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[sydney]

What were you actually expecting?

If you weren't expecting a slump at some point this season you were always going to be disappointed.

i was actually expecting another 5-0 humping so a 2-0 loss was ok....gotta get back on track soon though.

 

[Stat Brother]

i was actually expecting another 5-0 humping so a 2-0 loss was ok....gotta get back on track soon though.

TBH I don't think I could cope with NSC eyeing up a Europa League place before the end of December.

 

[ArcticBlue]

What were you actually expecting?

If you weren't expecting a slump at some point this season you were always going to be disappointed.

What I was getting at is that whatever we do against a team like Spurs the result is going to be same just the scoreline is going to be different. If you setup defensively you might nick a point or three and CH has shown he can get the team playing a tight defensive game. So yeah, I fully expected the result last night and generally quite pleased with the season so far. For me staying up would be a good season.

 

[drew]

I posted this last night.

Beaten by two flukes and should have equalised with the one chance we had.

We seemed to scared to play far to many loose passes and panicked clearances. Lots of chances to break but poor passes let us down. Bit of composure on the ball and we could have got something tonight.

Tend to agree with this. The first was clearly a cross and maybe had Jose not fouled him as he was crossing he wouldn't have miscued it. The second was deflected away from Ryan. Same bad luck we had at Old Trafford except there we were better at keeping the ball. Think frustrations from fans are worse when the simple things like passing go astray. We know we are playing a team of internationals and I doubt there was one fan there really expecting to get anything but that's when is important to retain possession as much as you can.

 

[Lower West Stander]

Tend to agree with this. The first was clearly a cross and maybe had Jose not fouled him as he was crossing he wouldn't have miscued it. The second was deflected away from Ryan. Same bad luck we had at Old Trafford except there we were better at keeping the ball. Think frustrations from fans are worse when the simple things like passing go astray. We know we are playing a team of internationals and I doubt there was one fan there really expecting to get anything but that's when is important to retain possession as much as you can.

Problem with this is that you could look at every game as a series of what ifs. You don't lose at Spurs, Man Utd, Huddersfield and home to Liverpool on bad luck alone. Bad luck at Old Trafford? Maybe, but if March hadn't been dicking around with the ball Utd would never have got the corner they scored from. And Ryan has had to make just as many good saves in those games as the opposition goalie.

We have scored one goal in those games which was a penalty. That's the real problem. You can't say we should have scored when we had only one chance. Even if we had Alan Shearer or Michael Owen up front, they wouldn't have a 100% conversion rate from one chance per game.


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[neilbard]

TBH I don't think I could cope with NSC eyeing up a Europa League place before the end of December.

I was booking the hotels when we hit 8th, luckily I have .genius status on booking.com so no cancellation fees.

 

[Albion Dan]

All these apologists for us not even having a go at attempting to take the game to the opposition are getting right on my tits. Bournemouth have stayed up for two seasons having a go. Burnley last season too. Yes you may get the occasional Tonking but we might also win some games as well. At the moment we look like we are last seasons Middlesbrough all over again. Playing not to lose every week will get us relegated 100%.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

All these apologists for us not even having a go at attempting to take the game to the opposition are getting right on my tits. Bournemouth have stayed up for two seasons having a go. Burnley last season too. Yes you may get the occasional Tonking but we might also win some games as well. At the moment we look like we are last seasons Middlesbrough all over again. Playing not to lose every week will get us relegated 100%.

Spurs scored 2 deflected goals? We kept them at bay after they stuffed stoke last week, wtf were people expecting ffs

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