we didn’t get what we deserve clearly, but there is an element about putting the ball in the back of the net, we did it once, with the amount of situations, chances, penalties that we had, we didn’t.

No.... That's exactly why this is what we deserved Mikel. The obsession with xG and shit like that, xG don't win games, goals do. Stat nerds really ruined sports in general tbh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Dude, relax. He's a coach spouting coach shit after a disappointing loss.

He knows we were shit and didn't put the game to bed. We played with a one man advantage for 60 minutes and only managed to get our centre back to ping one in. We created no real chances, our captain missed a penatly and United brought on a winger at 80 minutes in a knockout game when they were playing WITH 10 MEN............☠️

I guarantee the dressing room didn't sound like this generic probably AI generated "I love my boys". We play like this for the rest of the season, we'll be lucky to get 4th and Mikel knows it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I hear what you're saying, but we need the manager to galvanise the fanbase and he can't do that with such statements. Even the ball nonsense is just getting in the way. Sometimes he just needs to say it wasn't good enough and we will be better in the next game.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

For sure, but as in politics, it is much easier to blame generic factors and keep the people happy, rather than admit fault (or promise improvement) and keep people happy.

He's trying to manage the media story after a shit game. Significantly more people will read the news articles based on the interview, rather than read the interview transcript.

I don't like it, but it's a business.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

But the problem is, the media story is him saying we deserved to win, when we couldn't even mount a shot on target until they got a man sent off.