by Hoop Blah » 24 Nov 2010 11:54
by RoyalBlue » 24 Nov 2010 12:21
SnowballBarry the bird bogglerRoyalBlue According to my QPR supporting mate, Leigertwood is a player who very much divides supporters' opinion.
Great! McDermott seems keen to build up a team full of players who divide supporters' opinion!
So we take on a defensive midfielder and continue to ignore the fact that it is missed goalscoring opportunities which is costing us so many points!
Actually in recent games I'd say it was our crap defending that's cost us points.
Well said. Of course it is. After all we are top-scorers in the league over the last six games
by brendywendy » 24 Nov 2010 12:38
by Snowball » 24 Nov 2010 13:50
Hoop Blah Someone like Sigurdsson you mean?
by Snowball » 24 Nov 2010 13:55
RoyalBlue
As for your stats on goals, you are being as selective with their use as our corrupt politicians! Pick a period of the last six games because that is the only time span during which we have been top scorers!
How about the last ten or last four games?
by Hoop Blah » 24 Nov 2010 14:02
SnowballHoop Blah Someone like Sigurdsson you mean?
Definitely NOT Siggy. I don't remember Siggy putting his foot on the ball and slowing down the game.
by Snowball » 24 Nov 2010 14:10
by Isaac Hunt » 24 Nov 2010 14:40
Hoop Blah Sigurdsson's touch was so good he'd make bad balls good by being able to take them under control and keep the ball, make some room for himself and retain possession like nobody else in the side.
by Snowball » 24 Nov 2010 14:50
Isaac HuntHoop Blah Sigurdsson's touch was so good he'd make bad balls good by being able to take them under control and keep the ball, make some room for himself and retain possession like nobody else in the side.
I think you're letting a wee bit too much nostalgia (already) creep in here HB....
by winchester_royal » 24 Nov 2010 14:52
SnowballIsaac HuntHoop Blah Sigurdsson's touch was so good he'd make bad balls good by being able to take them under control and keep the ball, make some room for himself and retain possession like nobody else in the side.
I think you're letting a wee bit too much nostalgia (already) creep in here HB....
Siggurdson was so good, that in the four games he played this season, we scraped 1 win at Leicester (25%) and averaged 1.25 points per game.
Since then we have averaged 1.54 points per game (including our bad run followed by a series of draws) and won 38.5% of our games
.29 of a point not much? It equates to an extra 13.34 points over 46 games
by Hoop Blah » 24 Nov 2010 14:58
Isaac HuntHoop Blah Sigurdsson's touch was so good he'd make bad balls good by being able to take them under control and keep the ball, make some room for himself and retain possession like nobody else in the side.
I think you're letting a wee bit too much nostalgia (already) creep in here HB....
by Isaac Hunt » 24 Nov 2010 15:40
Hoop BlahIsaac HuntHoop Blah Sigurdsson's touch was so good he'd make bad balls good by being able to take them under control and keep the ball, make some room for himself and retain possession like nobody else in the side.
I think you're letting a wee bit too much nostalgia (already) creep in here HB....
Who else in our side came close to him in terms of being able to get onto and holding the ball then?
Yes he would flit in and out of games, and certainly didn't bully the opposition or anything like that, but, much like Little, he would look after the ball if that was what was needed.
by Hoop Blah » 24 Nov 2010 15:48
by Snowball » 24 Nov 2010 15:54
winchester_royal Not quite sure that using a sample of 4 games against 14 is a particularly fair comparison TBH.
by Snowball » 24 Nov 2010 16:05
Isaac Hunt
I should probably not have included "like nobody else in the side." from your quote. My point had nothing to do with comparing him to the current side (or that of last season), i just felt you were making him out to have the Midas touch "so good he'd make bad balls good". I agree the lad has talent - his finishing being his greatest - but the original point was about a player that could put his foot on the ball and slow things down. I wouldn't have ever associated Sig with that, as good as a player he is.
by Wycombe Royal » 24 Nov 2010 16:10
SnowballIsaac Hunt
I should probably not have included "like nobody else in the side." from your quote. My point had nothing to do with comparing him to the current side (or that of last season), i just felt you were making him out to have the Midas touch "so good he'd make bad balls good". I agree the lad has talent - his finishing being his greatest - but the original point was about a player that could put his foot on the ball and slow things down. I wouldn't have ever associated Sig with that, as good as a player he is.
Exactly. His style was NOT that of a slow, steady midfield thinker, or a player you coild ask to holf the ball for 15-30 seconds
Of course he was an excellent player. He was actually quite a POOR finisher. He just took an awful lot of shots to get his goals
143 Chances - 74 On Target - 69 Off Target - 22 Goals = 1 Goal every 6.5 Chances
Church, for example was 63 -30 -33 -12 = 1 Goal every 5.1 Chances,
Kebe was 51-30-21 for 12 Goals 1 Goal every 4.25 Chances
The much-maligned Shane Long was 44-24-20 for his 9 goals or 1 Goal every 4.8 Chances
by Hoop Blah » 24 Nov 2010 16:11
Snowball Exactly. His style was NOT that of a slow, steady midfield thinker, or a player you coild ask to holf the ball for 15-30 seconds
by From Despair To Where? » 24 Nov 2010 16:12
by winchester_royal » 24 Nov 2010 16:28
From Despair To Where? Sad how a discussion about our latest loan signing descends into a stat attack regarding the relative merits of a player who left the club nigh on 3 months ago.
This forum is dying a number crunched death.
by Snowball » 24 Nov 2010 16:36
Hoop BlahSnowball Exactly. His style was NOT that of a slow, steady midfield thinker, or a player you coild ask to holf the ball for 15-30 seconds
Disagree, he had the tools to do it, and did at times as far as I'm concerned, I just think we never really asked him to do it because it wasn't how we played or looked to (there weren't many times in his time with us we were looking to slow the game down and see out time or take the pressure off the back four - most of McDermotts time I think we've been chasing games and goals so the situation didn't demand it).
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