Nice to see a home team, behind at home, moving the ball with intent, getting numbers in/ around the box and breaking with pace and intent. Why can’t we have nice things like this?
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Nice to see a home team, behind at home, moving the ball with intent, getting numbers in/ around the box and breaking with pace and intent. Why can’t we have nice things like this?
Lovely FAST attack for Coventry second....I wonder if our players watch some of these games...
They get an iffy pen (taken poorly) for the 1st, and the keeper threw the 2nd one in !…. Why can’t we get that sort of good fortune? :shrug:
Exactly, we seem to do everything at such a slow pace. Even throws, goal kicks, etc. Surely, doing things quicker gives the opposition less time to organise themselvesQuote:
Originally Posted by Maurice Swan
We don't even get that far forward at home these days.....Quote:
Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue
Another thing....Coventry haven't just sat back and hold on to the lead...as we would do...
How many of our attacking players would start for either team
Etete, Metie, Tanner, Bowler definitely no, maybe Grant because he has pace and stamina
We had 14 shots yesterday….they had 3, hardly negative tactics. Millwall were by far the better team in the 1st half, just didn’t take their chances…..sounds familiar?
On current form….obviously none !Quote:
Originally Posted by llan bluebird
The Millwall scorer, Esse, wasn't he with QPR previously?
Edit: It was Eze.
More importantly, does our manager?Quote:
Originally Posted by Maurice Swan
Not really. You have to create chances before you take them and we don't even do that. We were the better side for about 20 mins yesterday without threatening their goal, and I can't recall us being 'by far the better team' over 45 mins any time this season (although my memory may just be dulled by the tedium of several home performances).Quote:
Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue
You can only judge the merits of this City side by comparing us with the rest in this league. We're not just light years away from the PL, not even the top of the Championship. We're light years away from the likes of Preston, Coventry, Bristol City........Quote:
Originally Posted by bluesp
Otherwise known as "fecking get on with it". My mantra for several seasons now. Always a case of slow, defensive throw ins, waiting for the opposition to get organised from goal kicks, passing backwards/sideways etc etc. It doesn't take a genius of a manager to see that we are too slow and negative.Quote:
Originally Posted by bluesp
Preston hardly troubled us all game….I don’t even recall them having a corner all game? Our problem is obvious…not sticking the ball in the net when we are ‘on top’, poor form from our strikers, and no breaks (pen, deflection, miss hit shot etc) in front of goal.
They didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue
But strange how match stats can give a totally different picture from the one fans get watching the whole game as it happens.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football...rjqw01t?page=2
9 times out of 10 a team with our kind of stats on Saturday wins …..funny old game, that’s why we love it !Quote:
Originally Posted by jon1959
But those stats hardly tell the true story.Quote:
Originally Posted by G rangetown Blue
We had the first 5 chances of the match, all from outside the penalty area, 3 were saved (and when I say saved, I could have saved them with one arm in a sling). The first decent chance of the match came after we failed to defend against Riis Jakobsen and he slotted home with ease. They had the best two chances of the first half and scored with both. I could argue their 3 attempts on goal were the best 3 chances of the game.
2 of our 14 attempts on goal happened inside the Preston box.
Light years away from Bristol City? They are just a point ahead of us in the league and played an extra game.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish
Which is exactly the point I was making..Quote:
Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie
Your point that you're trying to make seems as clear as muddy water.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish
Swansea? Or has the comfortable nature of our victory grown in my memory fed by relief and surprise?Quote:
Originally Posted by D. Advocaat
Is it clearer tonight ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five
Not sure why it took you so long to reply.Quote:
Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish
Perhaps you think tonight's results add more weight to your argument?
Of course we're "lightyears" away from the Premier League. It could also be argued that we are lightyears away from the likes of Leicester, Leeds, and Southampton (they are all likely to struggle in the Premier)
However, the point is (and what I believe TBG was trying to make) we are not lightyears behind the likes of Preston, Coventry or Bristol City.
Are the aforementioned teams better than us? The table would suggest they are, but "lightyears" ahead of us?
If we were to win our game in-hand we'd be a point behind Bristol City (btw: they happened to beat a team who are supposedly "lightyears" ahead of most tonight).
Watching Saturday's game, catching a lot of Bristol City's games with West Ham and Forest, and last night v Southampton, I'd argue that in playing terms, ability, etc. , these two teams are probably 3 seasons away from what we would be with excellent recruitment and management.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five