where did it go wrong

[SerenityNigh]

The night of the storm.

If that match had gone ahead that night we would probably have beaten Palace.

They were on a bad run at that time.

By the time the fixture was re-arranged they had found some form and you know the rest.

We blew our big chance to make the CL that night....and it has been pretty much all downhill since

Roberto was undone by an Act of God.

Very very unluck

 

[UpperLeftBlue]

This season was amazing, so many good memories! Deulofeu at Arsenal and Barkleys late free kick at Swansea. Amazing days out

Poor bobby that he FCUK'ed it

@davek must have this on loop in the background while on here to help keep himon the 72 point message. wish i could see martinez getting us back here, but he's just taken us further and further from it.

 

[Khalekan]

Very very unluck

Indeed.

 

[hktoffee]

The time when he got rid of all Moyes's old practice in defence. We don't practice corners nowadays...is it?

 

[Jags..class]

The time when he got rid of all Moyes's old practice in defence. We don't practice corners nowadays...is it?

Is this really true? We don't practice defending corners and set pieces

 

[hktoffee]

Is this really true? We don't practice defending corners and set pieces

I don't have a clue. Didn't Bainsey said we rarely practice setpieces?

 

[Shu Ren Dennis Ng]

I don't have a clue. Didn't Bainsey said we rarely practice setpieces?

Nothing concrete, just murmurs and speculation. Given the many failings of the team (stamina, defence, crossing), it seems like they don't even practice anything other than passing.

 

[chrissyjack]

The night he auctioned off his lucky brown shoes

 

[TheAlmightyFloater]

For me here -

*Cringe*

Proof that the jinxing is a real, palpable phenomenon in the universe.

In all seriousness though...

Teams rarely had answers to our tactics and individual players in his first season.

Second season they figured it out and Martinez, instead of adapting, stuck with it.
Teams began to pressure the defence more and crowd the midfield/box when we had the ball.
The inability to break these teams down through ineffective passing, and the defensive errors (too many to blame on individuals, rather a lack of coaching/coherent defensive tactics) meant that we conceded more and scored less.

Third season and the defensive frailties are still there. We still struggle to break defensively minded teams down and rely too heavily on individuals (Lukaku) for good results. The fans are agitated and, despite what some on here say about it being deserved etc, this has an effect on match performances. Booing (justified or not) and the atmosphere creates a lot of pressure on the team and increases the likelihood of poor results. The manager lost the fans and, as some suspect, the dressing room too.

 

[blue61]

It went wrong when he got 72 points in the first season then every divvy thought it was the new average.

A victim of his own first seasons work.


Three seasons and his record is still respectable though, and only the most bitter and twisted wouldn't concede that.

 

[svenboss]

It went wrong when we switched kits from Nike to Umbro, who the fudge wants Umbro? Not our players Umbro is for wools.

 

[Southern Yankee toffee]

For me here -

Were you saying that in April 2014?

 

[Samsonthedog]

That video brings back so many memories! Anyway, the turning point for me was the Leicester home game last season. I know we had been bad before, but that was the game where i first thought Bobby wasnt all that. He should have gone at the beginning of this season IMO

 

[daza_1973]

Were you saying that in April 2014?

No mate , but that hideous mural appeared in the August as did the 2-0 to 2-2 Arsenal game and the 3-6 mauling by Chelski

 

[Southern Yankee toffee]

No mate , but that hideous mural appeared in the August as did the 2-0 to 2-2 Arsenal game and the 3-6 mauling by Chelski

excuse me, I assumed you were not literally talking about the mural. lol my bad.