It's such a fine line because we do take our foot off the gas when we score first and seem to think we can coast for the rest of the game therefore inviting the other team back into the game and leaving ourselves under pressure to protect a narrow lead. We very rarely go for the jugular and hang teams out to dry.
Yet earlier in the season we started off by coasting in games and then only sparking into life when we inevitably conceded and had to subsequently launch a comeback.
I almost think we play better when we concede first but it's such a risky thing to do because although we're good at comebacks they're never guaranteed.
We've shown a lot more defensive solidarity in the last few games (since the Newcastle game) and we have conceded less per game than before keeping a few clean sheets in the process. It might make the games less exciting as being solid means we are a little less free-scoring than before but I think the defensive solidarity will be important in the next part of the season but I think we need to find a way not to sit back and just soak up pressure in the latter stages of games. We need to continue to play our own game and hold onto the ball like we do when we know we have to.
