SnowballRev Algenon Stickleback HJR We had 16 corners they had 1. We had 19 shots they had 6.
It's a travesty that we lost, but fair play to them for ruthless efficiency.
Dowd was dreadful even if be got the pens right.
It wasn't a travesty that we lost. We had lots of play but did very little with it. Our chances were not good chances on the whole. They created more good chances than we did, and the team that creates most of those has the best chance of winning.
True, two of their chances were gifts from penalties, but the lad had a very good chance of scoring if he'd not been brought down for the first penalty. The 2nd penalty was a total gift though.
I'm just glad it wasn't 3-3 at that stage, as it would have been a real sickener to have lost to that.
19 shots, 11 on target, versus Swansea's 6 shots (4 on target)
No, not a travesty, but Karacan had two shots blocked, Mills had a great shot blocked, Hunt, hit post etc.
The tiniest bit of luck and it could have been a very different result.
Two horrible defensive decisions on our part. We weren't outplayed, we simply blew it.
It comes back to what I said in another thread about "stats". They are often fairly misleading. Swansea only had 4 on target, but all four were clear shots at goal with at most the keeper to beat. Dobbie also ought to have done much better with the 2nd half chance he pulled wide. In other words they had five chances where the attacker was odds on to score.
How many as good as those did we have?