I'd be stunned if Sheffield United surged! They beat us but looked a poor sidePlus - I just cant see Walsall and Burton keeping up this form although Im worried about the inevitable surge from the likes of Wigan and Sheff Utd. We just need to replicate the first half of the season and we will finish top 6 - Simples!
Lets face it, December hasn't been a great month results-wise and it's easy to see why. Yes we have had key players out though injury and suspension, and had to endure some very poor refereeing decisions, but I think there is another, much more fundamental reason - the time of year.
Several of our key players are very young, away from their families and mates, and possibly even their girlfriends at Christmas, possibly for the first time in their lives. They see their mates going out and having a great time while they are having to knuckle down and train or play games.
They are professional footballers, I know, and they will have to get used to working away from home over Christmas, but just think back to when you were that age, and the fun you had at Christmas time (well, some of us anyway).
Social media doesn't help either, a quick look at some of their Twitter posts give a good clue, and I think TM was reacting to this with the changes he made yesterday.
Things will pick up, (or get changed) in January.
Well, we're a team with several very young players that are key to our performance, Arma, Kent, Murphy, Lameras are all away from their normal environment. I can't think of many other teams that have so many key players around that age who may be away from home. Our form has dipped recently and this could be why. It doesn't mean that all young players will suffer from being homesick to the extent that it affects their team's results.Don't those issues apply to almost every team? So wouldn't all the teams pick up after Christmas and the New Year?
I think TM has to change around a lot to confuse these teams who watch us constantly and we have to keep them guessing also we need a plan B and I think TM is doing that with these games over xmasWe seem to have a lost a certain amount of pace & energy from earlier in the season.
Maybe we were an unknown quantity but other managers having now watched us play are taking steps to counteract us, or
Maybe its down to us changing players around too often, or
Maybe this is the sort of inconsistency we should expect from young inexperienced players.
We have definitely lost something & need to find a way to get it back quick if we're serious about automatic promotion.
I don't buy this "teams have figured us out" stuff. I imagine most people have figured Barcelona out but it hasn't helped anyone
I don't buy this "teams have figured us out" stuff. I imagine most people have figured Barcelona out but it hasn't helped anyone
I imagine most people have figured Barcelona out but it hasn't helped anyone
Couldn't agree more.
Why hasn't anyone "figured" out Walsall and burton yet?
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