| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? 17:32 - May 19 with 3013 views | TresBonne |
I keep saying everybody saying that we've got it massively wrong since Christmas, which is very true.
But where does this lie? I really thought we would have kicked on and got better during the season but we've managed to regress instead. We don't seem to have changed a great deal about our tactics, I don't think it's that.
For me, part of it is the injuries - at full strength, our squad is actually very good and has good depth. Then there's the January recruitment. Philogene has been pretty dire, we didn't get that third striker in meaning we had to play AAH, Palmer is also looking like he's regressed since his first few games, Godfrey is basically non-existent unless we get a red card.
Then again, I do still believe that at times we've just been on the wrong end of the stick in games. Think Clarke hitting the post to go 1-3 up at Fulham, yesterday we could've won the game based on the chances we created, conceded just after HT in a big game against United, conceded late against Southampton, could go on.
All in all, I think we'll do ok next season but personally I just can't see these group of lads bouncing us back immediately. I think we will finish in or around the playoffs. [Post edited 19 May 17:33]
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| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 05:51 - May 20 with 456 views | Len_Brennan |
Leicester have won the same amount of points in May, that we have amassed in all of 2025, and they did that under Van Niestelrooy, a man that most of us were sneering at as a dreadful managerial appointment. |  | | |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 06:03 - May 20 with 445 views | victorysquad |
For me, the mentality has not been right. We don't seem to win 50/50 challenges and we don't seem to be hell bent on winning any particular match. This is sport, it is competitive, and most Premier teams are fully at it for 90 mins, we have not been imo. It has all been a bit lack lustre and maybe too many players just happy to get a season of Premier League football under their belts. | |
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| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 06:20 - May 20 with 416 views | Churchman |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 05:51 - May 20 by Len_Brennan |
Leicester have won the same amount of points in May, that we have amassed in all of 2025, and they did that under Van Niestelrooy, a man that most of us were sneering at as a dreadful managerial appointment. |
Diving cheat RVN was a dreadful managerial appointment. Just because we’ve been so poor doesn’t make him any good. Leicester, who’ve spent all bar one of about the last ten years in the Premier League, have stunk the division out and been relegated by a country mile.
Im sure it’s not meant, but post implies you’d be happy to see RVN here instead of KM, which I most certainly wouldn’t. [Post edited 20 May 14:17]
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| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 07:40 - May 20 with 343 views | Len_Brennan |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 06:20 - May 20 by Churchman |
Diving cheat RVN was a dreadful managerial appointment. Just because we’ve been so poor doesn’t make him any good. Leicester, who’ve spent all bar one of about the last ten years in the Premier League, have stunk the division out and been relegated by a country mile.
Im sure it’s not meant, but post implies you’d be happy to see RVN here instead of KM, which I most certainly wouldn’t. [Post edited 20 May 14:17]
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The post is soooo NOT looking to suggest that I'd want to have RVN here as manager. The comment is highlighting the sheer extent of how poor we've been in 2025. | | | |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 08:37 - May 20 with 288 views | Garv |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 02:49 - May 20 by Illinoisblue |
Also; set pieces (failures from at both ends of the pitch). Was Taylor’s goal at Wolves the only set piece we scored all season? Must be more surely Shirley? |
Greaves at Anfield, possibly a couple more. Pretty sure we haven't scored a single one at home, though, which is fairly embarrassing.
Set pieces are a weird one. For the quality Davis has he doesn't put anywhere near enough dangerous balls into the box, either from corners or free kicks, and no one else seems capable. I'm not sure we've had a genuinely good set piece taker since Bulllard have we? Maybe Cresswell? |  |
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| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 13:38 - May 20 with 216 views | longtimefan |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 04:30 - May 20 by Ryorry |
Injuries, injuries, injuries.
Others have said that we failed to recruit enough quality players. Well we had quality players, but we had so many injuries, especially hamstrings, that KM was unable to put out his first choice team for even two games in succession, so of course key partnerships couldn’t be built.
Losing one of our best defenders for months due to a freaky domestic injury was sheer ill luck, but I hope our there’s a thorough investigation into/by our sports science and medical departments re the particular physical rigours of the EPL, and our allegedly extraordinarily intensive training sessions.
