I look at Amor's 15/16 championship AU side, and I saw a team that would often dominate games, but would also often be able to absorb pressure and sustain decent periods of opposition dominance. They would weather the storm without conceding and eventually would find an opening and steal the momentum again. MC know how to go ahead in games and dominate, but they don't know how to cope with teams that they think should be dead and buried finding a second wind and really coming at them. MC seem to be capable of only winning if they completely dominate entire matches. I think they need to learn how to win ugly. This season Adelaide and Sydney FC have been way better than MC at grinding out matches and withstanding opposition dominance without being punished with heaps of goals (eg AU vs NJ, AU vs CCM, SFC vs WP. etc). It's definitely psychological, given they have enough quality to win the league. MC have a weak mentality. 4-0 in the FFA Cup final says it all.
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