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  4. Posted

    In the last 30 years Roeder easily no. 1 IMO, came across extremely unlikeable and a terrible manager of the team both on and off the pitch. Set the groundwork for relegation.

    Gunn unfortunately, he gets a pass in my eyes because he signed Holt but he never should have been appointed temporarily and giving the job permanently was madness.

    I’d probably go Grant for 3, nice man, poor manager.

    Hamilton probably gets more hate because of the Ipswich connections.

    I think Hughton and Smith objectively weren’t despite the very real issues both caused during their tenures personally.

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    1 hour ago, lake district canary said:

    My view is that it isn't terrible given the circumstances. It was a rough end to a PL season because of lockdown, then a superb season to get us back to the PL - and then another bum deal on circumstances.  Even if we had decent enough players and a settled team going into that second season, it would have been difficult enough, but we didn't, we didn't even have Nornann and Kabak to start with, after the covid truncated pre-season.

    The bare "6 wins in 49" thing ignores so many things that make that stat almost meaningless. 

     

     

     

    It was objectively terrible. No one is arguing there wasn’t mitigation.

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  6. Posted

    1 hour ago, ricardo said:

    Mediocrity is all part of the experience of supporting most football clubs except for the ultra elite. Neither good nor bad times last forever.

    There is a difference between understanding there will be periods of mediocrity and accepting it when it does.

    The cycles of good and bad are the result of decisions and actions.

    I don’t think any reasonable person thinks there will only be good, but it’s what’s being done in the bad that comes into focus. 

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    5 hours ago, nutty nigel said:

    So over the last 10 years our average position is roughly 24th

    Over the last 20 years our average position is roughly 26th

    Over the last 30 years our average position is roughly 27th

    C'est la vie say the old folks...

    Top 26 team was and is very reasonable ambition. Think any idea we can achieve much higher on average or accomplish the mythical established PL club is a step too far.

    Does explain why those of us in our 40s and younger have a reasonable expectation of that top 26 though, yes there’s been ups and downs but that’s what we’ve known.

  8. Posted · Edited by Monty13

    There’s definitely recency bias. However there’s also good reason for that in some ways and depends how you apply it.

    I don’t think being in the playoffs can be seen as a failure. However I do think failure to make them in two successive seasons given our recent financial advantages could be seen as so, although it’s based on the context of the last decade or so.

    Let’s not forget Alex Neil was sacked and a new regime and strategy implemented due to the failure of finishing 8th.

    I think there’s an argument to look at our entire history and where our natural place may be. I think there’s also an argument to look at things from the beginning of the PL and the massive changes that have occurred and judge our position on that average which ,without crunching the numbers, I’d assume even with a season in League 1 and some purgatory mid table Champ years is better.

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    1 hour ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said:

    Michael Bailey said a very similar thing, though. 

    I think it's more likely that this is simply lazy journalism linking Rashica with Leeds.

    I believe Bailey said that Farke wanted fewer players of better quality and the disagreement was Webber was worried about training methods and squad strength. I don’t think he got into specifics about players, but I think the suggestion was Rashica was a player Farke wanted. However I do agree this story is likely lazy journalism.

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    40 minutes ago, hogesar said:

    We won so complaints will be minimal but it was yet another example of awful officiating at this level. 

    No excuse for giving that Barnes offside and I'm not sure there were even big appeals from the Cardiff players at the time.

    And yes, completely missing McCallums handball is another.

    Like you say, evened itself out by those two decisions but I feel sorry for Barnes as it was a great run and finish.

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  11. Posted

    10 hours ago, Mr.Carrow said:

    We've been saying that for decades yet we always find new stars that people tell us will be instant relegation if we sell. Nunez now really looking the part, Kamara raved about at Pompey, Aboh being talked up by Wagner and may break through, Sainz on a free and looking stronger and more consistent by the week etc etc. 

    While this of course true the question is not will we find other players, it’s will overall the team be a bit stronger, a bit weaker or about the same.

    Also how long will that take, it’s entirely possible we sell Rowe and Sargent for bucketloads in the summer and end up with a stronger overall squad because of it but it takes time for that to show.

    When you lose stars there’s (understandably IMO) a distinct lack of patience from supporters when their replacements fail to immediately deliver. Not the players fault obviously, they didn’t sell the last guy or buy themselves but the weight of expectations still sits on them.

    I’m not sure if we don’t go up and we do make big money sales this summer there will be much patience to wait and see. Webber to be fair played a blinder in convincing everyone a team that finished 8th after a stint in the PL needed gutting and in shielding Farke that first season. 

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    12 hours ago, Norfolk Dan said:

    Work mate of mine is a Pompey fan & season ticket holder. Said, he has grown up, first part of the season he was too light weight, and kept turning back. 

    But now if you feed into him and force him forward, no choice but to take a man on, he is well worth the money to watch. Stronger and quicker than at the start of the loan. 

    He is first team quality. 

    Let's hope he is right ...

    I work with Pompey fans too, they are absolutely raving about him and desperate to get him again next season (if we both go up might be a possibility I guess).

