Failing to hold on to a lead

[blade67]

Seen a few comments on here tonight on a theme such as " why do we always sit back on a lead,it always fails etc. etc."

Its interesting because I can only think of today when that has been an issue all season.

We've let a few leads slip such as Swansea, Stoke, Rotherham, Bristol City, West Brom and Birmingham but in most of those the issue has been playing too open such as at Rotherham where we bombed forward and got caught. West Brom, Bristol and Swansea just turned into wide open games.

Have I missed something ?

 

[AdamSufc1997]

It's stupid that Wilder decides to sit back with 20-30 minutes still to play

 

[super_pig]

heh.. ‘we’ve let a few leads slip such as .. ( and then lists 6 games and didn’t include villa!)

 

[BritishSteel]

Good job I have no problem holding onto a lead , I have Akitas and if I did fail to hold onto their leads they would rule this city in a week and make you all their bitches.

 

[Robboblade1889]

It's stupid that Wilder decides to sit back with 20-30 minutes still to play

He didn’t sit back you pudding the players got nervous and retreated it happens. You seem to hijack every thread with your inane negativity it’s pathetic.

 

[Toronto Blade]

Millwall wanted that point they were probably spurred on with us losing Bash then Sharp and finally Egan going off .
Bash and Egan would have helped keeping those giants at bay.
We looked tired at the end even though the first half was played at a slow pace.We have stopped going for the second goal ,we take the foot of the gas too early and allow the opposition back into it.
A one goal lead is difficult to defend for a length of time one mistake and it is gone.

 

[oldblade]

It's stupid that Wilder decides to sit back with 20-30 minutes still to play

You are assuming it was Wilder's idea to sit back.

His after match comments suggest otherwise.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47835891

 

[1973Blade]

If football was played over 85 minutes we would be comfortably second!

 

[Champagneblade]

Wilder didn't want them to sit back. It was the players who dropped back.

Thought let's be fair, we just had a spell of several games not conceding at home and a similar run in consecutive games.

We can't drop any more silly bollocks points.

1 out of 6 at home when we needed a maximum is a huge let down.

It's almost got to be 4 wins from 4 now.

 

[super_pig]

You are assuming it was Wilder's idea to sit back.

His after match comments suggest otherwise.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47835891

we were bound to go backwards after cranie came in we had no out ball. i’m a bit disappointed with Chris throwing the players under a bus tbh.. when billy went off and cranie came on everyone where i sit said ‘wtf?’ .. it wa a bit too clever again, a bit like when johnson came on vs bristol.. that substitution cost us the game .. from that point we were going backwards and Millwall smelt blood .. everyone in the ground knew what was coming

 

[super_pig]

Wilder didn't want them to sit back. It was the players who dropped back.

Thought let's be fair, we just had a spell of several games not conceding at home and a similar run in consecutive games.

We can't drop any more silly bollocks points.

1 out of 6 at home when we needed a maximum is a huge let down.

It's almost got to be 4 wins from 4 now.

we need a miracle now .. they do happen just quite rare

 

[blade67]

It's stupid that Wilder decides to sit back with 20-30 minutes still to play

But the point I'm making is "how often does this cost us points?"

I think it is hardly ever.

You can't count Villa because that was just a series of erros at 3-0 up, not sitting back to protect a lead.

Today I'll give you as the team definitely sat on 1-0, even if Wilder didn't tell to, but when else has it cost us ?