Difficulties in the second half of the season

Thank you all very much for the replies!

I dont think my problems are tactics related as I have 3 different tactics at fluid, 4-5-1, 4-1-2-1-2 and my usual 4-4-2 and I've tried switching areound in different parts of the season. I think fatigue could be the problem, but I do rest my players regularly and if they aren't 90%+ condition, they sit on the bench unless I dont have a choice. I have a pretty strong squad with at least 2 players for each position.

I'm on a new season now at 10 games played and it's going very well like always, but I noticed a very interesting team talk effect in half time. I was winning 2-0 at home against Birmingham, but I wasn't happy with the way the team wasted most of their chances at scoring so I bluntly stated ''disappointing'' and won the game 6-0. I checked my assman's (who is Roberto Carlos btw :D) teamtalk feedback and almost every player had ''fired up'' and three players even had the ''inspired to a great performance''. Dunno if this is something everyone else knows, but I was quite surprised.

And it has happened again. 18 games played, I draw against ManU(they aren't one of the top teams anymore) then was leading 3-0 against man city but only got a draw 3-3 and now 1-1 draw with Burnley. Before the ManU match I hadn't lost a single game and only drawed 0-0 against Arsenal with my goalkeeper conceding only 1 goal in 18 games played. It's all downhill from here! I'll post some results here.

Update: A very disappointing 2-0 win against Leyton Orient in F.A cup. We had 69% possession and 30(8) shots. I'm gonna change tactics and formation now to see if it has effect.

Update: Win at stoke 5-2. Pretty much a one-man-show from my trequartista. Not impressive as a team performance. Then 2-1 loss to Liverpool at Anfield. More to come... this is killing me.

What team talks are you using for these bad results? And what are the pre match odds?

have you had the same formation all the way through you save ? what i mean is, i play a 4-4-2 formation in the lower leagues and the first 1-2 seasons in the prem league, then because of the better quality of players, i change 1 or 2 things. example.... played 8 seasons including 1st season in the prem with 1 CB closing the ball and the other marking 1 of the strikers, works well but get hammered by big clubs. 2nd season in prem, players have more experience and i changed them both to ball playing CB`s but with long passing to ensure they clear their lines. you may need to look at your players. i once bought a young spanish CB who could speak fluent english, had 2 outstanding seasons where he ousted an established CB. 3rd season he couldn`t tackle and lost most of the 50-50 he went for. in the end i relaesed him on a free in the 4th season. I can only imagine that some players feel they become bigger than your club and just stop trying as hard. try giving them a private chat when you think they have played average and tell them they will lose their place if they don`t play better and then rest them for 1-2 games and see if it motivates them