Bryanswan said:
So from the playoff final we are missing, Roberts, Guehi, Fulton, Hourihane and Ayew. Thats half the side.
Ayew dragged us through last season through his own sheer brilliance at times, we were solid, but not deserving of where we ended up.
You cannot say that Coopers team kept the ball as well as we have so far this season?
You're just a massive Cooper fanboy, its embarrassing.
No not a massive fan boy but just SCFC fan who believed our previous manager who some on here call a fraud , or even useless schieved very well given the resources at his disposal. As you say we were "not deserving of where we ended up" but we were as the manager set us up to get results
We may not have kept the ball as much as the start of this season but we did more with it
Game 1 Last season
40% possession,6 shots , 1 on target , 1 goal 3 points
Game 1 this season
72% possession,7 shots,4 on target 1 goal 0 points nearly twice the possession resulting in 1 extra shot? and 0 points
Game 2 Last season
61% Possession 10 shots 3 on target no goals 1 point
Game 2 this season
63 % possesion 8 shots 2 on target no goals 1 point
So what has this extra possession brought us? 2 % more possession in the SU fixture and 2 less shots and 3 less points!
I understand we all want to be entertained but I also want my team to be succesful and win...which will be the aim of our owners....they want us promoted and back in the PL....we are of no use to them in the Championship!
I t will be argued that the quality of the opposition Sheff Utd offered was better than Birmingham last season but the stats dont lie....more possession yet less attempts at goal wasnt the previous manager much criticised for being "nrgative" yet teh numbers show we have not generated any more attack just passed the ball around in our own half....Ian Walsh made this comment on Saturday as I listened to call ROb Phillips on the way to the game its great holding on to the ball but you have to have purpose.
Yes its only Martins 3rd league game tonight and we are in transisiton but Cooper would be being shouted down by now for leaving out Piroe...as he was with Whittaker last season who Martin doesbt seem that keen to pick either it seems....
Cooper has gone so lets get behind Martin but lets not all think its better than it was......we just think it is mainly because the crowds are back I know if I had been at home watching on the tele Saturday night with zero atmosphere due to no crowd I would have been reaching for the remote.