17-01-2022, 12:52 PM
(17-01-2022, 12:35 PM)Wightblue Wrote: Here’s some telling statistics (and we all love statistics don’t we)
Only four teams in League 1 have scored less goals than Pompey (29 scored), here they are with their league position and goals:
15th Shrewsbury 26 scored
22nd Crewe 24 scored
23rd Gillingham 19 scored
Bottom Doncaster 17 scored
I don’t know what footballing sage first said it but “Goals win matches”.
Of course our defence has stood firm (well, Raggett and Bazunu have) but our underwhelming goals for column is a sad indictment of our performance thus far.
Here’s some more stats culled from FbRef:
The residue of Jacketts signings (Raggett, Harness, Curtis, Brown, Marquis, Hackett, Jacobs) have scored 24 league goals between them this season.
Cowleys signings (Williams, Romeo, Freeman, Morrell, Ogilvie, Tunnicliffe, Hirst, Robertson, Thompson, Azeez, Ahadme) have scored 4 between them this season.
Make of that what you will (no, I haven’t worked out minutes played and goals per minute ratios, I think the figures speak for themselves in their simplicity).
‘Make of that what you will’ .
Well for a start you are not comparing like with like, so any comparison is meaningless.
I have been less than impressed with the Cowleys’ attacking play though and their eye for a striker is definitely a bit off.