Kenya Cherrie
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We won 3-0 unbelievable people like Waz are still knocking the team.
It’s like those XG stats though, it’s meaningless. If they have a striker that can’t finish and we have a goalkeeper that pulls off wonder saves then they won’t convert those chances into goals and…. They didn’t. It’s part of why we are better than them.Nobodies saying that we will never conceding a chance. Just that on the balance of the chances created in the first half by both sides then we probably deserved to be behind. It’s not the first time this season we have gotten away with it either. I think it’s okay to both be happy with the win but also acknowledge that until the red card we really weren’t very good.
I do think XG is a complete pile of tosh.It’s like those XG stats though, it’s meaningless. If they have a striker that can’t finish and we have a goalkeeper that pulls off wonder saves then they won’t convert those chances into goals and…. They didn’t. It’s part of why we are better than them.
Similarly, when we lost at Middlesbrough all we got here was moaning. Nobody pointing out if we had converted the three sitters we missed we would have.been out of sight so everything was ok. Probably because we miserably missed them all and lost the game!
That’s because I’m the course of the 90 minutes Middlesbrough also missed countless chances, we were in no position after that game to say that we created the better opportunities. We could have easily had 2 or 3 but they could have easily had 4 or 5. Had they scraped a win from their only attack and we had missed all of those chances you can for sure bet that the general opinion would have been that we deserved to win and that if we play like that then we will be fine.It’s like those XG stats though, it’s meaningless. If they have a striker that can’t finish and we have a goalkeeper that pulls off wonder saves then they won’t convert those chances into goals and…. They didn’t. It’s part of why we are better than them.
Similarly, when we lost at Middlesbrough all we got here was moaning. Nobody pointing out if we had converted the three sitters we missed we would have.been out of sight so everything was ok. Probably because we miserably missed them all and lost the game!
Some of this is fair. They did have a good chance before we scored and we were sluggish and a bit static first half. Never looked like creating a chance is nonsense though, Cook had a great chance, we had a couple of good openings in the first 5 minutes, and, more importantly, we actually scored.
The post red card bit is harsh. We were excellent 2nd half and squeezed the life out of them, creating multiple good chances.
We can improve for sure but lots of positives to take from that. Cardiff were unbeaten in their previous 4 away games and certainly didn't look like they gave up.[/QUOTE
It did take us a long time to work out how to use the extra man.
Overall too much passing along the back four. At this rate we will wear out the grass either side of the half way line.
Well worked second goal between Billing and Solanke. We should have scored more. We don;t work the opposition keeper enough
You missed the bit where I said we played nice football after the red card clearly. If you think that we were playing well before that then fair enough.We won 3-0 unbelievable people like Waz are still knocking the team.
That’s because I’m the course of the 90 minutes Middlesbrough also missed countless chances, we were in no position after that game to say that we created the better opportunities. We could have easily had 2 or 3 but they could have easily had 4 or 5. Had they scraped a win from their only attack and we had missed all of those chances you can for sure bet that the general opinion would have been that we deserved to win and that if we play like that then we will be fine.
Talking of spines.......Travers, cahill, lerma, solanke is the strongest spine in this division IMO..as for tonight billing was my MOM
You don't quite get it , do you?We won 3-0 unbelievable people like Waz are still knocking the team.
Fair play. Are you a journalist by any chance?
It’s like those XG stats though, it’s meaningless. If they have a striker that can’t finish and we have a goalkeeper that pulls off wonder saves then they won’t convert those chances into goals and…. They didn’t. It’s part of why we are better than them.
Similarly, when we lost at Middlesbrough all we got here was moaning. Nobody pointing out if we had converted the three sitters we missed we would have.been out of sight so everything was ok. Probably because we miserably missed them all and lost the game!