Burton game - turning point or blip? 08:10 - Feb 20 with 7215 views | Herbivore | Now the dust has settled after the weekend, just wondering what people's thoughts are? I've seen a few people suggest that it was or could be a turning point that sees us push on for the rest of the season. I am a bit skeptical of that for a few reasons. Firstly, we similarly beat a poor Accrington side earlier in the year and our form continued to be patchy thereafter. Secondly, Burton came and played quite open which gave us a lot of space to hurt them. Not many sides will do that. Thirdly, Burton were weakened at the back and on a poor run. We know we've got enough quality to roll over the poorer sides in the division, that's not our issue. On the other hand, we did look more balanced as a side overall. Earl gives us better balance in the back three for sure and Garbutt and Edwards give us much better width than their replacements. Judge played with more positional discipline than he has in a while which meant he got beyond the strikers and added a threat high up the pitch. Jackson and Keane actually looked capable of playing together, which they haven't done all that often when I've seen them, and linked up nicely at times. In their own different ways, they were unplayable. For me it's very much a case of wait and see. It was a very good performance and I hope something has genuinely clicked. That said, there are some big caveats against the win as well. This weekend's game is massive. Oxford have themselves had a sticky run, albeit they won handsomely midweek, but they're a decent side and exactly the sort of team we've not done well enough against this season. Win this one and win it fairly well and it gives us a good platform for the run in. Anything else and it increasingly looks like a tough struggle to guarantee a play off slot. | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 11:44 - Feb 20 with 1912 views | Herbivore |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 11:39 - Feb 20 by andytown | Burton were 6th at some point relatively recently. I remember seeing the table |
I've looked back to the start of this month and the start of last month and they weren't 6th in either. | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 11:49 - Feb 20 with 1910 views | Mullet | I think things will pick up because we have a better run in and so many home games. I know a lot of people are making a big deal out of that either way, but the result this weekend will feed into how we perform in front of a place either willing on a push upwards or lamenting another toxic downturn. | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 12:26 - Feb 20 with 1861 views | andytown |
Cheers. Hadn't gotten around to digging it up and you've done it for me! I'm slightly surprised its as recent as a month ago. | | | |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 12:56 - Feb 20 with 1840 views | jayessess | BLIP - Burton at a level we've beaten before - Played with a high line, which suited us - Gave the ball away a lot in midfield TURNING POINT - Earl is better than Wilson - We look better organised with Holy in there - Garbutt and Bishop back - Keane, Judge and Jackson's best games - With hindsight looked easy, but they scored first and pressed quite persistently, didn't look easy until we scored | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 13:06 - Feb 20 with 1829 views | IpswichKnight |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 12:56 - Feb 20 by jayessess | BLIP - Burton at a level we've beaten before - Played with a high line, which suited us - Gave the ball away a lot in midfield TURNING POINT - Earl is better than Wilson - We look better organised with Holy in there - Garbutt and Bishop back - Keane, Judge and Jackson's best games - With hindsight looked easy, but they scored first and pressed quite persistently, didn't look easy until we scored |
Agree with that, I said after the Lincoln game better teams will push and harass Chambers and Wilson knowing they are not comfortable on the ball and likely to look for a quick way to get rid of the ball. Oxford looked slow at the back against us earlier, however some of that could have been the weather! I remember thinking at the time they would struggle with Jackson and someone running directly at them, hopefully it wasn't the weather and they are slow at the back! | | | |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 13:07 - Feb 20 with 1828 views | Herbivore |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 12:26 - Feb 20 by andytown | Cheers. Hadn't gotten around to digging it up and you've done it for me! I'm slightly surprised its as recent as a month ago. |
They've only picked up 4 points in 6 games since then though. Their form has been really poor of late. They must have been in the top 6 for less than a week all season, they're solid midtable fodder. | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 13:29 - Feb 20 with 1807 views | Chrisd |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 13:07 - Feb 20 by Herbivore | They've only picked up 4 points in 6 games since then though. Their form has been really poor of late. They must have been in the top 6 for less than a week all season, they're solid midtable fodder. |
You initially raised doubt that Burton had ever been in the top 6 this season. 'When were they in the top 6? They've generally been midtable all season.' Not how long they had remained there? You could question our own form over the last 20 games, that doesn't suggest we're a side challenging for promotion. | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 13:33 - Feb 20 with 1800 views | BrixtonBlue |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 13:07 - Feb 20 by Herbivore | They've only picked up 4 points in 6 games since then though. Their form has been really poor of late. They must have been in the top 6 for less than a week all season, they're solid midtable fodder. |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 13:43 - Feb 20 with 1789 views | Herbivore |
Fair enough. I didn't remember the 3 or 4 days they were 6th, I remembered the rest of the season with them in midtable. | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 13:45 - Feb 20 with 1783 views | Herbivore |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 13:29 - Feb 20 by Chrisd | You initially raised doubt that Burton had ever been in the top 6 this season. 'When were they in the top 6? They've generally been midtable all season.' Not how long they had remained there? You could question our own form over the last 20 games, that doesn't suggest we're a side challenging for promotion. |
