- May 17, 2005
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- 5,637
There was a danger this would happen and it's quite deflating. The draw vs Man City looking like a blip in an atrocious run of form now, stemming from indiscipline and nonsense at home to Chelsea. Ange hadn't lost a home game in years! We were on the cusp of 5-wins-in-a-row a couple of times, but it didn't happen and that aggressive will to win just isn't there.
1 point from 15 available is abysmal after such a strong start. He inherited a team fighting around 8th place and we're in danger of reverting to that mean with this run of games. There's 5 games between now and the end of December and we've really got to find better form again. We're playing a better brand of football by miles compared to recent seasons, but that fight and urgency is not at a consistently high level.
I mentioned the players remain fairly flaky which upset one or two on here. That urgency up at City to get something from the game can easily fade away in the next game and I still think they think our players/mentality is that we can walk to victory sometimes. Walking pace footy in possession was back again tonight and Ange has to keep working to stamp that out.
1 point from 15 available is abysmal after such a strong start. He inherited a team fighting around 8th place and we're in danger of reverting to that mean with this run of games. There's 5 games between now and the end of December and we've really got to find better form again. We're playing a better brand of football by miles compared to recent seasons, but that fight and urgency is not at a consistently high level.
I mentioned the players remain fairly flaky which upset one or two on here. That urgency up at City to get something from the game can easily fade away in the next game and I still think they think our players/mentality is that we can walk to victory sometimes. Walking pace footy in possession was back again tonight and Ange has to keep working to stamp that out.