Quote Originally Posted by Cat Harrison View Post
The second half is always harder;
they have played you and now have an idea maybe to counter/change tactics
they train too,
they bought new player(s),
fatigue/morale issues from playing multiple Competitions
I agree with your theory. These are what I faced in recent seasons. In addition, in each season, there should be one or two teams started very slowly and played very poorly for a period, but then bounced back later. Probably the manager just misses part of the season.

I believe this is more applicable for higher levels, because less teams will suddenly decide to tank and completely turned from a good to (very) weak team.