Looking at the league table two things are apparent.
Our current position still looks good. Fifth place, just 4 points out of top
spot with 6 wins from 11 matches; however, 4 of those wins are against the
bottom four teams whereas the two against teams currently in the top six, we've
faced have yielded 1 point (not forgetting Preston had the ball in our net
ruled out for a tight offside decision.)
Granted Ipswich were in the top six when we beat them, narrowly courtesy of a
fluke goal keeping error but, they have, subsequently fallen away from the pack.
In mid tab we find Windies, Forest and Millwall where our record is played 3,
points 3.
So are we a promotion contender who have just hit a blip at a bad time or did a
fortunate starting schedule flatter to deceive?
I have noticed over the past several years that, regardless of how we are doing
at the time, the international break, more often than not seems to coincide
with change in form/fortune (including the last one) so we'll see if the
current one follows that trend as, with 2 of our next 3 matches against teams
sitting above us currently in third and fourth spots, we may learn a lot about
the team and our prospects for the season.
MOT...
On Tuesday, October 3, 2017 4:36 AM, {broken-address} John Lee
<[email protected]> wrote:
>Once the Wendies took control of the game, it seemed that our defenders had
>forgotten how to play against 2 strikers. Hooper and Fletcher seemed to
>>occupy our entire back 4. Fletcher was clever enough to keep away from
>Jannson, often drifting onto Ayling to attack crosses etc.
This is very true, and it does make you wonder if they're just playing in
training against teams who line up with only one forward, because the defence
and midfield are totally lost when we lose possession in our own half and there
are multiple attackers! We also give posession away far too cheaply!
>Having said all that, it is still a learning curve. The play-offs were a
>realistic target, and the next 6 or 7 games will gauge as to whether that we
>be a struggle, >comfortable or something even better is possible.
Correct, and it might have been better to have had a limping start to the
season and grown into it, rather than produce a couple of brilliant
performances followed by 3, so far, inept ones! Early days, but plenty of
worrying signs to keep us in our place :-(
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