Pressure

[Luke]

When the media/the mancs/Mourinio etc talk about withstanding pressure in the title race it is hard for us to quantify. However if you look at this forum specifically and some fans generally, we are showing signs of exhibiting pressure. We are so close and yet sometimes we seem so far away from winning the league this season. Witness the boos after the West Ham game, or the squabbling on here about Lucas, etc. I am rowing with my mates about team selection and tactics all the time. Why ? Because we are closer than we have ever been since 1990 and we all want it so bad.

 

Before you coat someone off for an opinion think about why they have said what they have said - its a point of view based on the fact we all want to win the league. Some of the divisions on here amongst fellow reds are shocking. We are on the same side

 

For the record I don't think we will win the league because we are not playing consistently well - maybe as a result of the pressure that radiates from the stands ? If we are nervous, how can the team play without fear? I also think Lucas is not a premiership player and it bugs the fuck out of me that he is getting a game. And as for Rafa's tactics, treatment of Keane, the Academy issue, Dossena...... where to start!

 

We are still in with a huge shout so lets have the autopsy at the end of the season and try and see others point of view for now before the pressure destroys whats left of this forum.

[Catch22]

When the media/the mancs/Mourinio etc talk about withstanding pressure in the title race it is hard for us to quantify. However if you look at this forum specifically and some fans generally, we are showing signs of exhibiting pressure. We are so close and yet sometimes we seem so far away from winning the league this season. Witness the boos after the West Ham game, or the squabbling on here about Lucas, etc. I am rowing with my mates about team selection and tactics all the time. Why ? Because we are closer than we have ever been since 1990 and we all want it so bad.

 

Before you coat someone off for an opinion think about why they have said what they have said - its a point of view based on the fact we all want to win the league. Some of the divisions on here amongst fellow reds are shocking. We are on the same side

 

For the record I don't think we will win the league because we are not playing consistently well - maybe as a result of the pressure that radiates from the stands ? If we are nervous, how can the team play without fear? I also think Lucas is not a premiership player and it bugs the fuck out of me that he is getting a game. And as for Rafa's tactics, treatment of Keane, the Academy issue, Dossena...... where to start!

 

We are still in with a huge shout so lets have the autopsy at the end of the season and try and see others point of view for now before the pressure destroys whats left of this forum.

 

 

Initially you make some sense but you cant say all that & then make throwaway accusations without people who disagree wanting to defend them which leads to precisiely what you set out to avoid.

 

"I also think Lucas is not a premiership player and it bugs the fuck out of me that he is getting a game. And as for Rafa's tactics, treatment of Keane, the Academy issue, Dossena...... where to start!"

You may be right on those issues but don't make a plea for unity then sneak in unfounded accusations

[Byrnie]

why all the new threads with the same themes??

[captainharris]

why all the new threads with the same themes??

 

This is what happens when we don't win.

[aws]

in the good old days of chasing fourth it only happened when we lost