Nine goals conceded in the last two, no pressure, matches.

[BLUEAWAY TOO]

Most of us consider Goutas and Phillips to be ok including Bulut
Yet we are haemorrhaging goals.
Has the the penny not dropped yet?
Attack is the best form of defence.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Most of us consider Goutas and Phillips to be ok including Bulut
Yet we are haemorrhaging goals.
Has the the penny not dropped yet?
Attack is the best form of defence.

3 of our last 4 wins have been against Ipswich, Coventry and Southampton. One has been promoted, one is in the playoffs and the other nearly made an FA cup final.

Meanwhile we've lost to an abject Swansea side, a Sunderland team who couldn't buy a win, Millwall and now we've been stuffed by Rotherham who were one of the worst teams in Championship history.

That almost sums up our season. We've had some great results. We've also had some shit results. 19 wins, 22 defeats. Extraordinary. It's virtually been one or the other.

[Crisp White Lines]

19 wins, 22 defeats. Extraordinary. It's virtually been one or the other.

Yet Caulker reckons Bulut has brought the team consistency.

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[The Bloop]

We've either won tight or lost badly.
If we'd conceded 1 more goal in 6 of the matches we won by a single goal, then we'd be playing Wrexham next season.

[2b2bdoo]

If we had tried something new and conceded these goals I would say at least we tried something new. So frustrating the same kind of line ups, same formation.

[life on mars]

Think our full backs maybe the bigger issue.

Not bad going forward ,not great at defending .

Keepers decent.

Got good holding midfielders .

We play awfully deep .

We finished above quiet a few including Swansea.

[2b2bdoo]

Think our full backs maybe the bigger issue.

Not bad going forward ,not great at defending .

Keepers decent.

Got good holding midfielders .

We play awfully deep .

We finished above quiet a few including Swansea.

I have issue with the midfield and I think holding midfielders is right but none of them particularly good defensively and generally not great passers.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

Most of us consider Goutas and Phillips to be ok including Bulut
Yet we are haemorrhaging goals.
Has the the penny not dropped yet?
Attack is the best form of defence.

I don't rate either of the back two very highly. Goutas with McGuiness is OK but neither he or Phillips can organize the back four.

[J R Hartley]

Minus 17 goal difference tells its own story.

Has a team that’s finished in the top half of the championship ever had such a poor goal difference?

I think i remember Huddersfield making play offs a few years ago with negative goal difference but minus 17.

One for Eric.

[J R Hartley]

We’ve conceded 70 goals, 12 more than last year when we finished 21st but he’s made us better defensively allegedly.

Only 3 teams in the division conceded more goals than us.

[EastbourneBlue]

Think our full backs maybe the bigger issue.

Not bad going forward ,not great at defending .

Keepers decent.

Got good holding midfielders .

We play awfully deep .

We finished above quiet a few including Swansea.

It’s no coincidence that Tanner and Romeo have been playing at the fullbacks these last two games.

I thought Tanner did some good things yesterday but he was far too high up the pitch and we conceded 5 against Rotherham.

So I’d disagree with the poster in this thread who says attack is the best form of defence.

[Eric the Half a Bee]

Minus 17 goal difference tells its own story.

Has a team that’s finished in the top half of the championship ever had such a poor goal difference?

I think i remember Huddersfield making play offs a few years ago with negative goal difference but minus 17.

One for Eric.

Answered in my stats post yesterday.

Worst ever goal difference in the second tier for a top half team. Only once has a team finished in the top half of any division in the football league with a worse goal difference.