Wheels fell off, going down, Pearson out etc.
The worrying thing is that Nige has seemingly insisted that this 'squad' is good enough to secure a play off birth. Whilst we have seen occasional bursts of quality we are struggling to retain consistency. We are still lacking in a number of areas. Right back, creative winger and m/f. Big man to take the load off Matty and score a few goals.
The worrying thing is that Nige has seemingly insisted that this 'squad' is good enough to secure a play off birth.
I suspect that NP knows that we are some way off ready for the Premiership. Obviously, he cannot say so but, if he really thought that we were there, or there abouts, he would be snapping Milan's hand off at these newspaper promises of backing.
I genuinely believe that the best thing for our long term success would be more Championship experience for the likes of Morrison, Hobbs and King plus, if we can get past the fifty point safety mark with games left, try out some of the other young lads and then, a couple of shrewd purchases in the summer.
NP says 'players worked hard, but a frustrating day and we can play better than that'
The reason we won't be in the play off's come the end of the season is because we don't score anywhere near enough goals.
Teams in the lower half of the table have scored more than us.
Very little cutting edge in this team.
We can't afford to risk it though. Teams like Sheffield United and Cardiff have been "building" towards the Premier League for years.
Saying we can have another year for experience is all well and good, but this league is too volatile, you have to take the chance while you have it.
We have the same goals to game ratio that Birmingham had last year and they finished 2nd.
The difference being that Birmingham had that goal to game ratio at the end of the season not half way through it.
We seem to be leaving our decent form behind and conceding more than we are scoring, so how much longer do you think we will match Birminghams record?
P | Pld | Pts | |
1 | Leicester | 46 | 97 |
2 | Ipswich | 46 | 96 |
3 | Leeds Utd | 46 | 90 |
4 | Southampton | 46 | 87 |
5 | West Brom | 46 | 75 |
6 | Norwich City | 46 | 73 |
7 | Hull City | 46 | 70 |
8 | Middlesbro | 46 | 69 |
9 | Coventry City | 46 | 64 |
10 | Preston | 46 | 63 |
11 | Bristol City | 46 | 62 |
12 | Cardiff City | 46 | 62 |
13 | Millwall | 46 | 59 |
14 | Swansea City | 46 | 57 |
15 | Watford | 46 | 56 |
16 | Sunderland | 46 | 56 |
17 | Stoke City | 46 | 56 |
18 | QPR | 46 | 56 |
19 | Blackburn | 46 | 53 |
20 | Sheffield W | 46 | 53 |
21 | Plymouth | 46 | 51 |
22 | Birmingham | 46 | 50 |
23 | Huddersfield | 46 | 45 |
24 | Rotherham Utd | 46 | 27 |