Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Unfortunately I don't think we are good enough to beat a good team that plays half decent IF we play the way we have been. That means we could beat Stoke , even if it's on pens , but we won't be good enough to beat Pool or Chelski.
That's if we carry on playing as poorly as in recent games.But I am sure we will get better and raise the game from now on.Beating the scousers would be such a massive lift.
Beating the Dippers is the key to our season right now. I think that because Mancini has set out to make us a more solid defensive unit, and we still haven't got that yet... that yes we need to beat them and play better, but i feel that stopping them scoring would be the real confidence boost and would set up the Stoke game with the team's belief starting to rise.
so for me i would accept another battling ugly game if we can keep a clean sheet. I think we will score so that would get the win.
Also i thought it was interesting that even Mancini himself after the Stoke game was moaning about us not attacking with enough force.. is that the sign that he will now try to do something about it?