The moaners are back .........unbelievable !!!!!

[nutty nigel 7,509]

This plan b nonsense stems from the fact that what many posters called "tippy tappy football" has never really been accepted. The critics just went quiet when we were winning. Nothing wrong with that, I don't like the more direct styles but you can bet i'd be quiet if we were winning playing that way.

It's not just on here, in the stadium too there's a lot of unease about how we play. Shouts of "get rid" as we try to play out still happen because many fans are totally frustrated by it and prefer a more up and at em approach.

If the results dry up at home the booing will be back, Webber will probably say if you cant appreciate this football go and support someone else, and with two shakes of a lambs tail the Messiah will once again be a very naughty boy.

 

[baldy09 155]

Trouble is with the critics on TV is that just not one of the fashionable clubs- and please guys let there be some open and honest debates without some righteous person thinking there opinion is the right one and yes we all like to moan sometimes about the club/game ,that's just the way it is. whether negative our otherwise

[nutty nigel 7,509]

4 minutes ago, baldy09 said:

Trouble is with the critics on TV is that just not one of the fashionable clubs- and please guys let there be some open and honest debates without some righteous person thinking there opinion is the right one and yes we all like to moan sometimes about the club/game ,that's just the way it is. whether negative our otherwise

Is open and honest debate not what's happening?

[A Load of Squit 5,128]

Nearly a decade of not having a plan B. 😀

[Rhino1 292]

I am not knocking open debate , and difference of opinions, all for it!!! But there is a line where it moves into the absurd, without any perspective. We are in the premier league ( couldn’t have dreamed of that 12 months ago!!!); we have just beaten one of the best teams in the world (couldn’t ever of dreamed of that!!!) - lost to a very well organised Burnley side - and suddenly Farke should done this, done that !!! Farke is the best manager we have ever had — ( not perfect but more perfect than we have had before)!! 

[Alex Moss 2,165]

10 minutes ago, A Load of Squit said:

Nearly a decade of not having a plan B. 😀

A lot of posters missing from 2009, Squit - I wonder where they are now?

[Midlands Yellow 3,932]

Looks like the home form will have to remain very good to stay up . Without a doubt the Liverpool performance was our best effort away from home so far . 

Norwich were bullied yesterday and looked very light weight all round . Here’s hoping we’re brave next week and up for a physical fight . 

[Aggy 752]

27 minutes ago, nutty nigel said:

This plan b nonsense stems from the fact that what many posters called "tippy tappy football" has never really been accepted. The critics just went quiet when we were winning. Nothing wrong with that, I don't like the more direct styles but you can bet i'd be quiet if we were winning playing that way.

It's not just on here, in the stadium too there's a lot of unease about how we play. Shouts of "get rid" as we try to play out still happen because many fans are totally frustrated by it and prefer a more up and at em approach.

If the results dry up at home the booing will be back, Webber will probably say if you cant appreciate this football go and support someone else, and with two shakes of a lambs tail the Messiah will once again be a very naughty boy.

 

I don’t think that’s just us though, I think most fans of English football have grown up with a safety first, get rid, physical, don’t pass it around at the back type approach. Many of us will have played youth football as kids or Sunday league or whatever with the same approach. That’s beginning to change and even at “grassroots” and pub footy level nowadays you see much more willingness to try and pass it around.

I don’t think the plan b needs to be a change of formation or players necessarily. We need to figure out a way to beat the press - sometimes you can’t and results like yesterday will happen. It sounds as though Leitner coming on helped a bit yesterday - probably having a slightly “trickier” player in holding midfield helped beat the press. Maybe the five at the back option mentioned above would give us (a) an additional player to help playing it out but (b) also the opportunity to push the wing backs higher, allowing a slightly more direct option to by pas the press. Agreed three/five at the back doesn’t work at the moment with injuries though. 

One option might be to play a more out and out winger to stay high and wide, and give us that outlet to try and by pass the press/make the opposition think twice about closing down with the extra man. You’d think Roberts was the obvious choice but doesn’t seem to be rated. Drmic possibly?

[sonyc 5,490]

Even the mighty Man Utd have gone 2-0 down at West Ham. And such an expensively assembled team.

[Rhino1 292]

And didn’t Man City win 8 -0 yesterday - and I think we may have beaten them, without a plan b , without putting on substitutes ?

