eejay the dj 31,964 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 58 minutes ago, BlearyEyedBear said: Failed to score in the first Old Firm derby Failed to score in the Semi Final at Hampden Failed to score in a must-win European game Our records all over the place in must win games is a disgrace for a club like ours . For me . It all points to losing mentality and lack of quality Bristol loyal, HG5, Bears r us and 1 other 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bears r us 30,998 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 6 minutes ago, eejay the dj said: Our records all over the place in must win games is a disgrace for a club like ours . For me . It all points to losing mentality and lack of quality I have been convinced for a while that as well as lack of quality, that losing mentality is a HUGE problem, but it is only a few of us who seem to agree. Maybe more quality will improve the mentality problem, but still not totally sure if that will happen. eejay the dj and HG5 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
onefootwillie 1,519 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 Mince it's a lack of quality in midfield that cost us. The team worked hard but just did not have the quality to make a difference Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theiconicman 3,012 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 The players try hard but the lack of belief is there for all to see. Deep down, they don't believe they are good enough. HG5 and Smile 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theiconicman 3,012 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 The players try hard but the lack of belief is there for all to see. Deep down, they don't believe they are good enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
theiconicman 3,012 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 The players try hard but the lack of belief is there for all to see. Deep down, they don't believe they are good enough. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_gazza 1,065 Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 1 hour ago, eejay the dj said: Considering the quality we were up against . I thought it was a pathetic performance tbh The stakes were massive and the desire was not even remotely good enough I agree it's still not up to the standards it should be but it definitely was an improvement not only defensively but also created a bit more going forward. Now we're out the EL then I'm hoping we stop changing the team every week and get some consistency eejay the dj 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
beararse 6,472 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 13 hours ago, Ger_onimo said: Absolute bollocks. We were battering them and they sucker punched us. We deserved to win the game. But to reiterate: utter bollocks. Spot on. i actually thought we played quite well last night. the pitch was horrendous and our finishing let us down but other than that we bossed the game and looked comfortable. if it hadn’t been a bit of a dodgy clearance from McGregor we probably wouldn’t have conceeded. Ger_onimo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,622 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 13 hours ago, bluenoz said: McCrorie grew into the game after a shaky start. McCrorie had a very good game but switched off completely at the goal and didn't track his man he has to be switched on all the time this lapse cost us the game. Gerrard needs to give players more game time if he's going to throw them into matches like last night. HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smile 26,622 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I thought Rapid were shite last night and there for the taking but we kept players on too long who were not performing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfc_watp 1,503 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Don't agree with this at all. We looked the better team last night but as usual we lacked the cutting edge and good decision making in the final third. Punched well above our weight this European run, hopefully Gerrard can add that quality we are lacking in January. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
josmc 525 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 When you get to this level it’s very small margins. Rapid weren’t a great team but their goal had a bit of quality about it. If Goldsons header goes in first half, it’s a different game. The one thing I wouldn’t level at this team is a lack of effort. I think it’s down to effort and hard work that we got this far in Europe. We are seriously lacking in midfield quality, but you can’t say that our midfielders didn’t bust a gut tonight. The Moscow games home and away again showed that we putin the effort but didn’t have the nouse to take more than one point off a team I feel we were better than. I don’t know if we have enough money to strengthen the squad with real quality( I doubt it ), but until we do no amount of hard work and trying will be enough to take us further at this level. Ger_onimo 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 We've lost a little of the spark that we had earlier in the season. Couple that with injuries to the likes of Kent, barasic and Grazda, suspensions to the likes of Candieas, Arfield and Morelos and our level has dropped. The manager needs now settle on his back 4, bring in some quality to the middle of the park and above all, get as many points before January as we possibly can josmc and 16BlueSherbert90 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
insider 123 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I don't think we played well at all. We just seem to continually cross the ball into the box it seems very 1970's. I think the tactics will make the players believe that they are not good enough to play a more modern style. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,287 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Unfortunately we just couldn't beat a decidedly average team when we needed to although we were also a bit unlucky because if it had been home and away we would have eliminated both Villarreal and Rapid, Anyway lets try and take something positive out of it there are no more distractions from number 55 and that's what really matters Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sket 13,610 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 On 13/12/2018 at 20:15, theiconicman said: The team seem to have suffered from vertigo. Got to the top of the league, played well in Europe, then shat it. Shiting it is something we have mastered over the last few years. HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amato 3,035 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 Not a lack of effort we just have a chronic lack of creativity. Probably got up out my seat (couch) about 3 times the whole 90 minutes. We need a midfielder or two who can best their man, create space and drive forward HG5 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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