Coincidence?

[jackal2]

Two games isn't really a bad patch yet. Not compared with some of what we have had to endure recently.

Precisely. We drew yesterday, we didn't lose. So far, we've won three games, drawn one and lost one in August, and we've won six and lost one in September. We've begun with a draw in October and we've got some winnable games coming up. These are the sorts of bad patches we could do with having more often!

[queenslandpie]

Precisely. We drew yesterday, we didn't lose. So far, we've won three games, drawn one and lost one in August, and we've won six and lost one in September. We've begun with a draw in October and we've got some winnable games coming up. These are the sorts of bad patches we could do with having more often!

We are doing much better than I expected And I am quite happy to see how it all pans out. If we go up great but I didnt expect us to. Small bonus. I'll still be alive if we don't ( I hope) unlike the bloke a few cars in front of me on the freeway today who flipped his motor cracked his skull and died.

[upthemaggies]

The Munto team drew 1-1 at home to a team down at the bottom who ended up being relegated (Grimsby), so yesterday doesn't rule anything out.

How many times have FGR played in front of a crowd that size or played in a ground as big as ML? They would have raised their game massively, where as Notts were expected to coast it and didn't turn up. A learning curve for us, hopefully.

[jackal2]

The Munto team drew 1-1 at home to a team down at the bottom who ended up being relegated (Grimsby), so yesterday doesn't rule anything out.

The same thing occurred to me. I can remember us losing at home to Accrington and thinking the 2009/10 team had completely lost its way, but by the end of the season that was irrelevant.

Perhaps the excellent start this season, and then the sudden shock of defeat to Mansfield, has made the players aware of the expectation they have generated and in turn affected their performance, but it shouldn't. They just need to get back to the high intensity, in-your-face approach which has won them games. In the last two matches, whether through tension or complacency, they've looked like a team standing back and admiring their work.

[crazyfists]

The same thing occurred to me. I can remember us losing at home to Accrington and thinking the 2009/10 team had completely lost its way, but by the end of the season that was irrelevant.

Perhaps the excellent start this season, and then the sudden shock of defeat to Mansfield, has made the players aware of the expectation they have generated and in turn affected their performance, but it shouldn't. They just need to get back to the high intensity, in-your-face approach which has won them games. In the last two matches, whether through tension or complacency, they've looked like a team standing back and admiring their work.

Agree, I think being top and being on Football Focus let them think they would romp the league and it was all rosy. Glad in a way they've been brought back down with only one defeat and one draw. Time for us to see how Nolo is at managing this slip.