- Aug 19, 2003
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I definitely agree that a big part of the reason we seem to play so poorly in the 1st half is due to the way our opposition (in this case Brentford) perform.For me the problem with the, 'We only start playing when we go behind' analysis is that it ignores that Brentford put an amazing effort in to press and sometimes swamp our players for the first 60 or so.
Short of technical players today we , as often, were overrun.
When Brentford inevitably tired, only then did our forwards find the space to do damage.
But when it happens so often surely we have to look at ourselves and why we don’t seem to be able to prevent it from happening…. like ever!
It will cost us and probably already has. I didn’t expect Newcastle to finish above us but right now I don’t see us getting near them or Arsenal. Meaning we’ll have to finish above Liverpool, Chelsea and Utd to finish in the Top 4.
Unless we have a phenomenal January both on and off the field that's just not gonna happen.