It’s the WC. Remember, we had more players there than anyone else. Not just physically but these players are mentally shattered as well.Terrible. Even worst 2nd half than 1st. Not going to overreact and start throwing abuse at the team, all I'll say is they look absolutely shot, physically and mentally, and methinks January will be reconsidered.
Leagues gone
Pep has tried to be too clever. Great, our players will be fresh in March and April. No use when we’re 10 points behind
Concentrate on winning the CL. Only way our season can be saved
I hope so, but the biggest obstacle for a title winning team is to keep up the motivation and workrate to win it again. If we were coasting it again, I could see us cruising to another win, but now we're 7 points behind, that's really gonna test that mental strength. To be honest, I'm not massively convinced that we'll do it. I'm already picturing the worst scenario, which is that Liverpool hit a dodgy patch and drop a few points, but we're not in a position to capitalize because we've already given up. Hope the players prove me wrong, and it's actually just a lack of Fernandinho that's hurting us.19 games. We’ve done it before. What this last month has shown us is how quickly it can change.
Disappointing but we move on. We are not invincible and will lose games.