I think it's a combination of 3 things: 1. As you said, teams are just packing the box now. 2. It has become a pyschological thing now that every bloke and his dog know that "not finishing has cost us promotion." 3. We have had an incredible run of bad luck.............just off the top of my head, I can think of the QPR keeper on the floor just sticking up his leg and blocking Bamford's header, Bamford's shot v Brum which hit the post, the Villa keeper sticking up aa arm and blocking Pablo's shot. Contrast those to, just in one match (Man c v Tott in CL) Son scoring from the edge of the box under the keeper's dive, that striker scoring from a corner as the ball bounced off his hip. Earlier in the season, we profited from a few keeper mistakes, but it aint happening anymore.
What to do? Well for #1, we need to start scoring from outside the box again like Klich and Pablo were doing earlier.............right now, the players just get too tight (see #2) whenever they take those shots. And I am a great believer that luck (even for Leeds) does even itself out in the long run if you keep trying to do the right thing, so maybe we are due some lucky deflected goals in the playoffs? On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 11:14 AM nick <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been pondering this "poor conversion rate" - is it simply that > teams playing us are now instructed to swamp the box with defenders as > soon as we get the ball - basically 9 or 10 men in the box and relying > on the law of averages (bodies in the way) to keep us out? The only > difference I can think of between the first games and the later games > of the season was that our midfield could get ahead of the forwards and > pick off their shots in the box...now, not so much. Are the opposition > resigned to not having much of the ball...packing defence and hitting > us on breakaways? > > On 30 April 2019 at 09:48 "[1][email protected]" <[2][email protected]> > wrote: > Watching the u23s semi final last night (v Coventry) I thought that > Clarke looked back to what he was pre illness - whether he can do it > at first team level as he was doing earlier in the season or we are > all expecting too much only time will tell , but he did seem to be > back on form. taking on and beating players and putting in good > crosses etc. > As for the game it was just like watching the first team - fast > flowing football -m which was great but, it was also, like watching > the first team in that despite totally dominating the game we ended > up needing extra time to scrape through 3 -2, we wasted so many > chances, some unlucky hitting both the post (twice) and the bar, > watching the keeper make a series of good saves, missing the target > on too many occasions, and taking the extra pass or touch and not > shooting when the opportunity arose. > Dave > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: > [3]https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [4][email protected] > Find us on Facebook [5]https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE > > References > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > 2. mailto:[email protected] > 3. https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > 4. mailto:[email protected] > 5. https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email [email protected] > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE > _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
