Those elusive 4-5 points

[bathlad61]

Could be the hardest to finally get, in touching distance of ensuring Prem football, but present form, and the next 5-6 matches,( all going to be tough for different reasons ) who knows when ?
Our style of attacking / open play has been for most fantastic, but always likely to get undone with the ongoing saga of defending corners etc. Last nights Dawson goal, possibly the oldest & most basic corner goal in the book.
With a LB, appearing to be the only main defensive recruit incoming, much for Koch / Llorente /Struijk / and hopefully Cresswell to work on during the summer.

[norfolk white]

I have serious misgivings about this, as quoted in a different thread, I fear we will be dragged into a relegation battle unless we get points from our next 3 games, Chelsea (lose), Fulham (draw), Sheffield (narrow win), hopefully.

[WTF11]

I have serious misgivings about this, as quoted in a different thread, I fear we will be dragged into a relegation battle unless we get points from our next 3 games, Chelsea (lose), Fulham (draw), Sheffield (narrow win), hopefully.

If we start with the team that we ended with yesterday, and are just a little more clinical in finishing, I see no reason why we can't give all of them a run for their money, and come away with 5 out of 9 points (draw, draw, win) at least. The key is that first "If" statement.

[norfolk white]

Yep, must start with the team that finished, and llorente needs to man up a bit, ball player he maybe, header and tackler I fear not, something that's needed as a centre half, Dawson was his man last night and llorente was no where near him, totally out muscled.

[Billyni]

If we start with the team that we ended with yesterday, and are just a little more clinical in finishing, I see no reason why we can't give all of them a run for their money, and come away with 5 out of 9 points (draw, draw, win) at least. The key is that first "If" statement.

I was just about to post the same.

[WTF11]

I was just about to post the same.

Great minds think alike!😉

[WTF11]

Yep, must start with the team that finished, and llorente needs to man up a bit, ball player he maybe, header and tackler I fear not, something that's needed as a centre half, Dawson was his man last night and llorente was no where near him, totally out muscled.

Well at least there was one other person watching the same match I did!

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

If we start with the team that we ended with yesterday, and are just a little more clinical in finishing, I see no reason why we can't give all of them a run for their money, and come away with 5 out of 9 points (draw, draw, win) at least. The key is that first "If" statement.

Agreed - bizarrely I can see us upsetting Chelsea - key I think is to start well and get an early goal as that seems to allow us to relax on the field and keep going.

[norfolk white]

Not wishing to harp on about llorente but Adrian Durhams take on it is spot on, "can't defend, passes like a rolls Royce"

[hopelesslyoptimistic]

Not wishing to harp on about llorente but Adrian Durhams take on it is spot on, "can't defend, passes like a rolls Royce"

Hmmmn think he struggled on corners and with Dawson but otherwise he reads the game well, intercepts and holds up players. Alongside Struijk or Koch I think he could be great.

Think he will be very effective in a back 3 at the libero.