[madsteve]

One beauty of our current situation is that May believes that if he scores once then we will win the match because the defence is so solid. The defence believe that if they hold out then we will win the match because May will score. This is s kind of evocative combination which creates belief & keeps all the players battling because they know a little effort can achieve exceptional results.

I said last season that we had players that weren't far away from being a top six team but also could be bottom six as well. I think a lot depends on how SG reacts when the opposition start with three in CM. He has made good substitutions and tactical adjustments recently. Will he be bold enough to start with a 433 against the 451 teams.