I agree we're not killing off games like we should but as WMUG points out, we are winning those games.
How many times have we dropped points far too often by conceding late goals in close games, this year it's been rare.
We might not be killing games off but we are holding out well under pressure and getting the 3 points in games where it's tight.
Yep, just saying that on the other thread. It’s jittery to watch because you've seen us blow a lead countless times before and it’s like we're all waiting for the wheels to fall off for us this season. They're all waiting for it.
Oh yeah, it's not fun to watch. But I am getting more confident in their ability to see it through.
You're not going to cruise through every game and being able to see out the 1-0 is very important in a title run-in.
We have sailed close to the wind at times though and a bit more firepower up front would make more games comfortable.
Yes we're winning games & the big difference is that Merts & Kos give us a strength & stability at the back that we haven't had for ages. But my concern is that our negative tactics when we have a lead means our quality attacking players are not doing what they're good at. Asking players like Cazorla & Ozil to spend 45 minutes defending against a pub team because we have a 2-0 lead is not why we bought them. If they are our tactics put Gibbs left mid & Jenkinson right mid at half time. None of these players inc Jack, Rambo & Theo are at their best with their back to goal deep in our half. They are not very good at defending for a start & they will tend to try the wonder passes that don't cause too much damage upfront when they don't come off but can cause damage in our defensive 3rd - like Cazorla's pass last night. We bought these players to attack & score goals - lets do that.Originally Posted by Letters
We wouldn't be challenging for the title without our defence, in fact we probably wouldn't have finished 4th last season without it. I keep saying it but just think about how poor we used to be at the back. For all the brilliance of RVC, Cesc and others, it was never enough thanks to how rubbish we were at defending and dealing with pressure.
Now the jury is still out on this team but just be careful what you wish for.
We're going all out for the biggest collapse ™ we've seen yet.
It's better to burn out, than to fade away.
Nice to see Bendtner score. He deserved it for all the stick he's got.
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Sorry, I meant to put that in the Hull thread.
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We’ve had brilliant moments marred by poor defending. That Champions League game against Liverpool always sticks to mind. Theo storms through Liverpool to set up Ade and before I’d even finished celebrating and we conceded….or was it a penalty? We were a joke when it came to defending.
Was a penalty, our old friend Eboue, with another brain synapse failure. S sewing up used to be our trademark then. Since January last year its been playing absolute shite and winning 7 games in a row. We are a good team, I still feel our winning honours will boil down to our crunch games against the top6
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