[nutty nigel 7,509]

West Ham are ordinary at this level. If we want to stay up we need to be beating mid-table teams like West Ham... 

[Rhino1 292]

13 minutes ago, nutty nigel said:

West Ham are ordinary at this level. If we want to stay up we need to be beating mid-table teams like West Ham... 

Myopic comments like this are exactly what my rant has been about!! Thank you nutty Nigel for proving my point.( I won’t call you a **** or a moronic whinger because of deference to my wife)!!!!

[Rivvo 257]

I think you may have misconstrued that one!

[nutty nigel 7,509]

Lol. It was a real post from after the West Ham game though. Honest. Just not mine.🙃

 

[Boris 56]

Nothing about the moan etc its quite  simple !

In live need to be objective not matter is you team or not who play good or bad!

and after poor display yesterday what ppl need to do?To talk once more about Man City win or what!?

We have hard run of fixture without doubt and im happy with this 6 pts but been away at West Ham and watch on TV full Burnley game its quite obvious despite some 20 min spells we are not treat and not penetration at all in both of them.

Farke do wonders but evry one need to learn from his mistakes and I believe we badly need to change approach for such away games simply because we have a lot of them next 3 4 weeks.

Its a shame for him to talk about stats ,shots, possession  etc after game interview , because game was over after 15 min !

About substitutions only will add that we hardly will make Roberts and Drmic settled anytime soon when they have 5 10 min per game even on matches that we badly need to change something.

With 10 inj players not much room for changes but at least approach must be different for away games to have any chance to add points imo.

 

[TIL 1010 4,721]

8 hours ago, Alex Moss said:

Yeah, he’s a human being. So you need to accept that. Because never on Planet Earth has a human being got every single decision right. 

I must introduce you to my wife Alex. 😜🤣

[Surfer 1,547]

Fact is the manger picks a team and tactics and then it’s up to the players to execute that. So first level analysis should be - did the players execute? And the answer to that, yesterday, was no. Our goal scoring machine didn’t score, and several times our defense gave the ball away to their press. So plan B would be what?  Normally swapping the players who are under performing with like players who may be able to execute better. 

So what is plan C and D? I think we have to solve our injury crisis before we worry about that.

Edited September 22, 2019 by Surfer

[Alex Moss 2,165]

21 minutes ago, TIL 1010 said:

I must introduce you to my wife Alex. 😜🤣

Hahaha brilliant John 😂, bring her to Palace! 😂

[Drazen Muzinic 1,444]

7 hours ago, Rhino1 said:

Myopic comments like this are exactly what my rant has been about!! Thank you nutty Nigel for proving my point.( I won’t call you a **** or a moronic whinger because of deference to my wife)!!!!

Whoosh...

[SwindonCanary 455]

You have to admit, the Burnley result was bad and we needed to change 

[Budapest Canary 152]

Moaners want their moanie back?

[Jim Smith 2,314]

Here is how it works (or should do). Norwich play well and we say they have played well. Norwich play badly and people are allowed to point out the fact they have played badly. Since were fans not allowed to comment honestly on games? Its like there is some kind of cult where anyone who points out we have made a mistake or not done something well in a game is disloyal and must be banished.

Last week they were magnificent and were rightly praised. this week the first 20 minutes was appalling (particularly in comparison when you look at the defending) and I don't see why fans on a message board can't say that? Its not like we are booing them off the pitch or calling for Farke's head, just passing a comment on the game. what do you want fans to say after a 20 minute spell like that where we let their main striker score twice in 5 minutes when unmarked from crosses? Not mention it? That the boys played really well?

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,777]

9 minutes ago, Jim Smith said:

Here is how it works (or should do). Norwich play well and we say they have played well. Norwich play badly and people are allowed to point out the fact they have played badly. Since were fans not allowed to comment honestly on games? Its like there is some kind of cult where anyone who points out we have made a mistake or not done something well in a game is disloyal and must be banished.

Last week they were magnificent and were rightly praised. this week the first 20 minutes was appalling (particularly in comparison when you look at the defending) and I don't see why fans on a message board can't say that? Its not like we are booing them off the pitch or calling for Farke's head, just passing a comment on the game. what do you want fans to say after a 20 minute spell like that where we let their main striker score twice in 5 minutes when unmarked from crosses? Not mention it? That the boys played really well?

This.

When we beat Man City, we didn't become a top team overnight, but the players deserved lots of credit and they rightfully got it.

