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[Albion] Beating your opponent 1-0 or 5-0?
- Thread starter Han Solo
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Yeah, I think that's a valid point. A 5-0 win is of course always fun, but usually it's 'fun' in the same way that a nice afternoon at the beach is 'fun'. A 1-0 win against the odds is always emotionally more satisfying, but then a 1-0 win when you've battered your opponent all game but couldn't score any more is sometimes very frustrating, only relieved by the fact that at least you DID score one.
So I think it depends on the nature of the 1-0.
nickbrighton
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watching yesterdays match at home was a very unenjoyable 100 mins. Watching us demolish Liverpool 3-0 was much more fun and less damage on my nerves
A thoroughly undeserved 1-0 victory, when you have been battered like a Scottish mars bar, and somehow the football gods have enabled a clean sheet, and you have scored with your one and only attack certainly has its place, but maybe once a season
A thoroughly undeserved 1-0 victory, when you have been battered like a Scottish mars bar, and somehow the football gods have enabled a clean sheet, and you have scored with your one and only attack certainly has its place, but maybe once a season
el punal
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Well what?
I literally lost the ability to speak for the rest of that weekend.
But.....yes.....all a long time ago now (as the man said, after photos appeared in the press of him, in his student days, dressed as Hitler and giving a Father Ted wave).
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1-0 can obviously be exciting and satisfying.
an easy (5-0) victory can end up being fairly boring.
and vice-versa
an easy (5-0) victory can end up being fairly boring.
and vice-versa
el punal
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I suppose it depends on the factors that affect the game. Yesterday we were pragmatic, we had to be. We defended superbly and won. Sometimes that can be more satisfying than a stroll in the park 5-0 victory.
el punal
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Maybe two or three times a season. I’ll take a similar performance and result at Anfield and the Etihad. Who wouldn’t?
Deportivo Seagull
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These other people however seem to not be Swedish enough to appreciate destroying a football game and going home with an undeserved 1-0 victory.
It appears to be Lars Lagerbäck and Hans Scheike vs Hypno-Disc and Posh Spice all over again.
Cultural clashes, to be resolved in some upcoming international tournament.
Either way... we take the 3 points.
Not really. It depends on context - a 1-0 win snatch and grab, against all odds in a match we were never expected to win lives longer in the memory; McShane with a header vs. Palace, 1-0 at West Ham (Butters) when we were rubbish, 1-0 at European Champions Forest in the 80s.Surely a 5-0 away is more satisfying. Just because you’ve won 5-0 it doesn’t mean you haven’t defended well
Big wins are good too - Potter's team against laughing Ronaldo, the win against Potter's Chelsea - OK, only 4 goals, not 5, but still great days. 5-0 against Grimsby in the League Cup - less so.
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oldboyroy
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As long as we win I don't care if its 5 nil (good for my blood pressure) or 3-2, 4-3 but not good for the heart
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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Completely depends on the situation.
Being away and getting a gritty 1 0 win before a long journey home on the train is possibly the best feeling in football. However, smashing a team 5-0 on a Saturday at The Amex and having beers in the sun is an amazing feeling too.
Being away and getting a gritty 1 0 win before a long journey home on the train is possibly the best feeling in football. However, smashing a team 5-0 on a Saturday at The Amex and having beers in the sun is an amazing feeling too.