Games where we've been the better team over 90 mins

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Travelling down to Brighton yesterday we were trying to think of games where we've looked a reasonable team over the whole 90 mins. We could think of only three :

Watford win away is probably the standout, albeit against ten men in part.

Everton win at home.

Man Utd loss at home

Yes, we've had decent 45's but been under the cosh for the other half. Our other two wins were fortunate and we've failed to win any of our ' six pointers ' stretching right back to Watford at home in September.

Anyone want to add to the list ?

Edited April 3, 2022 by ......and Smith must score.

[Midlands Yellow 3,917]

2 minutes ago, ......and Smith must score. said:

Travelling down to Brighton yesterday we were trying to think of games where we've looked a reasonable team over the whole 90 mins. We could think of only three :

Watford win away is probably the standout, albeit against ten men in part.

Everton win at home.

Man Utd loss at home

Yes, we've had decent 45's but been under the cosh for the other half. Our other two wins were fortunate and we've failed to win any of our ' six pointers ' stretching right back to Watford at home in September.

Anyone want to add to the list ?

Brentford away and I’m still thinking. 

[The Great Mass Debater 1,073]

Bournemouth? That count?

Newcastle I thought we deserved to win. That probably is it though

[GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 1,734]

Wolves (h) ?

[......and Smith must score. 1,331]

2 minutes ago, GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary said:

Wolves (h) ?

Yep, forgot Wolves at home ( and I was thinking of League games which doesn't include Bournemouth's second string 😀 )

 

[Midlands Yellow 3,917]

Chelsea away was decent too. 

[......and Smith must score. 1,331]

The Newcastle and Brentford away games we couldn't dominate a team down to ten for most of the match and we were hanging on for dear life at Brentford 2nd half

Edited April 3, 2022 by ......and Smith must score.

[Mason 47 1,371]

I think it's a skewed reality that we as a fanbase are convinced of (off the back of such dominant Championship campaigns) that we should look dominant for 90 minutes in most games at this level.

The actually reality is that there is an ebb and flow to all matches- wins included. Brighton H, Wolves H, Newcastle A, Man United H, Palace H, Leeds H are all games where we may not have been the totally dominant side but easily could've/ should've taken more points from, save for individual error or poor chance conversion. Even Smith's first win Southampton H we weren't really the better side for the majority.

Fact of the matter is, results at this level will usually come down to a couple of key pivotal moments in games- and we've fluffed our lines on them far too often.

[Midlands Yellow 3,917]

We no longer have any player who can make things happen, we just wait for it to happen and lose. 

[hogesar 9,609]

Wolves and Brighton at home, despite the results.

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6 minutes ago, hogesar said:

Wolves and Brighton at home, despite the results.

Yes, Brighton at home wasn't too bad. Shame we can't say the same about yesterday.

I forgot Wolves too.

 

[hogesar 9,609]

2 minutes ago, ......and Smith must score. said:

Yes, Brighton at home wasn't too bad. Shame we can't say the same about yesterday.

I forgot Wolves too.

 

Yeah. A bit alarming that we looked much better under Farke vs a much better looking Brighton  than we did against the pretty poor version we played yesterday.

[GJP 79]

I'd be happy if we could be the better team for 9 minutes.

[hogesar 9,609]

8 minutes ago, GJP said:

I'd be happy if we could be the better team for 9 minutes.

You should post more. Its been missed!

[Hank shoots Skyler 2,094]

Wolves at home and Everton at home and that’s it

[keelansgrandad 6,679]

Well our position in the league illustrates this. And we can talk about luck, bad luck and bad refs but they would be excuses not reasons.

[Monty13 2,229]

1 hour ago, Midlands Yellow said:

Brentford away and I’m still thinking. 

I don’t think we were better across 90 mins other than the result. They absolutely battered us and game could have easily been a draw or loss.

[nutty nigel 7,506]

So many of these threads just end up like feeding time at the zoo. Is there room at the trough for me yet?🙃

Edited April 3, 2022 by nutty nigel

[canarybubbles 1,913]

Compare this to the much-maligned 19/20 season. Home games against Newcastle, Man City, Chelsea, Leicester, Spurs - all better performances than anything we have come up with this season. The Cup game at Spurs.

Yes, we were six points adrift at the time of the Covid break, and yes, we were utterly woeful after that, but we occasionally reached levels that we are totally incapable of this season because the squad is worse and also the spirit has gone.

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1 hour ago, nutty nigel said:

So many of these threads just end up like feeding time at the zoo. Is there room at the trough for me yet?🙃

Everyone welcome as always Nutty but there's probably not room for all 30 games 😉

[AJ 1,218]

Leicester at home? Thought we battled at least. 

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The below graphics show the general pattern of play using an algorithm from sofascore.com. The home team for each match is shown as the green bars and the away team as the blue bars. 

 

 

Norwich 0-3 Liverpool 

Man City 5-0 Norwich 

Norwich 1-2 Leicester 

Arsenal 1-0 Norwich  

Norwich 1-3 Watford 

Everton 2-0 Norwich  

Burnley 0-0 Norwich 

Norwich 0-0 Brighton 

Chelsea 7-0 Norwich 

Norwich 1-2 Leeds Utd  

Brentford 1-2 Norwich 

Norwich 2-1 Southampton 

Norwich 0-0 Wolves 

Newcastle 1-1 Norwich 

Tottenham 3-0 Norwich 

Norwich 0-1 Manchester Utd 

Norwich 0-2 Aston Villa 

Norwich 0-5 Arsenal 

   

Edited April 3, 2022 by Bovril

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6 hours ago, ......and Smith must score. said:

Watford win away is probably the standout, albeit against ten men in part.

Everton win at home.

Man Utd loss at home

I'd add Brighton and Wolves at home.

That's it.

OTBC

[Midlands Yellow 3,917]

Kings Lynn away friendly has to be up there. 

[Thirsty Lizard 3,154]

6 hours ago, ......and Smith must score. said:

The Newcastle and Brentford away games we couldn't dominate a team down to ten for most of the match and we were hanging on for dear life at Brentford 2nd half

Your memory is playing tricks on you - Brentford didn't have a man sent off in the game we won at their place. 

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1 minute ago, Thirsty Lizard said:

Your memory is playing tricks on you - Brentford didn't have a man sent off in the game we won at their place. 

I knew we were 11 v 11 at Brentford. Badly worded. Apologies

[chicken 2,604]

1 hour ago, AJ said:

Leicester at home? Thought we battled at least. 

I was going to say this. We actually had a lot more chances too. Their first goal was against the run of play. Had we been more clinical most folks agree that we could have been 2-3 up at half time.