Yes, I asked when they were top 6 as they've generally been midtable all season. It turns out they were 6th for 3 or 4 days in January in a season where they've spent the rest of it in midtable. | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 13:47 - Feb 20 with 1782 views | longtimefan | I think the issue will be that, perhaps other than Oxford on Saturday, the other leading teams coming here over the rest of the season (Fleetwood, Coventry and Portsmouth) will see a draw as a good result against us, given their relative positions in the table and with games in hand. That means they'll most likely play in a more negative manner which is unlikely to help us, as we always seem to struggle to break down teams that are defensively well organised. Unfortunately a point a game in those games will be not be sufficient for us. | | | |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 15:36 - Feb 20 with 1676 views | flimflam |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 13:43 - Feb 20 by Herbivore | Fair enough. I didn't remember the 3 or 4 days they were 6th, I remembered the rest of the season with them in midtable. |
But they were in the top 6 recently were they not? | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 15:54 - Feb 20 with 1665 views | Herbivore |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 15:36 - Feb 20 by flimflam | But they were in the top 6 recently were they not? |
Yes, but I'm not sure what point you think that makes? They were top 6 for a few days. Prior to that few days and since that few days they've been mired in midtable. I genuinely didn't recall those halcyon few days when midtable Burton briefly soared to the heady heights of 6th before settling back down in midtable again. My bad, I'm sorry. | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 16:35 - Feb 20 with 1632 views | jayessess |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 13:47 - Feb 20 by longtimefan | I think the issue will be that, perhaps other than Oxford on Saturday, the other leading teams coming here over the rest of the season (Fleetwood, Coventry and Portsmouth) will see a draw as a good result against us, given their relative positions in the table and with games in hand. That means they'll most likely play in a more negative manner which is unlikely to help us, as we always seem to struggle to break down teams that are defensively well organised. Unfortunately a point a game in those games will be not be sufficient for us. |
Given that the other 9 are all pretty winnable, I'd say drawing all three of those probably isn't a disaster. I'd also question whether teams sitting in has been our undoing. Rotherham, Peterborough and Sunderland all attacked us. | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 16:38 - Feb 20 with 1628 views | itfcjoe |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 15:54 - Feb 20 by Herbivore | Yes, but I'm not sure what point you think that makes? They were top 6 for a few days. Prior to that few days and since that few days they've been mired in midtable. I genuinely didn't recall those halcyon few days when midtable Burton briefly soared to the heady heights of 6th before settling back down in midtable again. My bad, I'm sorry. |
The point is he was right in his original post and you were wrong, you can just admit that | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 17:18 - Feb 20 with 1596 views | BudapestByBlimp | Burton did play open which suited our style but I thought we moved the ball more quickly than in recent games and a bit more direct, often hitting crosses into the danger area before the defence had a chance to get organised. So, in one sense, I see it as a potential turning point. Most teams will come to Portman Road with a compact defence and midfield and our best hope of breaking those teams down is when our centre backs make attacking runs. | | | |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 17:25 - Feb 20 with 1577 views | Herbivore |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 16:38 - Feb 20 by itfcjoe | The point is he was right in his original post and you were wrong, you can just admit that |
I've admitted I didn't realise they'd been in the top 6, I'm just not sure of the wider significance of it when they were there for about 3 days and have been squarely in the middle of the table prior to and since those few days. If the only point is some sort of "nah nah nah nah nah, I'm right and you're not!" then you'll thank me for staying out of the playground. I'm trying to have a grown up debate. [Post edited 20 Feb 2020 17:26]
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 17:49 - Feb 20 with 1560 views | Herbivore |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 17:18 - Feb 20 by BudapestByBlimp | Burton did play open which suited our style but I thought we moved the ball more quickly than in recent games and a bit more direct, often hitting crosses into the danger area before the defence had a chance to get organised. So, in one sense, I see it as a potential turning point. Most teams will come to Portman Road with a compact defence and midfield and our best hope of breaking those teams down is when our centre backs make attacking runs. |
I think this Saturday will be a big test to be fair. It's hard to read a lot into the Burton game because they were so open and so fragile at the back, as well as being out of form. We looked good, but there's several caveats on that. If we produce a similar performance against Oxford and beat an actual top 6 rival then that would feel more like a turning point. | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 17:59 - Feb 20 with 1540 views | itfcjoe |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 17:25 - Feb 20 by Herbivore | I've admitted I didn't realise they'd been in the top 6, I'm just not sure of the wider significance of it when they were there for about 3 days and have been squarely in the middle of the table prior to and since those few days. If the only point is some sort of "nah nah nah nah nah, I'm right and you're not!" then you'll thank me for staying out of the playground. I'm trying to have a grown up debate. [Post edited 20 Feb 2020 17:26]
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Do you not think his point was fair? That they are no mugs and were in the top 6 recently as proof of that. They may have played a style that played into our hands but they clearly aren’t an awful side - flimflam made a decent point but you just belittled it in reality | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 18:05 - Feb 20 with 1522 views | Herbivore |
Burton game - turning point or blip? on 17:59 - Feb 20 by itfcjoe | Do you not think his point was fair? That they are no mugs and were in the top 6 recently as proof of that. They may have played a style that played into our hands but they clearly aren’t an awful side - flimflam made a decent point but you just belittled it in reality |
They've been midtable all season aside from the three days in January where they were briefly in 6th. I'm not sure what that is meant to prove. They have otherwise been squarely midtable all season. That's the point, they aren't anything special. They're a midtable side on a poor run. | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 11:55 - Feb 23 with 1378 views | Herbivore | Narrator: It was a blip. | |
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Burton game - turning point or blip? on 12:22 - Feb 23 with 1344 views | bazgammon | Blip. defo. | |
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