Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:39 pm
By the way is the 4 losses in 15 games an attempt to paint a positive picture.
Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:48 pm
castleblue wrote:bluebird58 wrote:castleblue wrote:I just watched DJ pre match interview and I could hardly believe what I was hearing, the interview was full of the usual People In This Part Of The World stuff, but when asked about our recent Blip he replied "Everyone Is Having A Blip"
Well the reality DJ is that some a having a bigger Blip than others but when you consider that a Blip was a term which was most commonly used to describe a short term improvement in financial markets it hardly applies to form of football clubs.
Perhaps someone should look at the form of our football club in a little more details i.e. if you were to look at the performance of our club over say the last 23 games you would see we have only won 8 games. Half of those wins occured during the short term loan of Aaron Ramsey and results have fallen away since his return to Arsenal - A classic Blip.
Then take a look at the performance of other clubs in the Championship to see how many games they have won over the last 23 fixtures;
QPR 12 wins from 23 games
Nowrich 11 wins in 23 games
Swansea 12 wins in 23 games
Leeds 10 wins in 23 games
Notts Forest 11 wins in 23 games
Burnley 10 wins in 23 games
Watford 9 wins in 23 games
Hull 11 wins in 23 games
Leicester 12 wins in 23 games
Reading 9 wins in 23 games
Millwall 9 wins in 23 games
Portsmouth 6 wins in 23 games.
So our record is only better than the team currently 13th in the Championship table and that means our blip was winning 4 games when Aaron Ramsey was at the club and now we are back at the inconsistent average team when have been since November.
When you consider that we have been here before with DJ it is little wonder many of us believe that he is incapable of turning this around, indeed if he does manage it he will fall on the answer by mistake.
Football is a results business and our results over this 23 game period are comparable with Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough and Ipswich who have all changed their managers this season, that is why it is right that DJ position at the club should be under review never mind one game but a long run of games.
For your information DJ there is no football club on the planet where this type of form would be considered aceptable and although you have changed your SPIN from we are still 2nd to we are in a great position it simply doesn't wash.
I really don't see how anyone can possibly continue to defend him giving these FACTS.
I don't swear very often on this board.
Shut the f**k up about DJ until we can no longer mathematically get promoted (including via the playoffs).
Excellent contribution to the debate Thank you.
Fri Mar 18, 2011 7:50 pm
Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:04 pm
bluebird58 wrote:castleblue wrote:bluebird58 wrote:
I don't swear very often on this board.
Shut the f**k up about DJ until we can no longer mathematically get promoted (including via the playoffs).
Excellent contribution to the debate Thank you.
A little petty of me I know - the message I was trying to convey is that this has become a witch-hunt, not a debate. We seem to be endlessly discussing how badly DJ is doing. This can't be exactly helpful for the team. We are still in a strong position to go up - lets sack him when we can no longer go up, and not before.
Sorry for swearing - I didn't have time to put forward a reasoned argument!
Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:14 pm
nerd wrote:Right, thanks for arguing the point - we are where we are because everybody else is playing like s***.
Boy, that really says DJ is a great manager, right?
Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:01 pm
Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:40 pm
alexc wrote:"with the best collection of players in the division"
This is a blatant falsehood as many forum members have pointed out - we only win games when we have a class player with us like Ramsey! The others are clearly poor players.
Sat Mar 19, 2011 10:16 am