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I think the biggest difference since Christmas is the loss of Szmodics. Think his presence was vastly underated. He got through an enormous amount of work on the left hand side and it was obvious whoever came on to replace him around the 70min mark left gaps that he had covered. We also greatly missed his finishing! | | | |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 13:43 - May 20 with 209 views | SuffolkPunchFC |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 13:38 - May 20 by longtimefan |
I think the biggest difference since Christmas is the loss of Szmodics. Think his presence was vastly underated. He got through an enormous amount of work on the left hand side and it was obvious whoever came on to replace him around the 70min mark left gaps that he had covered. We also greatly missed his finishing! |
And Burns, which was a similar time IIRC. With Ogbene already out, that massively limited available players for KmK preferred style of play. | | | |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 13:56 - May 20 with 195 views | backwaywhen |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 13:38 - May 20 by longtimefan |
I think the biggest difference since Christmas is the loss of Szmodics. Think his presence was vastly underated. He got through an enormous amount of work on the left hand side and it was obvious whoever came on to replace him around the 70min mark left gaps that he had covered. We also greatly missed his finishing! |
That’s a great shout and his contribution has been missed badly , always looking to drive forward and can score goals . | | | |
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| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 14:14 - May 20 with 185 views | Radlett_blue |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 05:51 - May 20 by Len_Brennan |
Leicester have won the same amount of points in May, that we have amassed in all of 2025, and they did that under Van Niestelrooy, a man that most of us were sneering at as a dreadful managerial appointment. |
Most of the Leicester fans were sneering at his appointment as well. Unsurprisingly, he has done nothing to turn them around & we can only hope that he stays there for next season.
That doesn't take away from the fact that we've been very poor in 2025 & the promising performance at Fulham, where we should have won, seemed to be a turning point. Injuries have played their part, but I don't think McKenna has looked very adaptable this season. This wasn't a problem in the 2 previous seasons because we were winning most weeks. |  |
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| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 14:29 - May 20 with 172 views | Blue_In_Boston |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 18:36 - May 19 by benrhyddingblue |
Errr no! The narrative, as the posts on this thread point out if you’d bothered to read them, is that we simply weren’t good enough, and we weren’t. |
I would also add we haven't been good enough in the dugout. Yes, KMK is inexperienced at this level but he doesn't come out of this season with an enhanced CV. | | | |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 17:25 - May 20 with 127 views | Radlett_blue |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 14:29 - May 20 by Blue_In_Boston |
I would also add we haven't been good enough in the dugout. Yes, KMK is inexperienced at this level but he doesn't come out of this season with an enhanced CV. |
Indeed, uninspiring, like-for-like substitutions plus an unwillingness to change Town's style of play, which has left us very vulnerable. We also haven't done very well from set pieces, which was supposed to be a speciality of his. | |
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| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 17:36 - May 20 with 119 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 13:43 - May 20 by SuffolkPunchFC |
And Burns, which was a similar time IIRC. With Ogbene already out, that massively limited available players for KmK preferred style of play. |
I would raise you a Chaplin there too. Probably the best finisher aside from Szmodics. |  |
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| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 19:22 - May 20 with 84 views | ottovonbismark |
The simply inability to defend well, or at all in some instances, coupled with a poor midfield meant the inevitable happened. Always on the defensive, well more or less, little possession, lack of confidence, poor signings, poor substitutions, sometimes none at all. Inexperienced management unable to rectify the situation or identify the overwhelming need to steady the defense. | | | |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 19:38 - May 20 with 72 views | MVBlue |
| What has actually gone wrong since Xmas? on 19:22 - May 20 by ottovonbismark |
The simply inability to defend well, or at all in some instances, coupled with a poor midfield meant the inevitable happened. Always on the defensive, well more or less, little possession, lack of confidence, poor signings, poor substitutions, sometimes none at all. Inexperienced management unable to rectify the situation or identify the overwhelming need to steady the defense. |
Midfield ultimately showed up as the second half of season problem.
I'd be happy if we went out and signed 6 new midfielders this summer. |  |
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