QED...Originally Posted by Özim
2013 Champions
That's exactly what they've been talking about.
Champions and Abject Failure are not the only 2 options...
QED...2013 Champions
That's exactly what they've been talking about.
Champions and Abject Failure are not the only 2 options...
Oh, and penguins > bears tbh, much less likely to rip your face off.
The bookies think we're out of it and anyone who's watched use capitulate regularly in the last 8 years isn't going to be convinced we're in it. We've started the 1st part of our hard run by dropping 5 points out of 6, second part is in March and I have no confidence we can come out of it unscathed as time and time again we're unable to beat the best sides, this hasn't changed.
It's an improvement, but as I said we did the same a few years back and collapsed, I don't see how that's any different to that thus far.
How can you genuinely believe in a side who everything they are faced with adversity or come up against top sides fall? Until that changes noone is going to believe and it's not unreasonable to understand why.
After 8 years, continuing to collapse when it matters isn't an option anymore either, if things have changed we need to reverse that trend, the points are all very good but what does it mean if you have nothing to show for it at the end of it all?
We have a tough run but we now have no more of those 'tough' games that the rest do, in the league. If we can win most of the games against the pubbers we'd have 80 points so hopefully that would be enough (I don't think we'll lose all four in a row though).
The problem is the other teams are capable of winning the tough games, we've shown we're not, therein lies the problem. If we don't get some wins against the big boys we won't win the title.
That is true but they've also shown greater capability in dropping points against the bottom half teams, hence why we're so close. If you can get your players to get over the disappointment of losing those big games (which is tough to keep doing granted) then in theory it makes no difference.
No, their problems are the easy games.
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Won't make a difference though because they'll end up with more points because in the big games they'll turn up. You won't win the title without proving you can beat the best teams, nor should you, you're suppose to be the best side if you win the title so should be able to take on and beat anyone.
Depends what you mean by 'nothing to show'.
If your only criteria for success is silverware (which I would suggest is far too simplistic) then we may well end up with 'nothing to show' from the season.
If we collapse and end up with similar points to last season then I'll agree that there will not have been as much progress as it seemed, if any. That can only be determined at the end of the season though. Right now we're only 1 point off the top so you're scratching around for something to moan about so you're complaining about future events.
Let's see where we are in May. So far we've been far more competitive than last year, we've been winning games that last year we'd have dropped points in, the defence is looking more solid (two freakish games accepted) and we've made our most ambitious signing arguably since Bergkamp. There are reasons for hope. I don't expect us to win the league but that should never have been the criteria for success this year.
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