inconsistency
in 2006/2007, we got the results against all the big teams but faltered against lesser opposition.
in 2007/2008, we started brilliantly but faltered towards the end.
in 2008/2009, we started terribly and don't know if we will end terribly.
of course you can say it is too early to say. i have checked the statistics.
last season, from august to october(10 games)
arsenal- 26pts
man u- 26 pts
chelsea- 21 pts
blackburn- 21 pts
liverpool- 20 pts
this season, for the same period
liverpool- 26 pts
chelsea- 23 pts
man u- 21 pts ( i don't expect them to drop points for their game in hand)
arsenal- 20 pts
hull- 20 pts
people talked about a late surge from man u last season. but the fact is that they were there in november. of course in the end, chelsea did catch up, even though they were 5 points behind in november.
but the truth is that if you are not careful, a 6pt lead can become 10. and that is when the race is 90% over, whether in December or March, because god has to be smiling damn bloody widely on you to let you win the title if you are so screwed up.
so the equation is very simple:
win the next 20 games back-to-back. then we have 80 points going into the last 8 games. and we should be in a good position then.
it is useless if you win in turkey and at west ham, and then take a 4-2 lead and draw 4-4, with all 4 goals conceded amazingly soft. this is not the first time this has happened. we lost to hull and drew sunderland after wins. if we can't string back-to-back wins, then we can forget about winning anything.
people say that we should have run down the clock at 4-2 and with 6 minutes remaining. well i don't blame the players for attacking, naive as it may be. in fact, i was urging them to attack, partly because there was too much time left. of course the safest option would be to run down the clock. but how the goals came about wasn't because we took risks. it was because we gave them the goals on a platter. so whether you defend or you attack, it was always going to happen.
a big win against stoke is nothing if it is not followed by another win.
so please stop all the talking after the games, because you have no right to talk.
go and win that 20 games back-to-back then maybe you have the right to open your mouth.
and i repeat myself: if this season is to end in disappointment again, the door is open to anyone who wants to leave. but whoever leaves has no guts to face the fans and everyone else and take the responsibility that it is he who has fallen short. and by leaving, he is accepting that he is a loser, because he cannot win anything; he needs to go somewhere else where others can win something for him.
in 2007/2008, we started brilliantly but faltered towards the end.
in 2008/2009, we started terribly and don't know if we will end terribly.
of course you can say it is too early to say. i have checked the statistics.
last season, from august to october(10 games)
arsenal- 26pts
man u- 26 pts
chelsea- 21 pts
blackburn- 21 pts
liverpool- 20 pts
this season, for the same period
liverpool- 26 pts
chelsea- 23 pts
man u- 21 pts ( i don't expect them to drop points for their game in hand)
arsenal- 20 pts
hull- 20 pts
people talked about a late surge from man u last season. but the fact is that they were there in november. of course in the end, chelsea did catch up, even though they were 5 points behind in november.
but the truth is that if you are not careful, a 6pt lead can become 10. and that is when the race is 90% over, whether in December or March, because god has to be smiling damn bloody widely on you to let you win the title if you are so screwed up.
so the equation is very simple:
win the next 20 games back-to-back. then we have 80 points going into the last 8 games. and we should be in a good position then.
it is useless if you win in turkey and at west ham, and then take a 4-2 lead and draw 4-4, with all 4 goals conceded amazingly soft. this is not the first time this has happened. we lost to hull and drew sunderland after wins. if we can't string back-to-back wins, then we can forget about winning anything.
people say that we should have run down the clock at 4-2 and with 6 minutes remaining. well i don't blame the players for attacking, naive as it may be. in fact, i was urging them to attack, partly because there was too much time left. of course the safest option would be to run down the clock. but how the goals came about wasn't because we took risks. it was because we gave them the goals on a platter. so whether you defend or you attack, it was always going to happen.
a big win against stoke is nothing if it is not followed by another win.
so please stop all the talking after the games, because you have no right to talk.
go and win that 20 games back-to-back then maybe you have the right to open your mouth.
and i repeat myself: if this season is to end in disappointment again, the door is open to anyone who wants to leave. but whoever leaves has no guts to face the fans and everyone else and take the responsibility that it is he who has fallen short. and by leaving, he is accepting that he is a loser, because he cannot win anything; he needs to go somewhere else where others can win something for him.
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