We've lost less than half our games in the third tier?? Well what are we complaining about?? Open top bus parade beckons. You Reds!
turnbull, ramage, berry, bailey, hourihane, cole, nyatanga, trotta all started. that's 8 from the 11 that would have arguably started in our full strength XI of the other 3...holgate and lita were the best of a bad bunch, and brown just isn't ever worth mentioning. i'm not having the injury argument. we were absolutely shocking. it was like watching 11 players that had never played in the same team before. their ability to hold the ball, pass a ball, win a ball, keep a ball for more than 5 seconds, was non existent for 90 minutes. no excuses. they were just $hit.
If I was Ben Mansford, I would be concerned. The fan base has stuck by the Club this season, turning out in good numbers home and away. Ticket pricing, despite being a division lower, has increased. And we are STILL struggling to put a team out that can be operating at the top half of the table, on a consistent basis. Looking at these factors, the fan base cannot increase, will stabilise at best, decrease being the most likey.
you know what, i'll kind of give you that. in so far as he wasn't cataclysmically bad. which is an improvement of sorts. i think i saw him make a tackle, at some point. which is 1 more than usual. so aye, fair enough..