Arizona Posted 18 September, 2010 Share Posted 18 September, 2010 That's how long it was since we last played Colchester at home. The result... a 0-0 draw. It was the 5th game in a row Lambert hadn't scored from open play. We had yet to win a League game all season. We won just one of our next 4 games. We were in the relegation zone. Things were looking really bleak and there were already some whispers of Pardew out, yet we went on to be the second best team in the League over the course of the season. Just to put things into perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manji Posted 18 September, 2010 Share Posted 18 September, 2010 Stop thinking like that ! We need some wrist-slashing , bed-wetting over-reaction. Hysteria , panic , scape-goating (suggestions:Cortese, Puncheon, Adkins.). None of this lookatthebiggerpicture grown up nonsense ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madruss Posted 18 September, 2010 Share Posted 18 September, 2010 That's how long it was since we last played Colchester at home. The result... a 0-0 draw. It was the 5th game in a row Lambert hadn't scored from open play. We had yet to win a League game all season. We won just one of our next 4 games. We were in the relegation zone. Things were looking really bleak and there were already some whispers of Pardew out, yet we went on to be the second best team in the League over the course of the season. Just to put things into perspective. Nice parallel there. Last year's Colchester 0-0 was bloody frustrating, especially as they went down to 10 men quite early on. We didn't look like scoring in that game, but I thought in the second half today we were very threatening and if not for some desperate defending and excellent goalkeeping we would have Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocknrollman no2 Posted 18 September, 2010 Share Posted 18 September, 2010 I think the difference this season,was that our expectations were much higher and we are aware how good our players can play if they try.Still as you say Arizona,it does put things into perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfc4prem Posted 18 September, 2010 Share Posted 18 September, 2010 I think the difference this season,was that our expectations were much higher and we are aware how good our players can play if they try.Still as you say Arizona,it does put things into perspective. I agree to an extent to be fair, but expectation itself can be negative to the team (if they aren't used to pressure). But I think it's looking good compared to last year. Maybe we'll finish 2nd if we're lucky?? I think we'll get a playoff position though, unless we start scoring soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 18 September, 2010 Share Posted 18 September, 2010 TBF they are unbeaten and have been performing quite well, on the flip side our confidence is shot and we have absolutely no different options to try other than what we have already. Not a bad point in the scheme of things, but i was hoping for better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedArmy Posted 18 September, 2010 Share Posted 18 September, 2010 yet we went on to be the second best team in the League over the course of the season. Just to put things into perspective.Why do people keep saying this? Add back the 10 points and we finished 5th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 18 September, 2010 Author Share Posted 18 September, 2010 Why do people keep saying this? Add back the 10 points and we finished 5th. We were 3 points off second place and played a second string team in the penultimate game at Gillingham, knowing there was nothing to play for. I'm not saying we would have definitely won that under different circumstances, but it's quite likely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JibMcdo Posted 18 September, 2010 Share Posted 18 September, 2010 I thought the thread title was referring to the last time we scored a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside Saint 2 Posted 18 September, 2010 Share Posted 18 September, 2010 I thought the thread title was referring to the last time we scored a goal. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonnyboy Posted 19 September, 2010 Share Posted 19 September, 2010 and weve just lost to the team we beat 4 times last season, progress? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 19 September, 2010 Share Posted 19 September, 2010 That's how long it was since we last played Colchester at home. The result... a 0-0 draw. It was the 5th game in a row Lambert hadn't scored from open play. We had yet to win a League game all season. We won just one of our next 4 games. We were in the relegation zone. Things were looking really bleak and there were already some whispers of Pardew out, yet we went on to be the second best team in the League over the course of the season. Just to put things into perspective. I thought this season there would be no excuses The team is not playing well but of course this may change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu0x Posted 19 September, 2010 Share Posted 19 September, 2010 That's how long it was since we last played Colchester at home. The result... a 0-0 draw. It was the 5th game in a row Lambert hadn't scored from open play. We had yet to win a League game all season. We won just one of our next 4 games. We were in the relegation zone. Things were looking really bleak and there were already some whispers of Pardew out, yet we went on to be the second best team in the League over the course of the season. Just to put things into perspective. And we've promptly thrown all that improvement away in the space of a few weeks and seem to be back to where we were before, if not worse. Another way to look at it is that now, if we do go on an absolutely blinding run like we did last season, putting 4 goals past most teams and destroying the rest of the division... we might *just* sneak into the playoffs. And what's the likelihood of us doing that again? Mid-table is now a realistic end result of this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arizona Posted 19 September, 2010 Author Share Posted 19 September, 2010 And we've promptly thrown all that improvement away in the space of a few weeks and seem to be back to where we were before, if not worse. Another way to look at it is that now, if we do go on an absolutely blinding run like we did last season, putting 4 goals past most teams and destroying the rest of the division... we might *just* sneak into the playoffs. And what's the likelihood of us doing that again? Mid-table is now a realistic end result of this season. So.... Last season we made a terrible start and ended up being the second best team in teh League over the course of the year. This season we've made a very similar start and the best we can hope for is midtable? Sound logic. We're 9 points off top spot. Are you saying that there is no way we can win 3 more games than Huddersfield in the remaining 39 fixtures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stu0x Posted 19 September, 2010 Share Posted 19 September, 2010 I didn't say the best we can hope for is mid-table, I said it was a realistic result. As you've said, made a very similar start to last season. What subsequently happened last season (ie going on an insane run which saw us averaging about 2.3 points a game and scoring 4 every other match) was the exception, not the rule. Everything came together. Chances are, we won't repeat that sort of performance again. One of the many many variables that all came together last season will change. We're already seeing Lallana out injured and Lambert out of form, however temporarily. Neither of those things happened last season, and they were arguably our two most influential players. To assume that a repeat of last season's form is a fait accompli is blind optimism entirely unsupported by every shred of evidence. We don't need to win 3 more games than Huddersfield in the remaining 39 fixtures. The top of the table is not a static target. We need to overhaul every other team in the division bar 2. Or in other words, not only do we need to go on an amazing run of form, we need every other team in the division to not to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickG Posted 19 September, 2010 Share Posted 19 September, 2010 how ever wins this league will have a great run of form. Lets hope it is us. Who knows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chocco boxo Posted 20 September, 2010 Share Posted 20 September, 2010 We have given ourselves a -10 start this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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