Re: Great win, excellent three points, but.......
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Bluebird23
Swansea comprehensively outplayed us.
More worryingly, this is a Swansea team who’ve been playing poorly for ages, and been very lucky with some big decisions to get victories.
Only the fact they didn’t have a decent centre forward, cost them victory.
If it was boxing second half, the referee may not have stopped it, but he’d at least have given us a standing count!
A boxing match where we land 7 punches to their 1? Throwing a load of punches that don't land doesn't score in boxing either.
If the possession led to chances then I could understand it. Swansea could not work us out or play around or through us. Job done.
The possession stats do need to improve though.
Re: Great win, excellent three points, but.......
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blue lewj
A boxing match where we land 7 punches to their 1? Throwing a load of punches that don't land doesn't score in boxing either.
If the possession led to chances then I could understand it. Swansea could not work us out or play around or through us. Job done.
The possession stats do need to improve though.
Agree that we need to be more comfortable in possession particularly trying to close out tight games. The possession stats are a meaningless indicator of results though as winning teams often cede possession for defensive shape (though perhaps not as dramatically as we did in the last 30 minutes).
As an illustration in Swansea's last four wins they have had less than 50% possession and in their last four defeats they have had more. In their previous home defeat to Bristol they had 70% possession.
Re: Great win, excellent three points, but.......
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Bluebird23
Out of interest, anyone know the last time we had more possession than the opposition in a Championship game?
Millwall, mcCarthy's second game. Some thumpings for the oppositions since.
One or two others closer in possession.
I think we'd all like, or most of us like us to have good possession and batter teams with it but it's fairly obvious we are better without it at the moment.
Re: Great win, excellent three points, but.......
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Bluebird23
Whilst possession isn’t everything 72% to 28%, in Swansea’s favour tonight.
Why, can’t we keep the ball to alleviate pressure, and at least create a few chances?
Basics of football.
And there’s me all my life thinking that the basics of any sport was scoring more goals or points than the opposition that you’re facing, usually by taking a chance that you make and the opposition failing to take theirs because they’re not good enough, which is what happened yesterday, your lot weren’t good enough. Your team lost, double dreams dashed again, is your season falling apart at a vital time?
Re: Great win, excellent three points, but.......
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splott parker
And there’s me all my life thinking that the basics of any sport was scoring more goals or points than the opposition that you’re facing, usually by taking a chance that you make and the opposition failing to take theirs because they’re not good enough, which is what happened yesterday, your lot weren’t good enough. Your team lost, double dreams dashed again, is your season falling apart at a vital time?
Steve, he would have pronounced Foreman the winner in the "Rope a Dope" fight. :hehe:
Re: Great win, excellent three points, but.......
Having a poor game but winning is usually a sign of good things coming.
The defence was excellent but the rest of it was a shambles. Time to pay more attention to constructive attacking play.
Re: Great win, excellent three points, but.......
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BLUETIT
Steve, he would have pronounced Foreman the winner in the "Rope a Dope" fight. :hehe:
He can’t take it that his side got a grilling.
Re: Great win, excellent three points, but.......
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splott parker
He can’t take it that his side got a grilling.
There are many on here for whom that will be like tumbleweed, in the wind.
But, I think it’s worth acknowledging lol
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It is what it is, they're a better side than us and that's how you beat them. Credit to MM and the boys. Is this what I want for the future of the club? No. But right after beating Swansea away with such a battling performance is not really the time to debate it.
Re: Great win, excellent three points, but.......
Great win.
Excellent three points.
No 'but's.