VectisSaint

Last 3 games: Ipswich 3 Coventry 0 Preston 1 Coventry 1 (Preston played most of game with 10 men, Coventry struggled) Coventry 1 Bristol City 0. Famous last words, but they have not been ridiculous in front of goal during December.

1st May 1976

You're right, because we weren't as good in the 1st half as we have, the drop-off perhaps wasn't so noticeable. It's also true that Norwich were bossing us before the end of the first half to some extent. The same happened in last game, before that everyone was blaming the subs, but the drop off is happening before the subs, I don't believe it's tiredness, if it were why immediately after HT? It seems more of a deliberate tactical switch, of course puzzling when we weren't winning, preconceived plan? Anyway agree with you, we can't win em all, especially 3 in a week (sorry, 8 days). Just would be nice sometimes to get a draw instead of a loss.

Not the game I watched we weren't. We weren't as good as some other games, but we had several good chances, had a pen saved, hit the crossbar (and missed an open goal follow up). We should have been at least one up at HT. 9 first half shots (to their 3?) says we were doing something quite well, just not as ruthless as we have been. Second half was just complete shambles from kick off.

No, but there does seem to be a magic switch that turns us from good or very good to crap during the half-time break.

It's not 'getting tired'. You don't 'get tired' after a half time cup of tea. I don't know what the answer is, but it's not tiredness or fatigue, it is more to do with switching off after the break, demotivation.

But if he's praising them and telling them to keep doing what they're doing why don't they do it? Both today and Tuesday they completely stopped doing what they were doing, OK today they weren't doing it so well, but it was OK. Instead they came out, sat back started passing it (badly) around the back. I'm baffled.

At least today showed (as did WBA for this that watched) that it is not the substitutions causing the issues per se. Something is happening at the half time break, motivation or something. We weren't brilliant first half,.but neither were we awful. We should have had 2 goals before HT. But the change at HT is difficult to comprehend.

Harsh calling Fellows "tat"

Glad it's not just me, the only good thing about losing Sky is him being shut up

Groin injury during Spurs game. Some murmurings that they aren't entirely happy with Ramsdale and Ruddy might be preferred.

Ramsdale is playing because Pope is injured, out until Christmas at least.

Did they take Azaz off as well? Must have missed that.

That McMenemy chap didn't do too badly, eventually. I do wonder whether it was actually Tonda that pushed back a little, I suspect SR would have appointed him permanently soon after Still was sacked, but Tonda wanted to hold on and maybe get some things agreed (transfer strategy etc) before agreeing. Just a thought, no evidence or inside knowledge.

Ted Bates