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Old 20-10-2013, 09:43   #31
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Re: Oxford thread

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Originally Posted by smobile View Post
I know it's obvious, but it's all about sticking the ball in the net. We are not shipping goals like there's no tomorrow. We are just not scoring enough.

Last 9 games = 6 Defeats by 1 goal & 3 Draws = 3 points.

Score just one more goal per game and it's a different story.

Last 9 games = 6 Draws & 3 Wins = 15 points.

If we were getting thumped 3 & 4 week in, week out, I'd be worried.

It will come, starting on Tuesday.

Keep The Faith
I don't think there were many relegated teams that were thrashed each week. Barnet had a goal difference of -12 (the same as ours now) and Aldershot had -18. Dagenham who finished 3rd from bottom were also on -12.
I know that we've drawn a couple recently, but we will be relegated if things don't changed quickly. To be honest, I don't see much improvement between the games I've seen and the manager seems unable to change things. The team is crying out for midfield players to 'drive play forwards' and everyone can see that, yet the problem remains. OK, so it's a limited budget, but we have signed ineffectual loan players within that budget. I'm sure there are players out there who would do the job, after all, previous managers have always managed to do it.
At the moment the best we can hope for is 0-0, because if we go a goal down the game is virtually lost. Teams know this and are happy to go 1 up, knowing that the game is in the bag. They don't have to beat us 6-0, one goal gives them the 3 points most of the time.
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