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Not really, I said they were experienced not successful.

Probably not and I'm sure my judgement is clouded somewhat by frustration but these are both experienced (albeit not successful) Premier League strikers.

The timing of the goals plays a part too. How many games have we completely dominated for 60 minutes only to walk away with 1 point or less? Probably the biggest frustration of the season for me. Ultimately, we lose points because we concede a goal or 2 but how many times should we have been 2 or even 3 clear? We've been unable to put the "game to bed" and equally unable to hold on as often as we should have. We've also taken some hammerings along the way, I don't have the stats but gut feel is we've lost by 3 goals or higher, more often than rest of the top 6 or 10. We have taken the lead at some point in 35 out of 45 games this season, only Lester have led more games than us (36). We've only won 25 of the 35 games we've taken the lead in, Lester have won 31. Our average points gained when leading during a game is the 9th best in the league.

Worthy winner of the awards. Can’t help but think he and Che should have shared 60+ goals this season.

3 less clean sheets than the champions is hardly “completely unacceptable”. If our strikers fail to put the game to bed then it’s down to the defenders to hold out. Neither has been good enough and ultimately why we’re in the playoffs.

Both boxes have not been good enough this season.

Come on Splinters, don't be shy

Apologies for interrupting your echo chamber.

Create New Topic > Select Poll > Fill your fucking boots

Nothing major to be gained from this game. Would be good to see some semblance of form returning ahead of the play offs.

I assume you mean scratched and not broken record. HTH.

What’s irrelevant about 2 managers (1 being the topic and the other being our manager) taking similar tasks with relatively similar outcomes, laced with a smattering of humour? Anyway, I’m dying to know who else is on your entirely unrealistic list of managers for a position that will in all likelihood not require filling. So much more interesting than this topic.

Seems a fair question to me, rather than an opportunity for top innernetz passive aggression.

Russell or Danny?

No. Next question.

Whitey doesn’t do stats

I wouldn’t worry about the soapbox, I’d check the source of your mushrooms… fucking Warnock in??? Fuck me. You’re fucking tripping mate.

Not really, for £100m I’d be expecting him to score goals you think how the fuck has he done that. Unfortunately, he misses and I’m thinking how the fuck has he done that!

Hopefully the Lesser Spotted Drogba turns into the Loch Ness Drogba we think we purchased. A goal at Wembley would be so sweet, we can but dream.

It's a fair way of looking at things. Even for allowing for the data outliers it's still more goals conceded than Lester and Lids have over their 44 games. Yes, it maybe not as bad as it seems but it's still not good enough. I don't think we can question that. Without doubt we should have conceded less and scored more than we have this season.

And this shows the difference between those that see the bigger picture and those that shit the bed after a few bad results.

Yeah Tony Bloom must be fucking gutted, taking a team from the Withdean to Europa league football, what a fucking disaster.

What’s more Interesting is that you’re judging a team based on one performance when the previous 18 months have been pretty spectacular despite losing £200m worth of talent.

Why not enjoy and celebrate success? The journey is never meaningless, it’s everything.

You’re watching a very different game to me then.