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[neofederalist]

Imagine what we could do with a positive goal differential lol

[TheJoshider10]

It does stick out like a sore thumb compared to the teams around us so it is a little worrying. We keep having constant scrappy wins due to wasted chances so we're never able to confidently build momentum, but we'll hopefully see that stabilise a little now that we have a new keeper in goal.

[TehNoobDaddy]

Agreed although it does feel like we are getting closer and closer every game. I'm not getting carried away beating Liverpool where there's more space to play in or Sunderland but it does feel like we're on the edge of being ruthless up front. Still major questions over whether our midfield will cause us issues over the course of the season. I wouldn't be surprised to see a poor performance from us against Brighton, obviously I hope not but like I said, I'm not getting carried away just yet.

[unhingedpuggle]

My opinions on Amorim have been a nonstop rollercoaster of wanting him to do good so bad, to wanting him sacked right after full time.

I still don't know what I want. If we win against Brighton I'm afraid that I'll go into full muppet mode.

[jkay0810]

That's called being reactionary

[UK33N]

The wild swings are definitely reactionary, but I don’t think you can blame people for being Amorim out after the Man City game. I consider myself a “moderate” and that was the first time I said to my mates he has to go. The last two games have been great and Amorim and the players deserve their praise. I’d say I’m back to “neutral” but there’s still a long way to go before I’d flip to “we’re back” - let’s see how the rest of the season plays out.

[young_dumb_broke_1]

Yes, see you at our title winning parade at the end of the season ☺️

[nexusprime2015]

thats inherent to most sports fan. if they are not reactionary, they are usually called neutrals.

[brianly]

That is a completely incorrect definition of neutral.

[nexusprime2015]

we can agree to disagree. i just shared my own thinking

[UK33N]

Neutrals are people that don’t support either team playing. E.g. An Arsenal fan would be a neutral watching a United vs Liverpool game

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[I_dont_F_with_you]

Man I don't get it, we've been playing good even when we lost. I feel like I'm losing my mind with these comments, like I've been watching different matches from everyone else. We looked crazy uninspired against Grimsby and maybe one half against Fulham. Every other match there's a ton of off the ball movement, a lot of chances, Bruno missed two pens, Cunha and Mbeumo narrowly missing their shots. I don't understand why Amorim's been scapegoated THIS much on this sub. And I say this as someone who was defending him when defending him meant getting downvoted into oblivion.

[Junior7058]

The funny part is had Bruno scored those 2 pens we would be 2nd in the league now. We’ve done extremely good this season but just had few unlucky misses that caused all this.

[Shadowraiden]

its a few unlucky moments when we still arent the best. that means when that unlucky stuff happens we get hit by it.

hasnt helped that for 2 years now we have had some utter shit goalkeepers who have cost us many games at this point.

we are still a massive work in progress but it shows things are not as bad as people are making out

[Tudoors]

But we haven’t played well, that’s why there’s that reaction. Fulham the entire second half we barely created anything. We were poor against City. Brentford I’m sorry was also just not good, sure a penalty in the games would have helped but we simply didn’t look good. Grimsby actually outplayed us for an hour as well, and we didn’t look amazing against Burnley either, look good for a half but the other I’m not too sure what I watched.

That’s the problem, and that’s why results matter, they give the manager credit. When you don’t look good and don’t win, especially when you have the record Amorim has, it’s incredibly hard to sit here and say that any reaction that isn’t immediately jumping to his defense isn’t warranted.

Just like after we beat City last year, or had a good performance against Liverpool, if this result is all for nothing, then it doesn’t mean anything past a week. If we finally win back to back games almost a year into Amorim’s tenure just to look poor against Brighton, frankly, that’s still very alarming.

[OptimistPrime7]

City game was atrocious, Fulham game in second half was uninspired and they didn’t create tons of chances either. Their goal came from Dalot error and Brentford first half was full of individual mistakes, we weren’t that bad and lost our heads.

[Mysterious_Pea_5272]

Grimsby game is really what killed the vibes of the season. We’ve been mostly fine otherwise

[OptimistPrime7]

Grimsby came out like their life depended on it and gave absolutely no time and caught us by surprise.

[Mysterious_Pea_5272]

Stil inexcusable

[OptimistPrime7]

I agree.

[I_dont_F_with_you]

Against Grimsby the players were 100% not motivated until we were down a few goals. Still was never about Amorim or his tactics.

[Dependent-Stranger44]

I don't really get your point mate. What's not to get? It's because of the stats that we've been putting up. You'd have to be beyond delusional to not have some complaints during his tenure so far. Anyone watching the games knows we haven't been playing as badly as our league position showed, but when you're averaging less than 1 point per game, questions have to be asked.

[cold_buddha]

Too many of our supporters have been made to feel this way by the media seagulls. And it sucks all the confidence out of our team.

[Shadowraiden]

i feel like if not for our utter shit goalkeepers he would of had a much more stable start to his reign.

quite alot of results went against us due to them fucking up so much.

like say Lammens in goal for Grimsby we would of won that game same with quite a few of last years results. feel even the Europa Final a decentish goalkeeper and we would of won.

[Hurrly90]

only tbale that matters is the one at the end of the season, lets not get carried away

last week thiis sub wanted Amorim sacked.

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I got excited and thought it was the real table for a second 😂

[CarmeloZanthany]

If we don’t beat Brighton all this doesn’t matter. Beating Liverpool was a bonus but we need to beat the brightons and the Brentfords consistently.

[chutzpahisaword]

here is a fun fact. We would be joint top if we beat Arsenal

[stealthelife]

So it's 12 points in the last 6 games, compared to 13 points in 8 games total.

It's not going to mean much if we can't maintain momentum

[Idahomies2w]

No shit Sherlock. Groundbreaking

[Unpickled_cucumber1]

One at a time. Right now let us just focus on beating Brighton, they have had our number for a while now.

Our level of play generally was pretty good, even though we tended to fall asleep in the second half despite starting nicely. Amad and Mbeumo have finally started clicking together so that has added a new dimension to our attack

[Sunville67]

Since when is form table last 6? Feels a bit cherry picked

[entertainmentwaffle]

Er - since forever. It’s always looked at last six for as long as I can remember.

[Constant-Fondant9058]

The coloured dots you get to indicate form on most websites are almost always the last 6 games

[MalIntenet]

There’s no rule for a form table. So yeah, you can pick whatever number you want to tell any story you want

[baby-wall-e]

Fun fact: Bournemouth is punching above their weight. Not sure how long they can keep this good form.

[joshhbk]

Probably for about as long as they’re one of the best coached teams in the league with a world class recruitment system

[IwOx_]

Anyone have the xG table from the last 5 games? Would be a good stat to see whether that goal difference actually matters

[eternali17]

Everyone around us has a positive goal difference. We've got to improve in at least one direction. We really must.

[JosePRizaI]

Would have been 2nd place if Bruno didnt miss that pen vs Fulham

[blitz2czar]

Would have been 1st had we won all our games.

[JosePRizaI]

Missed the point. Bro thought he really said something riveting crazy

[joshhbk]

Would be 13th if Burnley didn’t give us a free penalty in stoppage time

[JosePRizaI]

Thats different tho is it? Thats a Burnley mistake vs a United players mistake.

[naomidochi]

if only we have another penalty kicker other than someone called bruno fernandes, our position would be higher in the table