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The Flawed Psychology Of 'Holding On'

We have seen an extraordinary number of leads slip in the PL this season, with managers allowing their teams to sit deep in the closing stages. Daniel Storey wonders why...

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jimbreak (Liverpool) says...

"And yet teams continue to invite pressure, essentially creating a game of attack vs defence. In such a scenario, attack will always eventually succeed." I would think Arrigo Sacchi would have something to say about that.

Posted 1:20am 7th March 2013

ak (Liverpool) says...

Well reasoned argument by Daniel whereas gerard1979, you seem to have missed the point.... teams lose from winning positions for the very reasons Daniel has outlined, and teams like Man Utd win because they press home the advantage

Posted 4:22pm 6th March 2013

gerard1979 says...

Daniel you have a very simplistic view of the football if you think simply having more attackers on means you will have more possession and then are less likely to concede.Mourinho turned Chelsea into a clean sheet machine and won numerous games by bringing on defensive players and protecting a one goal lead.

Posted 9:32am 6th March 2013

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