Bournemouth away

[DE.]

Just now, SoldierMo said:

This bourny team will not be going up...a poor team i feel

Hard to tell on the first day of the season, but they definitely aren't anything special. Teams that can defend will be able to beat this Bournemouth team for sure. 

[matt83]

Just now, Bohinen 22 said:

Sort the defence out you clown.

My honest belief is he doesn’t have the ability to get anything out of what we have nor the contacts to fix it. 

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

We've been the better side - yet have lost and conceded 3.  

[Tugay-is-God]

More positives than negatives from that performance for me. 

 Hard done by not to get anything from that. 

[Hasta]

Brace yourself.

Tony Mowbray defenders are coming.

Transfer window defenders are coming.

[CD_93]

Conceded 3 and I’m annoyed we didn’t deservedly win.

Very, very annoying,

[Exiled_Rover]

Just now, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

We've been the better side - yet have lost and conceded 3.  

It's incredible, isn't it?

I've just caught myself thinking "pretty pleased with this performance. Looked dangerous and creative..... oh, we've conceded 3. Again". 

[Stuart]

Real shame for the lads that have played today. They definitely deserved a draw - particularly in the second half.

Until we sort out the glaring problem of the last three years though nothing will change. We cannot keep having to score three every game to get points.

Anyone who blames Dolan is excusing Mowbray’s failure. We need players like him in the same way Sven knew how important Rooney was to England. He needs more opportunities and not sidelining.

Today was against a PL team with an incredible combined squad value and we faced up to them man for man. I’ll reserve judgment on the new faces - including Kaminski who conceded three from five shots on target - for a little while yet.

Meanwhile the clock is ticking for Mowbray to fix our defence...

[jim mk2]

Just now, Tugay-is-God said:

More positives than negatives from that performance for me. 

 Hard done by not to get anything from that. 

Personally I'd rather we were rubbish and won. 

[G Somerset Rover]

Same old same old. Fail to bring in new defenders - yet again - and this is why you get. 

[RovingRover]

Maybe a defeat is what is needed to kick the transfer efforts in the backside.

Edited September 12, 2020 by RovingRover

[TruRover]

Gutted. Played really well and were the better team throughout apart from the opening 20 of the 2nd half. 
 

[Tugay-is-God]

Just now, jim mk2 said:

Personally I'd rather we were rubbish and won. 

Me too. I'm talking about the game that just happened. 

 

[SoldierMo]

Yes but its fine because chaddy happy to wait till deadline

[Bohinen 22]

Groundhog Day again. 3 f£&&ing goals conceded. How can that moron not strengthen the defence. Williams? Bell? Overrated Lenihan. It’s a joke. P!ss off Mowbray. Same sh!t, different year.

[RTM08]

Not good enough - TM has yet again failed to address the main issue in the squad - please just boot him before we get stuck in a relegation battle.

[scotchrover]

33 minutes ago, USABlue said:

Mowbray works his usual HT magic.

Sack him... bring in Klopp and let’s see what he can do with one of the lowest budgets in the league. ?

 

Should have won, but the backline hasn’t been good enough. 

[neophox]

Poor defending again.. 

[AllRoverAsia]

Concede 3 goals and you get few points at Championship level.

That's overall defensive weakness and that is Mowbrays fault

[AJW]

Was expecting a bit of a tubbing to be honest , we’ve lost and Yet we’ve been the better side by all accounts

not Sure to take that as a positive or not

Edited September 12, 2020 by AJW

[DE.]

Same old story, unfortunately. It was a good performance overall, but we can't help but ship 2-3 goals a game which has been our undoing too many times under Mowbray. He's had multiple transfer windows and ample time on the training pitch to fix this issue but either can't or won't do so. We've got enough about us to stay up as there are teams with similarly poor defences and worse attacking units that we will beat, but there's no way we get anywhere close to the top six with the current squad and management/coaching team. Mid-table beckons again, unless we have a stormer of an end to the transfer window. 

[SBlue]

A result most of us expected, so hopefully conceding 3 will focus some minds on transfers.

Some positives today though.

Hilarious how PNE let Dolan go.

[Tom]

Well, beaten by 3 brilliant finishes.

Reasons to be hopeful include Dolan looking bright, Kaminski with a stunning save and Armstrong carrying on the goals.

Main cause for concern are all 3 goals displayed really poor defending 

[yellowsubmarine]

Gutted to lose the game. We deserved at least a draw. Bell has been awful. You just know he's gonna do his typical cutting in, and then lose the ball. Bell and Williams are quite comical at times. Someone has to be responsible for coaching this defence.

[neophox]

Williams was better than Lenihan and Bell is really poor