- Oct 1, 2005
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On the 15th of March Spurs played Man U. A pivotal game for both teams. Man U blew us away playing a high tempo game having been forced to finally pick a team which didn't look like a blindfold and set of darts had been instrumental in selection.
Since then their season has gone from strength to strength, whilst ours has withered quickly.
However, that game was Man U's 35th of the season. It was our 48th.
Since that game Man U have gone on and won some critical games:
Game 35: 3-0 w Spurs
Game 36: 2-1 w Liverpool
Game 37: 3-1 w Villa
Game 38: 4-2 w Man City
Wouldn't it have been great if we could have shown that kind of form..? well we kinda actually did...
Our Game 35: 2-1 w Sunderland
The following three league matches:
3-0 w West Brom
2-1 w Arsenal
2-3 l Liverpool (A game at Anfield that we played pretty well in)
We have already played 7 more games than Man U will play for their whole season and will finish up the season having played 20 hours more football than they have. Add in to that the flights all over Europe (they only managed to get to Wales... and lost there) and difficult rhythm of regular Sunday football and the form of the two teams over the last few weeks should not come as a surprise.
It may be argued that Poch should have rotated more, and placated the more difficult elements of the squad so there was more choice but those issues don't undermine his whole philosophy and the clear improvements we all saw.
This young squad will come back fitter and better drilled after a summer with Poch and we've a lot to look forward to.
Since then their season has gone from strength to strength, whilst ours has withered quickly.
However, that game was Man U's 35th of the season. It was our 48th.
Since that game Man U have gone on and won some critical games:
Game 35: 3-0 w Spurs
Game 36: 2-1 w Liverpool
Game 37: 3-1 w Villa
Game 38: 4-2 w Man City
Wouldn't it have been great if we could have shown that kind of form..? well we kinda actually did...
Our Game 35: 2-1 w Sunderland
The following three league matches:
3-0 w West Brom
2-1 w Arsenal
2-3 l Liverpool (A game at Anfield that we played pretty well in)
We have already played 7 more games than Man U will play for their whole season and will finish up the season having played 20 hours more football than they have. Add in to that the flights all over Europe (they only managed to get to Wales... and lost there) and difficult rhythm of regular Sunday football and the form of the two teams over the last few weeks should not come as a surprise.
It may be argued that Poch should have rotated more, and placated the more difficult elements of the squad so there was more choice but those issues don't undermine his whole philosophy and the clear improvements we all saw.
This young squad will come back fitter and better drilled after a summer with Poch and we've a lot to look forward to.