We've played some cracking football this season. It's there. It's just sustaining it. We do the same thing, week in, week out... batter away at teams for 20 minutes, playing some lovely togger along the way. We don't score, the frustration sets in. It goes from the pitch to the terraces, and vicea versa. The grumbling starts. Then we know where we go from there.
I watched the Barca Chelsea thread in here the other night. Bad example maybe because of the result, and the fact that Barca can be beaten if teams play that way against them. But me point is... before half time pretty much everyone in that thread was in a frenzy, wanting the ball knocked long, or sent wide and crossed in to the middle. I'm going all round the world and using bad examples, but it does make me point.... teams that expect to win, such as Barca or the Mancs, will stick to their game plan, no matter how frustrated, right up to the whistle, because it's how they play and they know it works.
We have also settled into a pattern... 20 mins great footy, frustration, drop back, defend deeper, by pass midfield with balls lumped up in hope.
It needs sorting out pronto, but I think a few wins will solve it. We're away today. The crowd won't be a factor. The travelling kop will get behind the lads. Norwich will play the game and not just park the tractor. They'll leave us some space to work with. Hopefully, the lads will get an early break through. We could well panel them then. It's going to happen sometime. I hope it starts today and gives the players a bit of optimism and belief for next week.
