Tyler Durden Posted February 13, 2021 Share Posted February 13, 2021 3 minutes ago, Rammy03 said: This is something that needs to change. We will get nowhere if we can't come back from going down in a game. No points won this season from losing positions is horrific. One win against the teams in the bottom 7 is equally horrific Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mckram Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 If we didn’t sign Gregory then I don’t think we would have scored 2 today and would probably be looking at a 1-1 draw at best like we did against Wycombe and Coventry. I think the difference now is we have 2 strikers who look dangerous, Richards has 3 in 4, Gregory has played 100 minutes and scored 1, assisted 1, missed a sitter and maybe could have scored that header today. I think our defence is good enough to keep the opposition to 1 goal, it’s just time for our attack to be looking at 2 goals a game and then I don’t think it matters who we play (apart from the top 2 who I think are the only ‘good’ teams this year). We can’t expect to stay up as lowest scorers in the league! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Top 6 form since Rooney took control. It'll come, its just a battle atm, Rovram outfought us to their credit, most teams won't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 hour ago, Jourdan said: This may be simplistic but I think it largely comes down to a good start. In our four wins at home under Rooney, we have got the first goal. In three of those games we have scored the opening goal inside the first 15 minutes. We are a team of growers, not showers. I don’t think we have the confidence to control a game from minute one and dominate in whatever circumstances. We need a break. Something to fall for us. And then we grow from there. Take today: Buchanan’s header back across goal finds a red shirt and it could be a different game. It didn’t and it wasn’t. But when things go our way, it gives the players a platform. We suddenly have momentum, we suddenly have confidence, and we can lean on our game plan. We can play in a calm, structured and confident manner, whereas the opposition have to go back to the drawing board and reassess. The majority of those teams have then been exposed for a lack of ideas. However, in the games against Rotherham and Sheffield Wednesday, for example, we haven’t got that early goal, taken our chances or had any luck, and when we then have been beaten to the punch, we have no answers. It’s worrying that when we go 1-0 down, we tend not to be able to find a way back into the game. We were better than the Wendies but we lost and should have won. We were worse than Rotherham and lost but we could have won. We are a very hard working team that is developing under a very tactically aware manager. Rooney is incredibly focussed and is determined to get us promoted. We are looking more and more like a side that could have finished in the top six had Rooney been in charge all season. All he had to do was get four more wins in that period under Cocu and we would now be around the top six. If we had beaten Rotherham twice and the Wendies we would be three points short if we had won our postponed game against Barnsley. Three of those games we lost by a single goal. Fine margins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 12 hours ago, jcidaho said: I don't agree it's all about getting more physical and matching the teams with strength etc. Let's play our game and glide out like swans, letting loose our attacking players to put these teams to the sword. Glide out like Swans? Nah, let's romp out like Rams!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 The downside of playing two up front was that the coaches decided it had to be accompanied by hoof ball to by-pass the midfield. As a result it was one of the worst, and ugliest games of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 7 hours ago, uttoxram75 said: Top 6 form since Rooney took control. It'll come, its just a battle atm, Rovram outfought us to their credit, most teams won't. Just miss out of the top 6 on GD since Rooney took charge, although we have a game in hand. Although, we're 5th if we even things out and look at the last 15 games. Only Swansea (8) have conceded fewer than our 9 in that time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 There’s only three and a half decent teams in this division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Bob Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 Look to the Rotherham games. We saw what they were going to do on the first game. We try and play out from the back and they didn't allow us time on the ball. It was incredibly disappointing to not change our approach on the second game and we got done again after knowing how they'd play. The dross set out to stop us by not allowing us time on the ball. Teams at the other end are playing their own game and not specifically setting out to stop us. I'm glad we have the second striker now so we can change our approach from playing out from the back, to lump it up to the strikers with a view to them holding up the ball and bringing others into play. Hopefully this will now keep other guessing about how we will play. Bring on Wycombe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Bad Bob Posted February 14, 2021 Share Posted February 14, 2021 1 minute ago, Big Bad Bob said: Look to the Rotherham games. We saw what they were going to do in the first game. We try and play out from the back and they didn't allow us time on the ball. It was incredibly disappointing to not change our approach in the second game and we got done again after knowing how they'd play. The dross set out to stop us by not allowing us time on the ball. Teams at the other end are playing their own game and not specifically setting out to stop us. I'm glad we have the second striker now so we can change our approach from playing out from the back, to lump it up to the strikers with a view to them holding up the ball and bringing others into play. Hopefully this will now keep other guessing about how we will play. Bring on Wycombe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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