We are better than we give ourselves credit for, bearing in mind that these notes are from fans who absolutely hate us...
Oh well, no shame in loosing to them, there f*****g good. C***s.
We really got torn apart. A bit of reality check.
Still can make play offs, but quality told tonight
2nd best against the best side I've seen this season
We just have to face facts Leeds are a very good side, and particularly in the second half, they played very very well.
Be honest, nobody has played anything like that well against us this season.
Weeds are a very good side who move the ball very quickly and it’s very difficult to chase them round the park. Can’t fault our effort but they were just better.
They were playing like a quality Premier League team. The first half was "the beautiful game", we were getting all the goals, and they were playing long, accurate passes and moving like world beaters. It goes to show the standard of football in the Championship.
When the performance is that high, a defeat is easier to accept, which hopefully is some consolation to all the travelling Millwall fans on a long journey home.
Let’s not forget even arsenal couldn’t get the ball off them in the first half of the cup game. It’s no wonder we struggled.
MOT
Snippets from a Millwall forum....
posted on 29/1/20
great to read that from opposing fans..
posted on 29/1/20
comment by The Spanish Italians (U21595)
posted 2 minutes ago
great to read that from opposing fans..
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I always enjoy opposition views, good or bad, however this is nice to read and share, especially from them.
posted on 29/1/20
I think that's the reason we sometimes get frustrated and start having a rant, because we know what the team are capable of, and the football they can produce, and when we have come to see that standard in the second half we use that as our benchmark. Hopefully this is a defining moment and gives them their belief back at what they capable of. Their destiny is deffinately in their hands now.
posted on 29/1/20
comment by icub4me (U10576)
posted 2 minutes ago
I think that's the reason we sometimes get frustrated and start having a rant, because we know what the team are capable of, and the football they can produce, and when we have come to see that standard in the second half we use that as our benchmark. Hopefully this is a defining moment and gives them their belief back at what they capable of. Their destiny is deffinately in their hands now.
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Agreed, we all want the best, every time.
They have certainly pushed the boundaries this season on occasions as to what our best is, and it is bloody impressive.
Hard to offer that level of performance every week, even for 90 minutes, but if we continue to get close, we'll win more games than we lose.
I'd like to think that the 2nd half has got their heads well and truly back into the game, belief and confidence should start flowing again.
posted on 29/1/20
Thanks very much for posting that Westcliff - it's a really good trick that, reading the opposing fans' views.
Reading the views posted here on our board is similarly instructive. Ja606 last night on the match day thread was seriously apocalyptic - calling for Bielsa's head, even! The pressure of expectation, of anticipation of this long-awaited success switches so easily into dread of failure. We all feel it - that desperation to avoid history repeating itself.
What those Millwall fans remind us of is the quality of the football that Bielsa has inspired, regardless of the scorelines? The process takes precedence over the result? In any case, it's surely got to be better to be promoted because we're simply the best club in the division than to scrape through on lucky results.
So, while the first two goals look soft - deflections etc - so did theirs: a horribly simple Ayling error and a dodgy linesman's decision.
What wasn't luck or softness was the sheer gritty determination to turn the result around - team spirit and self-belief. We may look back and see that second half as the defining performance of our season.
Brilliant game, brilliant result, brilliant Bamford bagged two, brilliant that West Brom got beat and we've begun to open up the gap again.
Re Bamford, I've seen him making gestures quite a lot to the crowd. He should just pack it in and concentrate on playing and ignore the nonsense. He's doing a fine job for us.
posted on 29/1/20
comment by Jaz63 (U8369)
posted 41 minutes ago
Thanks very much for posting that Westcliff - it's a really good trick that, reading the opposing fans' views.
Reading the views posted here on our board is similarly instructive. Ja606 last night on the match day thread was seriously apocalyptic - calling for Bielsa's head, even! The pressure of expectation, of anticipation of this long-awaited success switches so easily into dread of failure. We all feel it - that desperation to avoid history repeating itself.
What those Millwall fans remind us of is the quality of the football that Bielsa has inspired, regardless of the scorelines? The process takes precedence over the result? In any case, it's surely got to be better to be promoted because we're simply the best club in the division than to scrape through on lucky results.
So, while the first two goals look soft - deflections etc - so did theirs: a horribly simple Ayling error and a dodgy linesman's decision.
What wasn't luck or softness was the sheer gritty determination to turn the result around - team spirit and self-belief. We may look back and see that second half as the defining performance of our season.
Brilliant game, brilliant result, brilliant Bamford bagged two, brilliant that West Brom got beat and we've begun to open up the gap again.
Re Bamford, I've seen him making gestures quite a lot to the crowd. He should just pack it in and concentrate on playing and ignore the nonsense. He's doing a fine job for us.
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Hi Jaz,
I think as a fan base we are we are too high with the highs and too low with the lows.
I try to keep a fairly level head, although the first half last night was difficult - it was very much a case of same old same old. Playing reasonably well, creating chances, nothing going for us. Opposition score their first chance and are given a dodgy penalty, what else can go wrong!!
Second half, pure guts, quality and commitment to get the job done.
Paddy needs to remember who he is. We all want him to do well, aside from the keyboard warriors he has had nothing but support from the stands - do your job.
I don't like come of my customers, but ultimately my job, what I am paid to do, is please them, give them the service they are paying for - just do your job Paddy - no one expects you to score every chance, nor do they expect a backlash from you when you do notch a couple. Not the way to keep the fans on side.
posted on 29/1/20
The cupped ears seems to be a signal to t he fans I. T he stand, not the keyboard warriors. But if the fans are going to give it, they can damn well take it too.
Good on Bamford. I was skating him - and the rest of the team - at half time. It was a shocking first half. And they gave me a well earned two finger salute by the end of the game.
And I’m damn happy with that.
posted on 29/1/20
comment by Long Short Tall 666 (U19233)
posted 16 minutes ago
The cupped ears seems to be a signal to t he fans I. T he stand, not the keyboard warriors. But if the fans are going to give it, they can damn well take it too.
Good on Bamford. I was skating him - and the rest of the team - at half time. It was a shocking first half. And they gave me a well earned two finger salute by the end of the game.
And I’m damn happy with that.
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I didn't think it was that bad a first half.
Bad defending from the corner, granted, dodgy pen - that aside, Dallas brought a good save (no corner given), Bamford strike straight at the keeper, Cooper free headed straight at the keeper, could easily have gone in with a goal or 3 to our names.
Think how good the 2nd half was made the first half look worse than it was.
I agree with the give it, must take it too, however he is the professional here and needs to act like the professional. Fans will always voice their opinions, whether they're right or wrong, it is their choice and right to do so.
I don't agree with slagging players, but hey, we're all different.
posted on 29/1/20
I wrote "Bielsa out". It was a touch of irony in a moment of sheer frustration.