The football is better, the defence has gone back to being as bad as it was under Pochettino, and the in game management is exactly the same as Maresca. I'm tired of these subs to "protect" players, I'm sick of Minutes FC. Play to win the game you're playing, nobody should be thinking about the next game unless it's a final.

7 hours ago, bisright1 said:

Rosenior will be judged on this season in how we do in March.

Arsenal, Villa and Everton away, Newcastle at home, the CL knock outs and a probable 5th round in the fa cup.

A bad run there and we are looking at a shocking season, a good run and it makes up for the Maresca winter.

That seems about right. Although league position might come down to how we finish the season. Last couple of seasons we have finished with strong runs in our last 5 or 6 games which have improved our standing. Even with a poor March that could still happen in theory.

5 minutes ago, forbzy said:

That seems about right. Although league position might come down to how we finish the season. Last couple of seasons we have finished with strong runs in our last 5 or 6 games which have improved our standing. Even with a poor March that could still happen in theory.

Man City and Man Utd in April. Liverpool and a resurgent Sunderland in May.

We have a sh*t tsunami rolling in from the beginning of March through to the end of the season

Just now, WhiteWall said:

Man City and Man Utd in April. Liverpool and a resurgent Sunderland in May.

We have a sh*t tsunami rolling in from the beginning of March through to the end of the season

Oh I agree. I didn't mean to imply it would be easy to finish the season like we did the last 2.

1 minute ago, forbzy said:

Oh I agree. I didn't mean to imply it would be easy to finish the season like we did the last 2.

All of the circumstantial evidence, which is mounting, adds credence to the comments being made that our game management is being managed by committee and if this is true there must surely be a reckoning at some point.

Despite my original skepticism Rosenior is winning me round. He isn't portraying himself as the slightly cringing wannabe that he was as a TV pundit and is actually engaging and structured in his media presence.

I am not a fan of the press baiting style, but when we do get into midfield and beyond there is real purpose and a menace, which just needs honing and some confidence injected.

But some of the substitutions and in game management are so poor, that I cannot believe this is coming from the same guy. I get that there has to be some load management, especially with our schedule. I also know that the old adage of taking one game at a time is rubbish and all good managers will always be running fluid 7, 14 and 28 day plans concurrently. But in the heat of battle, when in the eye of the storm, the manager must always make the decisions because it is the substitutions and in game management that wins matches. I just don't believe that Rosenior would choose, under his own volition, to have 2 youth players (Hato and Acheampong) and the weak Gusto forming three of the back four in the blood and thunder against Leeds.

As I said at the beginning it's all circumstantial but there is a growing feeling, i think, the Rosenior is having his hands tied behind his back.

I'm obviously still pissed off we didn't win that game, but it's good to hear a manager tell the truth about a game we've lost rather than the "the lads gave everything" speech we've become accustomed to.

2 hours ago, WhiteWall said:

All of the circumstantial evidence, which is mounting, adds credence to the comments being made that our game management is being managed by committee and if this is true there must surely be a reckoning at some point.

Despite my original skepticism Rosenior is winning me round. He isn't portraying himself as the slightly cringing wannabe that he was as a TV pundit and is actually engaging and structured in his media presence.

I am not a fan of the press baiting style, but when we do get into midfield and beyond there is real purpose and a menace, which just needs honing and some confidence injected.

But some of the substitutions and in game management are so poor, that I cannot believe this is coming from the same guy. I get that there has to be some load management, especially with our schedule. I also know that the old adage of taking one game at a time is rubbish and all good managers will always be running fluid 7, 14 and 28 day plans concurrently. But in the heat of battle, when in the eye of the storm, the manager must always make the decisions because it is the substitutions and in game management that wins matches. I just don't believe that Rosenior would choose, under his own volition, to have 2 youth players (Hato and Acheampong) and the weak Gusto forming three of the back four in the blood and thunder against Leeds.

As I said at the beginning it's all circumstantial but there is a growing feeling, i think, the Rosenior is having his hands tied behind his back.

