As far as I'm concerned, the match yesterday isn't really indicative of anything. The first goal stemmed from a pretty poor mistake, while the second was a penalty from a handball. Udinese looked very poor. We finished those chances, but as we saw last season, it only takes a couple bad matches and we're back to normal, missing chances and not even creating much. So I don't even know what we're debating here, it's literally one match.
Until we start doing the following, nothing has really changed for me.
- Several matches worth of sustaining pressure, creating chances, and finishing them.
- Continued better movement from midfielders and attackers over the course of several matches.
- Keeping the foot on the gas in tougher matches and not sitting back constantly after the first goal.
- Ability to do the above against the better sides in the league.
- Still maintaining results (obviously).
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, can't get fooled again. ~George Bush