Please Oh Please Don't Make Excuses For

[Mince n Tatties]

Our Bloody Useless defence.
Forget QPR, that was a one off.
No matter who we play at the back we still cant defend,especially
Set Pieces.
There all useless and have been for 3 seasons now.
Clear the lot out in the Summer.

[davew]

100% in agreement!!

[bobby01]

When you let Danny Graham score, you know you have defensive problems.

[One Martin Thomas]

Lock, stock the flipping lot.

[H4usuallysitting]

Where's Fred Callaghan when you need him.....he could do a better job driving around the pitch in his cab

[Rhys Lightning 63]

Soooo, the defence needs a rebuild.

Just like the summer of 2014 & 2015. Sooooo... three years in a row that'll make it?

[Hoppus]

Soooo, the defence needs a rebuild.

Just like the summer of 2014 & 2015. Sooooo... three years in a row that'll make it?

I guess Senderos is a free agent soon.

[HatterDon]

We didn't score -- is that also the defense's fault?

[Mince n Tatties]

We didn't score -- is that also the defense's fault?

Simple answer to that is,most games the Strikers
do their job,the defence never.
When was last time they kept a clean sheet?
How Many Goals conceded in last 3 seasons?
Until we get a decent defence,we could have Messi playing
for us and still not progress..

[Skatzoffc]

Well I don't think a rebuild/whole new defence is the answer.
Strengthening more maybe.

To be fair the best games we have are when we defend from the front. We had hardly any shots on goal. That indicates we weren't attacking enough,  and as a result, were defending most of the game or bottled up in mid-field.

It's not all down to us.
We don't dictate the game if the opposition are good. Blackburn's table position belies their squad and application.

So let's admit we were beaten by a better team and not continually slag off our own players please.

Coyw!

[RaySmith]

I think the whole team should take responsibility for conceding goals and defeats, just as they should be praised when we win.

[The Old Count]

The overall fitness of the team is poor.  They all looked tired last night. We've not looked fit and competitive with any consistency all season ( in fact several seasons since Jol got here). 

I'm sure Joka will sort it in the summer...whatever league we find ourselves in.

[Logicalman]

...
Forget QPR, that was a one off.
.....

But there's the rub, it isn't, and won't be a one off going forwards either. We manage the odd good result and follow it up by a bloody awful one.

I could take it easier if we were plain awful the whole time, but we show signs of life and 'improvement' and then throw it all away the very next match, and that's leading to us getting frustrated.

I guess the point is we are totally inconsistent with our results and matchplay.

Hopefully we'll avoid the drop (by the skin of our teeth likely) and Jokanovic will have the opportunity to rebuild the squad, defence first, going forwards into next season.

[rogerpbackinMidEastUS]

The overall fitness of the team is poor.  They all looked tired last night. We've not looked fit and competitive with any consistency all season ( in fact several seasons since Jol got here). 

I'm sure Joka will sort it in the summer...whatever league we find ourselves in.

Magath had the players fit after playing mountain goats in Austria pre-season.
I was quite excited at the start of that season as we'd frequently ran out of steam
towards the end of games the previous year.
Unfortunately, lasting 90 minutes was about the only good thing he did.

Perhaps there lies the problem, so much running on the side of mountains made
the players legs one shorter than the other.

[Funky Fulham Dave]

Mediocrity is the word, is the word, is the word.....

Shambolic defending plus a midfield of preening, prancing players equals mediocrity.

No quality throughout, Dembele and McCormack exempted.

Red cards will be issued for the following:

"To be fair....."
"In all honesty..."
"I (don't) think...."

[Funky Fulham Dave]

We didn't score -- is that also the defense's fault?

Not the defence's fault rather wholly and largely the fault of the defence.