| Stats wise.... 23:57 - Aug 23 with 330 views | WicklowBlue |
Should have least secured a point away from home. 14 shots with 2 on target is the issue.
72% posession is impressive but as we all know it's what you do with it. Again being honest I couldn't watch the game today but unless we did a Reading under Jaap Stam some encouraging signs no?
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| Stats wise.... on 23:59 - Aug 23 with 312 views | Smoresy |
You don't win many games of football with passing numbers like that. |  | | |
| Stats wise.... on 00:08 - Aug 24 with 248 views | Bellevue_Blue |
Yeah it wasn't as bad as most are making out.
Disappointing of course, lacked tempo and chemistry but we did more than enough to win that game playing not very well.
Hirst chance has to go in, McAteer chance should go in and then there is a very different feeling about the place.
Onto Derby. | | | |
| Stats wise.... on 00:09 - Aug 24 with 244 views | WicklowBlue |
| Stats wise.... on 23:59 - Aug 23 by Smoresy |
You don't win many games of football with passing numbers like that. |
For sure, looks like Google isn't great on pass statistics, but seem to recall our pass % was much higher than PNE's when I was checking in on the game. | | | |
| Stats wise.... on 00:11 - Aug 24 with 228 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
Shooting was a major part of the problem. Their keeper didn’t have a single save to make. They were stronger, more cynical and wanted it more than us. We clearly had the quality but lacked confidence and ideas. |  |
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| Stats wise.... on 00:13 - Aug 24 with 227 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
You don’t win games on stats though - yet to score from open play despite spending close to 150m in the last two seasons. If anything the stats back up the gulf in quality- better end product is needed, and I think it’s immature to call that bedwetting (not aimed at OP). Not unreasonable to question the output with so much money spent and a team with few changes from last year. | | | |
| Stats wise.... on 00:18 - Aug 24 with 197 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Stats wise.... on 00:13 - Aug 24 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
You don’t win games on stats though - yet to score from open play despite spending close to 150m in the last two seasons. If anything the stats back up the gulf in quality- better end product is needed, and I think it’s immature to call that bedwetting (not aimed at OP). Not unreasonable to question the output with so much money spent and a team with few changes from last year. |
Except we have scored from open play and why would it matter if we had scored 10 goals from set pieces and 0 from open play anyway? | |
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| Stats wise.... on 00:25 - Aug 24 with 173 views | WicklowBlue |
| Stats wise.... on 00:13 - Aug 24 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
You don’t win games on stats though - yet to score from open play despite spending close to 150m in the last two seasons. If anything the stats back up the gulf in quality- better end product is needed, and I think it’s immature to call that bedwetting (not aimed at OP). Not unreasonable to question the output with so much money spent and a team with few changes from last year. |
Oh totally agree that Stats don't win games, but I posted the OP as a means of reference as to how the match went.
Tweak those stats somewhat and the whole mood music on here is different.
For context, I haven't seen our possession stats being above 40% throughout last season. (Feel free to correct me)
Yep can question money spent, but also the management team will be looking at player stats from their GPS's. Stats are an indicator of perfomance levels and for me taken at arms length we should have at least taken a point if not all 3 based on those figures. | | | |
| Stats wise.... on 00:27 - Aug 24 with 162 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Stats wise.... on 00:18 - Aug 24 by Nthsuffolkblue |
Except we have scored from open play and why would it matter if we had scored 10 goals from set pieces and 0 from open play anyway? |
One goal in three games from a fortuitous deflection. It matters because goals win games and right now we have 2 points out of 9. We look like we could play for hours without scoring, I don’t see why that’s controversial. We could be adrift very quickly if we don’t improve. | | | |
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