Because Hugill is shit.................!!!!!!!
why aren't we scoring?
Because Hugill is shit.................!!!!!!!
Disagree. Barkhuizen over-hit 3 in the fist half in great positions and Maguire a couple too.
Crossing from open play and set pieces have been disappointing this season.
From what I have seen on highlights I would tend to agree - the ball gets ballooned up high in the air instead of being whipped in on a flat, fast trajectory where just a slight touch is needed to send it goalwards.
I'm ecstatic with where we are now. A strong defence is the most important part of a football team (in my opinion). To have only conceded one goal so far is amazing.
We've dominated possession more often than not. The main complaint is our lack of scoring, not our lack of attempts. We always seem to have plenty of shots/on target but never seem to score. In my opinion this is better than a few more goals and less attempts.
If we're getting into positions where we can score at the rate we currently are, then something is going to click eventually.
Someone is going to get thrashed, and I wouldn't bet against it being Barnsley on the 9th.
We've dominated possession more often than not. The main complaint is our lack of scoring, not our lack of attempts. We always seem to have plenty of shots/on target but never seem to score. In my opinion this is better than a few more goals and less attempts.
If we're getting into positions where we can score at the rate we currently are, then something is going to click eventually.
Someone is going to get thrashed, and I wouldn't bet against it being Barnsley on the 9th.
I wasn't saying they were great yesterday, but it was much improved over the Derby game which was the last I saw before yesterday. In any case, we had enough opportunities to score from non-crossing situations and the crosses we did make, so it still wasn't because of the crosses that we didn't score.
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Be careful on this one. Despite losing several top players last season they've beaten Forest and Sunderland this season. They outfought Sunderland with two teenagers scoring. Could be a very interesting encounter and who knows we may see a few goals at each end.
Why are we not scoring? Simple really - the aim of the game is to get that round synthetic (was leather in my day) thing over the white line that runs between those white post things with string nets hanging from them. Failure to do so, in a minimum of 90 minutes, results in no goals being scored thus allowing at least one team a "clean sheet" and certainly one point minimum. 🙂
Thanks for that Michael Owen.
The likes of Nobber? I'm going to start a trending thing on twitter #posterslikenobber.
Look at the points haul compared to this time last season. We concede less goals because we are at the other end of the pitch. We've played some of the favourites and the goals will come. On top of all that s bloody good to watch, better than the dour shite of recent years.
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Well, thanks for all of that. I did write that I'm delighted with results so far. I love the way we are playing. But none of you has answered my question: why aren't we scoring goals? P.S. penalties don't count for this discussion!
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Because we keep missing the target or the opposition goalies having a good day............. We've created a lot of chances though, which can't be denied.
Thanks for that Graysons fan, knob.
Correct and when we do find the net ....
Typical bollocks Nobber - we started with 3 clean sheets the season we came up (and if we leak fewer than the 45 we leaked that season I'll eat my hat) whilst, in any event, Grayson had long-since adapted his style, typified by the kind of players he brought in which AN now has the pleasure of utilising.
What was interesting, unlike your posts, is that by opening things up (in essence, exactly what you'd advocated) and scoring and letting in 20 more goals last season, we got precisely nowhere.
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The crowds came flooding back though yeah?
If you don't find my posts interesting then don't fucking reply, simple.
I like what Grayson did. He turned us. Made a difference. Good for him. I maintain however that for the last season, and part of the season before he held us back. Negative, survival football does not take you forward. It simply makes you accept mid table and is poor to watch. So he was a necessity and now is the time to actually try and win by playing positive tactics. If it doesn't work at least we gave it a go, at least we went for it, at least we will be entertained........and then, if we end up struggling again we can go back to needs must, defend at all costs, backs to the wall, hope to nick a win type stuff.
I like where we are now. The futures bright.
I'm glad you can now think like that.
I shouldn't really have to point out that a negative, survivalist football manager would have steered well clear of Aiden McGeady.
You didn't think Grayson would take us up and it's you that's been constrained by negativity since, as much as the players.
AN's got a honeymoon period to take advantage of. I very much hope he does so.
I shouldn't really have to point out that a negative, survivalist football manager would have steered well clear of Aiden McGeady.
You didn't think Grayson would take us up and it's you that's been constrained by negativity since, as much as the players.
AN's got a honeymoon period to take advantage of. I very much hope he does so.
That moron Grayson cannot and will never be capable of taking anyone up to the prem from this league. Our manager has done and can do again.