The Race to the Title

[Matrix]

Exactly this. We took our eyes off the ball aganst WBA, looking too far ahead, and paid the price.

I think far too much emphasis on the WBA game losing us the title. Its games such as 2-0 at home to Stoke and blowing that. Going 1-0 at the King Power and conceding within minutes. Lets be honest here you can't pin the whole season on 1 match 4 games from the end of the season.

 

[dricha1]

I think far too much emphasis on the WBA game losing us the title. Its games such as 2-0 at home to Stoke and blowing that. Going 1-0 at the King Power and conceding within minutes. Lets be honest here you can't pin the whole season on 1 match 4 games from the end of the season.

Or it could quite simply be 5points dropped against Leicester is the difference.

 

[danielneeds]

Or it could quite simply be 5points dropped against Leicester is the difference.

There are loads of things -
Really slow start compared to them, drawing too many matches.
Thursday night effect.
Losing at WHL to them.
The West Ham/Arse week, which was our real big chance.

As others have said, incredibly young team, they'll learn from this, and Poch will have too.

 

[millsey]

Out of 17 home games this season Chelsea have only won 5. In the last 6 home games they have won 1, drawing four; 12 goals for and 11 against. If ever there was a time to beat Chelsea it is tomorrow night! COYS!!!!!!

Well yes. I'm not sure Weat Brom have a good away record either...., no doubt we are a better team than Chelsea.

 

[jimmy-jojo]

I think far too much emphasis on the WBA game losing us the title. Its games such as 2-0 at home to Stoke and blowing that. Going 1-0 at the King Power and conceding within minutes. Lets be honest here you can't pin the whole season on 1 match 4 games from the end of the season.

I was speaking about that specific game and resultant outcome not the title race as a whole.

 

[nailsy]

There's no point looking back and saying this game was a let down, or we should have done better against this side. Every side drops points against sides they should beat. And we picked up a lot of points against sides we were expected to lose against.

 

[deluded-yid]

Consistently been on this for a while now...

http://betting.boylesports.com/football/trust-premier-league-dont

He's spot on imo.

Suprised about the lack of testing throughout a season

 

[HailKingLevy]

We do if we finish below them. There can be no doubt wherever you finish after 38 games, you deserve to be there

This is so not true, 38 games is such a small sample size in the grand scheme of things, luck, does not even itself out over a season.

 

[deluded-yid]

the swansea point is a load of bollocks though. it's hardly a mystery as to why swansea put in a better performance today at home to a liverpool b side than away to the team top of the league.

Swansea didn't start the game with a recognised striker and a few other questionable team selections.
Before the game the swans manager said he wanted his friend Ranieri to win the league.

 

[millsey]

This is so not true, 38 games is such a small sample size in the grand scheme of things, luck, does not even itself out over a season.

Complete bollocks

 

[SPURSLIFE]

Highlighting things that are clearly suspect and plain wrong is not looking for 'excuses'.

Stop being a mroron.

They are only suspect in your mind and a few other bad losers. The only Moron here is you my friend.

 

[nailsy]

Swansea didn't start the game with a recognised striker and a few other questionable team selections.
Before the game the swans manager said he wanted his friend Ranieri to win the league.

They played Ayew and Ziggy who are their two top scorers. And their side today was virtually the same with no recognised striker.

Edit... Thinking about it, I'm not sure it was Ziggy that played

 

[deluded-yid]

They played Ayew and Ziggy who are their two top scorers. And their side today was virtually the same with no recognised striker.

Edit... Thinking about it, I'm not sure it was Ziggy that played

May well be their top scorers, but they're not strikers and won't have the same movement of a striker.
Like I said, wasn't just the decision of strikers in the team selection that was suspect especially for a team that had beaten chelscum before losing to the foxes.

 

[NeverRed]

This is so not true, 38 games is such a small sample size in the grand scheme of things, luck, does not even itself out over a season.

Complete bollocks

38 games is a fair sample size.

But agreeing with luck doesn't even itself out (just because a 38 game competition is over) - luck doesn't have to even itself out anywhere in anything, so why would it be necessarily be so over the course of a football season. There's far too many factors and variables for "luck evens itself out over a season" to be anything other than a gross unconsidered simplification while at the same time a notion so full of bollocks it's choking on them.

 

[thinktank]

They are only suspect in your mind and a few other bad losers. The only Moron here is you my friend.

Go. Away.

 

[Dov67]

we took about 3 months to build momentum and really get going. I remember a close friend of mine talking about us getting into the top 4 in Oct/Nov time and me laughing at the very idea. Like most of us, I think, I always assumed we'd end up 5th or 6th.

For me the Leicester home game was pivotal, though it didn't really feel like it at the time as I couldn't get my head around us being genuine title contenders even then. After we failed to score from our 27th corner, I said to my Dad we will lose this, and within 5 mins we conceded.

Leicesters' season is a freak for all the obvious reasons but also because a team usually has a serious attempt at the title before actually going on to win it in the second season. Fingers crossed we go on to follow this path.

PS - lets show a little bit of class. If Leicester win it they deserve our congratulations on a remarkable achievement.

 

[Colonel_Klinck]

Swansea didn't start the game with a recognised striker and a few other questionable team selections.
Before the game the swans manager said he wanted his friend Ranieri to win the league.

Maybe they went to Leicester to play for the draw. Not commit to attack and leave themselves open to the counter attack that has served Leicester so well this season. Nothing wrong with teams playing for a draw away against the league leaders. At home to a depleted Liverpool with their eye on a semi final is a whole different matter.

 

[JAYSTAR]

I'm pretty sure we are already guaranteed it now.

I was referring to finishing in the top 3. No knock out game.

 

[millsey]

38 games is a fair sample size.

But agreeing with luck doesn't even itself out (just because a 38 game competition is over) - luck doesn't have to even itself out anywhere in anything, so why would it be necessarily be so over the course of a football season. There's far too many factors and variables for "luck evens itself out over a season" to be anything other than a gross unconsidered simplification while at the same time a notion so full of bollocks it's choking on them.

What's happened to Spurs that is unlucky this season though? Or are you talking generally?

 

[nailsy]

May well be their top scorers, but they're not strikers and won't have the same movement of a striker.
Like I said, wasn't just the decision of strikers in the team selection that was suspect especially for a team that had beaten chelscum before losing to the foxes.

What else was suspect about the selection then? And in between beating Chelsea and losing to Leicester they'd also been smashed by Newcastle, it's not like they became shit out of nowhere. I think the selection was made to try and get a goalless draw, but it went horribly wrong after the Williams clearance fiasco.