sonic_bouma Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) Big game Monday for the team and Lambert. Huge game. Massive. Currently newcastle (who are supposed to be in utter turmoil) are above us and we sit 2 points above relegation. Win and it will install a bit more belief that we can dispatch the shitter teams this season and hopefully survive relatively comfortably. Lose and it's 5 losses in a row, an even poorer goal difference and shattered confidence because we can't hide behind 'the top 4' opposition excuse. For what it's worth QPR looked great going forward against Liverpool. Better than we have attacked all season. If we don't find our shooting boots we could get beat easily. Edited October 26, 2014 by sonic_bouma 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted October 26, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2014 Giving Lambert that 4 year deal was way too premature. Should have assessed the situation around Christmas. Need a win Monday night. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Someone said it earlier. That every time Lambert has seriously needed a result he's managed to get one. Hopefully it continues tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbr600rr Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 tomorrows sets the pace of the season,if we win i think PL has a little breathing space,if we loose i dont think we will get out the bottom half " AGAIN" for the 4th season . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 (edited) It was interesting to see Lambert describe the last game, much in the way we see it....was the new contract a licence to tell the truth? i.e ..Pre contract ..."I thought we were excellent", "I thought we were terrific" i couldn't ask for anymore" ...post contract " I thought we were rubbish" Hmmmmm. Edited October 26, 2014 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Have we become the League's past masters of getting other teams seasons back on track ?.....we will see on Monday Night, for maybe another edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 It was interesting to see Lambert describe the last game, much in the way we see it....was the new contract a licence to tell the truth? i.e ..Pre contract ..."I thought we were excellent", "I thought we were terrific" i couldn't ask for anymore" ...post contract " I thought we were rubbish" Hmmmmm. I thought that was interesting too. I hope it shows he was as angry with the players as we all were last weekend. It's a huge game tomorrow. We will go into the following three as underdogs, as Southampton and West Ham are both much much better than we are, and we always lose to Spurs. So tomorrow, simply, we have to win. I'll be firmly in the Lambert Out camp with anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 It was interesting to see Lambert describe the last game, much in the way we see it....was the new contract a licence to tell the truth? i.e ..Pre contract ..."I thought we were excellent", "I thought we were terrific" i couldn't ask for anymore" ...post contract " I thought we were rubbish" Hmmmmm. Probably because that was the first game, with the possible exception of Arsenal and all the mitigating circumstances there, that we really were shit. No other game this season have I watched and thought we were dreadful - Everton was the first and let's hope it doesn't become a habit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Someone said it earlier. That every time Lambert has seriously needed a result he's managed to get one. Hopefully it continues tomorrow. He doesn't need one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 It was interesting to see Lambert describe the last game, much in the way we see it....was the new contract a licence to tell the truth? i.e ..Pre contract ..."I thought we were excellent", "I thought we were terrific" i couldn't ask for anymore" ...post contract " I thought we were rubbish" Hmmmmm. Probably because that was the first game, with the possible exception of Arsenal and all the mitigating circumstances there, that we really were shit. No other game this season have I watched and thought we were dreadful - Everton was the first and let's hope it doesn't become a habit. You didn't see the Newcastle game then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Condimentalist Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 No, I didn't actually. Sounds as though we were fairly poor there too, but we didn't lose, and it was part of a spell in which we took 10 points from 4 games. I don't think it's quite the same as Everton, where we just never turned up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 26, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2014 And we weren't shit against Newcastle whatsoever. We were very uncreative going forward, but you can't judge an entire performance on our attack. Defensively we were incredibly sound against Newcastle. That doesn't mean it was a good performance. We'd need to show more going forward for it to be good. But it certainly wasn't shit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 While much better in defence I'm not sure we were that sound. They missed two absolute sitters that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted October 26, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted October 26, 2014 Incredibly was probably an exaggeration. But it was a good defensive display. Calling our performance shit is utter nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Yeah it wasn't shit. It was a decent performance and one we'd have lost last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodytom Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 (edited) Ok guys, you're entitled to your opinion but, if a clean sheet and zero creativity at home to a poor Newcastle team (who went into a mini turmoil phase just after) is a decent performance then I beg to differ. Especially given the players we have that are highly rated on this forum. It was dreadful to watch IMO, dreadful. A game that we would have lost last season maybe, but an improvement on last season is hardly something to shout about. I mean, we didn't even have a shot on target. No, attacking is not all that should be judged but certainly when you're playing a team like Newcastle, at home, zero shots on target tells the big picture if you ask me. The defending was good, but we got lucky as a result of some woeful finishing from Newcastle who didn't create much themselves. Our inability to string 3/4 passes together was as evident as usual. It was awful. Edited October 27, 2014 by Woodytom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Have we become the League's past masters of getting other teams seasons back on track ?.....we will see on Monday Night, for maybe another edition. We've been doing it for years for dozens of teams! Not won for 5 games? Not won away from home in 10 games? Not scored for 4 games? Not kept a clean sheet for 7 games? Star striker not scored in 6 games? Aston Villa can help! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avfc1982 Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 And we weren't shit against Newcastle whatsoever. We were very uncreative going forward, but you can't judge an entire performance on our attack. Defensively we were incredibly sound against Newcastle. That doesn't mean it was a good performance. We'd need to show more going forward for it to be good. But it certainly wasn't shit. Any game at home where we can't even manage a shot on target is automatically filed under "shit", especially when it's against a team as poor as Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted October 27, 2014 VT Supporter Share Posted October 27, 2014 If we play QPR like we did Everton, Newcastle or Chelsea we will get turned over. If we play like we did against Hull or Man City we will be ok. Thankfully, these performances (not results - performances) seem to follow a pattern: Awful (Newcastle) Good (Hull) Awful (Arsenal - mitigating circumstances)* Good (Liverpool) Awful (Chelsea) Good (Man City) Awful (Everton) We are due for a good one! *yes - I swapped Liverpool and Arsenal. No need to let facts get in the way of a good story ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 That and we weren't exactly awful against Newcastle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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