Possession v results

Hello fellow Dartfordian.

As an underground Don, you are wrong. More possession means greater power meaning greater results.

Dartford, I have been saying this since the first Robbo season.

In virtually every game last season MK Dons had over 50% possession but didn't even qualify for the playoffs.

Teams know how to play the Dons - let then have 80% of the field, but defend the last 20% and then score with a breakaway.

How many managers have said they amire the way the team play (but don't have their own team playing the same way).

Most weeks it is the same thing, majoroty of possession but less then half a dozen shots on target

50P-iÖi , sorry but statistics wil show you are wrong. In every game this season where MK Dons have lost they had the greater percentage of possession, and of the drawn games there was only one where the possession was 50/50 all the rest they had the majority.

Goals are the only thing that win matches

I get your drift but the evidence is that if you have the ball the opposition don't score (although it doesn't count own goals).

The real stat is possession in the last third and if you play long ball the team may be better if you get the ball, but if you keep losing it then the stats are poor.

I am starting to prefer wing backs. It would stop Lewie ambling back, give some speed to the wings while we would have three players who should be good at headers.

Problem is that when the opposition do get the ball they tend to score goals.

Bamford hasn't got many games left and then who will score the goals?

Then we ought to keep even more possession . Powell, Bowditch and whoever replaces Bamford I guess.

So good to win again last night - 54% possession v 46% possession.......who needs to score goals