Many forget the last time we had a penalty debacle and suggested this should be sorted out before games. If Cry had missed it would be a different conversation. If Piroe is the designated taker, it should have been him, regardless of mins on the pitch, which is not that important. Players are subbe...

But that was choice? No ?.. an could say the same for us tbf Indeed. We played with Bamford when he wasn't scoring goal because it was all about what else he brought to the team. We looked poorer as team with Eddie Nketiah or Joel Piroe. So by playing the striker you create less chances but are mor...

I think that is slightly doing Hull a disservice. They were completely In control for large parts of the game, we couldn't get near them. What they lacked was a proper 9. They had especially 1st half 3 or 4 lovely crosses into our box which likely a proper 9 would have been on the end of. As it was...

Totally agree :tup: how can anyone be so critical of our star attacker, but then support Piroe who quite frankly has been a disappointment this season contrary to his eleven goals. Did OK when he was on for 14 minutes last night. I support both. I still wonder why the continued slagging off of Piro...

The Subhuman wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 12:43 pm What if Piroe missed?

Then I would have blamed it on Summerville's shananigans putting him off!

We've had plenty of unconvincing moments but won, it just doesn't feel as nerve-wracking in December or November as it does in April. At this stage though it's wins that matter now so if we have to scrape by with poor performances and wins then so be it. If we play poorly and don't go up thats a di...

Oh I totally agree regards coaches/managers knowing a lot more than we/I do for sure, but how many more years do we have to live with "Bielsa did this , Bielsa did that" He got sacked in the end, at least lets give the praise to Farke who's still here rather than a bloke who was 4 manager...

I'll be watching a full replay of the match this afternoon, counting up all the errors we committed & admiring some of the good stuff, of course! Just remembered the Gray chance, where he blazed high and wide from a good position when it was 0-0. Easy to get caught up with how Hull had a lot of...

If anything last night's performance gave me even more confidence. We were below our best, in possession, but we defended well. Hull had 2 chances of note, and one of them was the goal. Their second chance was a curler from the edge of the box but we had the opportunity to do that when the ball fell...

I wonder if Joe Wilkinson would have scored that last night? If they are doing questions on that podcast someone should send that in.

Although you could argue it’s a very intelligent pass from the much underrated Piroe. He sees the keeper and says there you go Dan have a pop. Piroe is too far back to have a go himself and gives Dan a nice angle. Shot to nothing. He could of course have hoofed it himself. This may be bollocks but ...

Piroe can be as fuming as he likes, Cree earned the penalty & then put it away to give us the three points we arguably didn't deserve. Joel has more or less sat on the bench for three months, due to a run of poor & ineffective performances. You wouldn't have been saying the same if he misse...

Sean_Nile wrote: ↑Tue Apr 02, 2024 10:51 am Do you think there are bonuses for scoring a penalty or being top scorer for the season... Was there financial motivation?

There will be goal bonuses but I think it is more about a player wanting to be top scorer rather than the money.

43 out of a possible 45 points should be what dreams are made of, so why does this feel like a nightmare? Certainly doesn't feel like a nightmare to me. 41 points from 45 is remarkable. Given how far behind we were it is amazing to be in with such a good chance. Not a lot we can do if Ipswich and L...

Then Piroe got it and calmly passes to DJ for his 235 yard 3 iron in to the hole. Also Rutter tries a drag back when a simple pass left and right is on and loses it in the centre circle. Mind you he was brilliant for the first goal. The absurdity of what constitutes an assist is that Piroe gets cre...

Yes, we looked the fitter side & they did tire at the end. Much like with Bielsa I think our fitness levels are fantastic. We have seen a lot of teams really go at us, high press etc but then they cannot maintain it for the full 90. We have a team that can go right to the end at full pace even ...

That doesn’t happen though. Maybe it’s because DF seems such a nice guy, hugging and kissing his players after the game - does he have that steely control needed at such times? I wonder :duno: I think the decision was made before the match but like I mentioned in an earlier post it was easy to see ...

Damn, I was hoping we’d hit 99 points. Now I see we’ve fallen short. Bugger. Estimate is based on us maintaining the same form we have shown all season taken into account home and away perfromances and results against top half and bottom half. We have continually pushed our estimated target upwards...

I felt that once we’d scored, we seemed to be okay with them having the the ball and conserved our energy knowing they played with a false nine and wouldn’t be troubling us too much - which they didn’t apart from the odd time (they had the ball in front of us but rarely behind) When you are at the ...

BobHirst wrote: ↑Mon Apr 01, 2024 11:48 pm Not a good Friday but resurrected on Monday.

A mixed Easter really when you factor in the other results. Ipswich taking 6 points, we got 4, Leicester 3 and Southampton 1.

I think it was a good weekend for us and nothing we can do about Ipswich taking 6 points.