| Too early to panic? on 09:09 - Sep 27 with 1532 views | Guthrum |
Good stats, those.
But, by the time of the 16th game, Town will have to be showing some signs of improvement. |  |
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| Too early to panic? on 12:17 - Sep 27 with 1386 views | Oldsmoker |
| Too early to panic? on 09:09 - Sep 27 by Guthrum |
Good stats, those.
But, by the time of the 16th game, Town will have to be showing some signs of improvement. |
I agree. Signs of improvement is a given because we're coming from such a low base. Our first away point or first home win is improvement and I expect both those to happen before 16 games have elapsed. |  |
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| Too early to panic? on 12:32 - Sep 27 with 1317 views | Slambo |
This is good to know...but my main concern is still the off field issues. If everything was calm and harmonious behind the scenes, then I'd be very confident of us pulling ourselves out of the rut... |  |
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| Too early to panic? on 12:38 - Sep 27 with 1298 views | PositivelyPortman |
| Too early to panic? on 12:32 - Sep 27 by Slambo |
This is good to know...but my main concern is still the off field issues. If everything was calm and harmonious behind the scenes, then I'd be very confident of us pulling ourselves out of the rut... |
Rumours.  |  |
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| Too early to panic? on 12:46 - Sep 27 with 1281 views | mo_itfc |
A lot of stats do show us in a better light that the league table!
The main one for me is:
Shots on Target Conceded.
We have conceded 29 shots at our goal, joint best in the league (with Bristol City & Middlesbrough). This means our defence is doing their job! and well! It also highlights why Bart has been dropped. we have the worst goals conceded to shots conceded ratio! by far. In 2 games this season, the opposition registered 0 shots on target which were saved, which means that it might have been better to replace the goalie with Sears and play 4-4-3...
I hoping whatever is happening between the goal posts get sorted! and sorted fast! once that's done, Portman Road will be a fortress again, where teams will come and not score goals!
shame we can't really score any goals at the moment... all well and good if we get to the point where we aren't conceded... but we won't win a game until we start scoring! |  |
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| Too early to panic? on 13:21 - Sep 27 with 1227 views | Binner |
If we want to seek portents in statistics then perhaps we should be looking at our supposed goal scorers' records.
We are all aware of Freddie's record down the years but he, at least, has experience at this level. Plus he spent a lot of time as wide player rather than striker and he does hold the ball up and bring others into play. We know that an in-form Sears is a decent Championship player.
Jackson (26) and Harrison (24) are lower league journeymen.
Jackson's goal scoring is slightly worse than a goal per 4 games at League 2 and non-league level over 170 plus games. Many of those with a high-flying team playing, presumably, with confidence. Why would anyone expect him to score more freely at a higher level? Against higher quality defenders I would expect maybe 6 goals if he played all season.
Harrison's goals per game is similarly slightly worse than one in 4 though he played a lot more games in League 1 for a team more likely to be struggling. He is also younger and may therefore have more potential for improvement.
In my view, based on their relative experience, Harrison is a marginally better bet than Jackson though if we play just one striker, I'd like to work on Sears's confidence and give him a run in the team.
Frankly, I think we are up the Creek. We are barely creating chances and we don't have the players to convert the few scraps. And, up to now, our manager doesn't appear to have the nous to improve things. |  |
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| Too early to panic? on 13:52 - Sep 27 with 1179 views | reusersfreekicks |
| Too early to panic? on 13:21 - Sep 27 by Binner |
If we want to seek portents in statistics then perhaps we should be looking at our supposed goal scorers' records.
We are all aware of Freddie's record down the years but he, at least, has experience at this level. Plus he spent a lot of time as wide player rather than striker and he does hold the ball up and bring others into play. We know that an in-form Sears is a decent Championship player.
Jackson (26) and Harrison (24) are lower league journeymen.
Jackson's goal scoring is slightly worse than a goal per 4 games at League 2 and non-league level over 170 plus games. Many of those with a high-flying team playing, presumably, with confidence. Why would anyone expect him to score more freely at a higher level? Against higher quality defenders I would expect maybe 6 goals if he played all season.
Harrison's goals per game is similarly slightly worse than one in 4 though he played a lot more games in League 1 for a team more likely to be struggling. He is also younger and may therefore have more potential for improvement.
In my view, based on their relative experience, Harrison is a marginally better bet than Jackson though if we play just one striker, I'd like to work on Sears's confidence and give him a run in the team.
Frankly, I think we are up the Creek. We are barely creating chances and we don't have the players to convert the few scraps. And, up to now, our manager doesn't appear to have the nous to improve things. |
Sears on his own up front would be pointless. He spent time doing that pre-season against Crawley when we looked half decent and he barely got a touch |  | | |
| Too early to panic? on 13:59 - Sep 27 with 1154 views | Binner |
| Too early to panic? on 13:52 - Sep 27 by reusersfreekicks |
Sears on his own up front would be pointless. He spent time doing that pre-season against Crawley when we looked half decent and he barely got a touch |
I don't disagree. But nor do I see the others as better options which is why I wrote that we are up the creek. Possibly play 4-4-2 with Sears alongside Harrison? | |
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| Too early to panic? on 14:15 - Sep 27 with 1122 views | Vaughan8 |
| Too early to panic? on 12:46 - Sep 27 by mo_itfc |
A lot of stats do show us in a better light that the league table!
The main one for me is:
Shots on Target Conceded.
We have conceded 29 shots at our goal, joint best in the league (with Bristol City & Middlesbrough). This means our defence is doing their job! and well! It also highlights why Bart has been dropped. we have the worst goals conceded to shots conceded ratio! by far. In 2 games this season, the opposition registered 0 shots on target which were saved, which means that it might have been better to replace the goalie with Sears and play 4-4-3...
I hoping whatever is happening between the goal posts get sorted! and sorted fast! once that's done, Portman Road will be a fortress again, where teams will come and not score goals!
shame we can't really score any goals at the moment... all well and good if we get to the point where we aren't conceded... but we won't win a game until we start scoring! |
Its all very well being good at the back, but if you cannot score goals, you are not going to win games...……
I'd rather be worse at the back, but guaranteed (pretty much) to score 1 or 2 a game. You are bound to have games where the opposition blow chances etc.
However, we just have to sit and hope it gets better | | | |
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