2020/21 Carlo Ancelotti

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catcherintherye said:
We did, and this was rightly described as a heroic effort (which it was). We now just expect to defeat Arsenal.
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Arsenal are 15th in the league, they've lost more than half their games. To an extent, yes we should expect to beat them at home. It's never that easy of course, and we did well to actually get the job done, but i'm not having it that it was some sort of unimaginable victory. You're making it sound like our improvement is complete and unarguable, but it's not. We're in a great position at the moment and if we keep this up for the next couple of months then we can talk like that. At the moment it's just a good start to the season. It's exciting, the manager and players deserve a lot of credit, but we really shouldn't be just making out like we've left all our worries behind because we've had a good 7 days.
 
The hard part will be just how much juice from the attacking bottle of Coleman, Digne and Rodreguez Ancelotti pours a into the current KITAP1 mixture
 
catcherintherye said:
Burnley didn't outplay us at all mate. Our Xg was like 3 times what theirs was. We controlled most of the game, but didn;t finish our chances. We gave them a stupid early goal and probably did well to claw a point back.

They are 12 from the last 6 since Tarkowski returns. Burnley away is never an easy game, and in the run they are on, it was a decent point. Not outstanding but decent.
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I do wonder where this mind set comes from. I mean have they actualy watched Everton away for lets say oh the last 15-20 years. Our away results have always been patchy to say the least. We generally have to fight for points away no matter what ground. Games are winable but not easy.
I already have sheff utd down as a potential scrap. They may have 2 points but they havent been battered in many games. Turn up thinking we already have 3 points and there is a danger we could get turned over.
 
Gilbert.. said:
I do wonder where this mind set comes from. I mean have they actualy watched Everton away for lets say oh the last 15-20 years. Our away results have always been patchy to say the least. We generally have to fight for points away no matter what ground. Games are winable but not easy.
I already have sheff utd down as a potential scrap. They may have 2 points but they havent been battered in many games. Turn up thinking we already have 3 points and there is a danger we could get turned over.
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How many times over the last 20 years have we beaten a big team IE City or Utd at home and then gone and lost the next game at Stoke or Burnley.
 

Gilbert.. said:
I do wonder where this mind set comes from. I mean have they actualy watched Everton away for lets say oh the last 15-20 years. Our away results have always been patchy to say the least. We generally have to fight for points away no matter what ground. Games are winable but not easy.
I already have sheff utd down as a potential scrap. They may have 2 points but they havent been battered in many games. Turn up thinking we already have 3 points and there is a danger we could get turned over.
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I know i'm repeating myself a bit on this theme so sorry for being boring, but I think the key is not to look at everything as black and white. I expect Sheffield United to be a scrap, I don't expect us to go there and wallop them 5-0, but truthfully we have to expect to win the game and it will be a big disappointment if we don't. They've lost 16 of their last 18 games in all competitions and the 2 they haven't have been drawn, against 2 other members of the bottom 4. It's not a given but realistically you have to see anything other than a win there as points dropped. I've seen people saying Burnley now looks like a 'good point' but I disagree. It's not a bad result to get a point there but it's not a good one either. That's what I mean about black and white. You can be disappointed and feel we should have done better, without thinking it was a disaster and the manager needs sacking.
 
Lanolin said:
I know i'm repeating myself a bit on this theme so sorry for being boring, but I think the key is not to look at everything as black and white. I expect Sheffield United to be a scrap, I don't expect us to go there and wallop them 5-0, but truthfully we have to expect to win the game and it will be a big disappointment if we don't. They've lost 16 of their last 18 games in all competitions and the 2 they haven't have been drawn, against 2 other members of the bottom 4. It's not a given but realistically you have to see anything other than a win there as points dropped. I've seen people saying Burnley now looks like a 'good point' but I disagree. It's not a bad result to get a point there but it's not a good one either. That's what I mean about black and white. You can be disappointed and feel we should have done better, without thinking it was a disaster and the manager needs sacking.
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Nah its cool mate. I just occasionally read on here some who really think we should have a devine right to win at some places.
It just isnt the case. And i find it a bit ignorant.
 

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