This is similar to that joke Liverpool stat Years ago, which said if long shots counted as 2 goals they’d have won the league. I thought it was stupid then and this is stupid now too.
This is just cope. We aren’t good enough and we get exposed in the second half.
velcro-fish on
Can we just cut out that second part and only read the first part please?
zubairatif075 on
It’s exaggerated cos teams know the can preserve energy and sit back for the first half even concede a couple and still be able to come back in the second…
city_city_city on
I felt after the debacle period last year that every manager’s half time talk was now going to be, City fall apart and surrender leads, just stick with it and we can beat them.
Seems like that talk is working pretty well.
Top hire this summer is a set piece coach.
jlo1989 on
I’m used to this being the other way around.
RandyMarshsMoustache on
West Ham, spurs, forest and Chelsea — 8 points dropped from winning positions this year alone. That’s insane and something we never used to do
PNSMG on
This is the “post-Ederson” effect imo, Donnarumma can’t play the “11th outfield player” role so other teams can just man-mark us and stop us from building out from the back. So he just hoofs it and it becomes second ball simulator, which isn’t really our specialty
I think the reason this doesn’t really happen in 1st halves is that constantly marking/pressing our players is a tiresome way to play, and most teams would rather not exhaust themselves unless they have to
Either way we’ve been slowly adapting (and gelling in new players) but I don’t think our inconsistency is that surprising all things considered
InternetCapital1832 on
We ysed to joke Arsenal are bottlers. Well well well, we are the bottlers now
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You know what we deserve this
This is similar to that joke Liverpool stat Years ago, which said if long shots counted as 2 goals they’d have won the league. I thought it was stupid then and this is stupid now too.
https://preview.redd.it/a0k3delvcepg1.jpeg?width=1068&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1a1874c4b1f4116ed8918b43b7e41942c5f1d2e1
If games lasted only 45 mins.
This is just cope. We aren’t good enough and we get exposed in the second half.
Can we just cut out that second part and only read the first part please?
It’s exaggerated cos teams know the can preserve energy and sit back for the first half even concede a couple and still be able to come back in the second…
I felt after the debacle period last year that every manager’s half time talk was now going to be, City fall apart and surrender leads, just stick with it and we can beat them.
Seems like that talk is working pretty well.
Top hire this summer is a set piece coach.
I’m used to this being the other way around.
West Ham, spurs, forest and Chelsea — 8 points dropped from winning positions this year alone. That’s insane and something we never used to do
This is the “post-Ederson” effect imo, Donnarumma can’t play the “11th outfield player” role so other teams can just man-mark us and stop us from building out from the back. So he just hoofs it and it becomes second ball simulator, which isn’t really our specialty
I think the reason this doesn’t really happen in 1st halves is that constantly marking/pressing our players is a tiresome way to play, and most teams would rather not exhaust themselves unless they have to
Either way we’ve been slowly adapting (and gelling in new players) but I don’t think our inconsistency is that surprising all things considered
We ysed to joke Arsenal are bottlers. Well well well, we are the bottlers now