BP1960 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 This should solve it; http://letsgrowleaders.com/everything-else/5-reasons-teams-lose-confidence/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapegoat Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 "When you are winning, you are seldom as good as you hope you are. And when you are losing, you are seldom as bad as you fear you are." Graham Tayor. Basically paraphrasing Rudyard Kipling "If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two imposters just the same" Our run of good results and performances had us feeling on a high, and some beliving that we were the best team and genuinely going to push for an automatic spot. A run of crap performances and results, although some of them in the cup which has lessened the impact on the league table, and some are now talking about scraping the points to avoid relegation. The truth no doubt lies somewhere in between. Sometimes an absolute hammering can be what a team needs to sit up and take notice. A win and a draw from the last 2 games would have been more than acceptable from most peoples point of view, and that would have seen us only 4 points better off in 5th and only 3 points from being out of the play-offs. Crewe, Barnsley and Doncaster are not totally daunting fixtures on paper - get a decent haul of points from those games and we will be talking about the play-offs again. For inspiration look at Sunderland. Got spanked away from home in similar fashion - playing a team in good form and moving up the table at the time of the fixture. Since then thay have lost to Man City and Arsenal; drawn to Everton, Leicster, Chelsae, Liverpool and West Ham; and beaten Palace and Newcastle. Securing 11 points from 9 games. A pretty creditable set of results for a team of Sunderlands resources in the Premier League. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted December 22, 2014 Share Posted December 22, 2014 Apologies to WC; We shall go on to the end. We shall fight away from home, we shall fight on in the mud and in the rain, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength on set plays and, we shall defend our SportsDirect.com stadium, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the pitch, we shall fight on the training ground, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills of Oldham; we shall never surrender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Was J. Wilson as bad as the goals suggest? Just watched them and he is at fault for the last six... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimeblue Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Didn't look to be anywhere near 400 Saturday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddy_Ender Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Was J. Wilson as bad as the goals suggest? Just watched them and he is at fault for the last six... He gave up and showed a side of himself ive never seen, watching from the stand some of his mannerisms off camera where shocking, he wasnt the only one Kenny and Elokobi where equally as bad which considering their pedigree was strange to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewBlue Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Was J. Wilson as bad as the goals suggest? Just watched them and he is at fault for the last six... If this game and the last means he won't get a move in January I can just about live with them on the proviso we quickly return to a bit of form. Hopefully they'll have had a greater good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 If this game and the last means he won't get a move in January I can just about live with them Provided a deal hasnt already been struck of course.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Karl Robinson possibly off to Brighton. Is this a good or a bad thing for haters of the unspeakable Mongs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Sinnott Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Karl Robinson possibly off to Brighton. Is this a good or a bad thing for haters of the unspeakable Mongs? I think I hate Karl Robinson more than I hate MK Dons... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Something hasn't been right with Wilson since his subbing at Dale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Something hasn't been right with Wilson since his subbing at Dale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAFC33 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Something hasn't been right with Wilson since his subbing at Dale. I think he's yet another member of the 1st team who's taken a dislike to Johnson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 is that whats been decided on here? all the players suddenly hate LJ now? how did that conclusion arise? how about this? YOU DONT HAVE TO LIKE YOUR BOSS TO DO YOUR JOB! lets hope this board produces less over reactions and bull :censored: in the new year and that Connor Brown stays where he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAFC33 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 is that whats been decided on here? all the players suddenly hate LJ now? how did that conclusion arise? how about this? YOU DONT HAVE TO LIKE YOUR BOSS TO DO YOUR JOB! lets hope this board produces less over reactions and bull :censored: in the new year and that Connor Brown stays where he is. Nothing sudden about it - it's just escalated during a bad run and some baffling comments and behaviour by LJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
24hoursfromtulsehill Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Nothing sudden about it - it's just escalated during a bad run and some baffling comments and behaviour by LJ. What's baffling? One feature of disasters is you can't easily rationalise them. If he looks like he's searching unsuccessfully for explanations, it's because he is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Nothing sudden about it - it's just escalated during a bad run and some baffling comments and behaviour by LJ. Has anyone at the club mentioned a fall out between the team and LJ or is it something that has appeared on here. General rule of thumb on OWTBs theories; 2 + 2 = bull :censored:! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaddy_Ender Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 To quote LJ in todays rarely wrong, "Do I believe in the players? Ninety-five-percent of them, yes. Maybe a couple have lost their way with me, but it's up to them to earn it back." It would suggest a couple of issues but I think you would get these issues in most teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
palmer1 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I would suggest the 5% don't get picked too often... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I would suggest the 5% don't get picked too often... Not sure, palmer1, would you include Poleon as one who has lost his way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_latics Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Re James Wilson. I think LJ thinks he always had that aspect to his game, but it's pretty much been non-existent since he came to us: LJ: "He had fundamental flaws in his game when he first arrived and was quite a petulant individual. But he has matured since then and has put in a lot of hard work to realise his potential." http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Ex-Bristol-City-starlet-James-Wilson-come-age/story-23729235-detail/story.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latics_Fanatic Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 I would suggest the 5% don't get picked too often... Dayton, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slystallone Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Re James Wilson. I think LJ thinks he always had that aspect to his game, but it's pretty much been non-existent since he came to us: LJ: "He had fundamental flaws in his game when he first arrived and was quite a petulant individual. But he has matured since then and has put in a lot of hard work to realise his potential." http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/Ex-Bristol-City-starlet-James-Wilson-come-age/story-23729235-detail/story.html Interesting read that article. So: by Palmer's OWTB logic, i'm going to go 2 + 2 = James Wilson is a bit of prick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slystallone Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Dayton, surely? + Mellor, Tidser....Amari Morgan-Smith? Connor Brown? Anyone not playing basically.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opinions4u Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 + Mellor, Tidser....Amari Morgan-Smith? Connor Brown? Anyone not playing basically.... Rachubka. Awkward if it is! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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