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Performances vs. ‘Big’ teams compared to ‘the others’ 21:51 - Oct 19 with 672 views

I think it’s fair to say that we’ve put in better performances and set ourselves up better against Liverpool, city, villa and even Brighton, compared to Everton, Southampton, Fulham and West Ham.

Do you think we actually set up differently and more defensively against the so called bigger teams, or is it a mindset thing from the players or even a perception due to us fans having higher expectations against the ‘smaller’ teams we’ve played so far?

Performances vs. ‘Big’ teams compared to ‘the others’ on 22:04 - Oct 19 with 618 views

LittleBoyBlue1

I do wonder if there's a psychological effect.

A nothing to lose & everything to prove against Liverpool and city.

Vs

A we really ought to get something here nervousness against Southampton and Everton

Performances vs. ‘Big’ teams compared to ‘the others’ on 22:39 - Oct 19 with 561 views

FrimleyBlue

I actually wonder if KM prepares a bit to much against the non top teams and tries to stop them more than last seasons confidence into each game route.

Against the top teams. You can't really set up to stop them. They're so good you they'll just work how to get around you. So we go into them playing our way. No fear Just play and we've caused them all problems.

Against the 'lesser' sides I feel we try to match them to much. Set up to stop them but this throws us off our own game. We did it against southampton and then West ham who went direct when we set up to counter their usual way.
Today KM spoke again about it after the game but also before about how they play and how he expected it. And you saw us with a vastly different approach to the game today than how we approached the villa home game.

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Performances vs. ‘Big’ teams compared to ‘the others’ on 22:40 - Oct 19 with 553 views

pointofblue

I thought the performance against Fulham was decent, whilst we were dreadful in the first half against Brighton and were lucky not to concede.

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