Interesting stat to give another angle on our poor start to the season

I listened to the Boro Breakdown podcast after the QPR game and they said we'd created more chances than the opposition in the last 5 games. Don't know if that includes the cup games, or all 5 league games.
If it only includes league games there's an alternate universe where we are top!😆

Shows me maybe we're not toofar off, just need to be sharper and more decisive in both boxes.
 
We are creating buckets of great chances.

The goals are not going to score themselves but i am hopeful that once a couple go in we will be off and running.

Far too many people seem to let the final score dictate their view of what actually happened in the match, so if we lose you get all the no heart, no desire, no creativity rubbish, regardless of what actually happened.
 
Colgates_shaving_foam said:
We are creating buckets of great chances.

The goals are not going to score themselves but i am hopeful that once a couple go in we will be off and running.

Far too many people seem to let the final score dictate their view of what actually happened in the match, so if we lose you get all the no heart, no desire, no creativity rubbish, regardless of what actually happened.
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Results have, are and will always be the most important element, and what managers are ultimately judged on.
 
Colgates_shaving_foam said:
We are creating buckets of great chances.

The goals are not going to score themselves but i am hopeful that once a couple go in we will be off and running.

Far too many people seem to let the final score dictate their view of what actually happened in the match, so if we lose you get all the no heart, no desire, no creativity rubbish, regardless of what actually happened.
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Saturday was a good example of that. I was guilty of overemphasizing how bad we were. With hindsight we created probably 6 good chances and their keeper was MOTM. Not a good performance at all but probably not quite as dire as I thought on Saturday night.
 
I know people were criticising Latte Lath after his misses on Saturday and to be fair a couple of them were pretty much unforgivable, however putting a positive spin on it, he is at least getting into positions to miss these chances which is in itself a skill that some CF’s don’t have.

It’s surely better than him drifting around for 90 mins without even looking like he knows where the goal is.

Hopefully as he settles in he will be a bit calmer in front of goal rather than snatching at chances or making the wrong decision.
 
Teesste said:
I know people were criticising Latte Lath after his misses on Saturday and to be fair a couple of them were pretty much unforgivable, however putting a positive spin on it, he is at least getting into positions to miss these chances which is in itself a skill that some CF’s don’t have.

It’s surely better than him drifting around for 90 mins without even looking like he knows where the goal is.

Hopefully as he settles in he will be a bit calmer in front of goal rather than snatching at chances or making the wrong decision.
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Sometimes its about the psychology of scoring, making it more difficult for the keeper with your eyes and body language, alot of goals now are slight deflections, because they catch the keeper off guard.
 
We were in a similar situation last season with Wilder and he was laughed at, rightfully, because a team that misses big chances a lot and concedes weak goals a lot is a sign of a poor team. It means your forwards aren't good enough and your defenders aren't good enough.

Goals are the only thing that matters and you can be unlucky in one game when you are the best team but once you get to 5 or 10 games then it can't just be being unlucky.
 
Teesste said:
I know people were criticising Latte Lath after his misses on Saturday and to be fair a couple of them were pretty much unforgivable, however putting a positive spin on it, he is at least getting into positions to miss these chances which is in itself a skill that some CF’s don’t have.

It’s surely better than him drifting around for 90 mins without even looking like he knows where the goal is.

Hopefully as he settles in he will be a bit calmer in front of goal rather than snatching at chances or making the wrong decision.
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I thought a couple were from a really tight angles but on all his chances the QPR keeper was excellent.
 
I’ve only been able to see the Millwall game so far and Boro didn’t create anything to miss during that game.

This season is incredible for being similar to the start last season. The big difference is Carrick is not lambasting the players to the media. Hopefully they’re all together and will find a solution.
 
I imagine our 'big chances conceded' is pretty low too as our xGC is 2nd best in the division.

We are conceding very poor goals and missing very good chances. Not a great combination.
 
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