Yeah, a load of shite.
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Yeah, a load of shite.
This while Man U are still looking for a midfielder.
You might say - he deserves a Schtadtue.
You stay positive.
Outfuckingstanding.
It’s been a while but I actually think our team shines best when we have loads of games crammed together with little rest.
That would be an issue if other teams had a week to prepare but when we are playing teams who also had fuck all rest like Newcastle today we seem handle it better.
It was the same with our crazy period earlier in the season where we stretched our lead.
If we someone won the CL LC and PL this season Salah becomes no1 of all time for me.
It’s been a while but I actually think our team shines best when we have loads of games crammed together with little rest.
That would be an issue if other teams had a week to prepare but when we are playing teams who also had fuck all rest like Newcastle today we seem handle it better.
It was the same with our crazy period earlier in the season where we stretched our lead.
If we someone won the CL LC and PL this season Salah becomes no1 of all time for me.
Agreed, let's hope we're in this form still. Big pitch, big occassion, it could benefit both teams and Isak would have made a huge difference yesterday.
Keywords being "big occasion". This is the fourth trip to Wembley in 4 years for some of our players. 5th if you count the Community shield.
The pressure is on Newcastle.
So, we've had 2 of our more complete performances of the season, and it's when the pressure was off.
Is it worth worrying about the mentality of some players on that front? As soon as the pressure increases, Some don't cope?
I was originally happy to chalk it up to fatigue and exhaustion for the villa and wolves performances...but it clearly wasn't that
Is it worth worrying about the mentality of some players on that front? As soon as the pressure increases, Some don't cope?
I was originally happy to chalk it up to fatigue and exhaustion for the villa and wolves performances...but it clearly wasn't that
Nah. There's no pressure playing away to City in a ground we haven't won in in a decade? Then playing a team who beat us up a bit at times at theirs and who we face In a cup final. There's always pressure and they coped well. As I said, I thought we were largely excellent against Villa, and when we went behind we responded. No concerns with mentality.
I know what he means... a few of the pundits used the term "free hit" with respect to the City game and though it's wasn't quite that, I'm pretty sure that seeing Arsenal falter has helped from a psychological perspective.
Yeah I agree, but I think looking back at that "slump" we were definitely not at our confident and coherent best, but we came out of it relatively unscathed in the league, which is testament to our battling quality.
Have we had a bit of luck? Sure, City have been poor, Arsenal have had injuries, everyone else has faltered. We've also had seasons where the only reason we didn't win it was because of City's depth and resources. League wins can always be labelled as a consequence of someone elses misfortune, you win some, you lose some.
We've battered away at the door for the past decade with little to show for it. The sound building, steady running and general consistency overall has meant we've more or less always been there or thereabouts, it's swings and roundabouts with luck and we've been on the sorry end of it most of the time. But aside from that, we've been very good this season and we've had Mo at the very pinnacle of his game, we play some breathtaking stuff and we've undoubtably been the best and most unflappable team in the league. Only a bitter would try to really begrudge and unravel the whole thing.
Have we had a bit of luck? Sure, City have been poor, Arsenal have had injuries, everyone else has faltered. We've also had seasons where the only reason we didn't win it was because of City's depth and resources. League wins can always be labelled as a consequence of someone elses misfortune, you win some, you lose some.
We've battered away at the door for the past decade with little to show for it. The sound building, steady running and general consistency overall has meant we've more or less always been there or thereabouts, it's swings and roundabouts with luck and we've been on the sorry end of it most of the time. But aside from that, we've been very good this season and we've had Mo at the very pinnacle of his game, we play some breathtaking stuff and we've undoubtably been the best and most unflappable team in the league. Only a bitter would try to really begrudge and unravel the whole thing.
There's pressure, but less pressure than if arsenal were 5 behind us.
Perhaps momentarily, but I really don't buy it for most of the players once they're in the cut and thrust of a game. I think they're so absorbed with their personal battles, executing moves they've drilled in training and so on to really allow any musing on points differentials and so on. You go to City and its full on, and that's true of a lot of PL games- especially away at Ev in the last game at Woodison and also away at Villa, which is one of the toughest places to go in the league. I saw both of those as good points and saw plenty of grit in those games. In both we went behind and we didn't falter. In both we could have had all 3. This team is not mentally weak.
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9xpgp6Hj5o
In this Andy describes something I have been doing this season, just bringing up the league table on my phone or laptop and enjoying it like a piece of fine art.
The best thing about last night was being at the ground just knowing we were going to win. There was never a point in the game where you thought they might get back into this or they're causing us any sort of problem. It was three points from the first minute. So yeah, maybe the pressure was off, but that's down to the players. They've won the points and now we're strolling
The atmosphere sounded great last night. Got a few videos from a mate that was there and he said it was electric.
You could hear when the Arsenal result was confirmed in the ground during the 2nd half.
I was listening on the radio as I was driving to pick my son up at the airport and the noise in Anfield gave me the heads up before the correspondent at Forest piped in to give the final score from the city ground. "we're going to win the league..." started kicking off.
Even when Wilson was one v one twice?
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