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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: karlos on April 18, 2025, 04:02:13 pm

Title: Goal difference
Post by: karlos on April 18, 2025, 04:02:13 pm: Great so far but we need to push on and close that goal difference, it could be crucial come the end of the season.
Title: Re: Goal difference
Post by: idler on April 18, 2025, 04:16:04 pm: Better than Port Vale at the minute.
Title: Re: Goal difference
Post by: POD on April 18, 2025, 05:41:29 pm: It’s harsh to be critical after a 3-0 win, but we could have had a couple more goals late in the game, which may be important in the final outcome.

Everyone was trying to score themselves rather than picking a pass to someone in a better position.
Title: Re: Goal difference
Post by: karlos on April 18, 2025, 05:43:15 pm: Yep but I suppose you can't blame them that's what they are paid to do
Title: Re: Goal difference
Post by: BVB on April 18, 2025, 06:32:42 pm: well yes and no- they are paid to ensure the team wins - some composure and use of brains would have seen us win by 6 or 7 today.
Title: Re: Goal difference
Post by: Avsuptem on April 18, 2025, 06:37:20 pm: Quote from: POD on April 18, 2025, 05:41:29 pm
It’s harsh to be critical after a 3-0 win, but we could have had a couple more goals late in the game, which may be important in the final outcome.

Everyone was trying to score themselves rather than picking a pass to someone in a better position.

I agree it is harsh to be critical after a 3 nil away from home win but I do wish they wouldn't do this fannying around in the corner thing, it invariably seems to end up with losing possession anyway and it would be far better to get a cross in for an extra goal chance, especially in the dying stages when the oppo defence is knackered.
Title: Re: Goal difference
Post by: drfchound on April 18, 2025, 07:50:26 pm: Quote from: karlos on April 18, 2025, 05:43:15 pm
Yep but I suppose you can't blame them that's what they are paid to do

It’s a team game though.
We had three chances to score in the five minutes add on time but fluffed all of them.
Title: Re: Goal difference
Post by: idler on April 18, 2025, 08:03:34 pm: If you have to waste or miss a chance do it when you are 3 up not drawing or losing. We might have saved some goals for Monday hopefully.
Title: Re: Goal difference
Post by: normal rules on April 18, 2025, 08:05:01 pm: At one point today there was a 5 goal swing in rovers favour against PV.
It was quite an afternoon watching the updates come through from the key games .
Title: Re: Goal difference
Post by: BigH on April 18, 2025, 08:15:54 pm: Well the Grimsby result and goal swing effectively means we’re guaranteed a play off spot
Title: Re: Goal difference
Post by: dickos1 on April 18, 2025, 08:26:47 pm: I’ve said for a couple of months now that 80 points will get us promoted.
5 points needed from 3 games, it’ll almost certainly be less than 80 now, if we’re sat on 78 points on Monday evening I reckon we’re there