Not counting goals that didn’t have an effect on the final result.
Bristol City (a) 98th minute -1pt
WBA (a) 94th minute +1pt
Millwall (a) 91st minute -1pt
Huddersfield (h) 92nd minute -1pt
Hull (h) 96th minute -2pt
QPR (a) 95th minute +1pt
Sheff Wed (a) 95th minute -1pt
Birmingham (a) 93rd minute -2pts
Wigan (h) 93rd minute +1pt
Overall we dropped five points in added time this season. Just one more point would have seen us safe.
Birmingham sticks in the minds of a lot of people since it was the most recent. However I would like to nominate Sheff Wed (a) as the worst of the bunch.
Wednesday were one of only two teams to pick up less points than us in 2020 (the other being Hull). They won only four games since the turn of the year. The other three wins were all away from Hillsborough.
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I was flicking through the season’s games and thought I would share what I found.
Would be cheerful viewing.
Maybe set to a radiohead or Smiths soundtrack for extra bounce.
Only picked up 2 points in 15 odd games since February. Draws against Hull & us. They were truly truly dreadful after the re-start, letting in 3 goals in 5 consecutive home games......we could only score once. If there was 1 game you could bank on winning it was that one. We sat back for the last 15 mins & didn't get out of our own half. We basically relegated ourselves.
And to counter all that Barnsley got TWO 90+ minute winners in 2 consecutive games to give themselves an extra 4 points. Only time they were out of the bottom 3 since September was Wednesday evening.
We weren't the only side to benefit / suffer from 90th min goals - Its a bit like saying we deserved three penalties but because we didnt see Luton / Barnsley games they could have deserved more etc.
The lesson is to recognise that we weren't set up to defend against balls lumped forward in desperation and to find another way to respond.
It was thrown forward down the line where it fell to Gallagher. He had the opportunity to take the ball down the line, in which case another throw to us would be the most likely outcome. Instead he cut inside and was dispossessed.
They then get a soft foul and the ball is played forward before eventually being headed in via the post and the back of Dillon's head.
Stupid decisions and bad luck, which was a feature of our entire season.
The linesman who forgot about giving the attacker the benefit of the doubt, and the referee who changed his mind about what constituted a penalty at some point after the second minute against Reading are up there with the clown who gave Fulham that free kick.
(Before anyone says, no I will not fecking get over it)
I agree the Wednesday goal was the worst of the lot. After all the hype about them not having scored since the Christmas decs were up, I knew, totally knew, we would bust their run, as we always do. But even I started to believe as the clock ticked into 95 minutes.
It really is the hope that kills you. That's why I am no longer going to bother.