| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. 19:02 - Mar 10 with 2531 views | TheBoyBlue |
We'd have 22/23 points at the moment, pretty much neck and neck with Wolves.
Suggests that we have been good enough to compete, but we've really had a shocking season since that Chelsea game. Obviously we weren't winning lots of games, but we weren't losing many either and continuing to pick up points, something that we've really lost since the New Year.
Do we think the season's just caught up with us? Have we had more injuries over the last 2 or 3 months? That big defeat against Man City knocked the confidence out of us? |  |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 19:17 - Mar 10 with 2478 views | gainsboroughblue |
Clarke's shot at Fulham. Had that gone an inch either side, we win that game. That would have been back to back wins with a cup win v Bristol Rovers to follow.
A real sliding doors moment. What we also should remember is, despite that, we went into the next game v Brighton at home outside of the bottom three with nobody else playing.
Since then it's just been one big slide with Southampton being the ultimate kick in the nuts.
We must have collectively run over some black cats given our luck with injuries though. Absolutely savage. |  |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 20:15 - Mar 10 with 2380 views | bournemouthblue |
The second half of the season has been very disappointing it is fair to say |  |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 21:55 - Mar 10 with 2237 views | TheBoyBlue |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 19:17 - Mar 10 by gainsboroughblue |
Clarke's shot at Fulham. Had that gone an inch either side, we win that game. That would have been back to back wins with a cup win v Bristol Rovers to follow.
A real sliding doors moment. What we also should remember is, despite that, we went into the next game v Brighton at home outside of the bottom three with nobody else playing.
Since then it's just been one big slide with Southampton being the ultimate kick in the nuts.
We must have collectively run over some black cats given our luck with injuries though. Absolutely savage. |
Amazing how much one moment can change a season. The confidence it would have given Clarke and the team, the momentum.
If/when we go down, it'll be the Southampton and Man Utd games I'll be cursing though. | |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 22:02 - Mar 10 with 2208 views | SWLondonBlue93 |
One point in eight games since Fulham... for all that the cards have been stacked against us, I can't kick the feeling that we're missing an opportunity here. | | | |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 23:41 - Mar 10 with 2039 views | BlueBadger |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 22:02 - Mar 10 by SWLondonBlue93 |
One point in eight games since Fulham... for all that the cards have been stacked against us, I can't kick the feeling that we're missing an opportunity here. |
As with 2002 a home defeat to Southampton has, I fear, sealed our fate. If only we'd have gotten Palmer in 3 weeks earlier. [Post edited 10 Mar 23:47]
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 08:47 - Mar 11 with 1762 views | textbackup |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 23:41 - Mar 10 by BlueBadger |
As with 2002 a home defeat to Southampton has, I fear, sealed our fate. If only we'd have gotten Palmer in 3 weeks earlier. [Post edited 10 Mar 23:47]
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 08:50 - Mar 11 with 1748 views | DinnernotTea |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 21:55 - Mar 10 by TheBoyBlue |
Amazing how much one moment can change a season. The confidence it would have given Clarke and the team, the momentum.
If/when we go down, it'll be the Southampton and Man Utd games I'll be cursing though. |
Bournemouth and Leicester for me.
Bournemouth we were 1-0 up in the 87th minute, we then lose 2-1.
And Leicester a stonewall pen not given at 1-0 to make it 2-0. We draw 1-1.
Just horrible. | |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 08:59 - Mar 11 with 1716 views | Herbivore |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 19:17 - Mar 10 by gainsboroughblue |
Clarke's shot at Fulham. Had that gone an inch either side, we win that game. That would have been back to back wins with a cup win v Bristol Rovers to follow.
A real sliding doors moment. What we also should remember is, despite that, we went into the next game v Brighton at home outside of the bottom three with nobody else playing.
Since then it's just been one big slide with Southampton being the ultimate kick in the nuts.
We must have collectively run over some black cats given our luck with injuries though. Absolutely savage. |
Agree that the Clarke shot against the post feels like a proper sliding doors moment. That goes in and we've followed up a 2-0 home win against Chelsea with a 3-1 away win at a strong Fulham side. The confidence and momentum that would have given us could well have been huge. Instead we draw in deflating circumstances and have struggled to get over the line in games ever since. Last season we had the belief late in games that we'd go on and get results, events this season mean we go into the latter stages with a rather different narrative in our heads. There's been missed opportunities since of course and we largely are still competing in games, but you wonder if we'd have missed all those opportunities if that Clarke shot had gone in and we'd beaten Fulham. |  |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 10:22 - Mar 11 with 1581 views | Garv |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 08:50 - Mar 11 by DinnernotTea |
Bournemouth and Leicester for me.
Bournemouth we were 1-0 up in the 87th minute, we then lose 2-1.
