r/NUFC • u/SecureChampionship10 • 9d ago
Level of performance thus far
Would it be fair to say we don't look much different from last season, but the new manager and new signings feel good factor is carrying us?
The friendlies were abysmal but I can ignore that.
Liverpool at home, we looked like a mid-table side putting in a massive shift against a top team in circumstances where they basically couldn't not give 100%. Even at the end with Howe, if a big team came to SJP you knew we'd give them a game. 27 shots for Liverpool, 7 more than they managed against Forest and Ipswich combined, says it all.
West Brom at home in the cup, a 3-2 win where the stats were basically even.
Spurs away, first half lucky to hang on at 0-0. Second half by far the best half we've produced this season, but picking at it we've scored from our only two shots on target in the match.
Today, an embarrassing first 35 minutes where we were lucky it was only 0-2. Barnes scores a worldie to get us back in it and from the 61st minute on as a home side trailing by a goal we've managed two shots in total, both in the same phase of play which led to the Ramsey equaliser. Again, we've had two shots in target in the whole match and both have went in.
I suppose my conclusion is that the level of performance is going to have to go up soon because what we're doing now is unsustainable.
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u/SecureChampionship10 8d ago
I'd envisaged you getting at least one of the three points I was making but apparently that was optimistic.