Andy_Petterson wrote:sallian wrote:saddla wrote:I remember chatting to a couple of the players who played under Chris Nichol. They said he loved it when we won 1-0 if we won 3-2 he would go balistic over the 2 goals conceded. First and foremost keep a clean sheet was his motto.
It is the wrong motto, though...because even if you play excellent defensively...you can still be beaten by things that have nothing to do with bad defending e.g.:-
* speed
* trickery
* bad decisions
* dodgy pitches
* injury causing tackles/stretches etc
* unstoppable cannon-ball shots
Of course you must try and keep a clean sheet, you wont lose if you don't concede, but you can't win if you don't score....and you can still win even if you score several times if you score more.....and a win is worth more than a draw...so attack is better than defence as a way to victory although both are important.
If we score 2 or 3 a game...we can afford to let in one a game.... But if we can only score one a game...then a good defence will not be enough to get promoted.
You are looking at it from the wrong angle
You get the same number of points for winning 3-0 or 2-0 as 1-0. But you lose two points if you draw 1-1.
In that sense an extra goal scored is worth far less than an extra goal conceded.
And that is why you are so very wrong.
I have no idea why you are so dense and stubborn though.
please tell me that reply is a wind-up ...otherwise I am gonna have to get you to sit down with a grown up!
With people like you we don't deserve to change things for the better nor score more goals!
