The problem is, which players do we have the drive into the box or make late runs into the box? That is something that I think Des needs to work on. He likes to get crosses into the box but we don’t seem to have those players making late runs into the box.
This is the issue, 60 odd shots this season and one goal from them they were saying on Radio Oxford. He has been unlucky a couple of times but he simply does not score enough for the amount of shots he has.
He has scored one since then.
Also, how many of those shots force a corner from a save? Or spilled by the keeper, potentially creating an opportunity for someone to get on the end of it?
Who knows, just like nobody knows, if he hadn't of shot and played the percentage ball how many better chances at goal there would of been. I don't mind him shooting, it's part of his game, I just feel he does it too much when better options are available.
The biggest culprit of this is James Henry…I’m afraid that’s been a problem of ours for years: Shoot when we should pass, pass when we should shoot
I think my previous posts answers your question.
That's true but sort of proves the opposite point. The sheer number of long range efforts from the same position by the same player is actually a doddle to play against.
Also I wish someone would tell him not to try to hit the ball so hard!
Pretty interesting that a matter of months ago we created very few shooting opportunities but regularly came away with 2 or 3 goals and a win. The criticism then was often playing it too safe or playing the extra pass, creating very little but could it be argued that this made us that much harder to play against? Was it unnerving for teams like derby and Barnsley how content we were to wait for our chance to come? Should we have applauded how focused and effective the players were on taking their chances? I think so. Hard to argue that the group don’t have it in their locker to make the right decision in the final third when they have been so productive over a period earlier in the season. It’s mental as much as anything tactical.
Nobody is saying never shoot from range, we just seem to show a complete disregard for other options now that’s all. Like a lot of our play now it’s basic and leaving too much to chance.
