KVetch
Key Player
Public warning don't read if you're sensitive to infuriating football statistics or management. Here are the points lost from giving up late goals I promised.
I went back on all 39 matches to date this season. We have given up late goals after the 70' mark a total of 10 times for 20 total points lost. In contrast we have scored late goals in 3 matches to earn 6 points. If we had the 20 points we would be on top of the table at 76 points. That's 2 points clear of Leeds. If you took away the matches we scored late and added 14 points we would be 3rd place only 1 point behind West Brom and 4 ahead of 4th place Brentford. Easily a playoff spot and in a very good position for automatic promotion.
Some of these late goals were killers in extra time. A total of 6 games the goals scored against us were after the 90' mark. In contrast we had 2 extra time goals and an Ayew goal against Luton which came at the 82' mark. This is not bad luck, this is a serious managing issue. Once we gain a lead we have completely stopped our attack and tried to hold a 1 goal lead all on defense. I get that you want to preserve a lead but that is not the way to do that. You must continue to attack because that is the reason you are winning in the first place. Cooper should have put a stop to this much sooner. It's been a problem since September. It happened 4 times in February out of 7 matches. We had 7 points out of a possible 21 that month. It's a true shame when we started the season with 5 wins and a draw and were top of the table.
A total of 30 out of 39 of our matches have been either a draw or a 1 goal difference. 2 of the 9 that weren't were 1-5 losses against QPR and West Brom. Our biggest wins were 3-0 victories over Birmingham and recently Middlesborough. We would be in a playoff promotion spot if Cooper had put out this fire sooner.
31.8.19 - Leeds Routledge 90' goal Swans W 1-0 Points won:2
2.11.19 - Wigan Surridge 90+2' goal Swans W 2-1 Points won:2
21.12.19 - Luton Ayew 82' goal Swans W 1-0 points won:2
14.9.19 - Nottingham Semedo 85' goal Swans L 0-1 Points lost:2
28.9.19 - Reading - Yiadom 90' goal Swans D 1-1 Points lost:2
5.10.19 - Stoke Hogan 90' goal Swans L 1-2 Points lost:2
19.10.19 - Barnsley Mowatt 70' goal Swans D 1-1 Points lost:2
9.11.19 - Sheffield - Fox 90+1 goal Swans D 2-2 Points lost:2
8.2.20 - Derby Lawrence 80' goal Swans L 2-3 Points lost:2
14.2.20 - Hull Eaves goal 90+5' Swans D 4-4 Points lost:2
26.2.20 - Fulham Mitrovic 90+4' goal Swans L 0-1 Points lost:2
29.2.20 - Blackburn Johnson 90+5' goal Swans D 2-2 Points lost:2
27.6.20 - Luton Collins 72' goal Swans L 0-1 Points lost:2
I went back on all 39 matches to date this season. We have given up late goals after the 70' mark a total of 10 times for 20 total points lost. In contrast we have scored late goals in 3 matches to earn 6 points. If we had the 20 points we would be on top of the table at 76 points. That's 2 points clear of Leeds. If you took away the matches we scored late and added 14 points we would be 3rd place only 1 point behind West Brom and 4 ahead of 4th place Brentford. Easily a playoff spot and in a very good position for automatic promotion.
Some of these late goals were killers in extra time. A total of 6 games the goals scored against us were after the 90' mark. In contrast we had 2 extra time goals and an Ayew goal against Luton which came at the 82' mark. This is not bad luck, this is a serious managing issue. Once we gain a lead we have completely stopped our attack and tried to hold a 1 goal lead all on defense. I get that you want to preserve a lead but that is not the way to do that. You must continue to attack because that is the reason you are winning in the first place. Cooper should have put a stop to this much sooner. It's been a problem since September. It happened 4 times in February out of 7 matches. We had 7 points out of a possible 21 that month. It's a true shame when we started the season with 5 wins and a draw and were top of the table.
A total of 30 out of 39 of our matches have been either a draw or a 1 goal difference. 2 of the 9 that weren't were 1-5 losses against QPR and West Brom. Our biggest wins were 3-0 victories over Birmingham and recently Middlesborough. We would be in a playoff promotion spot if Cooper had put out this fire sooner.
31.8.19 - Leeds Routledge 90' goal Swans W 1-0 Points won:2
2.11.19 - Wigan Surridge 90+2' goal Swans W 2-1 Points won:2
21.12.19 - Luton Ayew 82' goal Swans W 1-0 points won:2
14.9.19 - Nottingham Semedo 85' goal Swans L 0-1 Points lost:2
28.9.19 - Reading - Yiadom 90' goal Swans D 1-1 Points lost:2
5.10.19 - Stoke Hogan 90' goal Swans L 1-2 Points lost:2
19.10.19 - Barnsley Mowatt 70' goal Swans D 1-1 Points lost:2
9.11.19 - Sheffield - Fox 90+1 goal Swans D 2-2 Points lost:2
8.2.20 - Derby Lawrence 80' goal Swans L 2-3 Points lost:2
14.2.20 - Hull Eaves goal 90+5' Swans D 4-4 Points lost:2
26.2.20 - Fulham Mitrovic 90+4' goal Swans L 0-1 Points lost:2
29.2.20 - Blackburn Johnson 90+5' goal Swans D 2-2 Points lost:2
27.6.20 - Luton Collins 72' goal Swans L 0-1 Points lost:2