Fantastic performance but...

[DronnieBlade]

We were robbed of a point at Boro.

Roundabouts in it swings !

We bashed em. Let's not try and diminish what was a thoroughly dominant performance, and a fully deserved 3 points, however they came about.

UTB

 

[Benny and the Blades]

Like most evenly matched games the two big things that make the difference are confidence and luck and one usually breeds the other ...

 

[Bladeinleeds]

We had a couple of one on ones that could have gone in on another day. Fleck and sharp, one played across the box that all Stephens had to do was connect with and it was a goal.

Davies had a worldy last week. We are creating chances.

Let's not go over board because we got the rub of the green. We were well on top and pressuring them - we would have continued to do so and been more attacking had we not got a comfortable lead

 

[bigbirdblade]

Would we have ever scored had the goals not been gifted to us?

Don't get me wrong... Sharp's finish for both goals was exquisite! He took them superbly. He also had the best game I've seen him play in months. He was everywhere and really put a shift in.

But, first half, 70% possession, and never looked like scoring until they gifted us 2 goals. That's a worry to me.

It's ok to get a bit carried away with the result and overall performance - which were both great. But if we are playing that well we need to be far more clinical in the final third. And we're not currently. That could so easily ended up a draw yesterday - which would not have been justice- but it seems to me we are capable of making the bullets but have only one bloke, Billy, who is capable of firing them.

But we did. We can only play the situation presented to us. That was the way the game panned out and we scored from it. Can't do anything else.

 

[Dnblade]

Would we have ever scored had the goals not been gifted to us?

Don't get me wrong... Sharp's finish for both goals was exquisite! He took them superbly. He also had the best game I've seen him play in months. He was everywhere and really put a shift in.

But, first half, 70% possession, and never looked like scoring until they gifted us 2 goals. That's a worry to me.

It's ok to get a bit carried away with the result and overall performance - which were both great. But if we are playing that well we need to be far more clinical in the final third. And we're not currently. That could so easily ended up a draw yesterday - which would not have been justice- but it seems to me we are capable of making the bullets but have only one bloke, Billy, who is capable of firing them.

We were gifted the goals,but

Would we have ever scored had the goals not been gifted to us?

Don't get me wrong... Sharp's finish for both goals was exquisite! He took them superbly. He also had the best game I've seen him play in months. He was everywhere and really put a shift in.

But, first half, 70% possession, and never looked like scoring until they gifted us 2 goals. That's a worry to me.

It's ok to get a bit carried away with the result and overall performance - which were both great. But if we are playing that well we need to be far more clinical in the final third. And we're not currently. That could so easily ended up a draw yesterday - which would not have been justice- but it seems to me we are capable of making the bullets but have only one bloke, Billy, who is capable of firing them.

For me,i think if the gifted chances hadn't come along and it was 0-0 after an hour,CW would have changed things and brought on Brooks to run at and beyond people.
Even without that we created chances...Sharp where Carson saved,his offside goal,Fleck had a couple of chances.
I'd have liked to have seen Brooks running at that Derby defence,it was the only thing lacking...we're having to work the ball with one two's and move defenders around to try and work space or get in behind,and sometimes the final ball didn't come off...someone like Brooks would have provided a different threat for me.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

But we did. We can only play the situation presented to us. That was the way the game panned out and we scored from it. Can't do anything else.

Well.. I know where you are coming from and luck and all that plays a big part. But I think we are not entirely at fate of what is presented to us. I think we can force the issue - if we are more positive up top. Hopefully it will come because quite honestly that could be the difference between us challenging for promotion or just falling short.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

We were gifted the goals,but
For me,i think if the gifted chances hadn't come along and it was 0-0 after an hour,CW would have changed things and brought on Brooks to run at and beyond people.
Even without that we created chances...Sharp where Carson saved,his offside goal,Fleck had a couple of chances.
I'd have liked to have seen Brooks running at that Derby defence,it was the only thing lacking...we're having to work the ball with one two's and move defenders around to try and work space or get in behind,and sometimes the final ball didn't come off...someone like Brooks would have provided a different threat for me.

Don't disagree with that at all. I think Brooks is fast enough and naive enough to do things more experienced players have had coached out of them!

 

[bigbirdblade]

But it's like sat Ng what if a shot had gone in and not got the post. It didn't, we won Yadda Yadda

 

[adebo]

I understand the OP but I remember Carruthers cross that needed a tap in. Flecks shot was a wonderful save, second keeper in a week to pull one back off the line. Billys shot Carson tipped round, we could and would have netted. What we need and everyone is saying it,and wilder knows its pace and someone to share billys workload that's why Sinclair looks ideal if it comes off we could start to dream of what might be with an extra goal or 2 each game!

 

[Kenilworth]

Would we have ever scored had the goals not been gifted to us?

Don't get me wrong... Sharp's finish for both goals was exquisite! He took them superbly. He also had the best game I've seen him play in months. He was everywhere and really put a shift in.

But, first half, 70% possession, and never looked like scoring until they gifted us 2 goals. That's a worry to me.

It's ok to get a bit carried away with the result and overall performance - which were both great. But if we are playing that well we need to be far more clinical in the final third. And we're not currently. That could so easily ended up a draw yesterday - which would not have been justice- but it seems to me we are capable of making the bullets but have only one bloke, Billy, who is capable of firing them.

Ever felt your Auntie's bollocks?

 

[Dnblade]

Don't disagree with that at all. I think Brooks is fast enough and naive enough to do things more experienced players have had coached out of them!

I just think if he runs past a player it opens things up..it takes defenders out of the game and creates gaps,we lacked that type of player...We didn't need it in the end as we' were 2-0 up and in no danger until their injury time goal,but I'm sure CW would have used him if it would have been 0-0 after an hour.

