The cost of the late goals

jvmiller

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Date: Mon Feb 27 05:56 2017

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They've proved pretty troublesome for the Millers this season. Here's exactly how damaging they have been. http://itsmillerstime.co.uk/how-late-goals-have-haunted-rotherham-this-season/ __________________

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Date: Mon Feb 27 12:36 2017

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No coincidence is it - the final 5 mins of 1st half and final 5-8 mins of end of game, I've never known a Rotherham team be so bad in 1 season. There's a reason for everything __________________ FA Licensed Coach & Referee

smiler

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Date: Mon Feb 27 14:13 2017

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I think its a combinations of three things.
(1) Fatigue (mental and physical), which I think is more a product of us having chased the ball and 'dug in' for long periods than it is conditioning.
(2) Confidence. We are so desperate that we try to hang on to whatever we might have and cling on to half time or full time, and the players are so scared of letting it go and so used to it happening that it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
(3) Squad depth. Other teams have good players to bring off the bench late on to good effect. How often do we introduce a substitute who is able to have an impact on the course of the game? (ironically Forde did it in Saturday but it happens rarely).
There is just a sense that we are going to concede at key moments. The whole crowd sense it and the players must feed off that too because it is tangible.
How to break the cycle is the question, and it is a tough one.

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Date: Mon Feb 27 17:23 2017

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smiler wrote:
I think its a combinations of three things.
(1) Fatigue (mental and physical), which I think is more a product of us having chased the ball and 'dug in' for long periods than it is conditioning.
(2) Confidence. We are so desperate that we try to hang on to whatever we might have and cling on to half time or full time, and the players are so scared of letting it go and so used to it happening that it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy.
(3) Squad depth. Other teams have good players to bring off the bench late on to good effect. How often do we introduce a substitute who is able to have an impact on the course of the game? (ironically Forde did it in Saturday but it happens rarely).
There is just a sense that we are going to concede at key moments. The whole crowd sense it and the players must feed off that too because it is tangible.
How to break the cycle is the question, and it is a tough one.

Agree with that Smiler, and I'd add another:

4) A decent manager with proper man management and tactical skills : Cloughie got a 'though shall not pass' mentality into his defenders no-matter how technically good they were. A similar mentality that Ronnie Moore got into our league 2, league 1 promotion side, I can remember countless games where we got a lead and shut up shop under Ronnie. More recently Evans (until this league) and Warnock last year... Any team without the ability to buy top quality needs a good manager to get the best out of 'em. I love Warne but he's not a man manager or tactician, Stubbs was useless in all aspects.

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