06 May 2024 12:59:44
A defence to my opinion on players needed to improve or maybe not being good enough
32 games - not good enough
3 games - really good, really seemed to have improved on what's expected
I wouldn't make 3 games out of 35 your ammo to come at people.
But yes. Been brilliant last few games, shading brilliant opposition, West Ham 15 goals conceded in 5 and Spurs 5 losses on the bounce,
06 May 2024 14:33:31
Matt, I’m told the last 10 home games have achieved 8 wins 1 draw and one loss.
Virtually every player and the team in general has improved throughout the season.
We have had a ridiculously high injury count and unfortunately we still can’t be sure how much talent we have got within the club.
It’s been an up and down season and my guess is that is common with a young squad. We are just about where I expected but I do expect us to improve next season.
06 May 2024 14:48:16
Since the start of the year we’ve played 24 games across all competitions. Won 14 of them, drawn 6 lost 4. Some terrible games such as the Arsenal one, the playing for penalties against Liverpool in the final and the Liverpool game in the league. A very respectable draw against City 1-1. Some poor draws against Brentford, Burnley and Sheffield. But great wins on the bounce now against Spurs and West Ham and were unlucky to draw against Aston Villa (which is still a respectable result)
Saw a stat that said if the league started in January we’d be 4th in the table. I think that shows clear improvement over the season. Yes in the past we’ve had managers come in and make an instant impact, but that was with a squad of players at their peak. Poch has come into a young, inexperienced and disjointed team which had relatively no experience of playing with each other. That alongside our massive injury list the entire season (which was mostly our experienced players) has delayed the progress. Maybe it’s too little too late but I’d be inclined to give him another year.
06 May 2024 20:06:52
If we play like this in the final 3 games, get 6th. Should poch stay? We are really looking a lot better.
06 May 2024 21:15:20
The worst problem was that we drew with Sheffield and Burnley. If ww won those two games we would be fighting for n.5 with Spurs.