He who would valiant be…
Continue with a win
Saturday 3pm kick off.
You’re all singing it now admit it
Continue with a win
Saturday 3pm kick off.
You’re all singing it now admit it
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A big block of seats in W5 has suddenly become available, no idea why.
Another big game, and an opportunity to keep the good start going and maintain the flow of positivity and excitement.
As always, we need to be patient as a crowd. Ideally we score loads but realistically it might be hard to break them down, as it so often is in home games. We have to stick with them and support them if that happens.
On the pitch, we need to have the same level of efficiency in front of goal as we did at Stoke. That's been lacking too often, especially at home. I think consistently being clinical is a big part of being successful at this level, where the margins are so fine.
Alternatively the players need to kick on from a good away win, attack from the off and get an early goal then go for more. That will lift the crowd and create a great atmosphere and end up with a convincing win. Next home game there will be even more fans there, even more boisterous and an even easier more convincing win. By then we will be top of the table and there will be no spare seats to be had. Success breeds success.
Rosie could be tinkerman and some more changes - so pre match it’s ‘what the f***’
The question is which positions?
I've seen a few people respond defensively like this when I've suggested the crowd needs to be on good form and back the players. I really don't understand such angst towards our own players, to make supporting them conditional on success first.
Winning or scoring goals is never easy. They might try their hearts out and be met with a sturdy defence. If we respond by moaning and groaning then we make it less likely that we'll eventually break through. If we're loud and supportive we can help them find an extra 1% or sap some belief from the opposition team. Too many times in the last year we've defaulted to miserable crowd mode as soon as it became clear we wouldn't be winning comfortably. We should know by now that that's really not guaranteed. Adjust expectations accordingly and do our bit.