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Can we have some calm for once?

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Drico said:
I'd take a few clean sheets right now. Scoring might win you games, but clean sheets keep you from losing them. For all our defensive improvement, we are keeping very few clean sheets.
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Yeah that too. Performances may be much better but we need to start getting more points. That's the long/short of it.
 
riddick said:
Yeah that too. Performances may be much better but we need to start getting more points. That's the long/short of it.
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Agreed. I'm not too downhearted. I think the manager is doing reasonably for now. But he's not out of the woods by any means and he must start winning matches. The run from now until the World Cup will be instructive. It could be the making or breaking of the season - and the manager. This is a great opportunity for him to really put down firm foundations for his tenure. Win three or four of those six games and he is set fair. Take three or four points from 18 and the writing's on the wall. Whatever happens, I think we'll all be in a position to make a fair assessment of the season come the World Cup.
 

UltraVires said:
Yes we have lost two games but there seems to be a lot of concern that we are no further on than last season.

Yes, both performances were disappointing that we sat back so much but realistically we are only just getting forward options fit/settled in and include Onana in that because the way he strides forward is incredible.

We restricted Spurs to very little last night and arguably we had the better chances in that first half alone. Once we get past Newcastle in the week, we play teams that are going to be around us this season and if we maintain the defensive quality we have shown then we will keep clean sheets and it will give the attackers a platform to build from.

I would not judge us on these two defeats but where we are come the WC break. If we are close to relegation by then it will start to sound alarm bells but I don’t think we have seen anything like last season (even against United wasn’t that bad) and that can only be positive.
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Going on the last two games I think we will have to settle for bottom half.
 

UltraVires said:
Yes we have lost two games but there seems to be a lot of concern that we are no further on than last season.

Yes, both performances were disappointing that we sat back so much but realistically we are only just getting forward options fit/settled in and include Onana in that because the way he strides forward is incredible.

We restricted Spurs to very little last night and arguably we had the better chances in that first half alone. Once we get past Newcastle in the week, we play teams that are going to be around us this season and if we maintain the defensive quality we have shown then we will keep clean sheets and it will give the attackers a platform to build from.

I would not judge us on these two defeats but where we are come the WC break. If we are close to relegation by then it will start to sound alarm bells but I don’t think we have seen anything like last season (even against United wasn’t that bad) and that can only be positive.
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There is a reason one of the most visited threads is the mental health one. Most blues on here are very, very dysfunctional. Hence hysterical responses are the norm, we win one, and we’re heading for the top six, we lose one, we are heading for the championship. ???
 

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