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The next 5 games

Lilbaz said:
How many times do we have to beat a good team and play well. Only to play crap the next game against a week team. Before people stop counting chickens?
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Are you watching performances or results? This feels like a squad building identity and purpose like the early Poch days.
 
It will be a mish mash of results - for all our good play yesterday we created little, a wonder individual goal and a gift stopped it from being a draw, we can't count on similar every week and until we sort that out results we be on a knife edge.
 
After the last two seasons I’m not looking any game as an easy 3 points, it will take more than 2 victories to change that mindset for me. I think part of getting rid of that way of thinking will be when we win a game after going behind. I think Solanke’s goal at Old Trafford has helped the first steps to building a resilient mindset, but a full comeback to take 3 points will do wonders for this group.

We’re going to struggle against teams that set up defensively and don’t try to press high, so the home games will be difficult as that may be the game plan.

Also ignore what I’ve said because anything less than 11 points going into the game against them lot and it’s been a bad run
 
billyiddo said:
It will be a mish mash of results - for all our good play yesterday we created little, a wonder individual goal and a gift stopped it from being a draw, we can't count on similar every week and until we sort that out results we be on a knife edge.
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For the second week in a row we created several clear opportunities. Marmoush missed a chance someone of his calibre has to put away, Kudus missed another very strong chance you'd expect to be on frame, and Madders hesitate when played through/made the wrong decision to chop back in.

We need one of Solanke or Marmoush to hit some sort of form, and then we need a proper striker in January (obviously we need more goals from the team in general). At this point last season our CBs were bailing us out with unexpected goals.

I know it's a small sample size, but over the last three games we have conceded two and scored six. We are most certainly heading in the right direction, but obviously, we need to have a winning performance against Palace who are going to be increasingly desperate.
 
thfcsteff said:
Again, are you watching the performances.
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Yes. Points are what count though and even coventry and utd 2nd half we weren't great.

We played really well against chelsea. But i've seen us play really well against city only to get spanked by Burnley.

I don't think a loss is the end of the world, i don't think a great win means we're amazing. I'll take each game as it comes and not count points before we earned them.
 
thfcsteff said:
For the second week in a row we created several clear opportunities. Marmoush missed a chance someone of his calibre has to put away, Kudus missed another very strong chance you'd expect to be on frame, and Madders hesitate when played through/made the wrong decision to chop back in.

We need one of Solanke or Marmoush to hit some sort of form, and then we need a proper striker in January (obviously we need more goals from the team in general). At this point last season our CBs were bailing us out with unexpected goals.

I know it's a small sample size, but over the last three games we have conceded two and scored six. We are most certainly heading in the right direction, but obviously, we need to have a winning performance against Palace who are going to be increasingly desperate.
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We didn't really create clear opportunities in the last couple of games and relied on long rangers and a fantastic solo effort - that's great that we're capable of pulling those types of goals out of the bag but I'd be a lot more confident seeing several of the Marmoush v Chelsea type chance each game as it shows our final third play is producing the goods, not using ifs buts and maybes to say we could have had more than one of those chances because while that is true, every team has those moments in games including the opposition we have been up against.

I agree re January but that's not much use when discussing the next 5 games, as it stands we're looking for chance creation to improve in order to maintain this upward momentum. Xg of under 1 in our last 2 wins is unsustainable - which is why i say our upcoming results will be up and down - we will dominate matches/play well in most i am sure, but in order to to bring the points home consistently you need the goals & chances.

I reckon 212 is likely from our next 5, but that could just as easily be 320 or 131, such is the question marks over our goal supply.
 
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Lilbaz said:
Yes. Points are what count though and even coventry and utd 2nd half we weren't great.

We played really well against chelsea. But i've seen us play really well against city only to get spanked by Burnley.

I don't think a loss is the end of the world, i don't think a great win means we're amazing. I'll take each game as it comes and not count points before we earned them.
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I am not going to alter your perspective, so will not try to.
 
billyiddo said:
We didn't really create clear opportunities in the last couple of games and relied on long rangers and a fantastic solo effort - that's great that we're capable of pulling those types of goals out of the bag but I'd be a lot more confident seeing several of the Marmoush v Chelsea type chance each game as it shows our final third play is producing the goods, not using ifs buts and maybes to say we could have had more than one of those chances because while that is true, every team has those moments in games including the opposition we have been up against.

I agree re January but that's not much use when discussing the next 5 games, as it stands we're looking for chance creation to improve in order to maintain this upward momentum. Xg of under 1 in our last 2 wins is unsustainable - which is why i say our upcoming results will be up and down - we will dominate matches/play well in most i am sure, but in order to to bring the points home consistently you need the goals & chances.

I reckon 212 is likely from our next 5, but that could just as easily be 320 or 131, such is the question marks over our goal supply.
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I understand the perspective. FWIW, Marmoush missed an early sitter last weekend too.
 
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