mattbianco1
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Next seasons kit revealed
In our own hands still
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We won't be beating Burnley.
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That's the spirit
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For me one positive about the last few days is the focus on those -2 points has lessened for me.
Now I do think football needs itself out and when you make a rule to not do something then you also make the punishment crystal clear so men in dark corners aren’t hatching season defining outcomes.
I mean nobody got a more direct advantage than West Ham. Yet they had no points deducted. Wasn’t it supposed to be finances attracts financial penalties and football offences attract on field ones? It seemed a somehow tenuous link there we’d had players we couldn’t finance timely yet even so we finished miles ahead of third. It’s not as if one of those players were responsible for such a large gap to third. Also why not take the points during that same season instead of punishing another regime? Was that one ‘fair on the fans’? TM Premier League.
I digress
If we win all our games we go up.
If we don’t go up the spotlight will fall more on a period where right near the end Leeds dropped 2 points, as did Burnley and we dropped 6. Likewise if we fail to beat Burnley that will compound it.
To me now at least we might look on wistfully if we fall 2 short but lobbing away 6 points against far less resourced teams unexpectedly is what will have proven crucial. To me we’d already swallowed the -2 by this point.
But Burnley can also have their blip. Norwich are very flakey but players like Sargeant are dangerous. Likewise losing points against Derby shows they are not infallible either.
Its just a pity that when we’re really off our game we huff and puff and can’t turn that loss into a draw.
West Brom aside, if we do end up third, we will have at least shown we can beat all the other teams in there.
Now I do think football needs itself out and when you make a rule to not do something then you also make the punishment crystal clear so men in dark corners aren’t hatching season defining outcomes.
I mean nobody got a more direct advantage than West Ham. Yet they had no points deducted. Wasn’t it supposed to be finances attracts financial penalties and football offences attract on field ones? It seemed a somehow tenuous link there we’d had players we couldn’t finance timely yet even so we finished miles ahead of third. It’s not as if one of those players were responsible for such a large gap to third. Also why not take the points during that same season instead of punishing another regime? Was that one ‘fair on the fans’? TM Premier League.
I digress
If we win all our games we go up.
If we don’t go up the spotlight will fall more on a period where right near the end Leeds dropped 2 points, as did Burnley and we dropped 6. Likewise if we fail to beat Burnley that will compound it.
To me now at least we might look on wistfully if we fall 2 short but lobbing away 6 points against far less resourced teams unexpectedly is what will have proven crucial. To me we’d already swallowed the -2 by this point.
But Burnley can also have their blip. Norwich are very flakey but players like Sargeant are dangerous. Likewise losing points against Derby shows they are not infallible either.
Its just a pity that when we’re really off our game we huff and puff and can’t turn that loss into a draw.
West Brom aside, if we do end up third, we will have at least shown we can beat all the other teams in there.
mattbianco1
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Then it won't be in our hands after Burnley game then
toledo
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In my 68+ years following United, we don't do well in playoffs and there is absolutely no reason to think, based on performances, lack of clinical finishing, and overall control of games with a structure, that we will do it this season.
I've said several times 'its in our own hands' but then we continue the awful performance routine and we lose 2 or 3 points.
At this point, after two very disappointing performances after a terrific Cov performance, this season tells us we don't have the players, structure, commitment, and overall team / tactical acumen to think we can make it through the playoffs. It just ain't gonna happen.
Been there, done that so many times before. Navigating through playoffs is not an ability we have this season.
toledo
I've said several times 'its in our own hands' but then we continue the awful performance routine and we lose 2 or 3 points.
At this point, after two very disappointing performances after a terrific Cov performance, this season tells us we don't have the players, structure, commitment, and overall team / tactical acumen to think we can make it through the playoffs. It just ain't gonna happen.
Been there, done that so many times before. Navigating through playoffs is not an ability we have this season.
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Yes. Given Burnley is one if the fixtures I agree.
