| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful 19:56 - Dec 17 with 3890 views | portmanking |
You can tell in his tone tonight that he's frustrated at players wasting guilt-edged opportunities - and rightly so. Chaplin's in the first half was a real shocker.
Ladapo should have at least worked the keeper with a couple of his chances too.
I think there's a sense among the players that they'll always create chances so don't panic. But if they don't show that ruthlessness the defence will always be liable to give the opposition a helping hand. |  | | |  |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:02 - Dec 17 with 3852 views | LeoMuff |
I’m not sure how creative we actually are in games like today, lots of possession, but how many gilt edge chances did we create ? a don’t recall the Wycombe keeper really making a save, apart from the Ladapo one which was deflected.
For me if we are trying to break down these low block defences we need more centrally in midfield, someone who can thread tight passes through. |  |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:04 - Dec 17 with 3830 views | Kropotkin123 |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:02 - Dec 17 by LeoMuff |
I’m not sure how creative we actually are in games like today, lots of possession, but how many gilt edge chances did we create ? a don’t recall the Wycombe keeper really making a save, apart from the Ladapo one which was deflected.
For me if we are trying to break down these low block defences we need more centrally in midfield, someone who can thread tight passes through. |
Plenty of good crosses. Forwards made the wrong runs on a number of occasions |  |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:06 - Dec 17 with 3796 views | Illinoisblue |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:04 - Dec 17 by Kropotkin123 |
Plenty of good crosses. Forwards made the wrong runs on a number of occasions |
Good crosses??? In today’s game? Wycombe v Ipswich? |  |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:13 - Dec 17 with 3743 views | Kropotkin123 |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:06 - Dec 17 by Illinoisblue |
Good crosses??? In today’s game? Wycombe v Ipswich? |
Low ones to the front post, while our forwards ran in the opposite direction behind 3 or 4 defenders | |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:14 - Dec 17 with 3743 views | Chrisd |
Felt like this for a while, we create chances but I think we get a little giddy at times because a lot of the attempts we have there’s a high percentage that aren’t on target. Today being a good example, 16 attempts with 4 on target this happens quite often for us in games. Yes, we can argue we are one of the league’s top scorers but think if we actually made the keeper work more often, we’d have another 10 or 15 goals to add to our total. Sometimes we are a bit like Spain, loads of possession, but lacking that ruthlessness in that final third.
Defensively, we seem to have lost that knack to keep clean sheets, our defenders seem to not like doing the horrible things to keep teams out. Defenders normally take pride in keeping clean sheets, I’m not sure our defenders have that same appetite? When games are tight, like today, it’s priceless to maintain a clean sheet, however we always seem to concede one which makes it an uphill task to get back into matches especially when out forward line isn’t making their keeper work and is misfiring. [Post edited 17 Dec 2022 20:25]
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:41 - Dec 17 with 3622 views | ArnieM |
The odd speculative shot from 20 yards wouldn’t go amiss. We always try to pass the ball into the net. So bloody frustrating. And why is it a professional striker can’t shoot from the edge of the box and get it on target…god forbid even make the keeper MOVE, or keep the ball below the cross bar? |  |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:51 - Dec 17 with 3552 views | TheBoyBlue |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:41 - Dec 17 by ArnieM |
The odd speculative shot from 20 yards wouldn’t go amiss. We always try to pass the ball into the net. So bloody frustrating. And why is it a professional striker can’t shoot from the edge of the box and get it on target…god forbid even make the keeper MOVE, or keep the ball below the cross bar? |
Spot on. Clearly there's little wrong with what we're doing generally, hence why we've been in the top 2 for four months, despite some tough competition from Plymouth and Sheffield Wednesday, why we're top scorers in the division and have had so many clean sheets.
However, if there is anything that needs improving (apart from currently letting in just about every shot the opposition get on target!) it is this. A bit of mixing it up to keep the other team's defence and keeper guessing and on their toes. Sometimes its just too comfortable for the opposition, especially when we have games like this when we seem to go to jelly in front of goal.
Hopefully we'll sort it and get it over the line. | |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 21:02 - Dec 17 with 3501 views | WestStanderLaLaLa |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:41 - Dec 17 by ArnieM |
The odd speculative shot from 20 yards wouldn’t go amiss. We always try to pass the ball into the net. So bloody frustrating. And why is it a professional striker can’t shoot from the edge of the box and get it on target…god forbid even make the keeper MOVE, or keep the ball below the cross bar? |
Only Oxford and Posh have had more shots outside the area than us. No team has scored more from outside the box than us. |  |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 21:07 - Dec 17 with 3449 views | nshearman1 |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 21:02 - Dec 17 by WestStanderLaLaLa |
Only Oxford and Posh have had more shots outside the area than us. No team has scored more from outside the box than us. |
What we lacked today was shots IN the box. We never really tested their keeper. Possession and stats are all very well but the only stat that matters is putting the ball in the back of their net - which comes from headers and shots on target. | | | |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 22:20 - Dec 17 with 3277 views | Cheltenham_Blue |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 21:07 - Dec 17 by nshearman1 |
What we lacked today was shots IN the box. We never really tested their keeper. Possession and stats are all very well but the only stat that matters is putting the ball in the back of their net - which comes from headers and shots on target. |
This. Chaplin, Ladapo and later Edwards all drove me nuts. Taking shots from outside the box trying to get a deflection or no contact through a penalty area crowded with players, when the ball could easily have been worked side to side to stretch the defence.
