Sallycinamon
Midfield
Before anyone says I’m not a bedwetter, a doommonger or a mag, just a disappointed fan.
The season’s been a disappointment, poor football against poor teams and two more trips to Wembley with once again nothing to show for. The only good teams in the division have ended up going up with the rest left to reflect on a poor season.
I honestly thought at the end of August when we were doing what most fans expected, easing past teams, that we’d piss this league but a poor September followed and a lot of the optimism gained by the good start began to drain away. We struggled to beat very poor sides, relegation fodder, and our inability to put teams away after scoring first came back to haunt us late in games.
Performances were laboured, attacking was very slow and predictable and besides McGeady and Maguire we had very little creativity. Losing Maja was a blow but losing one player shouldn’t define a season, Charlton lost their joint top scorer and Barnsley lost a couple of key players, neither were afforded the luxury of replacing them with a £4m player.
We were scoring in every game but when your leaking goals continually one goal isn’t enough, balls into the Sunderland box seemed to cause absolute panic in defence and a lot of soft scrambled goals followed. Since September we only really hammered 1 team and convincing wins were few and far between. The truth is we were getting by but all the signs were there that it wouldnt last. At the same time Luton were seemingly hammering everyone in sight by playing open attacking football, now there’s a novel idea!
1 win in the final 7 league games and 1 goal from open play in the last 4 games showed we were on our arses. Whether that was down to fitness, tactics or losing McGeady is debateable but it doesn’t bode well for next season. Big decision now for Donald and co. Do they stick with Ross or go for yet another management change in what has become a bad trend.
The season’s been a disappointment, poor football against poor teams and two more trips to Wembley with once again nothing to show for. The only good teams in the division have ended up going up with the rest left to reflect on a poor season.
I honestly thought at the end of August when we were doing what most fans expected, easing past teams, that we’d piss this league but a poor September followed and a lot of the optimism gained by the good start began to drain away. We struggled to beat very poor sides, relegation fodder, and our inability to put teams away after scoring first came back to haunt us late in games.
Performances were laboured, attacking was very slow and predictable and besides McGeady and Maguire we had very little creativity. Losing Maja was a blow but losing one player shouldn’t define a season, Charlton lost their joint top scorer and Barnsley lost a couple of key players, neither were afforded the luxury of replacing them with a £4m player.
We were scoring in every game but when your leaking goals continually one goal isn’t enough, balls into the Sunderland box seemed to cause absolute panic in defence and a lot of soft scrambled goals followed. Since September we only really hammered 1 team and convincing wins were few and far between. The truth is we were getting by but all the signs were there that it wouldnt last. At the same time Luton were seemingly hammering everyone in sight by playing open attacking football, now there’s a novel idea!
1 win in the final 7 league games and 1 goal from open play in the last 4 games showed we were on our arses. Whether that was down to fitness, tactics or losing McGeady is debateable but it doesn’t bode well for next season. Big decision now for Donald and co. Do they stick with Ross or go for yet another management change in what has become a bad trend.