When we lost against Burnley, we didn't become dreadful overnight, but constructive criticism is justified and realistic suggestions on how to improve shouldn't be discouraged.

Comments like 'Delia should get out of our club, 'we're crap', 'Farke out', 'this style will never work', 'get it forward!!' and the like are the sort of comments we don't need and irritate people.

[nutty nigel 7,509]

30 minutes ago, Jim Smith said:

Here is how it works (or should do). Norwich play well and we say they have played well. Norwich play badly and people are allowed to point out the fact they have played badly. Since were fans not allowed to comment honestly on games? Its like there is some kind of cult where anyone who points out we have made a mistake or not done something well in a game is disloyal and must be banished.

Last week they were magnificent and were rightly praised. this week the first 20 minutes was appalling (particularly in comparison when you look at the defending) and I don't see why fans on a message board can't say that? Its not like we are booing them off the pitch or calling for Farke's head, just passing a comment on the game. what do you want fans to say after a 20 minute spell like that where we let their main striker score twice in 5 minutes when unmarked from crosses? Not mention it? That the boys played really well?

Surely as long as posts are within the rules, guidelines and spirit of the forum posters can post or reply however they like?

[splendidrush 699]

16 minutes ago, Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man said:

34 minutes ago, Jim Smith said:

 

Last week they were magnificent and were rightly praised. this week the first 20 minutes was appalling (particularly in comparison when you look at the defending) and I don't see why fans on a message board can't say that? 

When we lost against Burnley, we didn't become dreadful overnight, but constructive criticism is justified and realistic suggestions on how to improve shouldn't be discouraged.

 

No one says you can't express an opinion, I just don't agree that calling our Team 'appalling' is 'constructive' or 'justified'

We've just been promoted, we couldn't compete in the market over the summer and our squad has been decimated by injuries. 

If you said our performance was disappointing, I'd be inclined to agree.

[TeemuVanBasten 3,327]

I agree with the sentiments expressed in the OP.

With the exception of the claim that it was a young team. 

The average age of a Premier League starting XI this season has been 26 years 7 months and I shouldn't imagine it was too far away from that area.

[splendidrush 699]

1 minute ago, TeemuVanBasten said:

I agree with the sentiments expressed in the OP.

With the exception of the claim that it was a young team. 

The average age of a Premier League starting XI this season has been 26 years 7 months and I shouldn't imagine it was too far away from that area.

Maybe we should look at the number of Premier League appearances, experience at the top level may also be a factor. 

[Capt. Pants 4,195]

51 minutes ago, Jim Smith said:

Here is how it works (or should do). Norwich play well and we say they have played well. Norwich play badly and people are allowed to point out the fact they have played badly. Since were fans not allowed to comment honestly on games? Its like there is some kind of cult where anyone who points out we have made a mistake or not done something well in a game is disloyal and must be banished.

Last week they were magnificent and were rightly praised. this week the first 20 minutes was appalling (particularly in comparison when you look at the defending) and I don't see why fans on a message board can't say that? Its not like we are booing them off the pitch or calling for Farke's head, just passing a comment on the game. what do you want fans to say after a 20 minute spell like that where we let their main striker score twice in 5 minutes when unmarked from crosses? Not mention it? That the boys played really well?

100% this. The "negative" posts were perfectly reasonable and any slight veiled criticism at Farke to be expected. You have to take the rough with the smooth and DF knows that, not that he gives a jot about what the knobs on here write.

We've had the forum police trying to censor posts before. It didn't work then and it won't work now and if anything will make matters worse as people start getting wound up.

 

  

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 3,777]

16 minutes ago, splendidrush said:

No one says you can't express an opinion, I just don't agree that calling our Team 'appalling' is 'constructive' or 'justified'

I never said it was. 'Appalling' is a bit too far, I'd say.

[ron obvious 1,499]

I really don't expect too much this year. I expect it to be rather like Farke's first year, albeit more difficult. He's got a lot to learn & we've been clobbered by all the injuries.

But if there's one thing that Daniel possesses above all else it's footballing intelligence & he has picked a squad to reflect that. He will learn, & he will find a way, but it'll take a while & I think could be pretty hairy come Christmas. Thereafter the return of some key players, the greater experience, the guts & determination these players have to play football will see us through.

But I'm expecting a tight finale to the season. Per ardua ad astra!