Mentality

[GrandOldTeam]

A small point, some would say trivial and pedantic. They could be right...

But 97th minute equaliser at home, against 10 men.

5 minutes left on the clock.

Instead of getting on with the game going for that winner as the top teams no doubt would, our players go an celebrate with the crowd.

Instinct should be to get the ball out the net and get that winner, not this;

 

[JLW]

A small point, some would say trivial and pedantic. They could be right...

But 97th minute equaliser at home, against 10 men.

5 minutes left on the clock.

Instead of getting on with the game going for that winner as the top teams no doubt would, our players go an celebrate with the crowd.

Instinct should be to get the ball out the net and get that winner, not this;

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Yep, it was my first thought.

Unfortunately the players and manager probably see this as a point gained rather than 2 points lost.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

A small point, some would say trivial and pedantic. They could be right...

But 97th minute equaliser at home, against 10 men.

5 minutes left on the clock.

Instead of getting on with the game going for that winner as the top teams no doubt would, our players go an celebrate with the crowd.

Instinct should be to get the ball out the net and get that winner, not this;

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Spot on. I’d expect that reaction from the lads if we’d scored the winner in the 100th minute.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Yep, it was my first thought.

Unfortunately the players and manager probably see this as a point gained rather than 2 points lost.

And that mentality leads to stat that keeps getting recycled about Silva's Everton team never coming from behind to win.

 

[Milkman]

A small point, some would say trivial and pedantic. They could be right...

But 97th minute equaliser at home, against 10 men.

5 minutes left on the clock.

Instead of getting on with the game going for that winner as the top teams no doubt would, our players go an celebrate with the crowd.

Instinct should be to get the ball out the net and get that winner, not this;

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That frustrated me too, though I can understand why they reacted like that. The last 12 minutes were just fuelled by adrenaline, you could tell there wasn't anybody keeping their head after what happened to Andre, passes were going wild, wrong decisions everywhere.

Love to see a good pile into the crowd though.

 

[blulouie]

A small point, some would say trivial and pedantic. They could be right...

But 97th minute equaliser at home, against 10 men.

5 minutes left on the clock.

Instead of getting on with the game going for that winner as the top teams no doubt would, our players go an celebrate with the crowd.

Instinct should be to get the ball out the net and get that winner, not this;

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Its like we are grateful for a point.....far from good enough.

 

[Blue Juice]

It was the part where Sidibe was doing stepovers that did it for me. There's no urgency or desire filtering down from the top

 

[GrandOldTeam]

We bemoan other clubs luck.

Self belief generates good luck - "You make your own luck"

The clubs mentality is still Moyes' "knife to a gunfight"

This doesn't help;

 

[neil999]

yep, how do we change it? manager or something deeper?

 

[Lanolin]

It's just criticism bingo for me. Confirmation bias. If they hadn't celebrated people would be in here saying it was proof that the manager had lost the players, there was no passion, no connection to the fans etc. They do celebrate and it shows that they don't have the right mentality.

I understand the point and i'm not saying there's no merit at all in it. But i'm pretty sure I've seen other 'top' sides do what we did yesterday and still be successful.

 

[bilyaletdinov_]

Think given the emotional nature of the game this type of celebration can be forgiven yesterday. Agree with the statement though, need to be hungrier for wins

 

[Bob Elstone]

Team reflects the manager. Gutless

 

[Lelouch]

Mentality comes from the manager for me, The board can only do so much they've spent money, Alright we could have gotten a higher bar manager but we didn't, Manager sets the mentality for the players and the results or how we are playing and that sets the fans mentality by what they see on the pitch.
Silva is a loser, He has no balls he comes across like an absolute walkover.

 

[Deleted member 48881]

I think if it wasn't for Gomes' nasty injury, players would have taken the ball and run back to their half but whole squad was emotional and it just came off with that goal.

 

[radiostar]

Spot on.

A winning team grabs that ball and runs back to the centre circle to et he game started to push for a winner.

This is a team of losers and the current run proves that.