Is this a potential relegation group?

[blades_95]

The Birmingham game was dull, but we got a point against a team that will push play offs and is still unbeaten. A draw was a fair result, so to call that woeful is just exaggeration in my opinion. Had they beat us 0-4 we'd be in that territory.

Can't be arsed to do the same with every game, but Swansea are top of the league and we were the better team. Zero quality on the ball is another massive exaggeration, and the cup wins not being mentioned is convenient.

We could get relegated, we are absolutely on a downwards trend and uninspired at the moment, it's perhaps interesting to discuss the comparisons with our last relegation team, but your just going too far imo.

The performances in our first five games last season weren't all woeful and we didn't get a point. You don't regularly pick up points in this division easily, just by getting lucky.

We played really well against Blackburn to be fair, we were the better side for the majority of the game & it felt like we’d turned a corner.

I just don’t see what we’re trying to do in our performances. There’s no clear tactic other than playing for second balls.

It’s not like this is a new thing - we’ve churned out very similar performances for the past 2 seasons under Wilder, it’s just now we have a poorer squad. No Hamer to score or create something out of nothing, a defence that can’t be relied upon for consistent clean sheets. Only Wednesday lost more games than us last season. That’s why I have little faith in this changing, because the evidence of the last 2 years tell us it won’t.

 

[AWetFlannel]

So you’re pretty satisfied with how things are going then?

Given I just said "we could get relegated, we are absolutely on a downwards trend and uninspired at the moment, it's perhaps interesting to discuss the comparisons with our last relegation team", I'm not sure where you got that from...

 

[AWetFlannel]

We played really well against Blackburn to be fair, we were the better side for the majority of the game & it felt like we’d turned a corner.

I just don’t see what we’re trying to do in our performances. There’s no clear tactic other than playing for second balls.

It’s not like this is a new thing - we’ve churned out very similar performances for the past 2 seasons under Wilder, it’s just now we have a poorer squad. No Hamer to score or create something out of nothing, a defence that can’t be relied upon for consistent clean sheets. Only Wednesday lost more games than us last season. That’s why I have little faith in this changing, because the evidence of the last 2 years tell us it won’t.

We've tried a few things this season, the main tactic seeming to be direct play with two strikers on the pitch and playing off them like you said. That is a tactic and we've done it fairly consistently this season.

I don't have faith that we'll suddenly become a brilliant passing team, or storm into the play offs this season. I agree that we've sold our best players and the squad is a mess, we're on the slide. It's possible to see that without needless exaggerating though.