Myrmedus wrote:Omphi93 wrote:Whats slightly annoying is the way in which we deal with defeats or setbacks of any kind.
I believe throughout the entire season we have spent three whole gameweeks not on top of the league, and in every one of those weeks it was season defining, season ending and the general board went into a mini crisis, completely ignoring the 20 other weeks we had been top.
Not only are people frustrated with the actual game played(which is understandable as we all are), we have this tendency on projecting a a single loss or draw on the entire establishment, suddenly a bunch of players aren't good enough, suddenly the tactics that have kept up top aren't good enough or Arsene Wenger doesn't have any at all, suddenly the set up have lucked their way to the top of the league, suddenly the greatest record over the past 14 months has been an aberration, and this all happens after one isolated negative fixture without fail.
Started out the season hearing how we couldn't finish in the top four from fans and pundits alike, when we win a bulk of fixtures chirps are largely silenced when we fail to win one it threatens to derail everything we have been building with murmurings of "see i told you they couldnt do it", "Obviously not good enough", "well what do you expect". With none of these applying for any other club in the Premier league when the drop points or fail to put on a positive display
We drew against Southampton yes im dissappointed, lets pack it up, I guess ill see you all in Europa.
Totally oversimplifying the points.
The draw itself isn't the problem, at least it wasn't for me and isn't why I was very annoyed. It is the NATURE of the draw that angered me. We need to learn to kill a game for a short period of time in certain situations. We get pegged back quickly too often.
Also, the difference with those previous results and now is that the team I believe are our main threat (Man City) are playing absolutely mental football. Previously, they were dropping points in games they shouldn't as well...they're not doing that now. Unless they dip before the season ends, we're going to need to be near-perfect ESPECIALLY because I highly doubt we will equal their success vs. the top teams.
I dont think i am, im not talking about solely this game. Im talking about the general way the board goes into meltdown whenever we fail to win. This isnt anything new iv seen it happen since the day i signed up its a recurring trend, fortunately during that space of time we've managed to win an large majority of our games played.
We draw to Soton away and im hearing not only are we out of the title race, but its now a blow to our top 4 ambition aswell. Overreactionn is too weak a word