HoundStrandedHound
yeah know what you mean, but think this has actually been a bit better than that. got quite a clear pic courtesy of Stranded's figures where things have gone wrong and challenged a few misconceptions - ie I did think we'd been a lot worst than we'd been against the bottom sides
Think that is a pretty natural assumption as a defeat to Wycombe will stand out more than one to Bournemouth. Unfortunately, in isolation, the latter is potentially more costly.
I too was surprised about how good we've been against the dross. Shows though that there is probably a bit of a flat track bully about us this year and against better sides we struggle more.
Possibly backed up that exactly half our goals have come in the 15 games against the bottom 8.
We've kind of dealt well with the dross, except when we haven't if you know what I mean. Easily brushed aside the likes of Sheff Weds, Cov, Rotherham and co at home, and fairly comfortable even in the closer games - Wycombe h, Rotherham a - with the odd scare.
But then the performances vs Wycombe a, Brum h/a particularly were three of our worst. The Cov (a) and Sheff Weds (a) weren't too bad relatively.
For me there were still more positives than negatives about the bournemouth game, and didnt feel too despondent coming out of it at the time.
Wycombe was a big one for me and at the time I thought we would regret the loss of those points. a team that we could and should have beaten, Wednesday and Brum the first time around also are where we have lost the points to drop out of the playoffs.