Quote Originally Posted by Omegstrat6 View Post
I'm "cautiously optimistic" 😁
Our acquisitions have been far better than I expected and if Dike can fulfil the potential he has shown elsewhere prior to joining us I think he may get us some goals at last. Our main issues last season was lack of creativity in midfield which we have now hopefully rectified. As others have commented, we could do with another striker but our biggest issue now is probably defence as too many are prone to silly mistakes. Provided Bruce actually plays Dike and our new faces and not revert to Livermore/ Bartley etc I think we should be pushing for play offs if not automatic promotion.
I would tend to agree with you about our lack of creativity post losing Pereira. However the data doesn’t back up the theory that we had a lack of creativity last year.

I know the stats are difficult to follow (for me at least) but they do show that last season we were 17th in goals scored but 3rd in goal scoring chances created. It didn’t feel like that but I do have to say we missed so many real sitters last season. The goal scoring chances number is calculated by higher numbers for clear shorts near to goal, to low numbers for long range shots and is consistent across all the clubs.

If we had have managed to convert more of those chances, especially the easy ones, we would have finished higher in the league. For me it just confirms that we must get another out and out striker for this season now, not in the January window.