by bigmick » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:38 am
I don't know saint. We are well and truly into the part of the season now which wil decide who wins the title. Last year was unusual in that two teams genuinely had a good go, it's normally all over a fair bit before the end. Fromabout two weeks ago up to and including Christmas, if you aren't playing one of the big four, you really need to be winning the game. This applies whether you are Home or Away, come rain or shine.
Yesterdays draw was an awful result for Chelsea as an example, while Arsenal must win tonight even though they're Away. Why? well because the Mancs won again, we won and Chelsea aren't going to draw many. Whoever blinks first and too often between now and Christmas will be well and truly out of it. Make no mistake about it, we need to win at Newcastle. Yes you'd take a draw if we go 2-0 behind, or go 1-0 down with ten minutes to go, but we need to win the game if we're serious. To do so we need to set up in a way which gives us the best chance of achieving that goal.
I've already as good as written off our title chances as I don't think we've made sufficient use of our easy start, and think that away games at the other big four teams towards the end of the season will do for us (unless of course we can suddenly start beating the big teams away). I've been told off for being too negative, and of course I sincerely hope to be gorging myself on humble pie come the end of the season. For that to happen though, we've got to go on a sustained winning run, and playing a team which has probably got more chance of getting beat than a more conservative one, gambling a bit if you like, is exactly what we need to do right now in my view.
While we're at it, we'd better start building up for the Home game against Man Utd. Win that, and while I won't be exactly getting my knife and fork ready I will certainly start thinking about leaving a bit of room for main course come the day.
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bigmick on Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:39 am, edited 1 time in total.
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