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Management Relegation

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Do you think we'll stay up?

  • Yes

    Votes: 184 40.1%

  • No

    Votes: 275 59.9%
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Leeds are everything we aren't. Resilient and tough. Missed a penalty and had a man sent off away to Palace today. But they dug deep and grinded out a crucial point.

Compare that to us a week ago. 1-0 up and we get a man sent off and give away a pen. We totally self destruct and play like a lost 5 aside team. We just rolled over as soon as we faced any adversity.

It doesn't matter who's fit or available. Mentally we are so weak. We aren't up for this fight and I've seen nothing in the last 3 or 4 months to suggest we'll find that mental strenght. This group of players don't want to be here and aren't up for this fight.
 
Don Pedro said:
Leeds are everything we aren't. Resilient and tough. Missed a penalty and had a man sent off away to Palace today. But they dug deep and grinded out a crucial point.

Compare that to us a week ago. 1-0 up and we get a man sent off and give away a pen. We totally self destruct and play like a lost 5 aside team. We just rolled over as soon as we faced any adversity.

It doesn't matter who's fit or available. Mentally we are so weak. We aren't up for this fight and I've seen nothing in the last 3 or 4 months to suggest we'll find that mental strenght. This group of players don't want to be here and aren't up for this fight.
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I believe we have only won a single league match this season where we conceded a goal. The team absolutely cannot handle any kind of setback.
 
StripiestPilot said:
I believe we have only won a single league match this season where we conceded a goal. The team absolutely cannot handle any kind of setback.
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That's why we need to sack Tudor.

Bring an openly positive manager in for the last 8 games.

Of course this fcukimg useless CEO will do fcuk all..

I don't think we could have a worse couple of people in charge of the footballing decisions of this club.
 
dustybin said:
I like you as a poster, you’re pretty clued up on football but the incessant we’re going down thing you’re doing is getting tiring. We may well do, but if we all just accept we’re going down we absolutely will do. The stadium won’t have any fight at all. Form can change, players can come back. Something can happen. It’s football, small margins
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Come on man. Blaming me for calling a spade a spade isn't getting us relegated. It's the clowns running the asylum.
 
People keep pointing to the Forest game as the big one, but I don’t think people fully grasp how mentally checked out these players might already be.

Footballers aren’t robots. If we lose to Liverpool today and then to Atleti again, that’s 8 losses in a row. A historical bad run.

Do you have any idea what kind of mental pressure they’ll be under by the time the Forest game comes around? Imagine the Palace match x10. I don't even know if they'll be able to string a few passes together.
 
I do not subscribe to any view that it all rests on the outcome of next weekend's game against Forest.

Far too many points at stake

Perceptively it might seem to hinge on next Sunday, but it won't. No doubt in my mind.

There is a twist to come in all this. Mark my words.
 
Notabadsquad said:
4 fcuking teams.

West Ham are not yet safe and there are 8 games left after today.
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Leeds will take 6-7 points from Brentford, Wolves, Burnley at home - they will get to 40 easily.

They aren’t in this.

It’s us, West Ham or Forest and West Ham simply won’t go down - I’ve been calling it ever since they beat us.

Next weeks game is the biggest league game we’ve had since the battle of the bridge. We simply have to win.
 
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I do not subscribe to any view that it all rests on the outcome of next weekend's game against Forest.

Far too many points at stake

Perceptively it might seem to hinge on next Sunday, but it won't. No doubt in my mind.

There is a twist to come in all this. Mark my words.
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We need to win 3 more games this season. Hard to see where they come if we can't beat forest. If they beat us then we are in a complete hole and strong favourites to go down.

Yes loads of points to play for but if we lose our next 3 or 4 games then surely that's us cooked? We need points soon!
 
Exodus said:
People keep pointing to the Forest game as the big one, but I don’t think people fully grasp how mentally checked out these players might already be.

Footballers aren’t robots. If we lose to Liverpool today and then to Atleti again, that’s 8 losses in a row. A historical bad run.

Do you have any idea what kind of mental pressure they’ll be under by the time the Forest game comes around? Imagine the Palace match x10. I don't even know if they'll be able to string a few passes together.
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That doesn’t stop it from being the big one, it just means we’re less likely to win it
 
Richard Splash said:
Leeds will take 6-7 points from Brentford, Wolves, Burnley at home - they’ll pick will get to 40 easily.

They aren’t in this.

It’s us, West Ham or Forest and West Ham simply won’t go down - I’ve been calling it ever since they beat us.

Next weeks game is the biggest league game we’ve had since the battle of the bridge. We simply have to win.
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Leeds are not great not sure they will get to 40 points personally
 
Don Pedro said:
We need to win 3 more games this season. Hard to see where they come if we can't beat forest. If they beat us then we are in a complete hole and strong favourites to go down.

Yes loads of points to play for but if we lose our next 3 or 4 games then surely that's us cooked? We need points soon!
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Yes, and the context of defeat would be hard to recover from. Accepted. An extra day and at home.In theory in our favour.

We can't lose our 3 games after today. We know what's coming in the next 120 minutes.

But lose next weekend and it will be even harder but not impossible.
 
Richard Splash said:
Leeds will take 6-7 points from Brentford, Wolves, Burnley at home - they’ll pick will get to 40 easily.

They aren’t in this.

It’s us, West Ham or Forest and West Ham simply won’t go down - I’ve been calling it ever since they beat us.

Next weeks game is the biggest league game we’ve had since the battle of the bridge. We simply have to win.
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Leeds are in it.

Let's see how it pans out.
 
Notabadsquad said:
I do not subscribe to any view that it all rests on the outcome of next weekend's game against Forest.

Far too many points at stake

Perceptively it might seem to hinge on next Sunday, but it won't. No doubt in my mind.

There is a twist to come in all this. Mark my words.
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The problem is and I asked this before both Burnley and Palace - if we don’t win this one then when are we going to win?

I do not subscribe to the bizarre thought process that says we eventually have to win just because of the number of games left.

Everytime we fail to win the winnable games we just heap more pressure on the next one. We’re nearly out of those games now - 4 home games to go, we simply have to beat Forest
 
Notabadsquad said:
Yes, and the context of defeat would be hard to recover from. Accepted. An extra day and at home.In theory in our favour.

We can't lose our 3 games after today. We know what's coming in the next 120 minutes.

But lose next weekend and it will be even harder but not impossible.
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We'll be in a huge hole if we lose next week. Atleast the international break comes at the right time and there's a small chance we can use that period to recoup.

Speaking of the international break! Haven't we an insane record of losing nearly every game before an international break for the last 3 seasons? Players like Romero are afraid to block a ball or risk getting hurt before it. Jesus that's another big negative against us in that game!
 
Richard Splash said:
The problem is and I asked this before both Burnley and Palace - if we don’t win this one then when are we going to win?

I do not subscribe to the bizarre thought process that says we eventually have to win just because of the number of games left.

Everytime we fail to win the winnable games we just heap more pressure on the next one. We’re nearly out of those games now - 4 home games to go, we simply have to beat Forest
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Agree mate. Without hope we have nothing. If some have already reached nothing that's okay.
 
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