Goals conceded comparison

[andyeagles]

Just a little stat I've noticed. We've conceded as many goals in the first 4 games this season as we did in the first 14 games last season.

I find this extremely worrying.

I know it's early days and four games is a very small sample size, but that's still a hell of a difference. Last season we looked defensively solid and difficult to break down. This season we're shipping goals far too easily.

And it's not as if we're being unlucky either, some of the defending has been genuinely poor. On another day Ipswich could have scored 5 or 6 today, and Fulham last week could have quite easily scored another 2 or 3!

Hopefully it's just a blip and we tighten things up quickly, but if this continues, we're going to have a serious problem come the end of the season

Something definitely doesn't look right at the back. How is Sage going to tighten things up?

 

[Canterbury Palace]

It's a problem that stretches back to last season. Apparently We've conceded 2 or more goals in ten consecutive PL games now. An inevitable by-product of selling players of the calibre of Guehi and Lacroix and not replacing them properly.

I genuinely do not know our best defence now. Have complete confidence in the wing backs but the CBs? Disasi is brought in for his leadership and immediately gets a ridiculous straight red. Richards seems a mile off his previous self. Canvot has all the potential but needs experience around him. Tomiyasu is liable to be injured. The other Chelsea lad seems decent but very young.

I'm almost inclined to think we should revert to two at the back and add another midfielder to try and protect them.

What is certain is that if Sage doesn't get a settled defence and stops leaking so many goals, we're going to be punished over and over again.