UncleBingo Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Really poor performance from both the players and management alike. Ritchie, Atsu and Perez particularly shite, Mitrovic back to his lumbering best and tactics appeared to revolve around giving the ball to Shelvey. Oh well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Sounds like a mixture of complacent behaviour and playing shite. We're still top, we move on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 The predictions in the pre match thread, 3-0, 4-0 etc We didn't know the line up tbf. Does that even get considered when making predictions? You never know the line up until the day. Changes, Mitrovic. Dummett. Lascelles. That team put out was plenty good enough. There should be no excuses about what the line up is gonna be ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 2 points clear.............the end game is promotion Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Really bad day at the office which you could see coming from the 1st minute. Atsu and ayoze were terrible. At least we don't have to wait long til our next game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 We're gonna lose to some utter shit at home this season if we persist with this one striker nonsense, mind. It might work if we had a good no.10 to play off the front but we don't. It's actually our weakest area of the team. Yep, assuming we get promoted a top quality #10 would be my first priority in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 The predictions in the pre match thread, 3-0, 4-0 etc We didn't know the line up tbf. We're chalk and cheese at home, regardless of the line-up tbh. We've had some big, comfortable wins achieved at a canter - juxtaposed with some inexplicable, listless defeats against weak sides. Could easily have spanked them if everyone had a good day, as we have done on other occasions this season. I don't think the team selection is the reason why we lost. Don't agree with that. The losses were early on when we were finding our feet. We've been dominant at home and away for a while now with mainly the same team with the odd change to right back, centre mid. This match had changes in every department and it was a bit too much. Shelvey and Gayle are our undroppable players imo. Those two in and the other changes might have done it, but I think Rafa pushed it overall and we got what we deserved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 As long as we win midweek I don't mind this result in isolation. We should still finish 1st in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Shouldn't be getting beat off these at home like! That's why I'm a 7.5-8.5 on the promotion-meter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Looking at it, even with a cup win in midweek, there's a high chance we could be 2nd by the end of the next round of league games as we play Forest 3 days after Hull and I'm not sure we could pull off a win there even before today's lost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Shouldn't be getting beat off these at home like! That's why I'm a 7.5-8.5 on the promotion-meter. We're much easier to play at home than away, like. We were bloody awful against Cardiff 3 weeks ago, too. We don't have enough threat and penetration when teams set themselves up to stifle. With Gayle off the pitch this is especially true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Bad day at the office, Blackburn played to their game plan fantastically and deserved that. A drop back to reality after a fantastic run but nothing more than that imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFCDoog Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Little bit concerning if only for the fact that our next two league games are quite tough so we need to bounce back quick. Forest unbeaten in their last 3 and won thr last 2 and then Birmingham at Home who are flying and in the play offs. Could be dragged right back into everything if them.results arent favourable Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 s*** result but we've been on such an excellent run, I can't feel too low about this. If we beat Hull in the Cup, and get 4 points from next 2 games, it's fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Shouldn't be getting beat off these at home like! That's why I'm a 7.5-8.5 on the promotion-meter. We're much easier to play at home than away, like. We were bloody awful against Cardiff 3 weeks ago, too. We don't have enough threat and penetration when teams set themselves up to stifle. With Gayle off the pitch this is especially true. Aye and we also lack that one player who can create something out of nothing, a player like Ben Arfa for example. We have fine players in general, but no-one special if you like and a Rafa team needs such a player because games like this (tight games) are quite common. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Absolutely shite. Not a big deal if we learn from this, but we can't afford complacency, too often. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Looking at it, even with a cup win in midweek, there's a high chance we could be 2nd by the end of the next round of league games as we play Forest 3 days after Hull and I'm not sure we could pull off a win there even before today's lost. Eh? Have we suddenly become unable to win anything? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Has Rafa said owt post match? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Feel like this is irrelevant after what happened to Palace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Shouldn't be getting beat off these at home like! That's why I'm a 7.5-8.5 on the promotion-meter. We're much easier to play at home than away, like. We were bloody awful against Cardiff 3 weeks ago, too. We don't have enough threat and penetration when teams set themselves up to stifle. With Gayle off the pitch this is especially true. We scored from 2 great moves against Cardiff and then sat off in the second, I'd hardly call that lacking penetration. Ipswich also came to sit and were battered. Same with Brentford, no? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Looking at it, even with a cup win in midweek, there's a high chance we could be 2nd by the end of the next round of league games as we play Forest 3 days after Hull and I'm not sure we could pull off a win there even before today's lost. Eh? Have we suddenly become unable to win anything? Some of the reactions seem a tad over the top, dare I say it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 We've just won 7 (or is it 8?) games in a row. This is a wake up call for the players and management alike. We'll be fine, fully trust Rafa to achieve what we need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 The predictions in the pre match thread, 3-0, 4-0 etc We didn't know the line up tbf. We're chalk and cheese at home, regardless of the line-up tbh. We've had some big, comfortable wins achieved at a canter - juxtaposed with some inexplicable, listless defeats against weak sides. Could easily have spanked them if everyone had a good day, as we have done on other occasions this season. I don't think the team selection is the reason why we lost. Don't agree with that. The losses were early on when we were finding our feet. We've been dominant at home and away for a while now with mainly the same team with the odd change to right back, centre mid. This match had changes in every department and it was a bit too much. Shelvey and Gayle are our undroppable players imo. Those two in and the other changes might have done it, but I think Rafa pushed it overall and we got what we deserved. Massive overreaction IMO, when have we lost with Mitrovic in the team? i don't really remember it happening much. Then you are looking at Atsu and Mbemba instead of Lascelles and Gouffran, so i don't see how the line up is to blame here. We just played badly and got punished for it for the first time since Wolves, don't particularly see how the lineup is to blame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 The predictions in the pre match thread, 3-0, 4-0 etc We didn't know the line up tbf. We're chalk and cheese at home, regardless of the line-up tbh. We've had some big, comfortable wins achieved at a canter - juxtaposed with some inexplicable, listless defeats against weak sides. Could easily have spanked them if everyone had a good day, as we have done on other occasions this season. I don't think the team selection is the reason why we lost. Don't agree with that. The losses were early on when we were finding our feet. We've been dominant at home and away for a while now with mainly the same team with the odd change to right back, centre mid. This match had changes in every department and it was a bit too much. Shelvey and Gayle are our undroppable players imo. Those two in and the other changes might have done it, but I think Rafa pushed it overall and we got what we deserved. Massive overreaction IMO, when have we lost with Mitrovic in the team? i don't really remember it happening much. Then you are looking at Atsu and Mbemba instead of Lascelles and Gouffran, so i don't see how the line up is to blame here. We just played badly and got punished for it for the first time since Wolves, don't particularly see how the lineup is to blame. Most of last season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour Posted November 26, 2016 Share Posted November 26, 2016 Gamez didn't look match fit at all today, far too many players lost 1 v 1s in the air especially Mitrovic They bullied us all over the pitch and showed a lot more desire, really poor day. I'm glad we didn't boo at the end though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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