BH_Stag wrote:broomo wrote:No team has gone behind fewer times than us all season. 14 alongside Stockport and Wrexham.
No team has a higher points per game total when going behind either.
In other words this toothless when chasing a goal thing is a bit of a myth.
Slightly surprised at that. Think we have won from behind twice this season?
We could have done more to force the issue in plenty of home games this season late on. Bradford, Wimbledon, Sutton, Crewe, MK, Doncaster, Tranmere vs 10 men to win it, all slipped by without us really forcing the issue.
I’ve openly said that we’ve done brilliantly this season and we deserve to be where we are, I just think it’s an area where we could improve.
Quite a few draws when we've gone behind will help I'd imagine. Think the larger problem seems to be we've picked up only 2 points (I think) in the final 10 minutes of games all season, and seem incapable of throwing the kitchen sink at sides. We keep our composure and our shape very well regardless of the score, which is what makes us quite hard to beat as we haven't tended to crumble and protect leads well. I think it just means when we're not at the races it's very difficult for us to get anything late on, as it's not in our nature to go all or nothing and risk losing by more / losing control.
The Tuesday night stats are interesting, and are so unusual you'd think there is a psychological reason behind it. Perhaps the focus required to play how we do (trying to keep control both on and off the ball, and cutting mistakes to a minimum) is quite hard to maintain multiple times a week, perhaps creating lapse when players think there is no danger (and therefore errors) - were all 4 goals against MK and Tranmere from outside the box?