Whitey Grandad

Not so much that as a team that doesn’t believe in the way of playing. There was only one team yesterday that had any desire about the result. The team selection was an insult to the supporters.

I feel much the same. In some ways I’d rather not be bothered about the two games in the playoffs. I cannot raise any excitement for them and I could do without the distraction. My garden needs attention as well as a hundred other things.

And the manager.

Initially I was prepared to give him a chance but now, like you, I’ve had more than enough.

A beautifully constructed goal for Hull makes it 2-2

Meaningless. The fact that the unbeaten games happened consecutively is a statistical quirk. Spread them out more randomly and you will see that they were simply part of a pattern. So far we have lost 11 games out of 45. That means we were unbeaten in 34 games. Ipswich have been unbeaten in 38 out of 34. Leicester 34/44, Leeds 36/45. They are all good figures but the fact that a lump of ours came in a contiguous run is nothing worth celebrating.

A broken one.

They kept waiting in the freezing rainy weather for at least twenty minutes. What does anybody expect?

In my opinion possession in your own half shouldn’t count.

It’s not an argument, it’s a discussion and in my case all views are welcome. In the case of Jack Stephens my opinion is based on several seasons of watching him perform. I just don’t think he has the ability to concentrate for a whole 90 minutes or more. In the Premier League especially everything happens very quickly and your reactions and positioning have to be instinctive because there’s no time to think. In my opinion he too often gets caught ball watching or goes off chasing rabbits.

He’s not very good. That’s the problem.

I’m more concerned about the team than any individual players. We need a settled first eleven who know each other’s game inside out. After 44 games you might expect us to have that. Too much chopping and changing and trying to be too clever.

We’ve lost our last two games. Do you want to go into the playoffs having lost our last four?

No. We need to prepare for the playoffs with our best possible team. Now is not the time to take any risks.

Ah. Of course.

Unless we play each other?

4-0 now

Their goal difference is getting worse 😃

Like they are tonight? Still half a game to go of course.

If it wasn’t done during this season why would you expect any different next?

It’s even easier than that. Beat Stoke 6-0 and if Ipswich don’t get more than a draw we might only need to beat Leeds 5-0 😳

Which I don’t believe we have.

I normally do such sums in my head but for this I used an online calculator which I misread. Not far away though and I wasn’t clear exactly what you were including regarding Downes which is why I asked for clarification. Whatever. It’s a lot of goals to let in.

Man I honestly don’t see what you mean ☺️

I think it’s the reverse. Our players tire themselves out whilst most of the opposition take a breather.