| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect 08:43 - Apr 3 with 1074 views | homer_123 |
it's worth noting the fine margins in football.
I thought we played quite well, defended generally solidly, created a few decent chances and took the ones that we needed to.
Last night though - things went more our way than they have this season. Penalty decision, not punished for the odd mistake and balls falling for us as opposed to the opposition.
I thought we kept them generally quiet and I though Enciso, Broady and Delap caused them significant problems, once we got going. Cajuste just gets better and better.
Yes, the last 10 was a bit panicky but I think we can forgive them that.
As I have thought all season - we are competitive at this level - better than I think (inc. the commentary team last night and some of our fans) give us credit for.
It wasn't perfect (and it was never going to be last night or all season), we still make the odd individual error, the odd lapse in concentration. What I thought was interesting though is that Bournemouth were the same, for as good a side as they are - their passing, decision making was questionable and again, some individual errors in there as well.
A deserved away win in my opinion and something to build on for sure. Not getting carried away but if we can make the run in more interesting by turning over Wolves that would be interesting. |  |
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| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 08:47 - Apr 3 with 1020 views | Zx1988 |
Problem is, Wolves appear to have a broadly similar run-in to us, and in a fairly similar order as well:
Spurs (h)
Man Utd (a)
Leicester (h)
City (a)
Brighton (h)
Palace (a)
Brentford (h)
I think we'll have a better idea of where we are once they've got their game against City out of the way. If it ends up coming down to who can get the most points from their final three games, I worry that Wolves' extra solidity could see them over the line. |  |
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| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 08:49 - Apr 3 with 1009 views | portmanking |
I think most reasonable Town fans can see we've been largely very competitive this season. That's why we are where we are and not rooted to the bottom like Southampton.
Had we held on for just two of the leads we've had this season, we'd only be 3 pts from Wolves with them to play this weekend and all to play for.
McKenna's spoken about fine margins all season and, unfortunately, this campaign just hasn't given us the rub of the green enough (unlike the previous two seasons). Injuries have been the biggest issue and has actually not been spoken about enough regarding our inconsistency IMO. | | | |
| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 08:50 - Apr 3 with 996 views | itfcsuth |
I thought it was a terrific performance. |  | | |
| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:05 - Apr 3 with 905 views | BloomBlue |
I must admit I don't understand why people keep talking about individual errors. There isn't a football team in the world, where players don't make individual mistakes.
Sir Alex once said in every goal scored you can identify a mistake somewhere. Both our goals last night you could say had mistakes from Bournemouth players. First one no player put in a strong enough challenge on Enciso, then CH just throws himself at Broady instead of standing up, mistakes & poor defending. 2nd goal nobody tracks Townsend, then worse no defender goes with Delap even though there are 3 defenders there, mistakes and poor defending.
You will never get a team of humans playing football and not have some mistakes. For me it's how the team reacts when those mistakes happen. Last night the team remained strong after B'mouth made it -1-2. Unlike how their heads completely dropped when Spurs & Forest made it 0-1 in the home games |  | | |
| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:09 - Apr 3 with 872 views | Radlett_blue |
| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 08:49 - Apr 3 by portmanking |
I think most reasonable Town fans can see we've been largely very competitive this season. That's why we are where we are and not rooted to the bottom like Southampton.
Had we held on for just two of the leads we've had this season, we'd only be 3 pts from Wolves with them to play this weekend and all to play for.
McKenna's spoken about fine margins all season and, unfortunately, this campaign just hasn't given us the rub of the green enough (unlike the previous two seasons). Injuries have been the biggest issue and has actually not been spoken about enough regarding our inconsistency IMO. |
I disagree. While Town have rarely been tonked, we have invariably come up short in many fairly close games. That has happened often enough for it not to be just luck. I think it's down to us having a weaker squad than all but the other promoted teams, which is understandable & definitely a weaker bench. |  |
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| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:15 - Apr 3 with 809 views | NthQldITFC |
| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:09 - Apr 3 by Radlett_blue |
I disagree. While Town have rarely been tonked, we have invariably come up short in many fairly close games. That has happened often enough for it not to be just luck. I think it's down to us having a weaker squad than all but the other promoted teams, which is understandable & definitely a weaker bench. |
I think that's more or less the same thing though, really. Just a bit short, but pretty competitive having had such a big gap to bridge. I'd say we've definitely been on the unlucky side with injuries and probably with 50:50 things in games, and even maybe (but only to a pretty small extent) with VAR.
