Comments on: Why Barry Davies should not come to Valley Parade any time soon

By: Paul Firth

Paul Firth — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:07:05 +0000

I too am of the Barry Davies school of thought, epsecially having watched City for nearly twice as long as our esteemed author. You have to expect the unexpected at Valley Parade.

I don’t do open-ended forecasts. But what I do do is watch the present and the recent past performances. From them I think it fair to say that, if City keep playing like they did on Monday, they will lose more than they will win.

I thought it was their worst 90 minutes of the season so far, especially at the back, where the last few games have shown a steady deterioration.

In short, they need to improve (hardly rocket science!), to get back what they had with the same squad in August and early September and then, perhaps, the promotion hopes will be realistic again.

Who knows what will happen on Friday? Don’t ask me!

By: John Blakey

John Blakey — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:47:25 +0000

What people dont relise is that at this stage of the season results are not as important as performances. In the 98/99 season even when we were struggling the fruits of what was to come were evident in our displays, particularly in the early home games when we drew with Birmingham. Although we didnt get the three points it was clear to see we had been unlucky in many games and performances at that level would see us climb the league.

This season is in direct contrast. Away at Stanley we were lucky by any reckoning and we were poor against Luton, and Gillingham. Even against Macclesfield early on in the campaign we did nothing other than a spell in the first 20 mins when Macc were absolutely dire. Again, against Rochdale at home we were lucky to get the three points. I dont mean to be negative, I’m just calling it as I see it.

On recent displays, I would say we are marginally, ever so slightly, better than last season. I would imagine we will scrape a play off place at best. The performances are the indication of this, not the fact that we are seventh, because at this stage it doesnt tell us much.

For the record, Barry Davies was in a different league to Motson. I miss his commentary which was guided towards the football fan rather than Motson’s commentary which is littered with stats, and facts that anyone who pays a weekly attention to the football news stories will have heard a million times before.

By: Mark Williams

Mark Williams — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:26:33 +0000

The last 6 games reads 1 win 2 draws and 3 defeats - contrasted to the first 6 of 5 wins and 1 defeat.
That in itself has brought ut the supporters apathy of seeing this season crumble away - I was really deflated after watching the team play with seemingly lead boots on Monday night - everything was ponderous and hesitants bar a few bursting runs from Colcbeck, Daley late on and some impressive passes from Furman.
The next 3 games could see the situation reverse - who knows, but a defeat against Grimsby will have the toys coming out of many more prams - mine are already on the floor out of reach

By: John Wade

John Wade — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 08:05:08 +0000

The sad part of Monday to me is how far our expectations have fallen . I do not know if City will be promoted , no one does . We might win our next 10 games , we did in 1978/9(?). But on Monday we were dire , we were outplayed by a very poor team . That is the sad thing , how poor we were , and how we have come to accept it .

By: Michael Wood

Michael Wood — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:49:27 +0000

Reading this back it seems to suggest that Barry is no longer with us. He is still alive unless he went in the night and has yet to be discovered by the maid…