Stopping the Rot

[Jammy89]

I know that some, maybe many will say that this result just shows that the comeback against baggies wasn't really stopping the rot and fair enough - we all have different views, be very boring if we had the same.

However I still think it has done so.

Where i have been listening/watching updates we've sounded better than in recent games. We're playing Chelski at Stamford Bridge, i'd of loved something from the game but it wasn't ever in my win column.

Hope for Newcastle this season yet
Chelsea 3-1 Newcastle

Danny Murphy
Former England midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live
They've shown spirit and fight and they're not going to play Chelsea every week. Today hasn't been that bad for them.

The above from Murphy I think is a good sign.

Ritchie has had a poor game, basically setting up 2 of their goals. He won't have that level of poorness each week.
Lascelles will also be back soon and his organisation will help tighten us back.

Jan is approaching and hopefully we can get that key player that will make us tick/score goals etc.

Also - Joselu was finally dropped, shows that it can happen And Rafa did a sub before 70 mins

Whilst this has been another loss and that is of course a massive negative, i actually think we might be seeing some green shoots. Got a strangely positive feeling for the Leicester game.

Now feel free to shoot me for this I'm running for the hills

[Zippity]

At least it wasn't an absolute scudding.

The Leicester game will be a great occasion-Wor Flags are doing their 125 year celebration with loads of new flags.

[toptoon]

I was thinking similar as I put on the other thread.

Ritchie is bang out of form just now and I could see him benched when Atsu comes back, just like Yedlin was today. To be fair he had a big defensive job to do and didn´t get much chance to get forward.

We were never going to win today - they are technically miles ahead of any of our players - next 2 games are big ones for us.

[HughieG]

Except for Hazard and maybe Morata + Christensen, I don't think their players played to their best. Just shows you the quality they've got. I watched the entire game and we gave them a good fight. I also thought the tactics were spot on today (though the subs baffled me yet again). We needed to do good defensive work which is tough at Stamford Bridge, but nonetheless we did it quite well I thought. We certainly managed to confuse their defense many times due to high pressure when they were playing the ball backwards. Not bad at all. We'll be fine lads, we just won't be in the top 10, that's all.

[pboromag]

Rafas on a roll
Shipping more goals than any other manger in the prem for us
From a genius apparently

Only the blind willingly followed a fool

[MitchMag]

Luckily at the moment there are some teams worse than us i.e the bottom 3.

If it stays that way it will stop the rot and achieve our goal which is to avoid relegation. But no guarantees.

[Jammy89]

Luckily at the moment there are some teams worse than us i.e the bottom 3.

If it stays that way it will stop the rot and achieve our goal which is to avoid relegation. But no guarantees.

Except for Hazard and maybe Morata + Christensen, I don't think their players played to their best. Just shows you the quality they've got. I watched the entire game and we gave them a good fight. I also thought the tactics were spot on today (though the subs baffled me yet again). We needed to do good defensive work which is tough at Stamford Bridge, but nonetheless we did it quite well I thought. We certainly managed to confuse their defense many times due to high pressure when they were playing the ball backwards. Not bad at all. We'll be fine lads, we just won't be in the top 10, that's all.

As long as we stay up this season i'll be happy.

We're a newly promoted team with a championship squad for the main, our world class manager was shafted in his targets (as far as i'm concerned - i know others don't agree). So as long as we stay up - fine.

Then we'll see some movement.

[occult]

I agree that avoiding relegation is the best we can hope for but please stop all this delusional nonsense that we get after every defeat. There are no positives when you get beat 1-4 or 1-3. Playing well for a small part of the game isn't enough. I agree that Rafa hasn't been given enough money but, as I've said before, if Pardew or McClaren had had this run of results peope wouldn't be rushing to provide excuses.

[Jammy89]

I agree that avoiding relegation is the best we can hope for but please stop all this delusional nonsense that we get after every defeat. There are no positives when you get beat 1-4 or 1-3. Playing well for a small part of the game isn't enough. I agree that Rafa hasn't been given enough money but, as I've said before, if Pardew or McClaren had had this run of results peope wouldn't be rushing to provide excuses.

I don't consider it delusional in the slightest. I'd rather look for a positive and i think we've seen some today.

I call it as I see it - you can be positive in defeat the same way you can be negative in victory.

[toptoon]

I agree that avoiding relegation is the best we can hope for but please stop all this delusional nonsense that we get after every defeat. There are no positives when you get beat 1-4 or 1-3. Playing well for a small part of the game isn't enough. I agree that Rafa hasn't been given enough money but, as I've said before, if Pardew or McClaren had had this run of results peope wouldn't be rushing to provide excuses.

So playing WBA off the park for the last 30 minutes and coming back from 2-0 down is not a positive?