Geniune question for everyone , when was the last time do you think we played well ?
The last game I can remember was probably Everton 2-6 Tottenham or Tottenham 3-1 Chelsea last season . A lot of people will refer back to last season's UCL games but I felt we were quite lucky , especially against Dortmund who we somehow beat 4-0 on aggregate when in both legs they were probably better than us and we had some very good defending and goalkeeping to thank for that aggregate score.
The times when we've beat teams for example 4-0 , we beat them 4-0 but we don't exactly dominate them , take the Crystal Palace game in September while we beat them 4-0 , they actually had more Shots on target on us . To look even closer take a look at the Burnley game where we beat them 5-0 , Burnley actually had more possession than us and we didn't even look particularly amazing going forward just very clinical.
Now maybe the problem is my perception of good football. For me I enjoy watching football when our team creates a lot of chances and dominates the other team , a bit like what City do week in week out although obviously we won't ever reach that level. For me the pressing was also key to this domination. So many times in 15/16 and 16/17 we'd press for the ball , win it back in the final 3rd and create a good chance. Ever since that started to dissapear in 17/18 , our style of play has become quite boring . Noticably we've started to try and do long-ball football a bit more , or we're just passing it around the back without any idea of what to do with it.
Even when we played Norwich , while we were better than them we weren't much better than them , and you wouldn't have known that we were UCL finalists and they were in the bottom 3 at the time.
I suppose my question is well a) When was the last time we played well? and b) Do you agree with my perception of what a good style of play is [Paragraph above].
The last game I can remember was probably Everton 2-6 Tottenham or Tottenham 3-1 Chelsea last season . A lot of people will refer back to last season's UCL games but I felt we were quite lucky , especially against Dortmund who we somehow beat 4-0 on aggregate when in both legs they were probably better than us and we had some very good defending and goalkeeping to thank for that aggregate score.
The times when we've beat teams for example 4-0 , we beat them 4-0 but we don't exactly dominate them , take the Crystal Palace game in September while we beat them 4-0 , they actually had more Shots on target on us . To look even closer take a look at the Burnley game where we beat them 5-0 , Burnley actually had more possession than us and we didn't even look particularly amazing going forward just very clinical.
Now maybe the problem is my perception of good football. For me I enjoy watching football when our team creates a lot of chances and dominates the other team , a bit like what City do week in week out although obviously we won't ever reach that level. For me the pressing was also key to this domination. So many times in 15/16 and 16/17 we'd press for the ball , win it back in the final 3rd and create a good chance. Ever since that started to dissapear in 17/18 , our style of play has become quite boring . Noticably we've started to try and do long-ball football a bit more , or we're just passing it around the back without any idea of what to do with it.
Even when we played Norwich , while we were better than them we weren't much better than them , and you wouldn't have known that we were UCL finalists and they were in the bottom 3 at the time.
I suppose my question is well a) When was the last time we played well? and b) Do you agree with my perception of what a good style of play is [Paragraph above].