City stop the away rot (kind of).

8 Responses to City stop the away rot (kind of).

1. ROD GROVES says:

   November 9, 2014 at 11:05 am

   The on going fall out of the oile gunners reign continues ,and belive me the season will continue like this un till January at least ,then mr Slade will hopefully bring a few players in that want to play to win with passion and desire , and that will depend on mr Tans say so.Yes we have had a few good wins at home with the rub of the green firmly with us, but i have yet to see this currant group ,the best in the championship we are told ha ha sorry broke in to laughter then put one single 90 minute match that resembles a foot ball team ,we have seen the odd bit of football thats been ok, but on the hole is has been poor.MOST OF olies players that he brought to the club are not up to the required standard and Russel Slade is stuck with them so the pain will continue ,take the currant front two, Adam lefondre runs around a fair bit and does give effort but 1 deflected goal is a poor return from the games played and is usually taken off ,then we come to the Manchester united reject Federico Macheda the mighty Roman, well not for me yes he has got a few goals to be fair some very lucky by the way ,no pace could not head a bus queue ,and fist touch when ball played in to him is about one in four that is any good, and his desire to run about well sometimes, usually when he has missed controlled the ball and given it to the other team ,he is now playing at the highest level that he is going to he is going one way down hill ,and this week he said he like to get back in to the premiership DREAM ON .
2. Big Al says:

   November 9, 2014 at 12:46 pm

   A satisfactory start for Slade. 1.66 points per game played under his management. Assuming we maintain this current form we are destined for a place off place this year. In my view an excellent performance. Still lots of work to be done tactically but I am sure with an improvement in our midfield play things can get better. We have the squad to improve performance. Over to you Mr Slade but take my advice you are the leader of this team so make sure you realise you are not there to make all the decisions you are there to make sure the right decision is made. Good luck Boss and keep up the good work.
   Big Al.
3. rhondda blue says:

   November 9, 2014 at 12:51 pm

   after watching another inept city performance at brum yesterday I just wonder what we do in training all week, we could not string two passes together, gunner for all his endeavour, his passing was woeful on times.
   another team near the trap door that we made to look like top of the table. gabby on? please slade your going backwards. I have seen one good first half of football this season against Norwich, the rest have been of first division quality, the only positive about yesterday’s game was a point away and a shutout. I fear a downward slide unless city get their act together. maybe mr tan needs to sack them all and start again, we have about 40 players and can’t make a first team eleven that can play football, that says it all. FRUSTRATED.
4. Dai Woosnam says:

   November 9, 2014 at 6:56 pm

   Thanks for an even more thoughtful piece than usual Paul. What I like about your reports is the attention to detail that you show: it is missing in ALL the columnists writing on WalesOnline.
   I liked the three contributions from your readers posted at the time of my writing this.
   I probably empathise most with the one from Rhondda Blue. Russell has alas not got it, and has NEVER had it – not achieving anything of note – but he is a genuine and decent bloke.
   And he will get Cardiff fitter than DJ, Malky and Ole – put together – got them.
   Here in Grimsby, a chap I know living on Cleethorpes seafront tells me that Russell – as befits the PE master he previously was –
   would regularly have his squad running on the sands every day, Chariots of Fire style.
   So within a few months Paul, I forecast City players will be daily climbing wallbars…
   …while alas, City fans may well break that last word into two: taking solace in the bars, to avoid daily
   …climbing the WALL (!!!)
   Kindest,
   Dai.
5. The other Bob Wilson says:

   November 10, 2014 at 8:55 am

   Thank you all for your comments. I must admit to being in a bit of a quandary when it comes to our new manager – I don’t particularly like the football we’re playing, he seems to distrust footballers with talent, I don’t think 4-4-2 away from home is working, the strikers he shows so much faith in are not doing enough to justify that faith, despite a point on Saturday, I don’t see any real improvement in our away performances and he put three centre halves on the bench at Bolton!
   However, I find myself agreeing with Big Al – ten points from six matches is Play Off form if replicated over the course of a season and these are facts as opposed to the opinions listed in my first paragraph. I’m not saying that this applies to you all, but there are plenty on the messageboards who didn’t agree with the Slade appointment and are almost willing him to fail as they seize on anything they see as negative to pursue an agenda which looks ridiculous when you consider that, as Al points out, we are getting 1.66 points per game under our new manager at the moment.
   I’ve just been looking at our results over the past couple of seasons and it’s interesting to see that the best run of league results over a six game period since we were closing in on promotion in March/April 2013 is the eleven points we got from the matches when the Gabbidon/Young partnership was in charge and Russell Slade’s first two games after taking over – that is the only time Slade’s ten points from six matches has been exceeded and he was responsible for more than half of those eleven.
   Granted, a lot of the time involved was during a relegation season, but, since the end of September we have been in our best run of league results in more than eighteen months and yet so many are saying our manager is not good enough.
   Another factor to bear in mind is that Slade has inherited this squad – although I’m always trying to find something good to say about Ole because I liked him, Rod is right, he was an absolute disaster as City manager and his time in charge looks worse with every passing day.
6. Graham says:

   November 10, 2014 at 10:48 am

   Time to stop what we all thought sensible : keeping the same set of players unless injury required replacements .. Le Fondre, Macheda, and Pilkington now should be dropped [oops, “rested”] .. players who term themselves ‘strikers’ should strike regularly .. replacements? 5 names come to mind – get Mason back from Bolton .. give Guerra a[nother] chance .. Kim, Daehli, Burgstaller should be seriously considered for starting or bringing on from the bench .. and are there any striker youngsters from our junior squads ready for serious first team consideration? And I do wish Gestede would stop scoring for Blackburn!
7. Dai Woosnam says:

   November 10, 2014 at 5:46 pm

   Graham is spot on with his comment on Gestede.
   It hurts the hell out of me to see how he has been transformed into the most dangerous frontman in the Championship.
   After City did all the spade work !!
   Like i said at the time of his departure: do we know whether he was pushed out, or did he want to go? And how come a chap whose heading was so erratic, has now become so lethal? What does it tell you of Malky and Ole as coaches?
   And do we know just what pittance he went for?
   Kindest,
   Dai.
8. Dai Woosnam says:

   November 11, 2014 at 7:45 am

   Meant to also add that my alter ego has just posted this on to WalesOnline:
   ‘…
   Alas Alfie is a Kenny Miller Mk 3.
   Tony Pulis went down in my estimation by buying Kenny Miller Mk 2 (aka Fraizer Campbell).
   All three the same player.
   All great 100 percenters, but with no ice in their veins.
   If you want a bloke who is great running the channels, you might as easily play Mo Farah.
   …’
   Kindest,
   Dai.

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