Parker today.

[BleedingClaret]

I don't blame Parker. He could have changed things quicker, but we should have beaten Preston today.

The ref didn't help. Preston's tactics didn't help. Too many of our players had an off day.

Don't mind the odd poor performance, in between good games.

This is all as long as we get back on it against Sheff Wed!!

Even putting Foster up top with Flemming behind for the last 20 was an option
Getting Shelvey on
Edwards 1 wing Anthony the other
A front 5
Would have left Cullen alone in front of the defence but I think that would have been suffice
But Parker obviously wouldn’t think that way

[willsclarets]

Statistically yes that is very very unlikely.

The chances of us winning two in a row and Sheffield losing two in a row is likely less than 5% chance.

Your talking about Sheffield adding 50% of losses to there season in the next two games and Burnley winning two in a row (at the moment it’s unlikely we will even score in both the next two).

I appreciate things can change but the reality is that our only hope is complete change in ethos. Going for games rather than settling. Otherwise we won’t get close across the next 13 games.

I don't think the sample size of games is enough to determine % outcomes from now until the end of the season. Towards the end of the season, teams are fighting for their lives, to get into playoff places, to stay in the top two etc. The % of outcomes for Leicester or Leeds in previous season will have had little correlation to results in the last 15 games. Similar with bottom teams who can go on a run to get out of trouble.

Based on the small sample it's incredibly unlikely we concede 5 more goals this season if you worked it out. But I'd say the reality of probabilities doesn't quite line up.

[Ampth7]

The stats don’t lie, twelfth 0-0 in a single season says it all really. Admittedly yesterday was not helped by Fosters inability to score in a brothel, but for a large number of those 12 draws we haven’t created chances often looking like we were never going to score.

In my opinion that is down to the manager and his boring risk averse style of play. I do appreciate it is fine margins at this level, but the results don’t lie over the course of a season, we are drawing far too many games, and that will likely continue unless changes are made.

[warksclaret]

A draw against a preston in their form in and of itself is fine. Two things mitigate it, firstly the draws at home where he's not gone for it against really poor sides and we've dropped many points on our own ground. Secondly the teams above us simply aren't dropping points just now. It's our lack of aggression at home that's slightly dented our promotion hopes over the course of the season.

I still believe we can do it though, but Edwards has to start, Foster has to compete with flemming for the striker spot and /or play both in a 9/10 with Laurent dropped. Alternatively Hannibal drops back alongside Cullen and Browny in the 10. I really like Laurent but when we need to win games he's a defensive safety net we can't afford. We're in the playoffs already.

I am with you Wills on this. Now that players are back from injury we need to be more ruthless in our starting line up and earlier substitutions. Yes Foster and Fleming competing for the No 9 place, starting Edwards and Anthony either side. Leeds dont start with Piroe and Joseph, but one always gets hooked off with ample time to go and the other replaces him .Same with midfield-Hannibal and Cullen are musts, so start Brownhill there, but if one of the three is playing poorly bring Shelvey on, but not in the last few minutes.One thing thats certain is if Farke or Wilder had been in Parker's shoes yesterday, two changes would have been made at half time as a sign of wanting to win, with three other subs before FT.

[loganking222]

There'll be plenty of 0.0 dropped point games we'll be able to point to at the end of the season.

And games we should have lost such as Sunderland. Of course we will forget these.

[warksclaret]

I am hoping that either Pace or coaches like Jackson can have a diplomatic chat with Scotty on the lines that we have a fantastic base, fantastic defence, virtually guaranteed of a play off spot already, but lets get the handbrake off. Start with a more virile attack which means Fleming/Foster fighting for a starting line-up place, Anthony & Edwards starting as the wide men, and more use of Shelvey, even if he does not start but giving him 35 minutes plus in the second half, and when the likes of Anthony and Edwards tire then you have guys like Benson, Fleming/Foster (one of them on the bench to come on)and Sarmiento - generally getting better use of the subs.

After over 33 league games I am not sure if Parker is either over loyal, or if he is too cautious and fixated in thinking the guys on the pitch will turn things round in the remainder of the game. At this rate we will fall short and maybe never find out what potential match winners like Shelvey, Edwards, Benson had to offer. The people at the top need to look on how both Wilder and Farke have regularly turned games and secured 3 points by utilising the bench promptly and effectively. There is also the danger that players like Shelvey & Edwards will walk away in Summer without sufficient game time.

[CrosspoolClarets]

Statistically yes that is very very unlikely.

The chances of us winning two in a row and Sheffield losing two in a row is likely less than 5% chance.

Your talking about Sheffield adding 50% of losses to there season in the next two games and Burnley winning two in a row (at the moment it’s unlikely we will even score in both the next two).

I appreciate things can change but the reality is that our only hope is complete change in ethos. Going for games rather than settling. Otherwise we won’t get close across the next 13 games.

In the next 2 games it isn’t just Sheffield we could get past, it is also Leeds. Also unlikely but if we win two it isn’t impossible that one of those could get only 1 draw in 2 games for us to pass them (3 games for DL).

Also, we only need to be within 3 of Sheffield by bank holiday Monday. That is just a 2 point gain.

Finally, Sheffield losing 2 games on the trot and us winning 2 on the trot is more likely when we consider one of those to be against each other at the Turf.

So I’m sure those probabilities aren’t lost on Parker, he is tactically staying in touch and not risking defeats, which can lead to more. But I share our frustrations and have put on another thread that the jury is out to me if his approach is the right one.