90th minute vs QPR - 2 points lost 89th minute vs Millwall - 1 point lost 93rd minute vs Coventry - 1 point lost 94th minute vs Stoke - 2 points lost 86th minute vs Fulham - 2 points lost 82nd minute vs Reading - 2 points lost 10 points right there lost from the 80th minute onwards. How many goals have we scored to grab something after 80+ minutes? Zero. The manager and a lot of the players have the hearts of peas.
Whenever we go ahead we sit back and try to defend every slight winning margin as though it’s the 93rd minute, even if it’s the 23rd. It’s inevitable pressure and I can’t understand why we keep doing it
This was as much about managerial incompetence, as it was about the players ability to see out the game. In the last 3 games we've drawn, we have conceded in the 82nd, 86th and 90th+ minutes. We have dropped 6 points in these 3 games, which would have seen us out of the Relegation Zone today. We have one of the youngest teams in the Championship, yet we continually run out of steam by the 70th minute. We knew a Draw was not good enough, but we drop back with 11 men behind the ball and invite pressure. We knew a Draw was not good enough, but we wait until the 90th minute to bring Victor on.
We were hanging on from 30 minutes in today. I was hoping to get to half time so he could sort them out, when in fact we were even worse 2nd half. Think the team talk must gave been ‘just go out and keep your fingers crossed lads’. I can sort of understand being tired from 75-80 mins too when you’re under the cosh - today we looked absolutely gone from about 60.
2 points.....why do we run out of steam around the 70th minute when we have one of the youngest teams? What are they doing in training? And is that totally Poyas fault? Given what Brittain was alluding to in his interview......if they disagree with the training, they're all professional athletes, surely they know how to train for increased stamina and I believe they have plenty of spare time? Or is that too simple? Secondly....isn't it just a fact that our subs will hugely weaken us, we play the strongest 11, out of about 13 it pretty much picks itself, the subs are pretty much the same every week, it's just the ones left out. We are threadbare.
I wouldn't say we're 'bottling it', I'd say there's a distinct drop off in fitness around the 70th minute mark, and a lack of strength in depth to compensate for that. In the home games in particular, there's a distinct air of inevitability about the equalising goal. We all said the same yesterday 5 minutes before Reading equalised.
I don’t think it’s their hearts, I think it’s in their heads now. Once it’s happened a couple of times it’s bound to make them nervous. It’s like Leicester with conceding set piece goals. I’m sure Rodgers is working on it but it’s in the players heads. We probably need a late winner ourselves to sort it out
Bit harsh this,the discipline and mental fatigue is probably the reason we let in goals,the young lads are probably more mentally tired from playing above themselves so mistakes kick in
I thought it looked inevitable that Reading would score at some point even earlier. The defence did ok, but there was so much pressure on us that it was almost forced to crack before the end.
Nobody can drop back and hold a lead from the 5th minute. I am sorry but the coach is worse than useless
