A pleasing stat for Jay - the defence is getting better

It couldn't have got any worse mind.

Average goals per game conceded:
Game 1: 4.00
Game 2: 2.50
Game 3: 2.33
Game 4: 3.00
Game 5: 2.60
Game 6: 2.67
Game 7: 2.43
Game 8: 2.75
Game 9: 2.67
Game 10: 2.50
Game 11: 2.45
Game 12: 2.42
Game 13: 2.31
Game 14: 2.21
Game 15: 2.07

 

So on average we still have to score three goals to win a game.

 

One could say the statistics don't lie, but one goal would have been enough on Saturday, and two goals would have been enough in previous 2 games.

Jay is absolutely bang-on when he says we are improving.

 

First 6 - 17 conceded 2.8 ave
Second 6 - 13 conceded 2.2 ave
Last 5 - 6 conceded 1.2 ave

Happily take 1.2 average for rest of season. But not 0.8 scored...

 

What we are saying then is, defence keep up the current good job, strikers/midfield need to convert more.

 

That's crying out for a nice graph.

 

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Trendtastic

 

In your opinion.

My opinion is that we aren't. We've just played similarly poor teams.

 

Oooh, thanks Jay. I do like a nice graph.

 

I'm not so sure; I think the opposition may have something to do with it. We've been poor against poor teams and got away with it.

 

We've been the better team in all those recent games, it was the opposition who got away with it. That's not to say we played really well but lets be fair we didn't get away with it, they did

 

That is sort of what I meant, we were the better side against two abject sides and we edged it against Ipswich; had we been playing a decent side I think we'd have lost. One way or another we have got to get back to the performance levels of the second half of last season.

 

This will all go out the window when we get beat by Millwall next game. Unfortunately it looks like we are in for another season of mediocrity (like thats owt different)

 

Ah fair enough mate

 

It's a good point. Why analyse improvement when you can speculate about impending doom?

 

Laughing

 

The Wednesday game the 10 minutes around when they scored they could easily have had 2 or 3 more. Middlesborough were close enough to an equaliser.

 

Exactly. Enjoy the average improvement - when our results turn to ***** again shortly.

Hope I'm proved stupidly wrong but its going to catch up with us eventually we can't keep avoiding the drop by the skin of our teeth each season.

 

Given our current midfield as of Saturday who is going to score?

O' Brien 9 goals in 4 years
Perkins 2 goals in 3 years
Fox 0 goals in 3 years
paddy not a noted goalscorer

O'Grady's record is still amongst the divisions best.
Alongside his 2 in 5 starts Pedersen has won 2 penalties.

It's hard to see given the current midfield where any offensive improvements will come.