And yet another thing. This "chances created", "hit the post" stuff is all very well but the stats are kind of accumulative. Let me explain what i mean (cos I've made a balls of it so far).
If you are playing Wigan at Home and you score in the first 10 minutes (as opposed to hitting the post or the keeper making an unbelieveable save which is what normally happens to us), then naturally you go 1-0 up and the whole complexion of the game changes. They come out a bit, you hit them on the break and you go 2-0 up, next thing it's a cricket score as their heads drop (the Mancs have feasted on this scenario for years). They've also got the added bonus that if they don't score, the ref'll normally give them a penalty anyway (and crucially they score it).
Now for us, the minute we hit the post or the goalie turns into Tomashevski (google it if you're young) we all get that "Aw FFS here we go again" feeling, and so do the players. Not only that, but so do THEIR players as well. Suddenly when we get a chance, we snatch at it a bit, when they go forward they can smell our nervousness (or they can if they're within 10 yards of my @rsehole anyway). The whole thing builds up.
In essense it's called belief, momentum and all that other stuff. We've been bang unlucky this season more than a few times. F*ck me I went to Fulham this season where we played OK, Downing hits the post from 25 yatds at 0-0 with 5 minutes left, then they go up the other end and score . Similarly, Adam breaks forward (should have passed it but I digress) and gets brought down, right on the edge of the box. Suarez goes past Hangelund and gets hauled down. Do we get the penno? Do we f*ck (we'd probably have missed anyway but it's not the point).
It'll come. We just need to believe, and I do.
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