I agree. Perhaps Cucurella did have a hamstring tweak and need replacing. But, given that both Acheampong and Gusto were on yellows from early in the game, he could have balanced out the addition of Hato by also swapping out Acheampong for Fofana for example.

Sorry but regardless of subs, one of which seems to have been forced, its a game we should have won. Players really let him down today, he coached a win.

so bloody likeable

1 hour ago, Remodez said:

Sorry but regardless of subs, one of which seems to have been forced, its a game we should have won. Players really let him down today, he coached a win.

If players f**ked up big time here.

We played some of the best stuff i have seen in ages. Slick one touch passing ripping leads apart but end product. Outside of Pedro and Cole who else is clinical in front of goal?

8 minutes ago, El regreso said:

If players f**ked up big time here.

We played some of the best stuff i have seen in ages. Slick one touch passing ripping leads apart but end product. Outside of Pedro and Cole who else is clinical in front of goal?

Easily one of our best performances since he has taken over ruined by poor individual mistakes. We played far better than our win v Brentford for example and didn't get rewarded.

Completely unacceptable from the players.

complete and utter domination yesterday.

Such a shame we don’t have a real manager to coach us :(

Football's a funny thing.

We have poor games against Brentford and West Ham, get away with three points where we flattered to deceive. Meanwhile, absolutely dominate this game and come away with a draw. I think Rosenior will give the defence a kick up the backside after the manner we conceded the second goal.

On the bright side, we didn't lose points on Utd and hopefully we'll learn from this.

If there is game time management from above, then I hope Liam uses this game as ammunition on why you shouldn't do that.

Sarr should have come on and Josh could have moved over to RB. I feel for the kid as that brain fart moment really cost us, just kick it into touch next time.

Probably one of the better/best performance barring the 10 minutes in between the Leeds goals where the team lost their composure.

Very annoying to drop points off three dreadful errors/miss of the season and compounded by a dubious non call of the handball, it really was a freak result.

2 hours ago, Shweaves said:

I think Rosenior will give the defence a kick up the backside after the manner we conceded the second goal.

Only so much he can do.

Our defence is a glaring weakness beyond James, Colwill and Cucurella.

Unfortunately this is what Rosenior has to deal with, the amount of errors in here are absolutely shocking. Out of the CBs we've had available this season I don't think any of them are good enough. Josh is young and Sarr just arrived so they get a pass but the rest are just not good enough for a team that should be competing for the biggest trophies.

So unfortunate for Palmer there, especially after that great bit of play.

It's clear we are looking to be far more progressive.

14 hours ago, timetowaste said:

I'm obviously still pissed off we didn't win that game, but it's good to hear a manager tell the truth about a game we've lost rather than the "the lads gave everything" speech we've become accustomed to.

He's cut down on the waffling and is just telling it like it is.

2 hours ago, Sconnie Blue said:

Only so much he can do.

Our defence is a glaring weakness beyond James, Colwill and Cucurella.

The scary part of that is that James is always going to be protected, probably up until he retires at this point. Colwill will need a year to get back to his best once he returns and Cucurella may be out for an extended period with a hamstring injury.

Played some really good football at times , although remember it's against Leeds who are hopeless away from home.

Couple of individual errors. Can't put this on Rosenior, although I didn't want him, I'm beginning to think he's ok. Got the difficult games coming soon, that'll be the real test.

It can be both. Both that you don't rate Rosenior as a manager for this level, or rather the level we want our club to be at, and also believing yesterday debacle was not him fault.

He set the team up well, we played well and should have had more than 2 before the defense imploded.

Is not his fault Caicedo made a stupid tackle, nor his fault Sanchez, the back line and Caicedo all messed up lIke drunk spiders grabbing at the one tied up fly.

Nor Is it on him for leaving Palmer on to chase a winner only for him to mess up a sitter. Imagine how much grief Delap or Garnacho would have got from the forum for that miss, or the pages we would have from @GarnachoCheese had neto done so?

Jackson on the left wing in this system would be good and far better than Gittens and Garnacho.

Front line if Pedro, Palmer, Jackson and Estevao with be fire but I don’t see Egbali wanting his star man Enzo being dropped.