And Leicester a stonewall pen not given at 1-0 to make it 2-0. We draw 1-1.
Just horrible. |
Maybe a bit of hindsight having seen how good Bournemouth have been since, but losing to them was no disgrace. Heart-breaking obviously, but the phrase "it only takes a second to score a goal' comes to mind for that game. Like you say they still had three minutes plus stoppage time to find a goal or two. Our defence has been leaky most of the season and confidence has been fragile, it's almost no surprise their equaliser was followed instantly by a winner.
Leicester was a killer. The Phillips red was so harsh.
Southampton was the biggest and most obvious indication that we were just cooked, if you can't beat them and even manage to lose to them, frankly what hope did we have? |  |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 10:30 - Mar 11 with 1542 views | FrimleyBlue |
Personally I think teams simply looked back at the previous games, saw how we set up and then worked on getting past that In the 2nd game.
There hasn't as far as I remember been a 2nd game where we've had a better result but most 2nd games we've come out on the worst side of the result.. |  |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 11:34 - Mar 11 with 1453 views | Blue_In_Boston |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 10:30 - Mar 11 by FrimleyBlue |
Personally I think teams simply looked back at the previous games, saw how we set up and then worked on getting past that In the 2nd game.
There hasn't as far as I remember been a 2nd game where we've had a better result but most 2nd games we've come out on the worst side of the result.. |
Traditionally the promoted teams do worse in the second half of the season. Look at Hull and Blackpool, both very mid table until a second half slump.
Sometimes the momentum from promotion has the promoted sides off to a flyer, catching teams unaware. | | | |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 11:39 - Mar 11 with 1417 views | baxterbasics |
The optimist in me would like to point out that mathematically, top 4 is still reachable. |  |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 14:06 - Mar 11 with 1291 views | Steve_M |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 10:30 - Mar 11 by FrimleyBlue |
Personally I think teams simply looked back at the previous games, saw how we set up and then worked on getting past that In the 2nd game.
There hasn't as far as I remember been a 2nd game where we've had a better result but most 2nd games we've come out on the worst side of the result.. |
That logic assumes there's no teams of analysts watching videos of every other Premier League match and feeding that all into the opposition decision making.
And we've changed how we've set up a bit as the season ahs gone on too. |  |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 15:05 - Mar 11 with 1231 views | NeedhamChris |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 11:39 - Mar 11 by baxterbasics |
The optimist in me would like to point out that mathematically, top 4 is still reachable. |
Sadly the optimist in you isn't very good at maths. | |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 15:11 - Mar 11 with 1212 views | baxterbasics |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 15:05 - Mar 11 by NeedhamChris |
Sadly the optimist in you isn't very good at maths. |
Doh you're right. I was calculating based on 11 games left - there is only ten.
Well that's spoiled all my hopeful mood. | |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 15:37 - Mar 11 with 1176 views | algy |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 14:06 - Mar 11 by Steve_M |
That logic assumes there's no teams of analysts watching videos of every other Premier League match and feeding that all into the opposition decision making.
And we've changed how we've set up a bit as the season ahs gone on too. |
Before we play a team for the first time their analists can look at how we played against other teams. Before we play a team for the second time their analists can look at how we played against THEIR team. Should give them better info for the second game. And our analists can try to do the same, but for whatever reasons, most of our opponents get better results second time around. | |
| Veni Vidi Participatur. Now we can get back to competing. |
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| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 17:10 - Mar 11 with 1061 views | Blue_Heath |
I posted several weeks ago when everybody was on about how we'd go into the season that promoted sides usually pick up less points in second half of the season. Don't wanna say I told ya so but....
Having played everybody once they now know how to beat us. | | | |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 17:30 - Mar 11 with 1030 views | ITFCSG |
| If we'd continued the points-per-game ratio we had at the halfway point. on 10:22 - Mar 11 by Garv |
Maybe a bit of hindsight having seen how good Bournemouth have been since, but losing to them was no disgrace. Heart-breaking obviously, but the phrase "it only takes a second to score a goal' comes to mind for that game. Like you say they still had three minutes plus stoppage time to find a goal or two. Our defence has been leaky most of the season and confidence has been fragile, it's almost no surprise their equaliser was followed instantly by a winner.
Leicester was a killer. The Phillips red was so harsh.
Southampton was the biggest and most obvious indication that we were just cooked, if you can't beat them and even manage to lose to them, frankly what hope did we have? |
Yes, having played many games where we throw the lead / concede in the last 15 or even last 5 haven't the team wised up and learn how to attack the opposition like what others do to us instead of playing aimless tippy-tappy sideways and backwards passing?
Unless they're all already cramping and out of breath by that time. Aren't we supposed to the fittest and hardest running team? Looks way off in the PL. | | | |
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