January done - phew

[KoppedOff]

I really like "New Robinson" as his name.

To be honest Roy, our side is that settled, I can hardly be arsed to learn the fringe lads first names.

 

[PokerBlade]

This was the run of games I think we all looked at at the start of the season and felt that mix of excitement with a hint of concern. To come through it and be still sat in the top half of the table is unbelievable. Realistically we need a couple of wins from the remaining fourteen games.

This next run of games gives us a real chance to see just how far we can go. I'm not looking over our shoulder any more.

 

[SwissBlade]

Still struggling and that's not me being harsh but we never landed a punch.

I think when we look back at Liverpool Home (i know it wasn't January) and away and the two Man City games, we were holding them off at arms length for long periods, in itself this is more than many teams have done. So firstly we're not out of our depth.

We also rode our luck in every game and had some bad luck.

Did we land a punch? Reality is we didn't not because we didn't create anything and put them on the back foot. We had chances against all them all, some chances better than others and i think we end up with lots of ifs and maybes.

We opened Man City up on fewer occasions at home than we did away.
We opened Liverpool up on more at home.

There is a gulf in class between the top two and the rest of the league. Leicester and Arsenal (away) perhaps showed us glimpses too when we played them, but i can't remember anyone else carving us apart. Man U had a mad few moments.

Zero Points, Zero Goals scored and 6 goals conceded in 4 games against these two!
Average goals conceded against Liv/ Man C - 1.5 Goals per game
Season Average conceded without those 4 games - 0.71 Goals per game
Season Average all games - 0.96 Goals per game

Despite conceding more than the season average, what we have probably learnt against Liverpool and City is that we're so hard to break open, but more importantly that also comes at a cost, we have much less possession, create less and when we have (half) chances, we don't take them.

I'm glad we don't have to play these two again. I don't fear anyone else the same as i do these two and you can see why they are the top two sides in the country

 

[ATL Recs]

Losing to City won't define our season.

Did Henderson have owt to do second half?

Pick ball up out of net

 

[Charlieblade]

Losing to city DOES define this season. We have come through a tough period and performed better than expected.
Still gained valuable points, and the chance to look forward to showing how much we have improved, when we play Liverpool and Man city next season.

 

[Harry's Game]

We got four points out of the nightmare run which is more than acceptable.