Reflections on Leicester away
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Obviously everyone was upset to lose, and this place and especially Twitter are full of emotional hot takes in the aftermath of a game, but there was so much to be positive about in that game
Looking purely at the stats you can see that we were the better team for the vast majority of the game
Higher XG
Higher possession
Twice as many shots
Twice as many touches in the opponents box
Obviously we lose a crap goal where Neumann switched off from the throw and 2 players left it to each other but we just grabbed the game by the scruff after that, felt like we were camped in their half, their players were booting out of play all the time, keeper kicking long to nobody, it's exactly what Davies wants.
Problem was the front 4. Probably fair to say that when everyone is up and running, 3 of the 4 will be different (Duchs, Stanno, Roberts) and the 4th was injured after 20 minutes and should have come off. We win most games this season playing as we did at Leicester with the same front 4, but add those 3 and a fit Gray and I think we beat Leicester.
Their second goal again came out of nowhere and wouldn't have happened if Keshi hadn't fallen asleep, but I reckon in 90% of games this season, we win playing that way, and adding 3 top attackers will make that number higher.
Might well take us to the 2nd international break in October to get into full gear, but I reckon we FLY after that, and will be well in contention for any places between 1-6
Looking purely at the stats you can see that we were the better team for the vast majority of the game
Higher XG
Higher possession
Twice as many shots
Twice as many touches in the opponents box
Obviously we lose a crap goal where Neumann switched off from the throw and 2 players left it to each other but we just grabbed the game by the scruff after that, felt like we were camped in their half, their players were booting out of play all the time, keeper kicking long to nobody, it's exactly what Davies wants.
Problem was the front 4. Probably fair to say that when everyone is up and running, 3 of the 4 will be different (Duchs, Stanno, Roberts) and the 4th was injured after 20 minutes and should have come off. We win most games this season playing as we did at Leicester with the same front 4, but add those 3 and a fit Gray and I think we beat Leicester.
Their second goal again came out of nowhere and wouldn't have happened if Keshi hadn't fallen asleep, but I reckon in 90% of games this season, we win playing that way, and adding 3 top attackers will make that number higher.
Might well take us to the 2nd international break in October to get into full gear, but I reckon we FLY after that, and will be well in contention for any places between 1-6