It actually also shows that we had a much kinder fixture list in the first half of the season.
The second half of the season we had all the following fixtures
United A
West Ham A
Chelsea A
Newcastle A
Liverpool A
Villa A
A red hot Woolwich at home
If that run of games (Newcastle, Woolwich, Liverpool, chels) had been spread out over the season and the results had been isolated rather than in one cluster, I don’t think there would have been the meltdown we saw. Even if we were 5th.
There were still some good performances second half of the season - I don’t think we played badly against Woolwich at home, city at home, Villa away for example.
The fixtures are hard.. but you need to be doing better in them. A lot better. Individually I don’t expect to win most of these games but I definitely don’t expect to lose nearly all of them. I’ve also not been impressed by performances in between games against competent opposition. The 3-0 loss to Fulham as well.. Fulham and Newcastle away should not be a combined 7-0 loss. Sorry.
I’ve not seen too much melting. I think it’s right to be worried about how we coped with the second half of the season but also fair to say it’s Ange’s first season and he needs time and backing.