30-09-2019, 02:05 PM
(30-09-2019, 01:15 PM)Robbos Desert Boots Wrote:(30-09-2019, 12:50 PM)Paplane Wrote:(30-09-2019, 10:52 AM)Mad Squad Wrote: I am starting to believe. I have seen enough to be convinced that we are as good as anyone else in this league.
Agree, we're currently as good as anyone and we seem to be on track based on the Billy Davies 'judge us after 10 games' rule. But the true test comes after Christmas IMO. Can the club sustain good results and player confidence when injuries and suspensions take their toll?
Ignoring the Arsenal game, the last 2 league games against Barnsley & Stoke have been poor-ish performances IMO when we've looked questionable for large parts of the games. But we won them. But if the poor performances continue, then it's only a matter of time till a defeat or 2 arrive and then we'll really see how good we are.
Immediate test tomorrow night is can we get results without Dawson (best player for me so far this season). We couldn't last year.
My immediate reaction is yes we can. We beat Derby without him in the team and we beat Stoke without him in the team too for the majority of the match. I think it's important to remember that when we lost Dawson last season we also lost Figs at the same time. It was a double blow.
I hope you're right of course and I take your point about Figs and I would say that the instability with the manager was also a major factor at that time.
Re the Stoke game, did you notice that we conceded the last goal via a set play? I did wonder at the time if we would've conceded that goal had Dawson been there. We're considerably weaker at set plays in both boxes with Dawson out.