Here we are exactly half way through the season, and it is remarkable how the first goal in a game has been decisive. Of our 19 league games:
10 wins – we scored first every time
6 defeats – we conceded first every time
2 no score draws
1 score draw (2-2 at Celtic) – the only game in which the team scoring first didn’t go on to win.
Some people mentioned elsewhere that the players heads seemed to drop the other day after going behind – maybe it’s because they know that they haven't so much as salvaged a draw when that has happened!
The positive thing is that ICT have been incredibly good at holding onto leads.
The message for Hughes is that the only tactic we need is to score the 1st goal, the rest will take care of itself. I don’t know why he didn’t think of this before.
Here we are exactly half way through the season, and it is remarkable how the first goal in a game has been decisive. Of our 19 league games:
10 wins – we scored first every time
6 defeats – we conceded first every time
2 no score draws
1 score draw (2-2 at Celtic) – the only game in which the team scoring first didn’t go on to win.
Some people mentioned elsewhere that the players heads seemed to drop the other day after going behind – maybe it’s because they know that they haven't so much as salvaged a draw when that has happened!
The positive thing is that ICT have been incredibly good at holding onto leads.
The message for Hughes is that the only tactic we need is to score the 1st goal, the rest will take care of itself. I don’t know why he didn’t think of this before.