by Sexy_Gulls » 15 Feb 2012, 04:01
In October I, along with many other Gulls fans, went to Southend and saw the lads get hammered 4-1.
3 days later we changed formation and battered AFC Wimbledon 4-0. For me that game is when our current run of form started, so heres some rather impressive stats for ya (league only)
P16 W13 D2 L1
That makes us the form side in the country by a long way, 7 wins in 2012, 1 defeat in 16, 41 points from 48. Whichever way you look at it there isn't another team close.
Goals conceded in those 16 games: 7 (3 from Accrington away, so 4 in the 15 other games)
However the best stat of all is this, apart from the Accrington game we have not let the other team define the result. We have not had a win changed into a draw, or a draw into a defeat. If we score first we win. if we don't score the game ends 0-0. Tonight fans have talked about nerves in the stands but none on the pitch, we haven't thrown anything away. Nothing. Literally. (not even in the Jamie Redknapp sense)
A few months ago I posted asking whether we could sneak the play-offs. I said yes because I thought that we played good football that creates clear opportunities to score and so don't really on luck, and at the other end we defend well and make the opposition rely on luck to score. We have been lucky only in the sense that bad luck hasn't happened. We haven't scored a hatful of goals because we haven't needed to. Seeing how confident we are makes me believe that if we did concede first, or get pegged back, we would up our game accordingly. Both games against Plymouth saw us raise our game in a second half to a level they couldn't match. Tonight I listened on gulls player and never really thought that Cheltenham would score. For a fan of any lower league team that happens once in a blue moon.
I know we will loose at some point, we'll probably go on a bad run too, and teams below us have games in hand. But crucially we are playing as a team, relying on collective ability, rather than individual moments to get us results. Every single player since Southend away has done their job and beyond, no-one is letting the side down and today Chris McPhee came off the bench to replace one of our most important players in probably the toughest game of the season and no-one noticed the difference.
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In October I, along with many other Gulls fans, went to Southend and saw the lads get hammered 4-1.
3 days later we changed formation and battered AFC Wimbledon 4-0. For me that game is when our current run of form started, so heres some rather impressive stats for ya (league only)
P16 W13 D2 L1
That makes us the form side in the country by a long way, 7 wins in 2012, 1 defeat in 16, 41 points from 48. Whichever way you look at it there isn't another team close.
Goals conceded in those 16 games: 7 (3 from Accrington away, so 4 in the 15 other games)
However the best stat of all is this, apart from the Accrington game we have not let the other team define the result. We have not had a win changed into a draw, or a draw into a defeat. If we score first we win. if we don't score the game ends 0-0. Tonight fans have talked about nerves in the stands but none on the pitch, we haven't thrown anything away. Nothing. Literally. (not even in the Jamie Redknapp sense)
A few months ago I posted asking whether we could sneak the play-offs. I said yes because I thought that we played good football that creates clear opportunities to score and so don't really on luck, and at the other end we defend well and make the opposition rely on luck to score. We have been lucky only in the sense that bad luck hasn't happened. We haven't scored a hatful of goals because we haven't needed to. Seeing how confident we are makes me believe that if we did concede first, or get pegged back, we would up our game accordingly. Both games against Plymouth saw us raise our game in a second half to a level they couldn't match. Tonight I listened on gulls player and never really thought that Cheltenham would score. For a fan of any lower league team that happens once in a blue moon.
I know we will loose at some point, we'll probably go on a bad run too, and teams below us have games in hand. But crucially we are playing as a team, relying on collective ability, rather than individual moments to get us results. Every single player since Southend away has done their job and beyond, no-one is letting the side down and today Chris McPhee came off the bench to replace one of our most important players in probably the toughest game of the season and no-one noticed the difference.
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