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Sat back? 16 shots on goal, 8 were on target.If you actually think I don't want the football club I love to win, you're mistaken.
Performance today was woeful, that's just the truth. Cheltenham were dismal. We sat back and invited pressure (as per usual) before the players seemingly abandoned any game plan and went for it.
We have been very, very poor under Des despite having some very good players.
The idea anyone on here royal standard, kip etc doesn't want us to win is plain stupid. We have a very, very competitive budget and some good players, the performances aren't good enough.
Thought he was good. Born in Oxford aswellCan we sign Cheltenham's keeper at the end of the season please.
Did your eyes not tell you what you need to know? I don't think the stats really back you up.Sat back? 16 shots on goal, 8 were on target.
Invited Cheltenham on? We had 55% possession. Almost 100 passes more than them.
The performance wasnโt amazing but it certainly wasnโt as bad as you are making it out to be.
Yeah my eyes told me that there was a 15 minute lull mid way through the 1st half and we started slowly in the 2nd half only to then control the game and absolutely battered them for the last 15 minutes.Did your eyes not tell you what you need to know? I don't think the stats really back you up.
55% possession at home to relegation fodder hardly proves domination.
For the budget and players we have the expectations fans have should be higher. I still don't know what Des wants to do with this team.
We were good 5 mins end of first half and 10 end of second half. 15 minutes out of 90 good enough to beat relegation sides but not the good sides.
Thought he was good. Born in Oxford aswell
Leigh should have scored from one of the corners just before he actually did.cant someone other than CB take corners? FKs fair enough, but of late his corners ain't great
Agree with that. Despite their physical dominance, they couldnโt make it count and, overall, we handled it well and had enough determination and quality to get a win.I really didn't think we were that terrible today. Did enough to deserve the win, for sure. Cheltenham keep the ball in the air and are very physical in second ball challenges, which makes it hard to get any flow going. Not at our free-flowing best, but definitely not "terrible" either.
โThey play five at the back, and near enough four in midfield, and make it very difficult for you to get in their half and create anything in the final third.
โSometimes you have to be patient and do things a little bit quicker, and itโs not as free-flowing as the Portsmouth game, where theyโre a little more open because they want to come out and attack you.
โYou have to be patient at times, and I think we showed that, and maybe there are a couple of things we shouldโve done better.
โI thought in the last 10 or 15 minutes in the first half, we came good, and in the second half, we were in control, and started to sit a little bit too deep for my liking as the game progressed, but then we got a deserved winner towards the end.โ
Leighโs winner came following tenacious work from wide man Dale, who got to the right-hand byline and dinked a cross to the back post, where Leigh nodded in.
Problem was we werenโt doing anything with it when we did, until they scored we didnโt perform anywhere near like we did last week, but what bugs me and many others they score and then we play like we should and score a good goal courtesy not great play from Owen Dale but why do we sit on a one nil lead? You have to agree surely we were Dire apart from our first goal, but then wake up with a few mins left to try and get the winner after the equaliser.So you didnโt notice the way we are trying to get the ball out wide, run at full backs, get crosses in?
That is direction.
We were both shocking and were going to play a lot better teams in the remaining fixtures, but if we play like we did in the last 10 minutes then we could but the nouns small possibility we could reach the play offs and be in the lottery at the end of the season.The one where we had 55% possession to Cheltenham's 45%; 17 shots to their 10; 8 on target to their 3; 4 corners to their 3; and 6 fouls to their 16.
If we were shocking, what were Cheltenham?
The P W D L F A Pts stats don'tOh just to let you know Stats mean fcuk all
Can we sign Cheltenham's keeper at the end of the season please.