The thing is, if we're doing all the right things then our goals won't seem "lucky", they'll seem like just rewards...
On Mon, 7 Oct 2019 at 10:52, Robert Heath <heathpalai...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have always been a firm believer in the adage that "You make your own > luck." From what I have seen and heard, Bielsa is also an adherent. He > clearly believes that if we keep playing the "right" way, keep swarming > over the opponents and making our overloads and delivering the ball into > the danger area, then the rewards (goals) will come. They may not arrive in > any one particular match, or even in a few consecutive matches (as is > happening at the moment), but over a series of, say, 46 matches, more goals > will arrive than would result from say lumping the ball aimlessly into the > box. > > I absolutely agree with that analysis, on a logical and theoretical level. > > But on an emotional level, I am screaming WHEN WILL OUR BLOODY LUCK > TURN?????!!!! > > Contrast how hard we have worked, and how well we have played, to chisel > out our last 2 goals (v WBA & M/wall) with bloody Derby Bastard County. > They got the 2 jammiest goals ever v Luton on Saturday. Luck which they > certainly didn't "make." > > We did get a few "lucky" goals last season (Roofe's handball v Forest and a > Rotherham keeper error giving Roofe a 6 inch tap-in are two I > recall.............but going back to my thesis, they were lucky goals we > "made" by pressurising and constantly attacking opponents, unlike the > undeserved lucky goals Derby got.) > > So what am I saying? Let's keep faith in Bielsa, and trust that soon enough > our luck will turn. SURELY???!!!! > _______________________________________________ > Leedslist mailing list > Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist > To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org > > Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ > > RIP Jimmy WAC-COE > -- Ed Morrish e...@morrish.org | 07870657825 _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: https://mailman.gn.apc.org/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email leedslist-unsubscr...@gn.apc.org Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/leedslist/ RIP Jimmy WAC-COE
