A win's a win

Bruce Wayne · December 20, 2010

Boy was that a ropey performance though. Couldn't keep the ball to save our lives. Still, 3 points against City away is a good result. Hopefully this'll be the springboard at last. Funny though as we've played much better than that and not got a result this season.

bluebloodinmyveins · December 20, 2010

The togetherness was back. If we keep that for the rest of the season, we have no worries at all.

kenada_blue · December 20, 2010

3 points is 3 points.

That's all I want.

RFUS · December 20, 2010

To be fair defending away to a team with possibly the best attacking options in the league -- when you're winning 2-0 -- and then especially when you go down to 10 men, is understandable. We defended very well, too.

Great goals as well. Baines and Cahill make me want to cream my pants. Again.

davek · December 20, 2010

It's hard to get past these positives:

We were resolute
Showed great spirit
Took the goals well

The rest was pretty much nothing as a creative force, we were too timid against a pretty fragile City defence.

Birmingham now need to be swept aside. 14th at the season halfway point is not acceptable.

Tennessee Blue Mike · December 20, 2010

Simply put it helps us from the games we should have put away but we didn't and excepted a draw. Three pointers are a must going forward.

Bruce Wayne · December 20, 2010

bluebloodinmyveins said:
The togetherness was back. If we keep that for the rest of the season, we have no worries at all.

I'm not convinced really. We seemed to lose more 50/50's than we won. I've seen us play well against the big teams this season but that wasn't one of them. Quality 2nd goal by Baines but after that we just couldn't seem to keep the ball.

Maverick · December 20, 2010

epic alamo defending today

loved it

Wratho · December 20, 2010

Going down to 10 did not help at all. Moyes was going to bring Saha on, and I could have defo seen another from us.

Timmy H has lost us a few points this season, but he kept two for us there.

BlueTak · December 20, 2010

We showed great team spirit, great toughness and great defending (Although scrappy at times)

Yeah, we gave away the ball a lot, but when your chasing the ball and defending for an hour and even more so for the 30 mins where we had ten men you get awfully tired.

kenada_blue · December 20, 2010

Is there a reoccuring thing where Moyes can get the players all fired up and to do their jobs to a tee against teams most pundits and fans think we'll get turned over against....but when it comes down to Wigan's of this world, he gets a bit lost?

Bruce Wayne · December 20, 2010

Saha did well when he came on, held the ball up and relieved a bit of the pressure on the defence. Like I say, a win is a win and hopefully it acts as a springboard but that was a mile away from our performance against City at the same time last season.

chicoazul · December 20, 2010

It was a typical dogged Moyes performance, we need more of being resolute and getting the result.

Still, as davek said, there's a long way to go before I'll be happy with this season.

harry · December 20, 2010

i thought we got lucky. defend a lead by trying to keep the ball, not kicking it straight back to the opposition.

Jamo Martinez · December 20, 2010

kenada_blue said:
Is there a reoccuring thing where Moyes can get the players all fired up and to do their jobs to a tee against teams most pundits and fans think we'll get turned over against....but when it comes down to Wigan's of this world, he gets a bit lost?

It's certainly strange that a team which is unbeaten in games against Chelsea, Utd, rs, Spurs and City (3 of them away from home) are as low as we are in the league.
Sort it lads