I WANT to be entertained, but more about that in a moment.
It's good to be back in the blogging world as I've been out of action for the past few weeks. Firstly I was laid low by a killer gastro bug, the viral equivalent of a Danny Tiatto tackle from behind. Then secondly I spent a week in New Zealand; the land of the long, white sheep. Well something like that.
I'm hanging out for another A-League fix and a visit to Hindmarsh from Sydney FC on Friday night is just the tonic. The same league table that shows the Bling (are we still using that name?) atop the perch also reveals that in 10 games played this season, the Reds have only managed to score nine goals. Those that are quick on the mathematical uptake will have already noted that that is an average of 0.9 goals per game. Eleven goals have been conceded.
At the risk of dragging out an old chestnut I'm going to drag out an old chestnut.
Fans want goals!! Yes our crowd figures have been up this year but to me that's simply the fruit of high profile promotion of the team and matches and the fact that the Reds have now established a core group of loyal supporters. We'll trudge along each week and reluctantly take our medicine (read 1-0, 1-1 or 0-0 results).
The cries of supporters, bloggers and the media for the Reds to play (a minimum of) two strikers up front this season has been deafening but as yet the coaches have stuck to their guns. Big Lloyd will continue to struggle on his own in the same way that Cristiano has founding scoring goals more the exception rather than the rule in recent times.
Personally I'd be much happier with 2-3 or 3-4 losses, if in that process of being entertained I knew that we were building an attack-minded team and formation, with a mindset of playing attractive football and an aim of scoring more goals than the opposition, not simply keeping clean sheets.
Is that too much to ask?
