Gary Johnson, the Bristol City manager, has promised to keep to his word and bare his backside in a shop window and his side were left similarly exposed last night...
[cite]Posted By: PassItToLeaburn[/cite]Depends which way you look at it, I'd say it was positive. Would far rather we created chances without scoring than we just didn't create them at all!
Very good point, you also come away feeling you've been entertained rather than how it felt after QPR the other week.
Thanks Salad - saves me foraging around on the trains!
Poor finishing / not killing teams off has certainly hurt us a few times this season, but I'm not sure how many of us really expected any one striker to be truly prolific this season. Spreading the goals around is clearly essential and every extra one added from midfield / defence (even if we're ever holding a commanding lead) can add so much to the individual's confidence, to the extent that he might just be more composed when the next more important chance comes along. I just get the feeling that a few - Ambrose, Varney, & of course McLeod do have goals in them if they can just nick a relatively unimportant late "icing on the cake" job. I know; let's put 4 past Cardiff (no pressure there then!).
Whilst Sodje seems to have made our defence much stronger for now, it is becoming increasingly clear that our midfield is significantly better than our strikeforce. Marcus Bent coming back would be no bad thing.
Not entirely sure Id want to see Bent back at the Valley. May end up being out of our hands, as the chances of the new manager (when they appoint one) wanting to buy Bent is pretty remote in my opinion. Just dont see Marcus as being a sudden revelation and or prolific in the CCC.
[cite]Posted By: Salad[/cite]Whilst Sodje seems to have made our defence much stronger for now, it is becoming increasingly clear that our midfield is significantly better than our strikeforce
So far this season our top scorer is Big Chris with 6. Varney has 2.
Goals from midfield JT - 0, Reid - 3 (2 pens) Sam - 1, ZZ - 2
I think that 4 goals from open play is a pretty poor return considering the quality of those players and it's not just the strikers that need to sharpen up in front of goal.
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It's a bit of a concern that we had 14 shots on goal (8 on target) but only scored once, in the last minute.
I'm chuffed that we got the 3 points but wasteful finishing does seem to be a reaccuring theme this season.
Interesting to see Basey's being given a few freee kicks as well...
Very good point, you also come away feeling you've been entertained rather than how it felt after QPR the other week.
Poor finishing / not killing teams off has certainly hurt us a few times this season, but I'm not sure how many of us really expected any one striker to be truly prolific this season. Spreading the goals around is clearly essential and every extra one added from midfield / defence (even if we're ever holding a commanding lead) can add so much to the individual's confidence, to the extent that he might just be more composed when the next more important chance comes along. I just get the feeling that a few - Ambrose, Varney, & of course McLeod do have goals in them if they can just nick a relatively unimportant late "icing on the cake" job. I know; let's put 4 past Cardiff (no pressure there then!).
So far this season our top scorer is Big Chris with 6. Varney has 2.
Goals from midfield JT - 0, Reid - 3 (2 pens) Sam - 1, ZZ - 2
I think that 4 goals from open play is a pretty poor return considering the quality of those players and it's not just the strikers that need to sharpen up in front of goal.