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[Weston Super Saint]

exactly should we pay attention to the league tables?

 

Six games gone and things are looking pretty ugly

 

Should we wait 'till Christmas or Easter before we start believing things aren't going to get a lot better??

[Thedelldays]

exactly should we pay attention to the league tables?

 

Six games gone and things are looking pretty ugly

 

Should we wait 'till Christmas or Easter before we start believing things aren't going to get a lot better??

should the defending carry on like this, XMAS will be too late..

 

again, like last season...so many just want to bury their heads in the sand and refuse to realise we are in the crap in a big way

[Mr X]

We should be very worried the first five games have given us a clear idea of what to expect, but should give it another month before we start calling for heads to roll

[Ponty]

I'd give it another month before completely ****ting myself. That would give us a good average of the perceived better and worse teams, home and away.

[ottery st mary]

Some on here would still like to give it to xmas of 2012 but are not able to reply because

there in the box with lowey sorting a few things out.

 

Bring on Cowan before its too late and if he can play cetre back he is in the side as well.

[Weston Super Saint]

Christmas is usually a fair indication.

 

Or not.....

 

Dec 31 last year we were 7 places above the relegation zone

 

West Brom 25 47

Watford 25 44

Bristol Cty 25 44

Stoke 25 42

Charlton 25 40

Plymouth 25 38

Crystal Pal 25 37

Hull 25 37

Ipswich 25 36

Wolves 25 36

Burnley 25 34

Cardiff 25 33

Barnsley 25 33

Southampton 25 33

Coventry 24 32

Sheff Utd 21 31

Blackpool 25 30

Leicester 25 27

QPR 25 27

Norwich 25 27

S****horpe 25 26

Sheff Wed 24 25

Preston 25 24

Colchester 25 22

[dubai_phil]

TBH I think the tables are ok for another month or so

 

What would worry me is the loan window closing. We seem to know what the problems are on the pitch as well as off the pitch. But it is clear that unless the on pitch problems with the defence are sorted the off pitch becomes irrelevant.

 

So for me it is about bringing in full back(s) and PDQ

 

I wonder if the Ian Harte opportunity isn't one we'll miss.

 

Centuries ago in good old Salisbury & District Sunday League 3 I was a right sided midfielder with inches of pace, but I kept getting put at full back and hated it. I wonder if the same is not true of Drew (except he's on the left I know!)

[offix]

exactly should we pay attention to the league tables?

 

Six games gone and things are looking pretty ugly

 

Should we wait 'till Christmas or Easter before we start believing things aren't going to get a lot better??

 

When I consider the answers to my "Give it time" post/thread, the answer according to many is simple: There is no alternative, so we will die doing what we are doing. (Edit: Post #8 in this thread is a great example of that defeatism)

 

Believe it or not, stating that you see the need for change only invites the inevitable "what is your solution" response on here from the Ru**rt apologists.

[Saint in Paradise]

I think that I can answer for Scooby and a couple of others, we must wait until

Mr Wonderfull Lowe says us peasants can look and not a moment before !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

:D

[alpine_saint]

anyway, what is it we're suggesting we do should things get worse? boo players? drop players? sack a manager? if people are doing their best and it isn't good enough i imagine we're just going to have to get on with it. no money sucks doesn't it, but even with money there's no guarantee you'd see improvement, just a lot more upheaval that would be as likely to finish us off as help us out.

 

i know it's not an enjoyable concept, but many will have to get used to supporting their team no matter what, because we do have a determined young team and an honest manager, who i still believe is doing and will do a good job with what he's got. i'd love us to do well, but you can't just turn up and cheer for the good times.

 

right now i'm just looking forward to getting work over with and getting to the barnsley game.

 

If you are saying nothing can be done, and the fan base cannot expect improvement, then you have no right to demand anybody fork out what is a lot of money and turn up to the games knowing nothing is going to improve.

 

If I wanted to give money to charity, there are much more deserving causes.

[Thedelldays]

oh, are you talking about the first 5 senior games for most of our players?

 

We can only get better imo.

 

Its just good to see players who want to play for saints. Anything is better than last season and we wont go down.

can we...despite getting worse in the process..????

[Fowllyd]

When I consider the answers to my "Give it time" post/thread, the answer according to many is simple: There is no alternative, so we will die doing what we are doing. (Edit: Post #8 in this thread is a great example of that defeatism)

 

Believe it or not, stating that you see the need for change only invites the inevitable "what is your solution" response on here from the Ru**rt apologists.

 

So, when you state that you see the need for change, do you expect all other posters to nod sagely and agree, with no consideration of what that change should be? It's no more than reasonable to ask that question, just as it's perfectly fair to expect a supporter of the current set-up to defend their position. This is a forum for debate, after all.

 

Oh, and I'm not an apologist for Lowe or anybody else, just in case you're wondering.

[trousers]

exactly should we pay attention to the league tables?

 

Six games gone and things are looking pretty ugly

 

Should we wait 'till Christmas or Easter before we start believing things aren't going to get a lot better??

 

If we were top of the table we'd be paying attention to it now and saying how wonderful it was, so I don't see why we shouldn't pay attention to it now just because it's not what we want to see.

[John B]

If we were top of the table we'd be paying attention to it now and saying how wonderful it was, so I don't see why we shouldn't pay attention to it now just because it's not what we want to see.

 

I think we can see from the Pre Season and now the League Games we are going to struggle.

 

I have always expected us to be in the bottom quarter of the table.

 

I would expect the team to improve during the season but we will be flirting with relegation the whole time.