Yankee_Jack
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Cullen would have scored there
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The Blobster
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Cooper on for ntcham
Where was Cullen when we needed him? Benched by idiot Martin that's where!! 
Yankee_Jack
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Draw. 
Garbage!! But Fisher had a very good game and we could easily have lost it but for him. He's beeen culpable on many occasions this season but credit where credit's due.
The Blobster
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Game could have gone either way , fair result in the end and 1 point better than none .
The Blobster
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Wigan up next on Monday, I think Wigan , Blackpool and a free falling QPR will be relegated this season , who do you think will go down ?
KVetch
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I think Wigan and Blackpool have too deep a hole, I have a feeling Reading as well. The current bottom 3 all go down. I would hate to see Cardiff go down and we lose our on 6 points.
We can forget any aspirations for next season as long as Martin is in charge. He's had time enough to get his ducks in a row yet they're still all over the place. He's failed abysmally to correct our awful shortcomings in defence and today, but for Fisher, we could have lost by two or even three goals. His recruitment has been horrendous: I mean, has the guy even heard of athletic footballers? Darling trying to 'sprint' today looked as though his legs were tied by an invisible thread. Quite seriously, when I played I'd have just loved to come up against him and his like.
His tactical awareness is iffy at best; his team selections and player positions are bemusing; his substitutions baffling and I utterly fail to see where he is taking us. At best, standing still, at worst, on a downward spiral. He is a Poundshop Martinez or Rodgers and the fact that he's still awaiting discussions about a new contract, shows that there are others with similar reservations about him.
His tactical awareness is iffy at best; his team selections and player positions are bemusing; his substitutions baffling and I utterly fail to see where he is taking us. At best, standing still, at worst, on a downward spiral. He is a Poundshop Martinez or Rodgers and the fact that he's still awaiting discussions about a new contract, shows that there are others with similar reservations about him.
Yankee_Jack
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All of these clubs are going to be scraping if they have any fight left or patsies if the players have clocked off already. What are we playing for?
This is where we should be giving game time to our players. I like Cundle, but he's not ours, therefore play Cooper. Paterson is not likely to be around so play Whitaker. Lati is not going to be around so we're playing Darling at RB ... fair enough. Manning is not going to be around ... play Naughton or play a U21. Play Sondergaard instead of Fisher ... let's see what he can do. Let's use these final 6 games the most productively - results don't matter, player development and evaluation does.
CroJack
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We could've scored two or three goals as well.
CroJack
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We aren't safe yet, so I would say that results do matter.
As goalless games go it was a decent enough game and CJ is correct in saying that we could also have scored a couple ourselves but the fact is we didn't. And it's also a fact that yet again our defence presented Coventry with gilt-edged chances to score. Thanks to Fisher they didn't but I'm getting mightily pissed off by us usually having to score 2 or 3 goals to win a game that we've dominated. It's a recurring theme that Martin shows no signs of sorting and he's had more than enough time to do so. Let someone else try. Some stats:
POSSESSION: 65-35 SHOTS: 16-11 OT: 6-4 CORNERS: 5-5 FOULS: 11-10 GOALS: 0-0
POSSESSION: 65-35 SHOTS: 16-11 OT: 6-4 CORNERS: 5-5 FOULS: 11-10 GOALS: 0-0
Behindthegoal
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Good crowd, away end virtually full too (and very vocal!)Nearly 20,000 in attendance today
Yankee_Jack
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Fisher produced the saves he is paid to make. I don’t see why it’s necessary to applaud him for doing his job. On the one-on-one in the first half, Fisher biased to his left and the player choose to shoot on that side. If the forward had cut to his left he could have gone around Fisher or tapped through the wider side with his left foot.