We'll get hammered Monday
our last two games have seen us make 39 efforts at goal, 20 shots on target and play really decent football... and we've scored one goal.
) and c) I've woken up with a beast of a cold.
cannot wait to see him on the pitch! Also cannot wait to see the Emerates, it's not that far from where I live so I thought I might as well go...
It's very frustrating. As far as League One sides go, I'd say we were now one of the better footballing sides which is no mean feat given that we've played the same direct, long ball rubbish for the best part of twenty years. We have some really talented youngsters (Harlee Dean whom we got from Southampton, Adam Forshaw from Everton, Harry Forrester from Villa) whom would walk into any L1 team, but we seem to be lacking in composure when it comes to converting our possession and chances into goals.
Since new money has been put into the club 3-4 years ago, we've really developed as a team and club (we're going for category 2 EPPP academy), and there's no coincidence that we have had more efforts at goal and on goal this season, plus have two of the top goal scorers, but we should be winning these kind of matches by 3 or 4 goals.
Doesn't help that a) Orient's goal involved three players being offide, b) that Andy Scott was waxing lyrical about how we have one of the biggest budgets in the league (the club believe our budget is between 7th and 9th in the League - and the exact same budget Scott had when he managed us two years ago...
Now need to get myself in the mood for Bournemouth away on Tuesday night!
it sounds all very positive other than the score line, should beat Bournemouth though, they look wonderfully hit and miss (even with our old fav. of Barnard).
It is good you are getting something good out of Harlee Dean though! And pushing for a cat 2 academy is a very good idea for the future (and can be a mild gloat that you are going in a better direction than Watford who abandoned their academy for cat3 when the new owners came in to save costs)
As long as no one gets on the clubs back over results for a little while confidence will grow and hopefully you'll get into putting the chances away.
Yup, having seen Brentford since really the late 80's, the football in show is really fantastic to see. I think although we had a lot of chances they weren't all in great positions. One strong shot from the right of the goal was a half decent shot but you really need a keeping mistake from there. The ball got played in behind well but it was usually out wide, very few in behind then run on for a 1 on 1 with the keeper type chances.
THe best chance was probably the overlap on the right the cut back but the shot blocked, the right back did great but just woefully underhit the cutback so the guy had to close the ball and gave the defenders a chance to block, if that had more speed on the ball it would have been almost certainly a goal, shame
Right back looks really quite promising, completely willing to go around people, worked the overlap great, decent defensively though Orient weren't much cop upfront. Reminded me of Eboue, he would kinda amble towards someone then suddenly move the ball a yard and blow past them. Forrester looked really good, again willing to take people on, good passing, good movement.
Gah, which my knee's didn't suck so badly, I miss going down there and have gotten close to going a few times, I can't take winter weather outside at all and they aren't much better in the summer
