Tonight for example.
And again, Brentford. We started ok for 10 minutes. They have a good 2nd 10 minutes but score a goal and it's a different game.
Blues came with a plan and backed it up with a Dunkirk spirit. If Albion had managed to score at any time, again, it's a different game.
I'm not expecting Hull to be easy but an early goal for us wouldn't go amiss.
As much as I agree, scoring too early can be a bad thing. 0-0 at HT and finish the game as strongly as we did away from home is no bad thing either.
I suppose the blindingly obvious opposite to this is don't concede first.
It’s small margins this division. Brentford got that goal and it completely changed the game. We had started well.
However, resilience and confidence is the most valuable part of promotion campaigns. Last night was a big statement which will have done as much bad for Brentford as good for us.
Interesting this. Would be good to understand the current impact of first goal on final result as to what it has been pre-COVID.
(07-01-2020, 10:26 PM)Tom Joad Wrote: [ -> ]Tonight for example.
And again, Brentford. We started ok for 10 minutes. They have a good 2nd 10 minutes but score a goal and it's a different game.
Blues came with a plan and backed it up with a Dunkirk spirit. If Albion had managed to score at any time, again, it's a different game.
I'm not expecting Hull to be easy but an early goal for us wouldn't go amiss.
Not long before we scored I said to the nipper we just need a slice of 'luck' just something to go for us and then their defender stupidly pulled O'Shea down.
Depending on how they do tonight Hull will probably come at us all guns blazing. Suit us.