regards to last night).
If we're talking overall trends then yes. But the overall trend (1 loss in 8) is better too. Onwards and upwards. | |
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| well, well, well on 09:52 - Oct 20 with 495 views | Lightworker |
| well, well, well on 09:34 - Oct 20 by The_Flashing_Smile |
No, lots of people have said Pompey were awful. They do that every time we win a game.
Has it not occurred to you part of that was our good play making them awful? |
Obviously it was a bit of both, however I have seen far more people waxing lyrical about our performance than any real acknowledgement of how bad Portsmouth were.
I can't remember the ever getting such an easy ride at Fratton park, I don't think they had one sustained spell of pressure until a little flurry near the end.
You can only beat what is in front of you and credit to Cook and the boys but Pompey's recent form would suggest that they have been awful more often than not. Personally I will start to believe we are the real deal if we put on similar performances at Wycombe and Plymouth. |  | | |
| well, well, well on 09:58 - Oct 20 with 472 views | Bluefish |
| well, well, well on 09:51 - Oct 20 by The_Flashing_Smile |
A lot of people have been saying this as a response to people excited about last night, but we couldn't get back-to-back wins last night no matter how hard we tried, so it's a bit of an unfair point (in regards to last night).
If we're talking overall trends then yes. But the overall trend (1 loss in 8) is better too. Onwards and upwards. |
You pushed this narrative so hard under Lambert as well. Do you base anything on performances or is it always blind optimism moral high ground? | |
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| well, well, well on 10:01 - Oct 20 with 463 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| well, well, well on 09:52 - Oct 20 by Lightworker |
Obviously it was a bit of both, however I have seen far more people waxing lyrical about our performance than any real acknowledgement of how bad Portsmouth were.
I can't remember the ever getting such an easy ride at Fratton park, I don't think they had one sustained spell of pressure until a little flurry near the end.
You can only beat what is in front of you and credit to Cook and the boys but Pompey's recent form would suggest that they have been awful more often than not. Personally I will start to believe we are the real deal if we put on similar performances at Wycombe and Plymouth. |
Yet as already stated, you can look at the stats in either way. They'd only lost 1 at home in 6 before last night, and had recently tonked Sunderland 4-0. I went into last night viewing it as a tricky game... so for us to go and win 4-0 is brilliant. I'm not going to revise my opinion after the event. | |
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| well, well, well on 10:03 - Oct 20 with 454 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| well, well, well on 09:33 - Oct 20 by noggin |
I remember when Aluko was a rubbish signing. |
Aluko a rubbish signing, Nsiala being rubbish, Cook was wrong to offload the old team.  |  | | |
| well, well, well on 10:09 - Oct 20 with 447 views | ITFC_1988 |
| well, well, well on 08:14 - Oct 20 by Herbivore |
Can we not do the whole "we've turned a corner and everyone who doubted Cook is wrong" thing just yet? It happened after we trounced Donny and we followed it up with 4 points from our next 3 games, all of which were bang average or worse performances. Last night was great, first time we've looked genuinely convincing away from home in Cook's 8 months in charge. First time this season we've come out after half time and taken the game by the scruff of the neck rather than letting the opposition take charge. We still haven't won back to back league games under Cook and we're still sat in the bottom half after a kind set of opening fixtures. There's nothing to celebrate yet. We all want this to be a genuine corner turned this time but let's see what happens over the next few games. If we don't win either of our two remaining games this month then last night means very little. |
We have 14 points from our last seven games. Lost once in 8.
We had 3 points from our first 6.
Seems like a corner turned to me.
Fleetwood is a must win and then 2 very tricky away fixtures, which will tell us a lot about how good this team is.
It's interesting how when we win, for some, it's because the opposition are rubbish, and not because we were good. | | | |
| well, well, well on 10:10 - Oct 20 with 440 views | noggin |
| well, well, well on 09:44 - Oct 20 by textbackup |
not by me you cant.
I'd never heard of him and didnt pass judgement based on that. |
Sorry, wasn't aimed at you. | |
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| well, well, well on 10:12 - Oct 20 with 434 views | Herbivore |
| well, well, well on 10:09 - Oct 20 by ITFC_1988 |
We have 14 points from our last seven games. Lost once in 8.
We had 3 points from our first 6.
Seems like a corner turned to me.
Fleetwood is a must win and then 2 very tricky away fixtures, which will tell us a lot about how good this team is.
It's interesting how when we win, for some, it's because the opposition are rubbish, and not because we were good. |
On the last point it's mostly a bit of both. Cherry picking games and including pizza cup games to demonstrate form is fine if that's your bag, we're still yet to win back to back games though and we need to start doing so if we're going to climb the league quickly. We're still bottom half over a quarter of the way through the season and that's disappointing given our comparatively kind early season fixtures. | |
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| well, well, well on 10:14 - Oct 20 with 421 views | WilbrahamBlue |
| well, well, well on 07:41 - Oct 20 by Lightworker |
I'm not going to change my opinion based on one game, no.
It was a great win with some really good performances but it is only one game. We need to beat Fleetwood and then we have two difficult away games where we need to show up.
Some promising signs last night but lets see where we are after Wycombe before we get too excited. |
'one game'?
Nothing in the other 4 wins and 2 draws in last 7 games before today mean much? | | | |
| well, well, well on 10:26 - Oct 20 with 379 views | Lightworker |
| well, well, well on 10:14 - Oct 20 by WilbrahamBlue |
'one game'?
Nothing in the other 4 wins and 2 draws in last 7 games before today mean much? |
Perhaps read the OP again? | | | |
| well, well, well on 14:45 - Oct 20 with 279 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| well, well, well on 09:58 - Oct 20 by Bluefish |
You pushed this narrative so hard under Lambert as well. Do you base anything on performances or is it always blind optimism moral high ground? |
What narrative? i'm literally basing my thoughts on performances. 1 loss in 8 is a fact.
You're arguing in the negative following a 4-0 away win. Have a word with yourself fella. | |
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| well, well, well on 15:03 - Oct 20 with 262 views | Bluefish |
| well, well, well on 14:45 - Oct 20 by The_Flashing_Smile |
What narrative? i'm literally basing my thoughts on performances. 1 loss in 8 is a fact.
You're arguing in the negative following a 4-0 away win. Have a word with yourself fella. |
We are mid table and you are arguing that we are doing well because of one win. How can that be on performances when the majority of tbe time we have even poor.
You argued all last season how Lambert was doing well and the season before. | |
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