Ilios
Striker
Forgot all about Newcastle. Leeds Newcastle was a fair result. Bornemouth scored with last kick of the game we were by far the better team, Forest was Dyches Forest not the crisis Forest you played and Villa were shit when you played them.
You probably do deserve to be where you are but you really have had a soft start, played teams at the right time and had the rub of the green with injury time goals. Good Luck to you.
Soft start. We've played 17 games ffs including draws with Arsenal, Liverpool away, Brighton away, Palace away (2nd at the time), won away at Chelsea, beat Newcastle at home, and then beat a load of home games bottom-half sides. We played Villa when we had 10 men for 65 minutes btw. We've also had our record signing injured all season, and he's now off to AFCON with the other 5.
We didn't get the rub of the green at Fulham in terms of decisions, the same goes for Everton at home. You got gifted a ridiculous late penalty at home to Everton, in a game you're otherwise not winning. Swings and roundabouts.
Ultimately, we're 17th games in, we're unbeaten at home, we've conceded only 17 goals, and we've never lost of a game in which we've scored first. We've also recovered a lot of points from losing positions. That's not luck, that's resilience and confidence. If you consistently concede goals and fail to win from winning positions, thats not unlucky, thats a failure on your part.