How good could we be?

[Salopian 1]

In a recent post I pointed out that we have played faily poorly recently, even when we picked up points.If someone wants to point out that we not long ago had a long unbeaten run which propelled us up the league, I would have to agree. In several of the games unbeaten, however, we had either to rely on a special moment, like the goals from Ched, Rusty and more recently Curo, or on Marshall and defence keeping the others out. (The defence has been aided on occasions by woeful finishing by opposing strikers.)When was the last time we actually threatened to anihilate another team or comprehensively outplayed them for most of a match? If there was a case, how could it be reproduced. Is the problem, as GR hints, that we lack quality, commitment and application? We do not seem to be getting them all together.Somehow, if we are to avoid a scramble to avoid relegation at the end, we have to play at our best. At the moment we are looking more like the team that brought an end to Grant''s reign.

[O.T.B.C 0]

I have to say that during the ''run'', we were lucky a few times, but then we needed the luck and they say that you create your own luck too. But we will get some luck back.

[silver fox 0]

The last time I saw us completely dominate a game was the 0-0 draw at home to Leicester.

[ricardo 7,384]

	Norwich City

Year	Place	Level	Total pos.	Ave. attn.	FA Cup	Attn.	LC	Attn.	Cup		Attn.	Total attn
2007	16	2	36	24.545	5	36.657	3	5.788				606.969
2006	9	2	29	24.952	3	11.984	3	25.184				611.067
2005	19	1	19	24.350	3	11.695	3	30.406				504.754
2004	1	2	21	18.987	3	14.978	1	2.738				454.416
2003	8	2	28	20.353	5	34.736	1	6.643				509.495
2002	6	2	26	18.644	3	22.624	1	2.056				453.496
2001	15	2	35	16.525	3	7.986	3	27.220				415.282
2000	12	2	32	15.539	3	7.851	2	24.036				389.278
1999	9	2	29	15.760	3	9.369	3	31.667				403.519
1998	15	2	35	14.445	3	4.081	1	5.429				341.739
1997	13	2	33	14.734	4	14.530	1	7.301				360.716
1996	16	2	36	14.580	3	5.041	QF	46.039				386.425
1995	20	1	20	18.625	5	36.294	QF	35.354				462.771
1994	12	1	12	18.179	4	14.431	3	33.216	EC3	R3	58.452	487.853
1993	3	1	3	16.467	4	15.153	3	15.597				376.565
1992	18	1	18	13.853	SF	62.385	QF	32.102	FMC		2.218	387.613
1991	15	1	15	15.527	QF	37.057	3	16.235	FMC	SF	20.998	369.312
1990	10	1	10	16.737	4	39.876	3	19.594	FMC		5.502	382.981
1989	4	1	4	16.783	SF	82.183	3	14.777	FMC		11.519	427.348
1988	14	1	14	15.942	3		3		FMC	QF
1987	5	1	5	17.564	4		4		FMC	SF
1986	1	2	23	13.722	3		4
1985	20	1	20	15.100	4		Winners
1984	14	1	14	15.659	5		QF
1983	14	1	14	16.862	QF		4		FLT	QF
1982	3	2	25	14.183	5		3
1981	20	1	20	17.140	4		3
1980	12	1	12	17.225	3		QF
1979	16	1	16	17.874	3		4
1978	13	1	13	19.366	3		2

 

Well looking at our record over the last 30 years I would say we ought to be able to be as good as 1978 to 93.

Just shows how bad we have been for the last 15 years.

How ironic that our 3 best finishing positions were in front of crowds of 16/17,000.

[nutty nigel 7,531]

Yep.. nail hit firmly on the head there!

We picked up points because we scored some goals and the defenders and keeper stopped some.

While I agree it''s a long time since we dominated a game before Roeder arrived it had been a long time since we were even in a game.

 

[Yellowfuture 71]

[quote user="nutty nigel"]

Yep.. nail hit firmly on the head there!

We picked up points because we scored some goals and the defenders and keeper stopped some.

While I agree it''s a long time since we dominated a game before Roeder arrived it had been a long time since we were even in a game.

 

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Agreed, we have been making the most of what we`ve got, we are unlikely to destroy anyone in this league because we clearly aren`t good enought to do that. Roeder has got us scrapping for points, getting a bit of luck here and there and thats the sort of team we are.Nothing more nothing less. If our luck changes, which seems to be happening, there will be a true test of character for the rest of the season. 

[Mello Yello 2,289]

Glenn''s done wonders......but we have had an element of ''good fortune'' in quite a few of our results....

Reading Mr Dublin''s comment''s today in the Pink''Un, I am entirely in agreement in what the man says.......We still aren''t out of the woods yet, and there are no easy paths out of it - as we''re surrounded by ''prickly bramble'' and need a sharp machete to clear a path and achieve our goals....