There's almost always some poor finishing, and only sometimes good or excellent finishing. When your keeper makes saves it isn't luck or divine intervention - he's one of your team. On Saturday Chesterfield should have won 0-5 as a minimum, we missed chance after chance, as it was we won by a moderately-taken penalty.
When you were up top last season your keeper was rated best in the league, so were all your points slightly lucky then? Your players and manager EARNED your win on Saturday, just as you earned your position last season. There's a ball and twenty two blokes kicking it on grass - it isn't science, you don't just tip in a couple of chemicals and wait to go to the fume cupboard. You have to control what you can and applaud when it turns out to be enough.
By the way I've got a player for you. When you signed the giant Hudlin I told you he would never reach your level. Here is a 6'7" centre forward who will get there. His name is Marcus Dackers. He's just 20. He is a Salford player, his contract is up in July this year. They keep sending him out on loan. At the moment he is at Woking. They made a big mistake not starting him against us on Saturday. Anyway earlier in the season he was at Southend, they wanted to extend his loan because they were thrilled with him, but their financial problems prevented it. This boy is athletic and can move. He is also technically pretty good on the ball. I'd love him at Chesterfield but unless we make the EFL I don't think we'd get him. IMO that he's completely different class to Hudlin - a proper prospect.
When you were up top last season your keeper was rated best in the league, so were all your points slightly lucky then? Your players and manager EARNED your win on Saturday, just as you earned your position last season. There's a ball and twenty two blokes kicking it on grass - it isn't science, you don't just tip in a couple of chemicals and wait to go to the fume cupboard. You have to control what you can and applaud when it turns out to be enough.
By the way I've got a player for you. When you signed the giant Hudlin I told you he would never reach your level. Here is a 6'7" centre forward who will get there. His name is Marcus Dackers. He's just 20. He is a Salford player, his contract is up in July this year. They keep sending him out on loan. At the moment he is at Woking. They made a big mistake not starting him against us on Saturday. Anyway earlier in the season he was at Southend, they wanted to extend his loan because they were thrilled with him, but their financial problems prevented it. This boy is athletic and can move. He is also technically pretty good on the ball. I'd love him at Chesterfield but unless we make the EFL I don't think we'd get him. IMO that he's completely different class to Hudlin - a proper prospect.