ucandomagic
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Just got back home from staying over after the Oxford game in the Hunters Bar Buddhist Meditation Centre AirBnB - Om!
So 2 games down -16 to go - and still spot on target on both playoff pathways - they don’t diverge for a while. A funny old game against Oxford - quite the opposite from recently. This time we didn’t really create a lot of chances but, unlike us, we were quite clinical - and we even gave them a goal start. A poor tackle from Femi and they have a speculative shot which Coops just blocks forwards for an easy tap-in by Peart-Harris. On a damp greasy night Coops should probably have pushed it sideways, rather than try to take it.
Our first goal was a lovely ball from Blaster to Burrows who pulled back a perfect cross with his right foot and Sydie passed the ball beautifully into the corner. (I bet Harrison hasn’t got many right foot assists). For our second, the defender went to ground but failed to dispossess Cannon, who pulled it back for Brooks to shimmy to his left and curl it in. Ogbene came on after about 70 minutes, as Brooks had had a slight knock, and I was hoping to see Oggie’s blistering pace going down the wing. What I wasn’t expecting, was to see him calmly take a 40-yard pass from Gus, knock it past the defender with his chest and slide it confidently into the net! That was game over, as Oxford basically just lay down and died. Usual bizarre bits of refereeing of course, such as Sydie getting booked for being kicked, but 3 points on the board and on to Boro.
Table 1 shows my 2 pathways, for the last 18 games, which would achieve either a possible playoff place with 71 points or a probable playoff place, with 77 points.
The Table shows that the red numbers are still on target, and the dream is still on!
Table 1:
Graph 1 shows the whole season visually, and you can see the pathways through the red line. I want to see the red line climbing above the targets - but perhaps I shouldn’t get greedy.
Graph 1:
Finally the colour annotated League Table - 15th and rising. Keep scoring 3 at home and the job's half done!! I don't want to see red again though!
League Table:
I’m really looking forward to Monday night and Phillips and/or Rothwell in front of an increasingly solid-looking Tanganga and Bindon. Boro have been looking really good lately and strengthened well, particularly Sarmiento from Brighton, so it will be a real test. If we are still on track after the Boro game, maybe some of the less-hopeful Blades will start to allow themselves at least a flutter of optimistic excitement!
UTB & Slava Ukraini!
So 2 games down -16 to go - and still spot on target on both playoff pathways - they don’t diverge for a while. A funny old game against Oxford - quite the opposite from recently. This time we didn’t really create a lot of chances but, unlike us, we were quite clinical - and we even gave them a goal start. A poor tackle from Femi and they have a speculative shot which Coops just blocks forwards for an easy tap-in by Peart-Harris. On a damp greasy night Coops should probably have pushed it sideways, rather than try to take it.
Our first goal was a lovely ball from Blaster to Burrows who pulled back a perfect cross with his right foot and Sydie passed the ball beautifully into the corner. (I bet Harrison hasn’t got many right foot assists). For our second, the defender went to ground but failed to dispossess Cannon, who pulled it back for Brooks to shimmy to his left and curl it in. Ogbene came on after about 70 minutes, as Brooks had had a slight knock, and I was hoping to see Oggie’s blistering pace going down the wing. What I wasn’t expecting, was to see him calmly take a 40-yard pass from Gus, knock it past the defender with his chest and slide it confidently into the net! That was game over, as Oxford basically just lay down and died. Usual bizarre bits of refereeing of course, such as Sydie getting booked for being kicked, but 3 points on the board and on to Boro.
Table 1 shows my 2 pathways, for the last 18 games, which would achieve either a possible playoff place with 71 points or a probable playoff place, with 77 points.
The Table shows that the red numbers are still on target, and the dream is still on!
Table 1:
Graph 1 shows the whole season visually, and you can see the pathways through the red line. I want to see the red line climbing above the targets - but perhaps I shouldn’t get greedy.
Graph 1:
Finally the colour annotated League Table - 15th and rising. Keep scoring 3 at home and the job's half done!! I don't want to see red again though!
League Table:
I’m really looking forward to Monday night and Phillips and/or Rothwell in front of an increasingly solid-looking Tanganga and Bindon. Boro have been looking really good lately and strengthened well, particularly Sarmiento from Brighton, so it will be a real test. If we are still on track after the Boro game, maybe some of the less-hopeful Blades will start to allow themselves at least a flutter of optimistic excitement!
UTB & Slava Ukraini!
