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Post by PotterLog on Oct 26, 2008 16:57:41 GMT
The way we're set up I just can't see us winning away. Everything we do is aimed at getting a point or at best snatching something on the break. And to be fair I'll think we'll probably take a few points a la Liverpool, but I just can not fathom where we'll get 3 points playing like we do away from home.
Just emphasises how important our home form is going to be - we've really got to batter teams at the Brit...starting on Tuesday...
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Post by stokie63 on Oct 26, 2008 17:00:22 GMT
no we wont not with the players we got and the way we play.
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Post by buxtop on Oct 26, 2008 17:03:18 GMT
Not with that defense!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2008 17:04:03 GMT
with these tactics not a fucking chance.
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Post by onebollockbarry on Oct 26, 2008 17:09:16 GMT
When we play at home we seem to have no fear and just stick it to them whether we win or not. Away we look edgey, nervous and as if it's an honour to play these teams in these big stadiums and give them to much respect.
I honestly can't see an away win so our home form is so important it's going to put pressure on the team at home.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Oct 26, 2008 17:21:05 GMT
If we need 40 pts to stay up, we will need to get at least 30/35 pts at home,cant see it mesen.  |
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Post by mermaidsal on Oct 26, 2008 17:23:52 GMT
We're going to have to get two or three away to survive imho, on the evidence of the Liverpool game I thought I could see how that was going to happen with the right breaks, even if they were lucky wins. And chances are at least one side will get so demoralised during the season that they won't turn up at home against us. But to be clutching at straws like this in October really isn't good...  |
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Post by stokelad84 on Oct 26, 2008 17:24:29 GMT
eventually yes, we are only 9 games into the season
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Post by likelyladgalizmo on Oct 26, 2008 17:30:06 GMT
Patience, my friend, patience.
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Post by MUZZPERTH on Oct 26, 2008 17:55:38 GMT
we will win eventually. bear in mind, we have visited some tough grounds already.
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Post by anarchicalan on Oct 26, 2008 18:45:43 GMT
Only if we're very lucky.
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Post by griffoisalegend on Oct 26, 2008 18:51:40 GMT
The way we're set up I just can't see us winning away. Everything we do is aimed at getting a point or at best snatching something on the break. And to be fair I'll think we'll probably take a few points a la Liverpool, but I just can not fathom where we'll get 3 points playing like we do away from home. Just emphasises how important our home form is going to be - we've really got to batter teams at the Brit...starting on Tuesday... Yep - i can see us with a chance of beating the likes of Wigan, Sunderland, Fulham, Hull , West Brom ,Newcastle etc . However, Man City away, Pompey away - is a different kettle of fish . |
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Post by PotterLog on Oct 26, 2008 19:14:12 GMT
The way we're set up I just can't see us winning away. Everything we do is aimed at getting a point or at best snatching something on the break. And to be fair I'll think we'll probably take a few points a la Liverpool, but I just can not fathom where we'll get 3 points playing like we do away from home. Just emphasises how important our home form is going to be - we've really got to batter teams at the Brit...starting on Tuesday... Yep - i can see us with a chance of beating the likes of Wigan, Sunderland, Fulham, Hull , West Brom ,Newcastle etc . However, Man City away, Pompey away - is a different kettle of fish . West Brom don't count!  |
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Post by serpico on Oct 26, 2008 19:17:33 GMT
we will win eventually. bear in mind, we have visited some tough grounds already. Every ground you go to could be considered tough, I don't think you can keep using that as a excuse, today ok, not many teams will go to Man City and get anything, but you get the feeling we will struggle in all our away games, mainly due to the way we set up to play. |
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Post by surreystokie on Oct 27, 2008 18:50:40 GMT
Potterlog, not on Tuesday but the following day .  |
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Post by stockportpotter on Oct 27, 2008 18:51:57 GMT
reckon we could get something at bburn too.
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Post by Trouserdog on Oct 27, 2008 18:54:42 GMT
West Brom, Fulham, Hull....all winnable.
After that I'm struggling!
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Post by Cityfullergoals on Oct 27, 2008 21:42:35 GMT
Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to see, City win away
I think it will happen, and when it does we must build on it and win the next home game as well
Dont know where, dont know when, but I know we"ll meet again some sunny day
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Oct 27, 2008 23:11:55 GMT
Looking at our away games so far..Bolton, Boro, and Portsmouth were all winnable...but we ended up with nowt...although to be fair we have played quite well...but the mark of a good team is that it can play badly and win..a poor team plays well but loses.. Unless we start attacking teams more away from home..which of course leaves us open for a good tonking...we aren't going to pick up many points... Option 1..Play it tight and down the middle and lose by the odd goal Option 2..Open up and play the ball out wide with 3 up front and we get slaughtered quite a lot but win a handful of games.. Your call Tone.. |
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Post by stan on Oct 28, 2008 9:10:09 GMT
At half-time on Sunday, I thought, realistically, that is as well as we can do/play in an away game.
We had an attacking threat, creating three excellent chances, and had other very presentable openings (Mama clear on the left, Fuller isolated Dunne a couple of times). And, at the back, we looked comfortable, with the Man. City midfield often resorting to long balls, which didn't come off.
We didn't take our opportunities and we conceded a soft goal. The second killed us.
We rely on staying in the game. If we could get the first goal at, say, Wigan it COULD be a different story. However, even if we do get ahead somewhere, we need to really show fortitude; the disappointing thing about Pompey was the way they carved us apart immediately after we'd scored.
I'm still pissed off about the Bolton game. It was criminal to go into that game underprepared. Points are very hard to come by, yet we gifted a rival three on a plate.
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Post by Godo on Oct 28, 2008 10:16:12 GMT
Perhaps at Wets Brom or Fulham but apart from that no. Obviously we sit too too deep, don't press the ball and have very limited ability to play counter attacking football because of lack of pace and lack of midfield support.
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Post by Cupid Stunt on Oct 28, 2008 11:12:01 GMT
Fulham and West Brom are both very winnable IMO!  |
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Oct 28, 2008 11:23:12 GMT
Look at the stats.. When we've scored first (Villa..Spurs) we've gone on to win the game (3-2..2-1) and when we've conceded first (Bolton, Boro, Everton, Chelsea, Portsmouth, Man City)..we've always lost... So the importance of scoring the first goal is absolutely crucial... Just have a think about that Tone..we could have been one up at Bolton, Portsmouth and Man City and had our strikers been more clinical..we would now be sitting in the top half of the table..rather than embroiled in a relegation scrap.. |
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