But yes, the bigger issue is the relative lack of depth of real quality, but then that was always going to be impossible to bridge in one season (or two seasons out from League 1). |  |
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| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:16 - Apr 3 with 806 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
Yep. Feel like we have put in similar performances to that all season. Last night we just got over the line.
We are far from perfect, but we are not 20 points bad imo. |  |
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| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:19 - Apr 3 with 762 views | portmanking |
| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:09 - Apr 3 by Radlett_blue |
I disagree. While Town have rarely been tonked, we have invariably come up short in many fairly close games. That has happened often enough for it not to be just luck. I think it's down to us having a weaker squad than all but the other promoted teams, which is understandable & definitely a weaker bench. |
So you don't think our raft of injuries have played a major part in our "weaker squad"?
Our right side has been a problem since September. | | | |
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| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:23 - Apr 3 with 741 views | homer_123 |
| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:05 - Apr 3 by BloomBlue |
I must admit I don't understand why people keep talking about individual errors. There isn't a football team in the world, where players don't make individual mistakes.
Sir Alex once said in every goal scored you can identify a mistake somewhere. Both our goals last night you could say had mistakes from Bournemouth players. First one no player put in a strong enough challenge on Enciso, then CH just throws himself at Broady instead of standing up, mistakes & poor defending. 2nd goal nobody tracks Townsend, then worse no defender goes with Delap even though there are 3 defenders there, mistakes and poor defending.
You will never get a team of humans playing football and not have some mistakes. For me it's how the team reacts when those mistakes happen. Last night the team remained strong after B'mouth made it -1-2. Unlike how their heads completely dropped when Spurs & Forest made it 0-1 in the home games |
I think my point here, from my perspective, is that we've made a few more than other teams and been roundly punished for them.
Yes, you cannot eradicate them entirely, agreed. | |
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| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:27 - Apr 3 with 722 views | backwaywhen |
Fine margins define most football results , I thought we played better in the home game against Bournemouth and deserved to win especially with 87 mins on the clock ….. but fine margins again saw us throw the points away .
If we go down and managed to go straight back up , we will all be much stronger and wiser for it , then perhaps those margins won’t appear so often.
Keep the faith . | | | |
| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:42 - Apr 3 with 664 views | Vaughan8 |
| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:23 - Apr 3 by homer_123 |
I think my point here, from my perspective, is that we've made a few more than other teams and been roundly punished for them.
Yes, you cannot eradicate them entirely, agreed. |
Exactly this. Of course all teams make mistake. Look at Liverpools defence first half yesterday. That Beto was all over both of them.
However, its the level of mistake and is there any backup near, and arguably when to make tactical fouls/decisions. We seem very naive to that side of it. | | | |
| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 09:46 - Apr 3 with 645 views | davblue |
| Whilst last nights performance was far from perfect on 08:49 - Apr 3 by portmanking |
I think most reasonable Town fans can see we've been largely very competitive this season. That's why we are where we are and not rooted to the bottom like Southampton.
Had we held on for just two of the leads we've had this season, we'd only be 3 pts from Wolves with them to play this weekend and all to play for.
McKenna's spoken about fine margins all season and, unfortunately, this campaign just hasn't given us the rub of the green enough (unlike the previous two seasons). Injuries have been the biggest issue and has actually not been spoken about enough regarding our inconsistency IMO. |
you need to see the Fisherman on Twitter.
we've burned through all of our goodwill, credit all used up. |  | | |
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