by under the tin »
21 Oct 2010 10:15
Get real.
All strikers miss chances.
To hang all this on Long ignores the lack of creativity within the team, and the poor delivery of ball into areas where the strikers can do their stuff.
Mick Gooding picked up on a stat that Reading have won more corners so far this season than anyone else, over 100.
The moot point is whether that is a result of good defending, or the inability of the crosser to get the ball past the defender, and it being blocked off.
Long, Church, Hunt are certainly not in the class of a Messi, who can create something out of nothing; they need help to do their jobs. I don't think that they're getting enough, because our play is becoming predictable, and if the opposition shuts Kebe/Jobi down, our only "plan B" is for Feds to launch it long, which is not good enough at this level.