TRA Dial Square wrote:ProudGooner wrote:Its always the referee's fault.
Lucas was clever but Eboue was stupid.
The problem is we panicked as we always do. There is only one team on this planet capable of drawing a game when 1-0 up in the 98th minute.
The reality is we are mentally weak and choke at every occassion. After seeing this over and over again if you are not convinced of this fact then you never will be. We had maybe 1 minute to defend but we panicked. Look at the defending after we scored.
How the hell can you say Eboue was stupid? He didn't "Move into" Lucas, "challenge Lucas" or w/e you wanna call it.
He was trying to go around him; Lucas pushed into him & went to ground...
What about that, don't you get? 0_o
He was stupid because he fell for it. Was there any need to be on Lucas's heels? The ball was going away from goal, just be behind him but why the f**k was he sprinting behind him so fast that if Lucas had stopped he would have bundled him over??
The answer to that is panic. Our defending in those last few minutes was nothing but pure panic.
To me the Liverpool game summed up our season perfectly. Pass, Pass, Miss, Miss, Miss get a penalty, score then panic in defense concede a stupid free kick then concede a stupid penalty, choke and draw a winning game. Throw in the mix some incompetancy from the ref. I can bring up another 10 matches where this has been the story and in the end this has cost us the title, carling cup, FA Cup and any silverware.
We are not mentally tough, lack experience and most bizzarrely we lack hunger. That is the bottom line.