Not sure if I am that bothered about today tbh. If we could get a point then great. More bothered about the huge 6 pointer on Monday.
Enzo needs to take the kid gloves off, based on pure form alone Justin, Faes & Mavididi shouldn't be in the team Monday. Justin was playing well but almost as soon as Doyle got back fit he's gone to shit, no coincidence that during this poor run we've seen the Faes of last season, headless chicken bombscare of a defender. Stephy has been poor for a couple of months, Doyle, Coady and Marcal all need to start Monday
I'll take that point on a poor performance. Another one to our target. Milwall Bullied us. They will survive this season based on today. Introduction of fellows changed the game.
We really should have had that in the bag before the pen. Def 2 points dropped, but I agree with you — I think both sides will get what they need out of this season in the end.
Our aggregate against them this season is 11-2 in our favour over three matches. Considering how absolutely shite we are, that says everything you need to know about how bad Rotherham are . They'll be back in 12-24 months though.
League One does look as shit as ever to be fair. Those Pompey and Derby teams look crap on paper. Derby are made up of has beens.
They have a good model for their size of club. They don't overspend and get decent crowds for League One, meaning they always have a competitive budget for that level. And because they're a traditional lower league club they play without the suffocating pressure that the bigger clubs that get relegated to that division have to play under. Their fans don't expect promotion and treat it as a bonus so they can just keep doing their thing while bigger clubs with bigger budgets choke under the pressure.
That's the auto's done for us now. Our defence and ability not to close out a game is astonishing under Martin.
Russell Martin continues to achieve the bare minimum with boring football. We've dropped points against more poor opposition today.
Result of the weekend. Adding those players, despite their quality, is suicide in a Jan transfer window. Can see that ownership going tits up, all the while some Hull fans gormlessly waving Turkey flags
Good result with Hull losing Still looking over our shoulders. Norwich a win away from us and coventry Preston and Hull with a game in hand
We both failing the playoffs as well in my opinion, both teams will be entering it in a state and negative from missing autos. That will be between 5th and 6th. Also ideological managers.
When I saw that lineup I wasn't convinced, seemed a bit random and pulled out of the tombola. But fair play that was a cracking performance within our limitations and a deserved and incredibly important win. What a difference having an actual left back playing at left back makes. Enda Stevens really balanced out the team and kept Philogene in his pocket. Someone should tell the recruitment team that proper full backs in their natural position is important because they seem to keep forgetting that
Yeah if Leicester drop into the playoffs I think you'll blow it because the mindset will be so negative after you had such a seemingly unassailable lead. Not so for Southampton, I don't think they've ever been nailed on for automatic at any point and have always been in contention rather than in a position of control. So I think the mindset will be slightly different and it won't feel like such a failure.
