Recent content by lieneverton

Be vital to keep it tight first 20-25 mins. If they get an early goal it's curtains. Expecting nothing, a point isn't totally unrealistic, a win and I'm taking Thursday off work. Squad management going to be crucial this week - not that we have many options. But big ask for the same 11 to put...

Shafting the travelling fans over aside, that's another incentive for us imo. They've desperately tried to whip up an all or nothing Friday night under the lights relegation slugfest (and ultimately help Lutons chances), be great for it to be near enough done and dusted by then and it be a...

Yep. Just highlights the scale of how in the mud we are. Even if we got, optimistically, 120m for JB and Onana, that will only serve to keep our heads above water because of the mess we are in. We look like getting by this season, but next season could be even more challenging given it looks...

Also just highlights the immense frustration in that we should be ending the season seeing if we can get towards a mid table finish, not still looking over our shoulders (albeit in a relatively strong position).

I don't. I'm expecting the majority of any player sales going towards our many hundreds of millions of pounds worth of debts.

Yeah I agree, the attitude was on point. If we didn't see some sort of reaction after Chelsea then we really are in trouble. As I've said in previous posts, I think the fact we didn't play well yet Forest only really had 2 clear chances shows just how bad this league is. There's an awful lot of...

I'll sound mad here but I think the nature of Mondays defeat helped us yesterday. We weren't great by any means but there was certainly a reaction in terms of mentality. If we'd got beat 1 or 2-0 at Chelsea I'm not sure if we get that sort of reaction. But because we were so abject, it...

People are letting the result massively colour the performance. We were not good and scored through 2 long rangers, one of them scuffed, and got away with at least 1 near-definite penalty. Do I feel sorry for them? No, not for a minute. Does the result matter far more than the performance? Yes...

The revisionism given we got the win is mind-blowing. Not saying all 3 were stonewall, they weren't, but if we were on the end of those decisions we wouldn't be quiet for years. Forest have every right to be livid with the ref and VAR, just they didn't need to communicate it via a work...

Ironically Barkley is just the sort of player, style wise, we need. I.e. can actually control a football, pass it, and run with it competently. I know, unrealistic expectations and all that.

Hardly doomsday to urge caution given the lack of rest we have this week and us playing a Brentford team who've suddenly found good form. And would you be comfortable going to Luton needing a result to keep them from getting too close? We'll very likely be fine as it will take a bizarre...

Despite him having the turning circle of a large cruise ship, he was the only one who looked remotely comfortable on the ball in the middle of the park. Doesn't help we collectively have no idea how to pass and move so nobody ever gives options. His first 25 mins yesterday mind were among the...

Yep. I don't care how bad SU have been, if we go into that game needing a win I do not trust us not to bottle it. It shouldn't come to that, but I think we're getting ahead of ourselves thinking that's not still a distinct possibility.

Yeah, horrible timing for the Derby. If we can squeak a win v Brentford then I'd feel a lot happier going into that Friday night game at Luton, because I simply don't trust our lot to handle the pressure if Luton have gained some ground on us by then.

Oh don't get me wrong, I realistically think we're almost there - but I think this week is going to be hugely challenging given the lack of rest. I'd be very happy getting to the Luton game knowing we'd still have a 2-3 point gap even if we get beat.