We'll see. We've seen a lot of people on this site turning their noses up at "project" managers these last few weeks, those people would want an Allegri, Mourinho or whatever to come in instead, but I still think that's the long term way to go for us.
1) This period gets longer... at first it was April, then February, now its January... Despite us actually winning 3 of the 5 away games we played back then, 3 of which were cup ties, and of those 1 was a penalty shootout. We also beat Dortmund and Ajax away in the champions league, unless people have already forgotten this.Well City are still 7 points ahead of us, despite us holding them and them having a couple losses. And that gap will continue to grow throughout the seasonI have no doubt about that. We got absolutely battered in that game and how we came away with a point is a miracle but then we all thought we could be competitive this season.....
Big teams will always have the smaller teams raise the game against them I'm not questioning that, there is a reason our league is the best league to watch because you get so many unexpected results but when we have struggled since January in the league and got beaten by every man and his dog, a certain pattern emerges....that we are not very good and teams are aware of this and taking advantage. I just don't understand how a team can go from 3/2/3/4 to suddenly not being able to beat anything put in front of them.
The Newcastle result was annoying but as I've said, I thought it might wake the team up (we threw away a 2-0 lead against Arsenal following this result but yes we did thrash Palace and looked good). Brighton was going to be tough, our away form has been dreadful for 10 months but to not even look threatening against them was poor, if we had at least given them a game, you could understand but having shipped 7 to Bayern a few days before, to then go to Brighton and ship another 3 without response is ridiculous, I don't care where Brighton are in the table but for a team with our aspirations it isn't good enough.
Then we come to Watford, yet to win a game this season, thrashed by City 8-0, most goals conceded, fewest goals scored.....and we go and draw 1-1....we just lack any sort of creativity at the moment and our defence has turned into a relegation form defence, literally no idea how we turn this around with this squad.
I agree with you on the arrogance point, I think a lot of our players think they are much better than they are and its causing a big problem, Jan and Toby WERE the best partnership in the premier league 2/3 seasons ago yet now I'm not even sure Watford would want them
I've seen this argument plenty as well. Completely disregarding the 3 months break in between. Football is played over seasons, not calendar years. Each season is different.
I’ve heard that before ?
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