Why did they settle for 1-1?

TeaCider said:
Everyone one of his goals has come from him drifting in from the wing, bar a tap in against Millwall.

He should be starting every game, but he should be starting it on the wing or in support of an actual striker.
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That's what strikers do. The Bournemouth goal he didn't drift in from the wing.
 
bear66 said:
That's what strikers do. The Bournemouth goal he didn't drift in from the wing.
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That's what wingers do too, because he's a winger.

Drifted in from the right hand side because the ball was at the opposite end on the by-line
 
18MFC76 said:
I'm a Warnock fan but I can't defend our attitude after getting the goal today. Not to push for a winner was baffling.
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It was almost to the point of raising suspicion. It was like watching a game where a draw would have suited us.
Either that or someone had a very big bet on a 1-1 draw.
Who would have been upset if we had gone for it and got caught on the break.
It was management not the players they were acting on instruction.
 
HundredRoom said:
It was almost to the point of raising suspicion. It was like watching a game where a draw would have suited us.
Either that or someone had a very big bet on a 1-1 draw.
Who would have been upset if we had gone for it and got caught on the break.
It was management not the players they were acting on instruction.
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Loads of people would have been upset, and let's not pretend they wouldn't.
 
Cuthbert said:
TeaCider I agree with a lot of what you say, but not this one.
I think most people knew that we pretty much had to win today, and wouldn't have minded us going for it.
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I just don't believe it for a second.
Everyone always says they wouldn't mind, but people would be raging if we lost after equalising.

The last game I can remember it happening was against Huddersfield earlier this season, we equalised late on through an Assombalonga penalty, threw men forwards and then almost immediately conceded again to lose 3-2, people were not happy.
 
TeaCider said:
That's what happens when you play a winger as a striker and Spence as a footballer.
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Don't like Spence do you. He certainly wasn't the worst player on the pitch today. Think Howson fits that cap.
Maybe playing Spence today and the bring Coulson in on shows he is looking at whether players will be here next season. Bit unfortunate for Coulson as he was played out of position yet again.
Not having a like for like midfielder on bench was a disgrace. Where are all the good young lads we supposedly have.👍👍
 
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TeaCider said:
I just don't believe it for a second.
Everyone always says they wouldn't mind, but people would be raging if we lost after equalising.

The last game I can remember it happening was against Huddersfield earlier this season, we equalised late on through an Assombalonga penalty, threw men forwards and then almost immediately conceded again to lose 3-2, people were not happy.
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Yes but that's earlier in the season. That's why it's different. Today we basically had to win.
Anyway, not to worry. You're not going to change your mind! (y)
 
My Mrs has bought a season ticket and she'll be coming to the games with me. She said she'd need to learn the names of all the players but I told her not to bother as half of them won't be here next season.
 
They may have been trying to frustrate Watford who were keen for a win, hoping Watford would take silly risks and leave some gaps.

How many games end with a team pushing forward taking extra risks and then letting a goal in on the break.
 
TeaCider said:
I just don't believe it for a second.
Everyone always says they wouldn't mind, but people would be raging if we lost after equalising.

The last game I can remember it happening was against Huddersfield earlier this season, we equalised late on through an Assombalonga penalty, threw men forwards and then almost immediately conceded again to lose 3-2, people were not happy.
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thats when losing mattered. It really didn't matter today. not at all. A win would still have let us with a little hope.
I might be getting carried away in conspiracy mode but if we had got in the play offs and miraculously got promoted what kind of PL season would we have. A disaster and perhaps NW doesn't want his last season to be a car crash. Much better off in the Champo where he has a chance of ending in a blaze of glory with promotion. ??

Ill get back in my box and go off to the political threads
 
HundredRoom said:
thats when losing mattered. It really didn't matter today. not at all. A win would still have let us with a little hope.
I might be getting carried away in conspiracy mode but if we had got in the play offs and miraculously got promoted what kind of PL season would we have. A disaster and perhaps NW doesn't want his last season to be a car crash. Much better off in the Champo where he has a chance of ending in a blaze of glory with promotion. ??

Ill get back in my box and go off to the political threads
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We'd be 7 points off the play-offs even if we had won today, that would rise to 9 if Bournemouth win their game in hand.
We only have 6 games left.

It was over when Bournemouth put the second past us out of nothing.

I just can't be upset that we settled for a score draw against a team full of Premier League players, about to get promted automatically, that had won 11 of the last 12 games, have won more points than any other team since their manager was appointed in the division, and have the best defence in England outside of Man City.
 
TeaCider said:
We'd be 7 points off the play-offs even if we had won today, that would rise to 9 if Bournemouth win their game in hand.
We only have 6 games left.

It was over when Bournemouth put the second past us out of nothing.

I just can't be upset that we settled for a score draw against a team full of Premier League players, about to get promted automatically, that had won 11 of the last 12 games, have won more points than any other team since their manager was appointed in the division, and have the best defence in England outside of Man City.
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I wonder if Rotherham thought the same before they gave us a tonking, after all we are allegedly a bigger club than them, recent Premier League club, they didn’t just accept that they were second best. We may as well not turn up if we accept mediocrity at every turn.
 
dribble said:
I wonder if Rotherham thought the same before they gave us a tonking, after all we are allegedly a bigger club than them, recent Premier League club, they didn’t just accept that they were second best. We may as well not turn up if we accept mediocrity at every turn.
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It's absolutely nothing to do with accepting we are second best.
Rotherham fully deserved their win over our make shift defence, but I have no doubt that if they had been losing for most of the match, without ever really threatening, and equalised late on, they'd have been happy with a point.

We did not threaten Watford's goal once in 100 minutes of football, bar the goal we scored from a set piece, and for most of that time we were losing and trying to get an equaliser.
It's not unreasonable to assume that we would continue to struggle to test their goal if we'd went gung-ho and thrown men forwards for a winner, and we've been caught on the break repeatedly this season as is.

It was abundantly clear from Warnock's comments after the Bournemouth capitulation and before the match today that he had accepted that we'd missed out on the play-offs and I'm sure he'd rather settle for a draw against a top 2 team than lose 3 matches in a row.
Especially when the result won't change what league we're in, but a loss would increase the pressure on him.
 
that one point keep our very thin playoff chance alive. we simply couldn’t afford to lose it. why throw it away, why throw away any sort of game plan. now the last 10 minutes against Barnsley in the same situation is another thing entirely!!
 
newyddion said:
that one point keep our very thin playoff chance alive. we simply couldn’t afford to lose it. why throw it away, why throw away any sort of game plan. now the last 10 minutes against Barnsley in the same situation is another thing entirely!!
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A case of who dares wins

faint heart never won a place in the play offs
 
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