Relegation 23/24 Thread

[Kenwright is a Kopite]

Where are the other 12 coming from?

probably 3 points off Chelsea

 

[Saint Domingo]

4 games is a ridiculous sample to judge on

 

[johnjf]

4 games is a ridiculous sample to judge on

It's not really with the teams we have played

 

[USABlue]

It's not really with the teams we have played

And how we played most of the end of last season

 

[windymiller]

4 games is a ridiculous sample to judge on

I mean, he's been our manager for 23 games.

 

[wainy]

If anything, we look worse than last season. That midfield is gonna get destroyed most games and the back 4 isn't good enough to deal with that.

 

[Goodisongang]

4 games is a ridiculous sample to judge on

What about the other 20 odd games?.

 

[MikeH72]

4 games is a ridiculous sample to judge on

I agree. So I’ll judge him on the 24 games he has managed for us.

 

[LucBesson]

The problem is when you don't beat the likes of Wolves and Sheffield you have to then make up the dropped points with a shock win somewhere home or away.

This is the long and short of it. And whether you're for or against Dyche comes down to whether you think we're capable of shock wins. I personally am. Let's see...

 

[Mrbluenose]

One point from twelve, conceding eight in four games, very much relegation form.

Dyche needs to come up some answers sharpish. The break has come at a good time for him.

 

[Roachey11]

I don’t understand how anyone can see that as a point gained. If we’d picked up a couple of wins or even one win from our previous games then you could say it was a decent result. As it happens we didn’t. So it was a dreadful result.

Agreed. We very nearly lost it too.

 

[meagher94]

At least 4 needs to come from Bournemouth-Luton home games, Dyche will be very close to the sack if it's any less than that.

Beyond that it does look sobering reading....up to December it's also Arsenal, Brentford, RS, West Ham, Brighton, Palace and Man. United.

Wouldn't rule out a shock win v Brighton due to the 5-1 and they could be coming off a tough europa game but let's be honest in pretty much all the other games draws would be celebrated as pretty good results. The problem is when you don't beat the likes of Wolves and Sheffield you have to then make up the dropped points with a shock win somewhere home or away.

I might end up looking silly but think we beat Arsenal. They're not clicking at the moment and we've got a good record against them at home last few years. Partey looks to be out long-term too. Imagine Beto running their backline ragged and then Calvert-Lewin coming on for the last half hour to give them hell.

 

[MikeH72]

I might end up looking silly but think we beat Arsenal. They're not clicking at the moment and we've got a good record against them at home last few years. Partey looks to be out long-term too. Imagine Beto running their backline ragged and then Calvert-Lewin coming on for the last half hour to give them hell.

The problem is that we leak goals like a sieve at the other end and have a midfield that gets walked through on a weekly basis. Arsenal also have an abundance of danger men in the final third of the pitch to punish that. We’ve beat them the last 4 times at Goodison, they are definitely overdue a result there. I can’t see us winning that but wouldn’t completely rule it out as Arsenal are very flaky.

 

[thorney33]

Why didn't we target Postecoglou?

At least we'd be scoring regular goals.

 

[Eggsyblueskin]

Brighton and us are a million miles away in terms of management control and football ability
Where have we gone so wrong?

Brighton are an outstanding example of what can be achieved with a high level of planning, vision and organisation.
We are the polar opposite.
For 30 years we have lacked any vision , our organisation has been second rate at best, and our planning has been based around the sole aim of survival.
The club has literally decayed and withered before our eyes.
Perhaps our last hope of introducing the necessary level of administration and vision was the MSP deal and now that has failed I think we are rapidly approaching end game.