Wigan Athletic (A)

[Ani]

14 minutes ago, Wanderlust said:

There were some great performances but apart from the well-executed half volley I thought Sheehan wasn’t one of the best as he made a lot of stray passes and needless fouls. 
Thought Dalby finally looked like a proper target man - and was well supported for a change, Simons anchored the midfield well, Conway had a good game, the back 3 worked well (stick with it) and there were some good cameos from both McAtee and Dempsey when they came on. 
Thought Tutu was good but he dwelt on the ball at times and ACD wasn’t at his best but overall our passing and movement was improved- we just need to find a more clinical edge and bag goals when we’re in the ascendancy as it wasn’t that comfortable as per. 
 

Better though - an away win with the added bonus of it being Wigan.

Could live with those stats every week 

[Stig]

44 minutes ago, Didledee said:

 Dominated the game, really one sided bar that one chance for Wigan, new keeper had no saves to make

That's our first away win all season vs 11 men in normal time without the opposition down a man or us having a extremely rare, perhaps once in a lifetime comeback win in added time with 2 goals, so it's a huge win and hopefully means something going forward.

It wasn't without fault of course, you'll not always get a deflected goal and without that we'd be ruing our misses again, but we won, so well done and on to Stevenage 👍

 

No deflection on that Sheehan shot today, just a ton of swerve (and slightly dodgy goalkeeping)

[Wanderlust]

1 hour ago, CambridgeBWFC said:

Tickle helped us diving out the way 

More I watch it back the more it looks like he did. Sheehan put a bit of slice on it, but not that much.

 

 

Edited January 17 by Wanderlust

[auckland_bwfc]

2 minutes ago, Ani said:

Could live with those stats every week 

Someone will shortly  be along to tell you minimum expected passing accuracy is 87.4

[L/H White]

1 minute ago, Stig said:

No deflection on that Sheehan shot today, just a ton of swerve (and slightly dodgy goalkeeping)

 

Just now, Wanderlust said:

More I watch it back the more it looks like he did. Sheehan put a bit of slice on it, but not that much.

We'd be furious if that was our keeper 

Awful keeping 

[Dr. Feelgood]

Phew. Good ... at last.

Deserved but I'd not have been surprised if we'd let one in just because that's what we do.

[Arrested development]

22 minutes ago, Ani said:

You need to check the Adam’s Apple mate

Fat fingers .....small keyboard....not a good combination 🤣

[Wanderlust]

1 minute ago, auckland_bwfc said:

Someone will shortly  be along to tell you minimum expected passing accuracy is 87.4

I’d expect better than 87.4% for 5 yard passes backwards or sideways 😀

[onefinfrandsen]

Great win, could and should have been more comfortable, but under the circumstances and the form we’ve been in it’s a fantastic result. Conway best player on the pitch.

[tshape]

I expected us to get beat today so well happy with 3 points. Bonus it's against them men.

Edited January 17 by tshape

[Heywoodwite]

49 minutes ago, farnworth white said:

Johnston proper taunting the Wigan fans after final whistle, brilliant!!!

He was singing along to the "he hates Wigan"chant as he walked across in front of us

[Tonge moor green jacket]

8 minutes ago, auckland_bwfc said:

Someone will shortly  be along to tell you minimum expected passing accuracy is 87.4

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cqj27kejdgkt#MatchStats

I have a look at stats most games, more out of curiosity as they don't necessarily reflect the actual game.

The team's accuracy is almost always in the low to mid 80s.

So maybe you're right! 😀

[kent_white]

[kent_white]

14 minutes ago, Ani said:

Could live with those stats every week 

Should be doing AT LEAST 87.4 the position he's playing in. 

Flukey Welsh prick! 😁

[Didledee]

13 minutes ago, Stig said:

No deflection on that Sheehan shot today, just a ton of swerve (and slightly dodgy goalkeeping)

Aye looking at the highlight closely it was a lot of swerve, no keeper should get beat when it goes almost bang on middle of goal, must have been a predetermined dive to his right and the swerve as taken it past that poor decision.

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Top piccy that!

 

[Tonge moor green jacket]

Just watching the highlights, and the goal again, and I'm convinced the ball brushes a Wigan players arm/body and it imparts the tiniest amount of extra side spin.

Almost imperceptible. 

Good to see Burstow getting the crowd wound up earlier too.

[tshape]

Big Sam Dalby was excellent today.

[RUREADY2ROLL]

2 minutes ago, tshape said:

Big Sam Dalby was excellent today.

Poor first half but good second

[London Wanderer]

Beautiful. Loved Schuey ‘s passion at the end. Shown everyone than there was no issue with him & Sheehan. 

 Great performance & energy. Result goes down to the manager for me, tweaked some things and you could tell we’d been working on set pieces & getting more crosses in.

 Right subs at the right time too. Great energy from McAtee. 
 

We still have to start turning results like this into runs though. Got to get a point or three Tuesday & push on for our home games.

We are woeful in front of goal though. It’s a worry. Have to be looking for a goalscorer & creating more chances.

 

[auckland_bwfc]

9 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Just watching the highlights, and the goal again, and I'm convinced the ball brushes a Wigan players arm/body and it imparts the tiniest amount of extra side spin.

Almost imperceptible. 

Good to see Burstow getting the crowd wound up earlier too.

For the rest of ya that didn't listen at skool. 😋

Edited January 17 by auckland_bwfc

[kent_white]

1 minute ago, London Wanderer said:

Beautiful. Loved Schuey ‘s passion at the end. Shown everyone than there was no issue with him & Sheehan. 

 Great performance & energy. Result goes down to the manager for me, tweaked some things and you could tell we’d been working on set pieces & getting more crosses in.

 Right subs at the right time too. Great energy from McAtee. 
 

We still have to start turning results like this into runs though. Got to get a point or three Tuesday & push on for our home games.

We are woeful in front of goal though. It’s a worry. Have to be looking for a goalscorer & creating more chances.

 

I reckon we'll push on now - I really do. Massive confidence booster today. Supporters back onside. Ever team has a blip in the season unless they're tearing the league up and have loads of money. Let's hope that was ours and we can put it behind us now. 

Few fresh faces coming in should help too! 

[worthy10]

Mutch improved performance today against a biz wigan team.

A better showing from simons today, particularly in the 2nd half. Like many sports, confidence is so important, and he seemd to have a bit of that today.

Need to push on and get a good run going...

[Blondi]

I presume Schumacher will be sticking with this formation for the foreseeable? If so, wonder if he'll be having a rethink about transfer targets, we don't really have much cover for the wing backs and we'll probably need another central defender and a striker?

[Whitesince63]

Just hope SS sticks with the same line up for Tuesday, they looked so much more like a team and we now need to build on that and let their confidence grow. Should have been a bigger win but that should really give everyone a big lift tonight. Well done Wanderers a real team effort.