--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "ed_hbk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That's how we used to play (and how we play best). Sitting back >does not suit us, nor does defending a 1-0 lead, so why do we >consistently play negatively?
Back in 95-96 we won a pile of games 1-0 in the run-in with Eric scoring the only goal most of the time. Let's get some perspective. Since we lost to City, we've had a phenomenal run, with the losses at Boro and Blackburn as blemishes. Home form has been excellent. However, somewhere along the way, there will be hiccoughs. We're not going to win every game. This was a small blip. It may also serve as another tonic to pick us up and re- focus. There was a bit too much talk of quadruples (not from the club but from the media) starting to appear. There is a long way to go still and don't forget we have the Worthington Cup and the FA Cup still to come, not to mention the CL re-starting. Particularly the latter may cause Arsenal to divert their energies a bit because they have not done well in Europe and if Wenger wants to cement his reputation (and I am sure that he does) he knows that they need to win that competition. Luckily Arsenal have not pulled away any further today despite taking the lead and then playing 10 men for the last half hour. Yes, it would have been great to win today, but I for one started to worry when I heard Mark Lawrenson predicting we'd thrash City. So - let's be optimistic. It could have been worse, we could have lost and Arsenal could have won and they didn't and the loss of two points will cause some reflection and serve as a motivation for the remainder of the season. I don't think the gap with Arsenal is going to disappear quickly, I think it will be a slow erosion point by point. Now's the time for us to go on another long run. Subscription info WWW http://red11.org/list Reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] = subscribe to the list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] = unsubscribe from the list. Post message [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
