Kalimantan Gull
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Are you serious? We create very few chances?
I agree WTF??
I have seen a lot of those games too, another way to think about it is this. In those games, how many chances did our opponents create compared to ours.
TBH I would say the opposite, had CMS, Barnes and Noone put away a higher % of their chances our goal difference would be immense.
Stats always help when they back up your argument
From the Beeb:
1. Brighton 18 shots (10 on, 8 off) v Doncaster 9 (5,4) - can't recall hardly any of those, must have been too busy gazing round the ground. My bad.
2. Brighton 11 (4,7) v Gillingham 3 (2,1)
3. Brighton 4 (4,0) v Portsmouth 11 (3,8)
4. Brighton 8 (3,5) v Cardiff 12 (7,5)
5. Brighton 5 (3,2) v Blackpool 5 (3,2)
6. Brighton 10 (6,4) v Sunderland 22 (10,12)
7. Brighton 9 (3,6) v Peterborough 12 (9,3)
8. Brighton 14 (8,6) v Bristol City 15 (9,6)
79 shots (12 fewer than from Thunderbolts's figure?). I certainly wouldn't trust the beeb's figures in the absolute, but as a comparison its interesting. So aside from the first game, and ignoring the two Carling Cup games if you want, we have had slightly fewer shots than our opponents all season and yet top the table. Interesting, non?
It was pretty clear to me that at Bristol we were only shooting when we thought we'd scored (rightly or wrongly). I think looking at the number of shots may be a bit of a red herring.
Indeed. We've also been without most of our creative players, Noone excepted, during this period. Some of the team selections have focused on numbers in midfield rather than creativity. Lua Lua, Buckley, Harley and Vicente coming in will make a difference. We also don't hit teams on the break, unlike most of our opponents; and don't have a big aerial threat from corners etc.