Who will take Responsibility ?

After a first half against Forest which was a super half of attacking football from City , where if we'd taken our chances we could easily have been 4-1 up, I cannot believe how ragged we were during the second half.
It was like watching a different team ! As good as we were in the first half, we were nowhere near those standards during the second period against a very ordinary Forest side.
Our movement and support seemed to disappear as the game went on.
It came as no surprise to me that Bruno Manga was man of the match, yet he is our last line of defence !
I have no doubt we would have ended up losing this game had he not been playing, as he is pure quality at this level.

What I would like to ask though is, who is responsible for the complete change in the way we played the second half ?
Are the team under orders ?
And who is responsible for us making a ridiculous TEN passes that stretched across the midfield, then to the back line, then across the midfield again, only for the ball to be over hit and out for a Forest goal kick, and this with just 10 mins. of the game remaining !
Don't the players realise that we are wasting our own time when we play this way with the clock running down ?
And don't our team get coached how to score goals ? What I know is that 8 out of every 10 goals are scored from inside the box, so I know where I'd be busting a gut to put the ball as quick and often as possible if I wanted to win a game !
And how much longer will it be before one of our triple management team realise that we desperately need an outfield captain to galvanise our team - especially after half time !

It was the subs for me that made the difference we were doing fine up until then we slowed down when the subs were made.

It was the subs for me that made the difference we were doing fine up until then we slowed down when the subs were made.

That's interesting, as If we as a squad are coached to play a certain way/pattern/system, surely the subs whoever they may be on the day, should be able to maintain that way/pattern/system without too much of a problem ?
Everything points to a breakdown somewhere along the line, whether that's the players, the coaches or the manager ?
Or even not having an outfield captain to hold everything together ?

It was the subs for me that made the difference we were doing fine up until then we slowed down when the subs were made.

That's interesting, as If we as a squad are coached to play a certain way/pattern/system, surely the subs whoever they may be on the day, should be able to maintain that way/pattern/system without too much of a problem ?
Everything points to a breakdown somewhere along the line, whether that's the players, the coaches or the manager ?
Or even not having an outfield captain to hold everything together ?

They were like for like and one in particular Jones off for Ameobi what's that about? one ineffective player for another and if I had to put Whitts on I would've kept Ralls and Gunnar on.

It was the subs for me that made the difference we were doing fine up until then we slowed down when the subs were made.

That's interesting, as If we as a squad are coached to play a certain way/pattern/system, surely the subs whoever they may be on the day, should be able to maintain that way/pattern/system without too much of a problem ?
Everything points to a breakdown somewhere along the line, whether that's the players, the coaches or the manager ?
Or even not having an outfield captain to hold everything together ?

They were like for like and one in particular Jones off for Ameobi what's that about? one ineffective player for another and if I had to put Whitts on I would've kept Ralls and Gunnar on.

How many times do you have to be real told Gunnar was injured ffs.

The slowing off the pace might have something to do with the fact it was the last game of a busy period and by and large Slade flogs the same players to death.

Watt and Ralls are two of our more energetic players and they had off nights last night. No one was also shagged and Gunnar injured.

Oh and if you're waiting for Slade to take any responsibility for anything then you will be waiting a long time.

He talks like an observer rather than the person in charge of making the decisions.

It was the subs for me that made the difference we were doing fine up until then we slowed down when the subs were made.

That's interesting, as If we as a squad are coached to play a certain way/pattern/system, surely the subs whoever they may be on the day, should be able to maintain that way/pattern/system without too much of a problem ?
Everything points to a breakdown somewhere along the line, whether that's the players, the coaches or the manager ?
Or even not having an outfield captain to hold everything together ?

They were like for like and one in particular Jones off for Ameobi what's that about? one ineffective player for another and if I had to put Whitts on I would've kept Ralls and Gunnar on.

How many times do you have to be real told Gunnar was injured ffs.

My mistake I thought he was just subed off I only had to told twice.

Happens every game.

Against Birmingham, MK Dons and Forest it was exactly the same story.

First half we are on top, the opposition look ordinary, we take the game to them, attack without really creating a lot of clear cut chances, squander the ones we do and then comes half time.

At half time, all of the players are replaced by parks team players disguised as the starting eleven, and with Slade's words of wisdom ringing in their ears, head out for the second half and allow the opposition to show that they do have enough quality to either win the game or almost win the game like Forest did yesterday.

We just cannot seem to put together two consecutive halves of decent football.

Why is that?

Even Russell doesn't know. But one thing's for sure - no matter what the fans may sing to him,he has no idea how to "sort it out".

Happens every game.

Against Birmingham, MK Dons and Forest it was exactly the same story.

First half we are on top, the opposition look ordinary, we take the game to them, attack without really creating a lot of clear cut chances, squander the ones we do and then comes half time.

At half time, all of the players are replaced by parks team players disguised as the starting eleven, and with Slade's words of wisdom ringing in their ears, head out for the second half and allow the opposition to show that they do have enough quality to either win the game or almost win the game like Forest did yesterday.

We just cannot seem to put together two consecutive halves of decent football.

Why is that?

Even Russell doesn't know. But one thing's for sure - no matter what the fans may sing to him,he has no idea how to "sort it out".

That's exactly what's mystifying my mates and myself !
But surely isn't it about time someone at the club took responsibility for us not performing for the full 90 minutes plus ?
As long term diehard fans we'll be there supporting our team no matter what, but when something is clearly not right, we expect one of the highly paid professionals at the club to firstly identify the problem and then do what it takes to put it right !

If it's a fitness issue..... put it right !
It's so frustrating seeing your team week in week out throwing points away against less talented sides than us .
And what's all this about professional footballers being Knackered after 60mins ?
Isn't it what they do for a living ? I thought they were supposed to be highly tuned athletes ?
We seem to have far more than our fair share of "unusually long injury absences" compared to other teams. Who monitors these things ? It seems like our players take weeks to recover even for minor injuries ?
There are so many things at our club that appear to be "different" to other clubs.
And isn't it about time that Mr Tan spoke to both the fans and the press letting us know what his plans are for the future of our Capital City Club ?
We are currently losing thousands of fans who will not return if the club continues to be run in this manner, and yet nobody at the club seems to care.

It was the subs for me that made the difference we were doing fine up until then we slowed down when the subs were made.

Ffs if he doesn't make subs he is slated if he does he is slated.

It was the subs for me that made the difference we were doing fine up until then we slowed down when the subs were made.

Ffs if he doesn't make subs he is slated if he does he is slated.

But he makes some baffling Subs I mean bringing Ameobi on for Jones?

There have been loads of opinions and differing views on Russell Slade, and that's what football is all about !
But surely our much maligned manager can see that Ameobi cannot replace Kenwynne Jones as a like for like substitute ??

Ameobi drifts out wide and drops quite deep to receive the ball. He often goes down the touchline where I think he feels most comfortable, but if there's one thing he doesn't appear to like doing, that's heading a football !
Whereby Kenwynne is an out and out target man - well, sometimes.