by Denver Royal »
11 Feb 2018 19:16
One thing I don't like so far in this system is we don't jump out and get on top of teams early. We generally don't score many early goals. Its been that way for some time and hasn't been fixed. Would love a goal in the first 5 mins. Other teams do it, we don't.
That said, yesterday I'd have taken 0-0 at HT when you are playing away, long trip, etc. You can win away games with that strategy, don't concede early, etc. But, I can't say it was a surprise we hadn't scored yet.
The longer the game goes without us scoring, its like we are waiting for ourselves to then leak one from a mistake (which Stam keeps grumbling about). We've only had one or two clean sheets all season(?), so chances of a 0-0 are fairly remote. Heck, lets win a game 4-2 and so if we make a mistake its not a disaster.
Bod doesn't really do it for me against Champ defenders at this point in his career, esp as a lone striker. I'm not a huge fan of playing a lone striker anyway (esp with one of our strikers) because it typically hasn't meant clean sheets for us at the back anyway. I'm not saying its all Bod's fault, and I think he tries and he could develop, but when he is up against someone like Gibson yesterday I'm not exactly over-confident. We've placed a lot of reliance on Bod this season, but he really doesn't have the resume to back it up. It takes a leap of faith to play him as a lone striker in a game like that, I think. I'd start Martin next game.