We are. And I want to remain positive. However, the last two performances and the Bristol R result, plus the Orient game make that difficult. Yes, there were good results over Christmas but even in those games we were far from convincing at times - Crawley springs to mind particularly. I'm not sure what the answer is but I'm certain Clarke doesn't know either.
Manager has to take responsibility here. How do you drop Nwakali the only decent player last time? Pines and Roberts is like having two statues. You need some pace in defence. Nothing against Lofthouse but how do you decide he’s the answer at 93 minutes? (I’d have had him at LWB ahead of Gent) Why are our central defenders letting high balls bounce in the area. I remember coaching u14 girls to avoid that very thing.
Completely agree, our midfield is supposedly full of our most talented players, yet it has no drive going forward, and no discipline out of possession. We’ve problems all over the pitch, but we could look far better just trying to be more compact and disciplined.
Those who noticed the crowd noise, and the comments on the thread that Drysdale was being influenced by them ........... maybe we should try it. 3,800 there. Three thousand eight hundred. No noise like that at Oakwell since Derby last season.
why can't O keefe make a tactical foul and still got booked for a crap attempt at one, Earl giving their lad an hour on the ball in 94th minute to put cross in, Roberts most experienced pro doing a crazy lunge on the line during a nothing possesion, throughout the team its god awful
How as a manager can you sit back and watch your team get mullered for 60 mins ( bar the first 10 ) without trying to change something, be it systematically, tactically or substitutionally.....just something...anything
Imho....fully deserved result. We did well to keep it interesting but really thought it should have been all over. So...our defence........we look poor against; Pace Physicality Long balls Have I missed anything? On the whole Killip very good...O'Keefe did well, defence 4 out of 10, another shocker.