At the start of the season we had a reputation for being a strong team and I do remember sitting up the Ricoh enjoying us dominating the opposition. This happened more than once! People are very quick to forget good form. We didn't get to 5th by letting the opposition dominate us!Boothroyd finished with a terrible run of form that saw us on an alarming drop towards the bottom amidst dwindling interest and zero entertainment, playing a style of football that often saw us dominated by the opposition, even when winning at times. There's a lot of justified bashing.
I had a little look at stats, although stats are deceiving as you can shoot from 30-40 yards and it be an attempt on goal.i'll have to run the stats (or someone else could) but Boothroyds team generally had around 10-20 chances a game, we just couldnt find the net! Still our problem now.
Our conversion rate i believe at the moment is that we score a goal every 13 shots.
again i apologise mate, must have been someone else. just getting fed up of all of the Boothroyd bashing from people :| (i used the arsenal reference cos of my mate too, he's always complaining that they pass too much and hardly ever take a chance)
The same Arsenal that have finished in the Champions League places however many years in a row and have done that without breaking the bank? I'm not going to go AB bashing but look at all the teams towards the top of each league - they all play possession football. That must say something?
Yes, that the teams below them are not as good.
At the start of the season we had a reputation for being a strong team and I do remember sitting up the Ricoh enjoying us dominating the opposition. This happened more than once! People are very quick to forget good form. We didn't get to 5th by letting the opposition dominate us!
Which games? The best performance I remember seeing under Boothroyd was when we dominated and ended up losing, which was just after or before a game we were terrible and ended up winning (karma!)
perhaps there is a difference between popping the ball sideways making your own players run around with no end product and creative possession?
The same Arsenal that have finished in the Champions League places however many years in a row and have done that without breaking the bank? I'm not going to go AB bashing but look at all the teams towards the top of each league - they all play possession football. That must say something?
I had a little look at stats, although stats are deceiving as you can shoot from 30-40 yards and it be an attempt on goal.
H Pompey 2-0: 15/9 (attempts on goal/on target)
A Watford 2-2: 8/3
H Derby 2-1: 15/7
A Millwall 1-3: 7/5
H Leicester 1-1: 5/1 (Leicester had 11 on target)
A Swansea 1-2: 10/6
A Bristol C 2-1: 11/8
H Preston 1-2: 22/11facepalm
H Doncaster 2-1: 13/7
A Hull C 0-0: 11/6
A Ipswich 2-1: 13/6
H Cardiff 1-2: 12/5
H Barnsley 3-0: 23/6facepalm
A Sheff Utd 1-0: 11/6
This was the cut off point of the 'good spell' before we played Leeds and it went a bit tits up, then we had a mini revival with three wins on the bounce. Those stat attempts are generally on par or above the opponents we have faced, with the exception of when we played Leicester.
H Leeds 2-3: 19/13
A Forest 1-2: 9/5
A Palace 0-2: 13/4
H Burnley 1-0: 16/9
A Scunthorpe 2-0: 19/10
H Middlesbrough 1-0: 13/7
Followed by the dismal 1 win in 16:
A Reading 0-0: 7/4
H Norwich 1-2: 12/7
A Cardiff 0-2: 8/2
H QPR 0-2: 12/8
H Ipswich 1-1: 14/6
A Barnsley 1-2: 8/4
H Sheff Utd 0-0: 21/12
A QPR 1-2: 9/7
H Forest 1-2: 14/7
A Leeds 0-1: 11/5
H Palace 2-1: 16/9
H Swansea 0-1: 19/10
A Leicester 1-1: 9/3
H Bristol C 1-4: 17/8
A Doncaster 1-1: 10/6
H Hull C 0-1: 10/7
Thorn:
A Burnley 2-2: 19/12
A Preston 1-2: 8/5 (Preston had 10 on target)
H Watford 2-0: 17/8
A Derby 2-2: 17/10
A Pompey 3-0: 7/2thinking about
H Millwall 2-1: 15/11
H Scunthorpe 1-1: 17/8
A Middlesbrough 1-2: 18/10
Boothroyd average (36 games): 12.8 / 6.6
Thorn average (8 games): 14.8 / 8.3
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