stevefromdonny wrote:Douglas Higginbottom wrote:stevefromdonny wrote:What a fucking joke, 4 mins to go and we fucking pass pass near the halfway. Line. The players must know like the rest of us how many mins to go, but no we just fucking pass and go backwards. Lump the ball into pen area and get some players into box and with a bit of luck we score
When the ball is lumped anywhere it's the same as giving the ball away. We passed and created and very nearly scored a 3rd.
Apart from us being shit in the defensive part of midfield and at times worse than shit at the back we created quite a few chances and could have had 4 or 5 easily. twice the ball was whipped across inside the 6 yard box with nobody to tap it in, Dunne off the line,Caulker off the line, 2 or 3 brilliant last ditch blocks by them. I have no doubt the neutrals will say we were lucky to get anything but QPR were not the better team and almost all that happened for them was down to us giving the ball away or being unable to handle the long ball/cross
so 1 chance in last 4 mins when we didn't score is better then lumping ball forward and see what could come off, and pissing about the halfway line wont score goals
Whilst there is no denying we are playing well below our capabilities this season, 'lumping the ball forward' isn't the answer. Whether under Mancini or Pellegrini, one of the main reasons of our success has been our ability to remain calm and not resort to desperate tactics. This has generally been successful for us, such as the Aston Villa home match last season, or even the Villa away match this season. I prefer us to maintain this, and not just 'lump the ball forward' as that most definitely would not play to our strengths.
The bigger picture, though, is that Pellegrini doesn't appear to have a variety of ideas in his locker. Furthermore, the players are either unhappy or unwilling to work with the manager (for whatever reason) and this is pretty obvious in their performances on the pitch.
I'm not fussed if we don't win the league every year - I just want us to put up a challenge considering the squad we have. We've been shite the majority of my life so our success in recent years has far succeeded my expectations. But we're seemingly giving up on our title (again) without a fight.
It annoys me that when we won it in 2012 and 2014, we were involved in a hard fought title race and came out on top. But in 2013, we allowed United to win it without a serious challenge, and I fear we're allowing the same to happen again this season, except with Chelsea benefiting.
There is still plenty of time left in this season for us to be successful, but it's becoming increasingly difficult for me to see that as a possibility.