Hopefully the new lads will be a bit more prolific, some of the chances we miss are ridiculous.To be honest we've really struggled to score 3s 4s or 5s. I'm pretty sure sky said a stat last year along the lines of We'd scored 116 goals in 106 games at the Riverside (something like that).
That's shocking
That said I'm starting to also get a vibe that teams will get pumped under Wilder. A quick fire double with the high press and teams could be blown away.
The thing about Reading is they are devoid of any confidence and loads of injuries. So don't give them a boost by letting them go ahead.
Chris Wilder’s press conference comments yesterday should ring in the players earsJust got a feeling……
was it Posh, a couple of years ago, when we scored 5 in the second half?
Absolutely, complacency is a dangerous thing…Chris Wilder’s press conference comments yesterday should ring in the players ears
Beware complacency and arrogance. Football has a funny way of biting you in the rear.
Totally agree. I’d have my nerves frazzled by a 1-0 win but I’d snap your hand off right now for it !Agreed. As a Boro fan of long standing disappointments I expect the worse. It is in my DNA unfortunately. Frankly I’d be delighted with a 1-0 win.
they also haven't got a single senior defender fit, 3 kids and a midfielder at the backThe thing about Reading is they are devoid of any confidence and loads of injuries. So don't give them a boost by letting them go ahead.
just wait till Celtic fans find out about those stats !...League only, last time we scored :
3 - was Sheff Wed away April 21 3-1 win, 27 games
4 - Birmingham away, Dec 2020, 4-1 win, 51 games
5 - Millwall away, Dec 14, 5-1 win, 322 games
322 games and 7 years JEEEZ, this really has been a lost decade for us
Same here Cardiff..I can just see me at 4.50pm…‘Typical Boro, every time we think we are going places, they let us down big time’Agreed. As a Boro fan of long standing disappointments I expect the worse. It is in my DNA unfortunately. Frankly I’d be delighted with a 1-0 win.
very true, but you want to have 1 or 2 big wins a season. This team creates chances and is tight at the back, we just really struggle to put it in the onion bag consistently and we have to look at that Reading side and see it as an opportunity for a more than 1 or 2 goals. Without being complacent or arrogant, even Readings own fans are predicting 3 or 4 goals against.Thrashing teams is overrated.
If Promotion takes around 25 victories, about 15 of them will be by 1 goal.
Leicester were the last team to really smash the division, and they had 17 or 18 1 goal victories.
Consistency, not big hits, is how it's done.
Didn't they have three midfielders and a kid playing at the back when they beat us away?very true, but you want to have 1 or 2 big wins a season. This team creates chances and is tight at the back, we just really struggle to put it in the onion bag consistently and we have to look at that Reading side and see it as an opportunity for a more than 1 or 2 goals. Without being complacent or arrogant, even Readings own fans are predicting 3 or 4 goals against.
They are such a scratch defence and with our new forwards coming in and proper competition up front, we would hope they want to get off to a great start