Grahamh, I do understand your sentiment, especially as with football supporters there does tend to be negativity always lurking just around the corner, and I think it's ludicrous to be negative about your team when they are doing well, and even mostly when they're not.
But this is not about being "unsatisfied" it is simply suggesting a very valid way to improve and that does not mean you have to be also ungrateful or negative, you can certainly be positive and enjoying yourself while still looking at ways to improve. They're not mutually exclusive. All coaches must do this. And all us wannabe fan coaches, well, its how we pass our spare time isn't it.
My personal opinion is that we could be performing better upfront still, and that having a less samish pairing upfront, would likely lead to us being more effective in front of goals. I also think the big man strike partner would benefit as well as it certainly suggests itself as one of the possible reasons why both Simon and McBreen have not been prolific in front of goals while playing within a side that is winning most of it's games.
More importantly, as I agree that as long as your still winning it's all ok of course anyway, but I think this is probably required to beat a team like roar this year. Who unfortunately completely owned our attacking play - I think we had only two shots in 90 minutes? I could certainly be wrong, and that's fine, but that's my thoughts on the matter. The best way to be wrong is if McBreen and or Simon started scoring consistently. But at the moment every other team in the league has one - or most of them two strikers - who have outscored our own. Matty's our highest at 21st place in the HAL. It's not personal, but they do need to contribute more in this department I think.
And for the record though, GA has talked about our form in front of goals. It's hardly a secret that our starting strikers have struggled in this regard, while our midfield and back line have been exceptional. Our forwards work very hard, they are a real handful, and I'm happy with their endeavour as I'm sure all are. But as their key function is and always will be to score goals, I'm also sure especially they are aware of theirpersonal stats and must be very keen to be providing more of a pointy end. Which is the entire point of this discussion, because if they do, then we could truly win the double this year.
But if they can't, as Scottmac said, it seems pretty unlikely that we will keep getting winning goals and braces from our backline. So without another strike combination available... you'd think we'll make the six, play some good football and provide entertainment, but there will be no silverware or ACL spot.
In the mean time, while discussing ways to improve, be sure I am also revelling in the heady perfume of our wonderful performances.
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