Where is respect lacking? The man's a colossus and a model pro.
Terminating his contract if he is not going to be in our long term plans (and i dont see that he can be) would be hugely respectful after all he has done for us.
I'm offering my honest opinion and a preduction based on recent past.
I would be thrilled to be wrong.
More or less the way I see it. We will make chances against a very decent defence I am sure but we are not ruthless enough in front of goal. We are way too flaky at the back against decent teams and I think they will punish us on the break. I'm going for either 2-1 or 3-1 to Chelsea but with the caveat that on our day if we play with the right pressing and intensity for the majority of the game, I genuinely think we can beat anyone. We don't do that anywhere near often enough though IMO.Best I can see is a draw. We work our balls off get 20 chances and score 2 goals then let 2 or 3 cheap ones in on the counter or from set pieces. That's the story of the season.
More or less the way I see it. We will make chances against a very decent defence I am sure but we are not ruthless enough in front of goal. We are way too flaky at the back against decent teams and I think they will punish us on the break. I'm going for either 2-1 or 3-1 to Chelsea but with the caveat that on our day if we play with the right pressing and intensity for the majority of the game, I genuinely think we can beat anyone. We don't do that anywhere near often enough though IMO.
Indeed, our home form has been really poor. Without wanting to sound like phil neville, just think where we'd be if we could have converted those shitty home draws into the wins they should have been. I am sure Chelsea will play it like an away match tonight, Conte is too clever to go toe to toe with us. We just need to press their defence to death and force mistakes and then take our chances. Almost no point worrying about the other end, we know they will cause us huge problems when they counter attack us, it is absolutely inevitable.As a caveat to that we are only second to tonight's opppnents in away pts this year - we are extremely effective on the road, more so than at home where we sit a shocking 9th......
Indeed, our home form has been really poor. Without wanting to sound like phil neville, just think where we'd be if we could have converted those shitty home draws into the wins they should have been. I am sure Chelsea will play it like an away match tonight, Conte is too clever to go toe to toe with us. We just need to press their defence to death and force mistakes and then take our chances. Almost no point worrying about the other end, we know they will cause us huge problems when they counter attack us, it is absolutely inevitable.