I'd like to preface this by saying I think Uffie is our GOAT manager thus far, and in the unlikely event he stays on for next season I'd be stoked. But I also do wonder if someone else coming in wouldn't be the worst thing in the world. There's been a lot of discourse within the fanbase regarding our mentality issues/struggles to see out games. I wondered if this is influenced by recent angst or if we have genuinely got worse in this regard. Obviously this is a fairly crude metric and doesn't account for context (red cards, injuries, etc) but I had a look at how this season stacks up against the three previous seasons (including finals) in terms of scoreline differences and dropped points in the second half:
2019-20 season - 10 games lost, 7 by 1 goal, 2 by 2 goals, 1 by 3+ goals. 9 points dropped in the second half.
2020-21 season - 8 games lost, 6 by 1 goal, 2 by 2 goals. 13 points dropped in the second half.
2021-2022 season - 12 games lost, 4 by 1 goal, 2 by 2 goals, 6 by 3+ goals. 9 points dropped in the second half.
2022-23 season so far - 8 games lost, 3 by 1 goal, 3 by 2 goals, 2 by 3+ goals. 18 points dropped in the second half.
It's worth pointing out that in the 2021-22 season the second half points dropped was low because in a lot of the losses we were already getting trounced, and this season of the 18 second half points dropped a significant number of them were coughed up after the 80th minute. We're getting worse, and if Uffie stays I'd want him to focus almost entirely on defence in the off-season.
2019-20 season - 10 games lost, 7 by 1 goal, 2 by 2 goals, 1 by 3+ goals. 9 points dropped in the second half.
2020-21 season - 8 games lost, 6 by 1 goal, 2 by 2 goals. 13 points dropped in the second half.
2021-2022 season - 12 games lost, 4 by 1 goal, 2 by 2 goals, 6 by 3+ goals. 9 points dropped in the second half.
2022-23 season so far - 8 games lost, 3 by 1 goal, 3 by 2 goals, 2 by 3+ goals. 18 points dropped in the second half.
It's worth pointing out that in the 2021-22 season the second half points dropped was low because in a lot of the losses we were already getting trounced, and this season of the 18 second half points dropped a significant number of them were coughed up after the 80th minute. We're getting worse, and if Uffie stays I'd want him to focus almost entirely on defence in the off-season.