Dont get why we raised our game against spurs who are better than us but absolutely perform pathetically against Southampton. Had we performaed like we did against sours we probably could have got something. West ham showed fight and were unlucky i want to see the samw from our players.
I used to work for a firm where the owner said he hired people on 1) attitude, 2) ability and 3) experience. In that order. I thought he was a bit of a twat because of that, initially. But they are quite successful, so I changed my thinking after a bit. Back to Southampton though and where were all 3 of those attributes?
Spam are a shit team for sure. My specific concerns are that they still look more likely to nick a result against big teams than us and that if it comes down to a last day head to head they’ve got more bottle across the team. I hope I’m wrong obviously.
West Ham are undeniably shit, seeing as they're in the bottom three and we're not, but they have beaten Man U and Chelsea this year, whilst we remain the ONLY team in the division not to have beaten one of the "big" teams. In fact I think I'm right in saying that all of the teams we've beat in the league have been in the bottom half when we beat them. Not a great omen for the rest of the season, since all but two of our remaining games are against top half teams.
Quote from: themossman on February 25, 2020, 08:55:40 AMSpam are a shit team for sure. My specific concerns are that they still look more likely to nick a result against big teams than us and that if it comes down to a last day head to head they’ve got more bottle across the team. I hope I’m wrong obviously.I’d say the opposite is true.We have run Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal very close this season and arguably should have picked up points from all three of those games. We also did manage to pick up points at Old Trafford. It is against the lesser teams where we have performed poorly.I’d also be interested to hear who and why you think West Ham have more bottle and not just because of the last two games played by both teams.
Quote from: Ugo on February 25, 2020, 12:26:13 PMQuote from: themossman on February 25, 2020, 08:55:40 AMSpam are a shit team for sure. My specific concerns are that they still look more likely to nick a result against big teams than us and that if it comes down to a last day head to head they’ve got more bottle across the team. I hope I’m wrong obviously.I’d say the opposite is true.We have run Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal very close this season and arguably should have picked up points from all three of those games. We also did manage to pick up points at Old Trafford. It is against the lesser teams where we have performed poorly.I’d also be interested to hear who and why you think West Ham have more bottle and not just because of the last two games played by both teams.You've made my point for me there. Operative words are 'run close' and 'should have picked up points'. As Risso say, spam have actually picked up points in games against top half teams where they've managed to get ahead.The second point is subjective I guess. We have showed bottle on occasion (Watford, Burnley, Leicester in the cup) and some players have it in buckets but for me too many players are capable of disappearing in the big 6 pointers against shit teams that fancy it more (Bournemouth, Southampton).
Quote from: Risso on February 25, 2020, 12:31:40 PMWest Ham are undeniably shit, seeing as they're in the bottom three and we're not, but they have beaten Man U and Chelsea this year, whilst we remain the ONLY team in the division not to have beaten one of the "big" teams. In fact I think I'm right in saying that all of the teams we've beat in the league have been in the bottom half when we beat them. Not a great omen for the rest of the season, since all but two of our remaining games are against top half teams.It's true.Moyes has never won at Liverpool, ManU, Arsenal or Chelsea, in all his time as a manager. So it's not just us that has bad records to break.
Quote from: themossman on February 25, 2020, 08:55:40 AMSpam are a shit team for sure. My specific concerns are that they still look more likely to nick a result against big teams than us and that if it comes down to a last day head to head theyve got more bottle across the team. I hope Im wrong obviously.Id say the opposite is true.We have run Liverpool, Tottenham and Arsenal very close this season and arguably should have picked up points from all three of those games. We also did manage to pick up points at Old Trafford. It is against the lesser teams where we have performed poorly.Id also be interested to hear who and why you think West Ham have more bottle and not just because of the last two games played by both teams.
Spam are a shit team for sure. My specific concerns are that they still look more likely to nick a result against big teams than us and that if it comes down to a last day head to head theyve got more bottle across the team. I hope Im wrong obviously.