Sunday, May 12, 2013

Martin Smith: There was no luck about Stoke City's win at QPR... Only a... - This really is Staffordshire

I have been trying hard not to have too carried away by Stoke's timely victory at Loftus Road, but it is difficult not to. If ever we had a need to get a casino game, this was it. Despite what Tony Pulis said about it perhaps not being truly a "must win" encounter, you do wonder exactly how we may have approached our remaining four games with any confidence if this improbable QPR part had proved a lot of for us to overcome? HAPPY DAY: Stoke leader Ryan Shawcross honors Stoke's win at QPR with first-team coach Mark O'Connor. But we did overcome Harry Redknapp's team, and no neutral observer might claim we weren't the greater team. We got the objectives at the best times and, except for when giving away silly free-kicks on the side of our personal penalty area, never truly looked in serious danger. For me personally, the most rewarding thing in regards to the performance was that Stoke won the game and sought out there. By that after all we did not need any luck, deflections, own goals or anything to "drop for us." We took to the message with purpose and helped ourselves to the three factors. No luck about this whatsoever. If you're trying to sell your home, contemplate Open House - an agent that costs you less & gives more to you. Phone lines available 24/7. No sale, no cost option available. Free Rightmove & Zoopla advertisements. Terms: Terms and Conditions apply. Written quote is necessary to be able to beat this price. Contact: 01782 940034 Logical until: Friday, June 28 2013 In recent days I've been shouting inside at the repeated promises by our management team that people needed luck and breaks to obtain over our bad run. The reality is, while we've not been the people of any major strokes of fortune, we also have not been the subjects of any major cases of misfortune either. It's among the oldest clichAs going, but it is true that you make your personal luck in soccer, and so the administration bemoaning our supposed bad luck just seemed to be an admission that they didn't understand how to change things around. That is certainly incorrect, however it was maddening yet. Each team may be the master of their own destiny on the course of a year, and the truth is that people who complain probably the most about chance have been the people who're failing due to their own faults. With the thoroughly-deserved QPR victory under our belts we are able to see the safety of the finishing line now and ahead only partially out of our reach. Most likely, another success will do the work, and we've the opportunity to put to bed any lingering doubts about relegation with another gain this weekend. Despite their very own gain against Reading, it's the situation that Norwich have been struggling poorly recently, so we've to take the positive approach and confidence gained from the QPR match and repeat it against the Canaries. We can all relax for the remaining trio of activities if we can accomplish that then. That will not mean we must just quickly ignore most of the problems which may have surrounded us recently. They still must be fully reviewed and dissected before we could think of moving on. A good decent end for the period shouldn't be used as grounds to sweep things under the carpet and try to make light of the poor work we've suffered. It still shows that on the span of the last four weeks we've only gained two league games.., as wonderfully pleasing as our win at Loftus Road was. and they've both come against the two teams in 20th and 19th place respectively and who will be playing in the Championship next season. We can not go patting ourselves too fully on the backs, specially as we still really need to get the final few things necessary to ensure of our own protection. For those who like to immerse themselves in figures, the game between QPR and Stoke was apparently the first and only game in the Premier League therefore far in 2013 in which neither side were able to complete 200 effective travels. Certainly, this is held up by some to how poor both teams were and highlight the poor quality of the game. That could well be true, however it didn't feel like an unhealthy quality performance from Stoke. It actually felt like we were wanting to win the overall game, and we clearly had an even more positive approach than in other current activities. I enjoyed just how we looked to have forward rapidly. There was less of our lumbering style as we broke forward quickly and looked to employ the pace of Cameron Jerome. Numbers only really arrive at the fore when you are losing. That's why I've been making good usage of them in recent months showing how poorly we have been doing. Well now we've the chance to stop discussing how several wins we've had inside our last 50-odd games, how many goals we've maybe not been rating and since we last won away from home how long ago it is. Instead, we have a chance to build on a good gain and consider our most recent stats. We are averaging two goals a, three points a and no goals against within the course of the final seven days! Presently there is some positive things to take in to the Norwich City game!

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