The win statistics are disgraceful regardless of how many goals we've scored. The attacking isn't even the issue so no point rolling out stats about it.
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orly
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We are 30 days into the new year
We've conceded 10 in 7 games.
Take out the two clean sheets - one against the mighty Dagenham - and that's actually 10 goals in 5 games.
If that is solid, god help us.
But you're including a semi-final in that, primarily a semi-final second leg where we were away from home against a team that could bring on a£50mil substitute and have only failed to score once (against us a few weeks before) in a game (home or away) in over a year...
And still, they needed a helping hand from the ref and a wicked deflection to get two of those goals...
I don't think you can base anything on Wednesday's game, so for the sake of balance I then left out our superb performance in the first leg, as well as the Dag and Red. game which is irrelevant to an extent.
I clearly stated league games. And I clearly stated that, while not solid, I think we had shown signs of improvement compared to the final four games of 2015, which in the main were against sides less talented than Spurs, City and Chelsea.
BernieWright13
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Why keep doing this to yourself mate?
Toffeelover
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We have been Wiganised!
Stanley Parker
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Don't blame me. They're not my stats.
But I think that you'll agree, if we can score more goals than we concede, that gives us a good chance of winning games.
orly
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Signs since turn of the year
No mention of league games in post I answered
Back peddling furiously
Ok mate xx
Stanley Parker
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And we're going to win the cup!
Toffeelover
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Could be but then relegation followed. Your choice which would you prefer?
4-0 villa, 6-2 sunderland etc.... stats are skewed. I deal in wins and there's been precious few. And our defending is getting worse.
Stanley Parker
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I think we'll escape relegation this season.
Saint Domingo
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I don't believe in sacking managers mid season either, but come the end of the season key components of this team will be off. Will Roberto have done enough to deserve the opportunity to reinvest the funds and build s new team? Unless something dramatic happens from now until May the answer is currently no.
Stanley Parker
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If we score more goals than we concede, we're bound to win some games, aren't we?
I suppose it might be just the one. In which case, I hope it's the derby.
What an indignity - being beaten at home by a team going down.
I thought the below was what you'd replied to/taken that comment from. Apologies - it was @SaintDomingo who I had replied to with that. In my defence, I had mentioned league games, just got my posts mixed up.
I don't believe we should sack our manager in the middle of the season based on 'probables' though. It should be based on definites. Our defence has shown signs of improvement since the turn of the year. A one-off semi-final defeat away at City doesn't change that.
From four league games in 2016 (Spurs at home, City away, Chelsea away, Swansea at home), we've conceded 7 goals. We've scored 5. We've picked up three points.
It's not good enough - I never said it was. But in the four games prior to that (Norwich away, Leicester at home, Newcastle away, Stoke at home) we conceded 8, and scored 7.
So, no, not loads of improvement, but it is there, especially considering the teams we have faced in the league so far in 2016...
BernieWright13
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It sure should do. And yet somehow....
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