What's simple is - don't start debating officiating when you've been humiliated 4-0. That's it, really.Originally Posted by Master Splinter
What's simple is - don't start debating officiating when you've been humiliated 4-0. That's it, really.
Putting the laughter back into manslaughter
Who are the Gypos? Liverpool or Scum?
Terrible result, another trashing to add to the long list of thrashings in the last 10 years, worse still this lot aren't even a top team.
We've seen it before though haven't we, when the pressure is on we collapse faster than a house of cards in a hurricane.
If you mention the officiating in a 4-0 defeat you deserved then you're trying to make excuses end of, using the words, freak result is also an excuse, it wasn't a freak result it was a deserved result, there's nothng freaskish about it, it's happened many times before to Wenger teams.
Yep. There was no pressure on the City game.
Yeah, it sounds like a poor excuse. Definitely not a freak result either because we've seen the team play like that before. It's just the scoreline that looks different and maybe why MS says it's a freak result. But if we take into consideration his complaints about the ref and the game had ended 2-0 or 3, would it still be classed as a freak result? We lost 2-0 there last season! It's not as if this is an odd result. We've done it before against opposition we should be beating and you don't even have to look that far back. Sheffield Wednesday, Olympiakos and West Ham are a few examples this season. We had Monaco putting three past us last season along with Stoke going 3 goals up at before HT last season as well. Anderlecht in the CL? It happens too often to be a freak result. We just have games where we totally switch off.
We beat City last season as well. If you're thinking pressure only applies to one game when challenging for the title, you need to think again about what pressure is. It's a constant thing. Very thin margin for errors when you're chasing for the title like this. We're looking at a sustained period of pressure and we have to stay focused for the distance. It's constant pressure unless we slip out of the race or take the lead with a big enough margin for a couple of errors.
There is always a certain amount of pressure on every game. It builds as you go through a season, but I dispute the assertion that when the pressure is on we collapse. There was arguably more pressure on the City game - they could have leapfrogged us and they are title rivals.
Really? You look at one game. I look back at November because we had an opportunity to go top above City back then also. Let's look at it.
Nov 8th - We're level on points with City before playing Spurs. 25 points for both us and City. City draw in their early kick off with Villa. Beat Spurs at home for the later kick off and we go top. Massive opportunity but we failed to turn up. A very flat performance, similar to what we saw against Southampton, never mind going top of the table, this was a NLD and we were at home. We were lucky to get the draw and only responded to their first half goal with 13 minutes left on the clock. The draw at least kept us in 2nd and level with City who had Liverpool next so there was another opportunity the following week. We had West Brom.
21st Nov - City get smashed 4 -1 to Liverpool. But somehow we lose to West Brom 2-1. Again, this is our opportunity to go top of the table and we scored first only to end up losing. All goals came in the first half but somehow we're unable to score in the 2nd half. Awful. But at least City lost as well so we're still level but Leicester City and Utd leapfrog us and City so we're now 4th with 26 points. Leicester leading with 28. So now we're chasing 3 other teams. We get the usual spiel from the manager about a good opportunity to respond against Norwich City. Our next game.
29th Nov -We draw against Norwich City. Truly pathetic. Man Utd and Leicester City happen to draw but City won their game. So City go back on top with goal difference. We stay 4th. Typical.
And here we are in December. We beat Villa and Sunderland. Beat City to go 2nd and should have won on Boxing Day to go top of the table. But luckily, we have another opportunity today because Leicester City and Man City play each other next. Beating City may have been more of a challenge because of who they are but they've been very inconsistent as you always say, we've beaten them before and it's one of those games where the players turned up. Maybe they liked the big occasion. But to be champions we're going to have to do more. January and February aren't easy runs. We need to step it up and not have another repeat of last month.
Although, interestingly, you didn't say so before the game.
But fair play, 100% of the 'predictions' you've made after a game have been spot on.
If you could just get the ones you make beforehand right you'd be cleaning up at the bookies.
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