Edmundson's chance was the big one for me, I think if he had headed back across the keeper, instead of trying to beat him at the near post, it would have been in. |  |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 07:56 - Dec 18 with 2948 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 22:20 - Dec 17 by Cheltenham_Blue |
This. Chaplin, Ladapo and later Edwards all drove me nuts. Taking shots from outside the box trying to get a deflection or no contact through a penalty area crowded with players, when the ball could easily have been worked side to side to stretch the defence.
Edmundson's chance was the big one for me, I think if he had headed back across the keeper, instead of trying to beat him at the near post, it would have been in. |
The stats are very misleading. "Shots" when you have had 20 passes in the build-up and the opposition have had time to get 9 players in the box are nowhere near as likely to result in a goal as shots when you have broken at speed on a counter, so that they only have 2 or 3 in the box running towards goal. We allow them to all get in position with their backs to goal, hence why we have so many "shots" but they almost always get blocked. We need to mix it up more and use pace - far too much sideways passing between the defence. |  |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 09:46 - Dec 18 with 2712 views | DJR |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 07:56 - Dec 18 by LegendofthePhoenix |
The stats are very misleading. "Shots" when you have had 20 passes in the build-up and the opposition have had time to get 9 players in the box are nowhere near as likely to result in a goal as shots when you have broken at speed on a counter, so that they only have 2 or 3 in the box running towards goal. We allow them to all get in position with their backs to goal, hence why we have so many "shots" but they almost always get blocked. We need to mix it up more and use pace - far too much sideways passing between the defence. |
I think there is a lot in this. I know he comes in for a lot of stick but Jackson makes loads of runs but we seem reluctant to knock a quick ball through for him to run on to. There was a case in point in the first half where Morsy had the ball, Jackson made a central run which would have set him free, but Morsy hesitated and then passed it sideways. Of course, some will say that Jackson will merely mess it up, but it is quick balls like that which cause chaos in the defence, whereas, as you say, our slightly ponderous build up means that we don't create as many clear-cut chances as I think we ought to. |  | | |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 10:15 - Dec 18 with 2681 views | BlueBadger |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 21:02 - Dec 17 by WestStanderLaLaLa |
Only Oxford and Posh have had more shots outside the area than us. No team has scored more from outside the box than us. |
Let's not bring facts into this now. |  |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 07:56 - Dec 19 with 2438 views | LegendofthePhoenix |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 10:15 - Dec 18 by BlueBadger |
Let's not bring facts into this now. |
If you want a cliche BB, there are lies, damned lies and statistics. Just because we don't have a statistic "shots when the opposition have 9 players in the box" or "shots taken within 7 seconds of winning possession" doesn't mean that it isn't a fact. | |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 08:33 - Dec 19 with 2335 views | itfcjoe |
I think just a little bit more conviction needed, both in crossing and shooting, by the 3 behind the striker is the biggest issue |  |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 08:52 - Dec 19 with 2260 views | Swansea_Blue |
We’re obviously doing well, as all the stats prove. But imagine if we could convert our opportunities a bit more often - we’d be out of sight.
If KM isn’t resting on his laurels and can make that happen, happy days. COYB! |  |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 11:13 - Dec 19 with 2051 views | FrimleyBlue |
Problem is he's got a higher level style being played by lower level players.
Watching the likes of man City. Chelsea. Arsenal etc. Even England in this world cup.. it's pretty much what we try to play ourselves.
The problem in some games is that we don't have a Kane or a Saka to get us out of trouble. We don't have midfielders that can slot through a defence splitting pass out of nowhere. Christ. Sometimes we can't even get shots on target out of 26 attempts. |  |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 11:27 - Dec 19 with 2019 views | Dyland |
It was so frustrating, mainly cos Wycombe were so pants. And an awful goal to concede to boot. |  |
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| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 19:33 - Dec 19 with 1723 views | tractorboy1978 |
| I think McKenna's starting to feel we're a bit wasteful on 20:13 - Dec 17 by Kropotkin123 |
Low ones to the front post, while our forwards ran in the opposite direction behind 3 or 4 defenders |
Glad someone else noticed this. We are really missing a proper poacher for me, someone that can sniff out a goal. It doesn't necessarily mean they start but in the last 20-25 mins of games when we are hugely on top and flashing balls across the box, you need someone to get on the end of half chances. | | | |
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