Agreed.. arguably Bakayokos composure to pass to Chaplin was the exception to a rather wasteful night in front of goal for us....relieved to not lose and yet frustrated we didn't achieve all 3 points..odd emotions last night at the final whistle?
Good deft touch under pressure by Bakayoko.
I was about to leave but halted on the stairs, glad I did, but in the melee in the penalty area could not see Bakayoko clearly.
We have continued our record of draws against top clubs at home - Stanley, Posh and Sunderland with a loss to Pompey and the one win against Donny. 6/15 points against top six clubs playing at home. Bit of a challenge for the second half of the season (add in Luton). It shows the limitations of this side, so it is a case of consolidation this year and improve the midfield and attack for next year.
On the upside, our record for late goals is getting quite good - Charlton, Wycombe, Southend, Stanley and now Posh in the last 8 league games - maybe indicative of good fitness training and spirit in the camp
We have continued our record of draws against top clubs at home - Stanley, Posh and Sunderland with a loss to Pompey and the one win against Donny. 6/15 points against top six clubs playing at home. Bit of a challenge for the second half of the season (add in Luton). It shows the limitations of this side, so it is a case of consolidation this year and improve the midfield and attack for next year.
On the upside, our record for late goals is getting quite good - Charlton, Wycombe, Southend, Stanley and now Posh in the last 8 league games - maybe indicative of good fitness training and spirit in the camp
You acknowledge that we've been scoring a lot of late goals, but you're heading down the stairs with 3 or 4 minutes of added time left - why would you do that?
We have continued our record of draws against top clubs at home - Stanley, Posh and Sunderland with a loss to Pompey and the one win against Donny. 6/15 points against top six clubs playing at home. Bit of a challenge for the second half of the season (add in Luton). It shows the limitations of this side, so it is a case of consolidation this year and improve the midfield and attack for next year.
On the upside, our record for late goals is getting quite good - Charlton, Wycombe, Southend, Stanley and now Posh in the last 8 league games - maybe indicative of good fitness training and spirit in the camp
16 of our 19 games (including all home matches) have been settled by a goal margin of <=1 with Bradford being our only win by 2 clear goals:
To back up your late goal observation, 38% of our goals have been scored after the 75th minute. While fitness and team spirit may be a part, we concede plenty in the 2H too so it may just be indicative of how tight we keep it in the first half of games. There really are a lot of parallels to this time last season. The fullbacks and Doyle were markedly higher up the pitch immediately after HT on Friday.
No clean sheet for 6 games now either in the league which is concerning when we essentially play a back 5 for much of the game. We ground out a lot of results even on the win streak but every week we seem to have one player who has a stinker - there's still some work to do to get these 11 players playing well as a whole team.