I couldn't go last night due to working late, so I couldn't possibly comment on last night's performance....However.
Looking at the statistics, so far out of 24 league games played, we've failed to score on 7 occasions (29%), scored only once on 7 more, hit 2 goals on 7 more occasions and hit 3 goals or more on only 3 occasions (12.5%)
If you look at it realistically, that's over half the games we play (58%) mean that we either only hit the net only once or not at all. That to me, more or less explains why we've only won the seven games.
I'm not a fan of the current ploy of playing 1 up top on his own when we're at home. It's all well and good when playing away from the Crown and it may well make us harder to break down.
If you look at the number of strikers on the books, admittedly we're sadly lacking in that department, with only three ( recognised ) strikers.I said it earlier this season, if we lost Gornell to injury (worst case scenario and perish the thought that actually happens ) where would the goals come from???? The back ups (Boulding and Lindfield) are relatively untried!!!
I'm struggling to think of exactly how many times ( if indeed at all!! ) we've actually played two up front from the start ???
And as far as McConville goes, In my opinion, he can go missing at times during games and the majority of his set pieces (corners etc) are awful. I've lost count of the number of corners that haven't even beaten the man on the near post, a truly cardinal sin and a fundemental basic
So for me at least, playing two up front would certainly help improve the goals scored / chances converted problem. Its
blatantly obvious that we need another striker on board (or even two, if possible !! ) If that means getting shut of one or two fringe players to accomodate wages wise, then so be it !!
