Miffy Posted 20 April, 2013 Share Posted 20 April, 2013 I was just looking through our results for the season and noticed that we have played 17 matches either side of Xmas. In the first 17 we lost 10 games In the last 17 we lost 3 games The points tally is 15 vs 24 The reduction in defeats is pretty impressive at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 20 April, 2013 Share Posted 20 April, 2013 Just further underlines that the change of Manager was the right decision from Cortese. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 20 April, 2013 Share Posted 20 April, 2013 Just underlines how skewed the fixture list was with all the difficult games at the start, and how long it takes to get a team up to Prem speed... in hindsight, it actually helped us, as we lost a load of games we'd expect to lose anyway to top half teams and the players got used to a higher standard than the teams we played in October-December when we started to pick up points. The change of manager also tweaked our tactics and made us less easy to prepare for the second time we played teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaintBobby Posted 21 April, 2013 Share Posted 21 April, 2013 Just underlines how skewed the fixture list was with all the difficult games at the start, and how long it takes to get a team up to Prem speed... in hindsight, it actually helped us, as we lost a load of games we'd expect to lose anyway to top half teams and the players got used to a higher standard than the teams we played in October-December when we started to pick up points. The change of manager also tweaked our tactics and made us less easy to prepare for the second time we played teams. Surely, the first 17 games and the last 17 are remarkably similar? That's about 90% of the season. And it's not as if we played all the top teams home and away before Xmas. It's a pretty symmetrical fixture list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanghai Saint Posted 21 April, 2013 Share Posted 21 April, 2013 Our recovery from the initial run of games was terrific. So many times in the past, teams with a horrendous opening schedule never go on to recover their confidence and end up relegated - think Bolton last year. Changing the manager added dynamism to the team but the inner character has never been in doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilchards Posted 21 April, 2013 Share Posted 21 April, 2013 Our recovery from the initial run of games was terrific. So many times in the past, teams with a horrendous opening schedule never go on to recover their confidence and end up relegated - think Bolton last year. Changing the manager added dynamism to the team but the inner character has never been in doubt. very true, the team has adjusted well to Premiership football. Now then how will we cope with this European stuff soon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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