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Two hard-fought draws with clean sheets point to a slight improvement in Albion's fortunes under Ramsay, but that elusive maiden win remains... well, elusive. The good news is that back-to-back home games this week offer us the opportunity to finally remedy that shortcoming. The bad news is that table-topping Coventry are our first opponents, fresh from steadying their promotion charge with victory against Middlesbrough.
Still, winless in their last eight on the road, the Sky Blues may not be the all-conquering force we might fear, even if they're buoyed by the return from suspension of Brandon Thomas-Asante and confident of an inevitable contribution from him on his erstwhile patch. The Albion injury list also gets no better from one week to the next, but if we can keep things tight the way we have in recent weeks, another point here would be golddust.
Charlton are the more realistic target if we're to aim for three points this week, currently sitting just three places above us. Is it must-win on Tuesday night? Perhaps, depending on how other results go. What's certain is that home draws aren't going to keep us up, so one way or another, from one place or another, the victories have to come.
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If we don’t pick up a win (hopefully two) from the next three games, I honestly don’t know how Ramsay can survive. If we end up sacking a coach in March that we only appointed in January, then what a dog’s breakfast the club has made of this.
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I honestly believe the next week or so will decide our fate.
Not expecting anything from Coventry so the games against Charlton and Oxford are in my opinion must wins. Leicester’’s new manager is a good appointment but their appeal against the points deduction I fear will go in their favour and they’ll be safe. Pompey are on a good run and have a game in hand, and Blackburn have also gone for an experienced manager to get them out of the mire.
So, not optimistic, don’t believe Ramsey is up to the task and although the fight shown in the last league game was admirable I don’t see us keeping that intensity up for the remainder of the season. God I hope I’m wrong.
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Yesterday, 14:43
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Oh dear 5 minutes in and its 0 -1 what was O'Leary doing if your not going to get there you don't come goalkeeping 101 nothing more embarrassing for a keeper than to get lobbed, well took by the striker though. At least Leicester are losing by the same score.
I really do not understand what we are trying to do here we are holding a line on the halfway line a really high press, knowing we do not have players fast enough to get back, then when we do intercept the ball on the halfway line we all run back to our own penalty box to pass the ball around until it gets booted up fields and we lose it again. Wallace playing well, I will bet and I know many disagreed with me at the time, BTA is sitting there watching, thinking I could get on the end of that.
0-2 same issue again so much space left behind by the high press, this is so hard to watch and you just know the heads are gong to drop and probably the flood gates open.
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Yesterday, 15:17
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At home, 43 mins in, desperate for a win and points. Not one shot, not on target, no shots at all. You can't score if you don't shoot. We'll you can if the opposition give you a sympathy own goal. But only we do that.
I predicted 1-3, that's my misplaced hope in Albion to score. 
Mercy .... it's half time.
Not a bloody single shot from the Albion.
It's not as if Coventry are playing like Barcelona, they have had four shots, the difference they have scored from 50% of them.
No, I am mistaken in the fourth minute of three added on we have a shot, or was it a pass into the crowd, you decide
The only way we are staying up is by default, if Leicester fail in their appeal and play worse than us for the remains 13.5 games
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What a p1ss take.
1 shot on goal in 45 minutes. No attacking threat. Nobody even showing any intent to get forward.
Meanwhile our only decent attacking midfielder is sat on the bench yet again...
I can't believe how bad we have got. Some of the worst footballers I've ever seen at the club. No ability. No desire. No idea how to even try to score.
Only player who can pass straight is the centre forward, unfortunately the ball rarely gets to him and when it does the midfield are 50 yards behind.
Our decline really is sickening.
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Worst thing is that Ramsay is over a month in and I don’t know how we’re planning to score. No pace, no creativity, no set piece threat, no counter, no crosses. And Furlong looks better and better every game.
At least my predictions are going well.
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What would be even worse is if Ramsey is tasked with mounting our promotion challenge from league one next season.
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relegation is looming
please get rid of this totally useless manager
out of his depth
no idea
no clue
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There was a vision of the future there for a short while, Leicester staying up, us going down, the clay heads rescued us and have given us a short reprieve. IT WILL NOT LAST. I can not see where a win is coming from. 16 points from 19 games, 13 games left, need 17+ points to have a chance.
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