| 'Blip' PMSL 09:36 - Mar 9 with 2908 views | WarkTheWarkITFC |
We were excellent for two months and have been atrocious for five months. I think I know which one the blip was.
It was the one where teams were scared of us, gave us too much respect and we were yet to suffer any loss of confidence.
Southend are a laughing stock. Absolutely abysmal. Side full of kids and they have twice as many points as us over the last ten games!!!
It's not a blip lads. |  |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 09:38 - Mar 9 with 2886 views | bobbyramsey |
....and don't forget how good we were for the previous twelve months..... |  | | |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 09:38 - Mar 9 with 2889 views | BlueBadger |
Lambert has now taken us on multiple winless runs, one of which saw us relegated, all of which would have seen managers at other clubs sacked. |  |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 09:41 - Mar 9 with 2866 views | WarkTheWarkITFC |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 09:38 - Mar 9 by BlueBadger |
Lambert has now taken us on multiple winless runs, one of which saw us relegated, all of which would have seen managers at other clubs sacked. |
You are right.
The thing is though, other clubs aren't stupid enough to give their managers lucrative contracts, off the back of some of these poor runs, that they then can't afford to release them from.
What an utter shambles. | |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 09:46 - Mar 9 with 2837 views | WD19 |
We were not 'excellent' during those 2 months either.
We generally did enough.....against poor sides.....who clearly feared us a little. We also had a decent amount of luck.
KVY was 'excellent'. Holy was generally very good. Downes grew into his role. Norwood ran about with a lot of enthusiasm.
I would say we were only ever 'excellent' in spells though.....and certainly never for 90 minutes at a time. |  | | |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 09:53 - Mar 9 with 2809 views | WarkTheWarkITFC |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 09:46 - Mar 9 by WD19 |
We were not 'excellent' during those 2 months either.
We generally did enough.....against poor sides.....who clearly feared us a little. We also had a decent amount of luck.
KVY was 'excellent'. Holy was generally very good. Downes grew into his role. Norwood ran about with a lot of enthusiasm.
I would say we were only ever 'excellent' in spells though.....and certainly never for 90 minutes at a time. |
We had an excellent two months then. 8 wins and 3 draws without defeat is excellent.
But in that you have
Burton - 1-0 - we were lucky to get a win
Sunderland - 1-1 - excellent first half and then hanging on
Peterborough - 2-2 - fairly even and we were lucky to equalise in stoppage time
Wimbledon - 2-1 - we were very poor and somehow nicked it at the death
Bolton - 5-0 - everyone was beating them 5-0
Shrewsbury - 3-0 - one excellent half and one poor one
Doncaster - 0-0 - we were awful
MK Dons - 1-0 - brilliant first half, poor in second
Gillingham - 1-0 - good first half, okay second
Tranmere - 4-1 - awful first half, excellent second
Fleetwood - 1-0 - reasonable in both halves
Only 4 goals conceded in 11, partly because teams didn't attack us but sat back and hoped to nick something. In those 11 games, which was title winning form, we had four excellent halves of football and were average across the rest.
The signs were there. We haven't had a good 90 minutes all season. | |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 09:54 - Mar 9 with 2806 views | Herbivore |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 09:46 - Mar 9 by WD19 |
We were not 'excellent' during those 2 months either.
We generally did enough.....against poor sides.....who clearly feared us a little. We also had a decent amount of luck.
KVY was 'excellent'. Holy was generally very good. Downes grew into his role. Norwood ran about with a lot of enthusiasm.
I would say we were only ever 'excellent' in spells though.....and certainly never for 90 minutes at a time. |
Agreed, but what we managed to achieve was to be pretty solid and well organised and we had a consistent spine to the side. It was pretty average stuff but our individual quality was usually worth a goal or two from that solid base and we rarely conceded. It all went tits up when Lambingo really kicked in and we no longer had much in the way of shape or organisation and the line up went through a minimum of four changes every week. |  |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 11:21 - Mar 9 with 2739 views | TractorCam |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 09:54 - Mar 9 by Herbivore |
Agreed, but what we managed to achieve was to be pretty solid and well organised and we had a consistent spine to the side. It was pretty average stuff but our individual quality was usually worth a goal or two from that solid base and we rarely conceded. It all went tits up when Lambingo really kicked in and we no longer had much in the way of shape or organisation and the line up went through a minimum of four changes every week. |
But rotation will help us in the second half of the season whilst other teams tire. |  |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 11:26 - Mar 9 with 2728 views | Herbivore |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 11:21 - Mar 9 by TractorCam |
But rotation will help us in the second half of the season whilst other teams tire. |
Yes, I can't wait for our freshness and tactical flexibility to start paying off........... | |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 11:41 - Mar 9 with 2683 views | BtreeBlueBlood |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 11:21 - Mar 9 by TractorCam |
But rotation will help us in the second half of the season whilst other teams tire. |
And then we played Accrington live on tv!
Then everyone saw how to play us!! |  | | |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 11:45 - Mar 9 with 2669 views | TheTrueBlue1878 |
Warky, I know that you are an intelligent poster.
Do not fall for Paul Lambert's press conferences. He has been playing these sort of cards at every club he has been at.
Could paste some articles of his time at Villa and Stoke and they are carbon copies of his Ipswich ones. |  |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 11:50 - Mar 9 with 2650 views | TractorCam |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 11:41 - Mar 9 by BtreeBlueBlood |
And then we played Accrington live on tv!
Then everyone saw how to play us!! |
Ooooo I like that one, we shall add Sky Sports in our growing list to blame for our failure  | |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 13:35 - Mar 9 with 2522 views | BlueBadger |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 11:26 - Mar 9 by Herbivore |
Yes, I can't wait for our freshness and tactical flexibility to start paying off........... |
Plus, the matchday experience is much better now. | |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 13:36 - Mar 9 with 2520 views | Herbivore |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 13:35 - Mar 9 by BlueBadger |
Plus, the matchday experience is much better now. |
And the football is much better, if you ignore the fact that we don't create chances, or score goals, or win games. | |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 13:51 - Mar 9 with 2491 views | BlueBadger |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 13:36 - Mar 9 by Herbivore |
And the football is much better, if you ignore the fact that we don't create chances, or score goals, or win games. |
The performances have Improved. Look at the difference between us losing limply to top 6 Fleetwood compared to losing limply to Coventry, in the top 6. | |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 13:54 - Mar 9 with 2477 views | Swansea_Blue |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 13:36 - Mar 9 by Herbivore |
And the football is much better, if you ignore the fact that we don't create chances, or score goals, or win games. |
In fairness there was a time last season when the football was much better. It seemed to be a fairly minor deviation from the general trend though - I'm not sure what work would best describe such an event. |  |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 13:58 - Mar 9 with 2464 views | Darth_Koont |
Agree on the whole.
Although we weren't remotely "excellent" for two months - our results were. I remember saying at the time that it was very encouraging that we weren't playing that well but were finding it no problem to gain points. The division felt very Mickey Mouse and it seemed inevitable that we could find another gear in our performances with momentum and confidence.
How wrong I was. Not only did the other teams start to get their act together as the season went on but we generally became much more random and incoherent.
We've had a shocker. |  |
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| 'Blip' PMSL on 13:59 - Mar 9 with 2456 views | BlueBadger |
| 'Blip' PMSL on 13:54 - Mar 9 by Swansea_Blue |
In fairness there was a time last season when the football was much better. It seemed to be a fairly minor deviation from the general trend though - I'm not sure what work would best describe such an event. |
Ah yes, the 'improved performances' that saw us picking up as many points as we had before. | |
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