Views from the Sieve

This is the Daggers league season to date:

8/8/2015 Portsmouth (A) Lost 0-3 Battered
15/8/2015 Leyton Orient (H) Lost 1-3 Battered, late consolation
18/8/2015 Exeter City (H) Lost 1-2 Late consolation
22/8/2015 Wycombe Wanderers (A) Drew 1-1 Leading, let in a last kick equaliser
29/8/2015 Stevenage (H) Drew 1-1 Leading, backed off and let a poor side back in it
5/9/2015 Northampton Town (A) Won 2-1 Went behind and came back to win!!!!
12/9/2015 Carlisle United (A) Lost 1-2 Leading
19/9/2015 Newport County (H) Drew 0-0 Shocking game against a shocking team
26/9/2015 Barnet (A) Lost 1-3 Battered by a fairly poor team, got one back but never looked like more
29/9/2015 Notts County (H) Drew 1-1 Came from behind to take a point, better
3/10/2015 Mansfield Town (H) Lost 3-4 3-1 up and let them back in the game
10/10/2015 Yeovil Town (A) Drew 2-2 2-0 up and let them back in the game
17/10/2015 Hartlepool United (H) Lost 0-1 Beaten by a route one punt into the area
20/10/2015 York City (A) Drew 2-2 Came back after being behind to lead again, but let it slip again
24/10/2015 Accrington Stanley (A) Lost 1-3 Totally battered throughout, scored another consolation goal
1/11/2015 Luton Town (H) Lost 0-2 Marginally better with modified midfield, but only 1 shot on target, let in two very poor goals

Position 24th and bottom.

Played 16, Won 1, Drawn 6, Lost 9, Goals for 17, Goals against 31, Goal difference -14, Points 9

Points per game to date: 0.56, win percentage 6.25%

Points per game needed in the remaining games to hit the "magic 50": 1.37

Fellow strugglers (bottom 8) played to date: Barnet (A) lost, Hartlepool (H) lost, Stevenage (H) drew, York (A) drew, Newport (H) drew, Yeovil (A) drew - points won 4, no wins

Points lost from winning positions: 14

Current sequence: 10 games without a League win.

The facts don't lie. Burnett out

But we played a bit better yesterday.

Do we get some points for that?

Sadly there are no "artistic impression" marks in football.

Even though "Some could say that the difference was two referring (sic) decisions, the width of the post and a mix up between the goal keeper and an otherwise very good 17 year old!" Luton still put the round thing in the rectangular thing twice to our zero and therefore gain all the points on offer, which was of course only because they were "a team spending two and a half times our budget".

Perhaps football could be marked like a school report, with "effort" and "achievement" given equal importance to help the less able feel thay have gained something? On the other hand, "effort" marks for the Daggers at the moment??? Maybe not.