What went wrong?

[sillyshrimper]

We are of course now over the 12 (or 13?) match winless run we had and have since won three on the spin. But what can we put this sudden change down to? Was it something we were doing wrong before or something we are doing right now? Can we put this down to the arrival of Loza and Murphy? It all seems very odd to me.

 

[sillyshrimper]

And of course before the winless run we had beaten Portsmouth, Millwall and Chesterfield.

 

[mrsblue]

We are of course now over the 12 (or 13?) match winless run we had and have since won three on the spin. But what can we put this sudden change down to? Was it something we were doing wrong before or something we are doing right now? Can we put this down to the arrival of Loza and Murphy? It all seems very odd to me.

Easy Phil listened to me:winking:

 

[RHB]

Easy Phil listened to me:winking:

Yeah, in your dreams!

 

[ESG]

Pace up front?

 

[Jamie Manktelow]

Pace. Opposition defenders turning back and facing their own goal defending, it's what we forgot to do in that 13 game spell.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Erm....a solid defensive pairing.

 

[tommy tucker]

Our bad run started after we played Hull .Or was it after we lost prosser .Or was it since the in coming of Loza Murphy Egan and Socolik .Or maybe its because all the clubs in the top half apart from Scunthorpe have gone though bad runs take oxford some 8 points clear of us a while ago now 4 points behind us .Lets hope that we have now turned the corner and our 6 game unbeaten run goes on untill the end of the season .

 

[Eddy Melito]

Luck as much as anything. Even during the bad run there were no thrashings, and comparatively few goals conceded. Although it was 12/13 games without a win, it never felt too far away, and involved more draws than defeats.

 

[mrsblue]

Erm....a solid defensive pairing.

We have had a solid defence all season apart from the odd blip,Main problem had been lack of goals,During these 3 games we have won 6 1 on aggregate or an average of 2 per game so with that ratio we will win far more than we lose.

 

[leeblue]

Not a great deal has changed imo...two centre backs that I dare say are the best pairing in this division and we started scoring again.....a word on loza great debut but two very forgetful performances since

 

[Liam AAS]

We need to play Oxford every week

 

[Tampa Blue]

PB was unlucky with his 2 loan signings that got injured on their debuts - you can't legislate for that happening when you have a tight budget.

You never know, but even though neither completed a full match the terms of the loan deal left us with a monthly wage contribution that needed to expire before any replacements could be signed?

 

[Angell Delight]

Easy Phil listened to me:winking:

You do make me chuckle mrsblue, you're good value on here I'll give you that.... :thumbsup:

 

[SU BLUE. 2]

IMO the heavy pitches played havoc with our passing game
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[Fiftyone]

Easy Phil listened to me:winking:

I don't think so, no sign of Jason Williams anywhere near the first team squad.:nope:

 

[Bobby dazzler]

IMO the heavy pitches played havoc with our passing game
UTB

This is something I pointed out previously and agree totally

 

[* ORM *]

IMO the heavy pitches played havoc with our passing game
UTB

Thanks Phil. £5 please:happy:

 

[buffalowolf]

As i pointed out some weeks ago in a post , the heavy pitches and also the lack of a stable central defensive pairing, they took its toll,also lack of penetration up front.thats what my wife pointed out to me LMAO:blush:

 

[Jam_Man]

I dont actually think much has changed other than one game giving the team a massive boost in confidence.

Its very easy to get into a poor run and it is a confidence game, I think we just got ourselves into a rut and needed something to fire us back into winning ways.

That spark came in the form of Loza against Oxford on top of a very good team performance. Unfortunately he hasn't manged to put in another performance like that but the team still had the benefit of that very good win and has done them the world of good.

Other than that there are other positives, the centre back pairing has done very well, and changing to having two out and out forwards certainly had an impact on the Oxford game.