The stats presented by Letters while factually correct, are misleading. Last season is a case in point. Early in the campaign we were getting a shedload of goals from midfield. A poster (may have been LDG) expressed concern about this because the midfield scoring rate was unsustainable and we did not have the necessary firepower up front.

Those midfield goals duly dried up and the second half of the season was punctuated by bore draws at home to the likes of Sunderland and losses on our travels with the od glut of plus 1s in other games.

We have had a goal scoring problem for some time and certainly far longer than the bare facts suggest. That is not having a go at anyone, it is how I see it based on the stats and my experience.