Camdenite wrote:
rosie47 wrote:
the numbers are skewed because we have scored early in nearly every game (a very good sign and a marked difference from last season).
there is no doubt we're fortunate to have 12 points and riding the quality of eisa in particular, but what did people expect? we have about 10 outfield players who can be relied upon and a handful of others who struggled last season and don't seem to be turning it around under a new manager i.e. not ready or not good enough. it's clear the first group is being pushed too hard right now and depth is needed.
there are real positives in the much-improved fitness and mentality, both of which were a disaster last season. if they get it right this week the football will improve.
Completely agree about the early goals skewing the stats. It appears that we have another boss in the Tisdale mould who’s happy to sit on what we have. Possession, xG and passing stats will always take a hit under the circumstances of finding yourself a goal up within 20 minutes, which, if I’m not mistaken, we have LC every game.
For me, the good results so far are about the characters out there that will drag us through games. There’s a few. We have really not had that for a long time. Smith’s yellow card challenge and Gilbey’s 98th minute block on a cross epitomised that spirit yesterday.
Haha, I was sat right in front of Smith's terrific foul yesterday and he was so unbelievably late even he was embarrassed. Not a great yellow to pick up but I suppose if it's that or letting him run past you I'll take the former.
Gilbey chasing down their keeper and blocking that deep cross in the last minute are good examples of what we have missed though. Get right up in the grills of the opposition and don't for a moment think you're better than them by default.
Williams, while clearly unfit, showed a lot of class yesterday in hustling some loose balls and headers Devoy wouldn't have got either. Overall it was a tetchy game and Donny were the better team for the whole of the second half but they created a sum total of zero clear chances (even their goal was a worked angle and an excellent finish and not what I'd consider a clear chance) in the second half and only one "should have scored that" type chance in the first.