| One goal conceded 19:03 - Oct 2 with 1328 views | Al_Bundy |
In 5 home matches..!! has this been discussed? Great effort compared to last seasons leaky defence. Well done management |  | | |  |
| One goal conceded on 19:06 - Oct 2 with 1316 views | Starsky |
That was probably Neil Taylor's fault.  |  |
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| One goal conceded on 19:07 - Oct 2 with 1311 views | longlostjack |
Indeed. Well done Gary Monk but I hope you're not tempting fate Mr Bundy |  |
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| One goal conceded on 19:11 - Oct 2 with 1292 views | DwightYorkeSuperstar |
An excellent record.
If we can sort out our strikers we may be treated to an excellent season. |  |
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| One goal conceded on 19:11 - Oct 2 with 1292 views | Al_Bundy |
| One goal conceded on 19:07 - Oct 2 by longlostjack |
Indeed. Well done Gary Monk but I hope you're not tempting fate Mr Bundy |
I'm confident we'll see off Newcastle's blunt strike force
Eagerly awaiting Pardew's latest ramblings why they lost to us again. | | | |
| One goal conceded on 19:23 - Oct 2 with 1255 views | Jacksview |
Cue Spratty with his ML statistics | | | |
| One goal conceded on 09:01 - Oct 3 with 1080 views | CTB184 |
| One goal conceded on 19:11 - Oct 2 by DwightYorkeSuperstar |
An excellent record.
If we can sort out our strikers we may be treated to an excellent season. |
We scored the highest amount of goals (54) in the 13/14 season for all the teams who finished 9th or below (the second highest was 45). Hopefully we'll continue this trend along with our good defensive record so far. |  |
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| One goal conceded on 09:03 - Oct 3 with 1073 views | Neath_Jack |
| One goal conceded on 19:11 - Oct 2 by Al_Bundy |
I'm confident we'll see off Newcastle's blunt strike force
Eagerly awaiting Pardew's latest ramblings why they lost to us again. |
That's put the kibosh on it. |  |
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| One goal conceded on 09:33 - Oct 3 with 1044 views | oldcob |
Our 'goals against' is down mainly to Fabs goalkeeping. Opposition shots at goal are limited because he claims the ball so well from crosses, thus not allowing it to reach opposition strikers. Its years since we had a keeper who commands the area like he does. | | | |
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| One goal conceded on 11:12 - Oct 3 with 987 views | lidojack |
| One goal conceded on 09:33 - Oct 3 by oldcob |
Our 'goals against' is down mainly to Fabs goalkeeping. Opposition shots at goal are limited because he claims the ball so well from crosses, thus not allowing it to reach opposition strikers. Its years since we had a keeper who commands the area like he does. |
Having a keeper who is dominant in the air can relieve so much pressure on the defence. It not only helps prevent corner/cross goals but gives the defence confidence to focus on other parts of the game. I think huge credit has to go to Fabianski for this. |  | | |
| One goal conceded on 12:28 - Oct 3 with 928 views | Spratty |
| One goal conceded on 19:23 - Oct 2 by Jacksview |
Cue Spratty with his ML statistics |
No no it’s fair enough in so far as it might be considered a representative sample, outstanding record, Sousa would approve.
Of course it becomes more realistic when all our games are considered but still something to be very proud of and satisfying as we are spending more and more money on the team to be getting rewards for that so far.
Indeed overall last season the average goals conceded was a fair bit higher than in all our limited games so far. Surprisingly even more so after West Ham, even though by that time we had an almost fully fit team. Of course our major key injuries and massively congested fixture list prior to that must have taken it’s toll on our defence last season.
Conversely if you consider the same sample last season — the first 5 games — we actually scored over 60% more goals. However it would be churlish and wrong to conclude from that, that our strikers are not up to it this season, just as it might be to refer to our defence last season as leaky (when we were dealing with major key injuries and massively packed fixture lists). Just good to celebrate all the amazing things we achieve and look to build on them and equal or exceed them if we can.
I agree Fabianski has been brilliant for us. |  | | |
| One goal conceded on 20:31 - Oct 3 with 812 views | Glyn1 |
And another thing! Last week was the first time that we haven't conceded an away goal in almost a year. Perhaps Taylor and Fed are making us more solid on the left? |  |
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