Because he'd done bugger all in the months leading up to that game?
Weaker. We were playing much better football this time last year.Stronger or weaker team this year ?
Whats interesting is if the consensus is we are so much weaker this season, how come the difference is only 3 points (75 points last year vs 72) ? Not sure it was really a stronger league last year either.
Derby, QPR, Wigan look stronger than Palace, Watford and Leicester in 2013.
How come the better players didn't translate into more points...
Weaker for me, but I still can't understand why we didn't play the same team in the 2nd leg vs Palace as we did a couple of months previous when we cruised past them 3-0
WHY didn't Vicente START!?
Bridcutt is the big difference. Last season his worst games were still 7/10 and the side revolved around him. With him gone there is more emphasis on Andrews being the water carrier and someone else in midfield being the creative passer. At his best Bridcutt was both at once. For this reason alone we are weaker.
Going into the play offs We're unbeaten in 8 after that all important point at Blackburn with the last minute Stephens equaliser. LLDDWWDDWW for our last 10we have done the double over the champs and taken serious point off other top teams....we are unbeaten in 11 games i believe
Going into the play offs We're unbeaten in 8 after that all important point at Blackburn with the last minute Stephens equaliser. LLDDWWDDWW for our last 10
Last season we went LWDDDWDWWW in our last 10.
Derby are WLWLWWWWWD in their last 10... Gulp.
None of this really means much though. Palace had won once in their last 10 going into the play offs last season.
Bridcutt was incredibly efficient in his passing and nothing more. He doesn't have a killer ball in his armoury.
We're not discussing how we've been over the whole season, just how we are now vs then. At the start of last season we weren't that good, Ulloa wasn't here etc. At the end of last season we were playing some very good football.Whats interesting is if the consensus is we are so much weaker this season, how come the difference is only 3 points (75 points last year vs 72) ?