Oh defo, and if Kaz had scored at the end of that very good attacking move,I reckon and the stats back it,we would have won, and even more so won convincingly.
This isn't a moan at all and I'm sure the players do obviously try to score first but these figures don't lie-Apart from Donnie,we lack...
Just had a quick look on BBC website.Since October last year every time we have failed to score first,we have failed to go on to win the game.
Last season
West Ham-lost 1 nil
Burnley-lost 1 nil
Millwall-drew 2-2
Cardiff-Drew 2-2
Middlesbrough -drew 1-1
Reading- lost 1 nil
Watford-drew 2-2...
You both make excellent points-and my point is,both are much more likely to happen if we score first as it throws the opposition game plan out the window.Thier approach of let's sit back a bit,try and counter disappears as yet have to commit forward to equalise-leaving it open to murder...
Ok it's obvious opposition teams know about us now,they've done their homework and after these 2 results,you can almost guarantee that other managers will be watching the DVD's to see what to do.
Cardiff, Birmingham and Ipswich have all come with a plan to defend,possibly nick a goal and then...