 

[andy m]

Would we have ever scored had the goals not been gifted to us?

Don't get me wrong... Sharp's finish for both goals was exquisite! He took them superbly. He also had the best game I've seen him play in months. He was everywhere and really put a shift in.

But, first half, 70% possession, and never looked like scoring until they gifted us 2 goals. That's a worry to me.

It's ok to get a bit carried away with the result and overall performance - which were both great. But if we are playing that well we need to be far more clinical in the final third. And we're not currently. That could so easily ended up a draw yesterday - which would not have been justice- but it seems to me we are capable of making the bullets but have only one bloke, Billy, who is capable of firing them.

We never looked like scoring until they gifted us a goal after 4 minutes?

 

[metalblade]

It could have been a very different 2nd half if we had not picked up injuries. Lavery was unlucky to pick up another when he needs to be staking a claim for a place, Carruthers hardly on 10mins when he had to go off after making a couple of good runs both disrupted our game plan but we still made chances. Sometimes you just have to play the cards that are dealt out to you, we got the result and deserved to I'd be far more worried if we were not making chances and not in the game. We have played 5 teams 4 of them decent only Cardiff looked like running away with the game, overall I don't think we can complain about much so far this season we are doing OK at the moment.

 

[bonobo]

I think our Achilles are turning possession and well worked opening into concrete chances....and how we handle pace on the counter attack....hopefully our other many qualities will suffice, throughout the season....but I can imagine scenario's where yesterdays's performance turn into frustration rather than joy....a reasonable OP, I think...

 

[Pinchy]

I don't think you are mate, honestly. And I'm really not wanting to sound critical. But you know, I've learned a lot of things in life, watching football but also in big corporate business environments. And I tell you what, I bet most folks think those are two totally different situations, not worthy of comparison. But I tell you what happens...

When things are going well, people brush over things. This happens a lot in big business. If the general thing is going well, no one pays any attention to the smaller details that are going wrong. Then one day BANG! The whole bloody lot goes up in your face. And then folks look back in retrospect and go..."well, that's been a problem for a while, we know it has, but things were going so well at the time that no one did anything about it". And it's exactly the same in football for me.

I was absolutely buzzing leaving the lane yesterday. I really, really, enjoyed it. For me, we put a marker down that this team is not to be underestimated at this level. It was a really important point in our season, albeit just a few games old.

But also, if I was manager, I wouldn't be basking in the glow of that win and thinking all is good. And I doubt Wilder will either. He'll have seen in the last 2 games that we had monstrous amounts of possession and wiped the floor with the opposition - but - we are pretty toothless when it comes to scoring goals. And that is something we need to consider an urgent fix - best do it now whilst we are still happy and excited than wait till it becomes a painful sore on our arses.

You might not be aware, then, that Tufty intends to bring in Sinclair and an experienced centre-forward?

Astonishing I know, but he actually spots these things before we do...

 

[Pinchy]

OK, add the Barnsley game into your analysis then. Same again - wiped the floor with them - only managed to score one goal. I'm telling you that's not good enough. And we need to improve that.

I'm telling you Tufty knows that and you're no clairvoyant.

 

[PokerBlade]

Aside from the goals we scored, we didn't score.

The thing with tautologies is that, while true in every interpretation, they're fairly useless.

If we hadn't gone two nil up then we wouldn't have sat deeper and tried to absorb the pressure. Derby probably wouldn't have brought on Nugent and Martin so early. Maybe we would have brought Brooks on for more attacking threat.

Who knows? All you can really judge is the standard of football being played. And on that I can only repeat what I've said about our other games so far this season: you can see our weaknesses, and you can see our strengths. We'll pick up points and if we maintain this standard we'll be in this division next season.

 

[John Street West Terrace]

Maybe Fleck puts his chance away , maybe Fleck squares it and chef puts it away , maybe Carson doesn't get down to Sharps shot , maybe JOC second half header goes in ... maybe , maybe , maybe .... all pie in the sky ...yes we got the rub of the green today they'll be days we don't ..we won 3-1 on this occasion enjoy the moment .. dissect the defeats

 

[PeteBlade]

Indeed.

Quite.

 

[FTPE]

Let's be fair, if anyone deserves a bit of bleeding luck so far this season it's us.
Plus, we made our own luck yesterday.

If you shoot, it takes a massive deflection and goes in that is luck, but you've created that luck for yourself.
If you didn't have the balls to shoot, that luck would have never transpired in the first place.

 

[Silent Blade]

When I saw our line up before the match I never expected us to score three. I was surprised that Derby played rather deep which was great for us. I would have thought that with us lacking height and pace up front they would have pressed higher

 

[Bladesman]

Would we have ever scored had the goals not been gifted to us?

Don't get me wrong... Sharp's finish for both goals was exquisite! He took them superbly. He also had the best game I've seen him play in months. He was everywhere and really put a shift in.

But, first half, 70% possession, and never looked like scoring until they gifted us 2 goals. That's a worry to me.

It's ok to get a bit carried away with the result and overall performance - which were both great. But if we are playing that well we need to be far more clinical in the final third. And we're not currently. That could so easily ended up a draw yesterday - which would not have been justice- but it seems to me we are capable of making the bullets but have only one bloke, Billy, who is capable of firing them.

Normally I would agree but look how many players are closing Derby down for that opening goal. We must have had about 4 or 5 players pressing them into a mistake.

We still need another striker anyway but we needed one before the Derby match. Even more so now Lavery is injured and Evans still isn't fully fit.

 

[Nick Jansky]

When I saw our line up before the match I never expected us to score three. I was surprised that Derby played rather deep which was great for us. I would have thought that with us lacking height and pace up front they would have pressed higher

They were forced to play deep because of the amount of pressing we were doing.