    They think he’s easily their best player now (they weren’t sure on him at the start) and got PL potential which is obviously to be taken with a big pinch of salt but great to hear.

  16. Posted

    1 minute ago, Christoph Stiepermann said:

    If we're going to have goal music I'd much rather it be the Samba. Unless we score a really important goal the noise dies down quite quickly without goal music as we've found out in the past and all the other songs we've tried don't get people going in the same way. We've used that song mostly for the last 25 odd years and it works for us, no need to fix what isn't broken. 

    It’s all I remember hearing since I was a kid until recently. I associate that tune so much with us scoring, hearing something else has been weird, like it just feels wrong to me, especially as someone who only gets to a handful of games a season now.

  17. Posted · Edited by Monty13

    6 hours ago, norfolkngood said:

    he has Turned into a Great CF  through hard work and i imagine coaching ,

    Also a Good club man and Team player who gives his all every match 

    he is playing fantastically well but wonder if he may need a little clear up op on his Ankle or if he is just being Managed back ?

    in his interview he said i still have a problem with this ankle (or something like that )

     

    The camera focussed in on his ankle on second half kickoff and it looked like it was pretty heavily strapped.

  20. Posted

    16 hours ago, Indy said:

    So can we answer the question! Is it that Wagner is actually a good coach, him & his team

    have got the most out of Sarah, Sargent, Rowe, and the rest of a very ordinary squad? Or is it that Those old aging signings made by Webber are better than we thought?

    I’ve been saying for months I like Wagner and he’s getting the best out of a poor set of signings and development of some quality younger players! It’s now showing that he’s a decent coach punching above the position he should be with this squad IMO

    I think personally what I’ve learnt across the season is we have a talented but fragile squad and an equally fragile system. In that both are very dependent on Sargent. When he’s playing the rest of the team look elevated and the system looks spot on. However without him it’s like a key component is missing.

    The summer in standard Webber form was a mixed bag IMO. Stacy is a really good signing. Duffy was and is good competition for Hanley. Sainz looks a real special player, raw material there is very reminiscent of Emi (in terms of attitude and potential, they are different types of players).

    Fisher seems a good cheap punt on potential and low risk as backup given how uber fit Stacy seems. Barnes is good when he plays with Sargent, I think that’s how you have to judge his signing. Fassnacht is difficult, I really like him, flashes of top quality but otherwise can be quiet but pops up with goal contributions still which is surely the important thing much like Rowe (but less effective) who also drifts in and out of games.

    Long is what he is, a backup keeper who’s probably 1st choice in a league 1 team. Think that’s the reality of our current position. You’d need a replacement if we get promoted and definitely a new no1 if Gunn leaves but I think people are quite harsh on him, he’s nowhere near as good as Gunn or Krul, but that’s kind of the point.

    Batth was a pointless signing, as was Forshaw, absolute waste of finances.

    I think how we end up viewing last summer ultimately depends on the rest of the season.

    This team is more than good enough to be top 6 IMO. It’s all subjective but I genuinely think when fully fit we have arguably the 4th best 1st team in the league. Everyone outside the top 3 doesn’t look like they have noticeably more quality than us and that’s why it’s so tight.

    I think the issue is we don’t have a good enough ball playing CB, Kenny has been a revelation there and Wagner deserves credit for that move, but it also highlights the lack of that player especially given we signed two CBs.

    The other issue is we have 2 CM slots and need the talents of three players (with Kenny at the back) to make this system work really IMO because no one player can provide the screening, ball running (of McClean) and passing range (of Nunez) that we need alongside Sara to be fully effective.

    I think if Sargent stays fit we should finish in the playoffs, no doubt about that in my mind. I like Wagner too and I’m glad to see him turning it around, but I don’t think he’s punching above his weight. I think his system is too reliant on Sargent (not necessarily his fault) and it took him a while to figure out how to make things work in that key central area for the way he wants to play with the players we have.

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  21. Posted

    19 hours ago, BigFish said:

    5 or 6 points would keep us on track, any more is a bonus.

    100% agree, yet at the same time the way we are playing we shouldn’t be scared of any of these teams.

    We want to finish top 6 need to improve on our poor away form.

  23. Posted

    1 hour ago, Branston Pickle said:

    Does definitely look like Bashley was behind Sam when he played the ball…he’s a good yard over the line of the penalty area which is as good a straight line as you need!

    Yea exactly, terrible decision. There’s a line literally drawn perfectly at the point of play and McCallum and that defender are clearly in front of him even if he wasn’t level with the other two.

  24. Posted

    23 minutes ago, Daz Sparks said:

    Sydney's decision making was spot on, also shout out to Fassnacht, he made that happen in the prior piece of play. If you watch it back, they combined like they have been playing together for years. 

    That was cut above from Fassnacht and great decision making from SVH.

    Fassnacht has shown real top class IMO but admittedly fleetingly. I hope it’s just adjustment to England and he kicks on even more next season like previous foreign players. However even if he doesn’t he’s contributing with goals. 

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