Wasn't there to be fair, so can't comment beyond it sounded as though we were holding our own largely, we were much better in the second half, and we couldnt score for toffee! I think we are so busy trying to defend and not lose that we have massively lost confidence with the shooting boots :stunned:
For whatever the reason, we have a cobbled together side, with some not quite ready youngsters gaining very valuable game time and doing a credible job. This has obviously been a strategic decision, rather than go out into the loan market, and while this hasn't paid off in terms of results, imagine the outcry if we had pulled in 3-4 relatively untested youngsters from other clubs, and got the same results, when we have our own home grown but untested talent pool in our own ranks!!
Despite the obvious issue of losing 7 on the bounce, there are still a lot of positives in the mix. There are many factors at play here, and while the manager needs to take some responsibility, I think that the number of injuries we have suffered is the worst I have seen. Yes, some of these players are somewhat injury prone, but never have I seen all of them missing at the same time. I have also been critical of team selection, tactics etc, and I have wondered sometimes about signings, but to be fair, PB does know his stuff, he works with this group of players and I have been proven wrong more than once so I am happy to not continue criticising.
perspective is needed guys. It is early September, not the end of March! We do have a decent squad, which will heal and get back to playing soon. The same groans of doom were ringing around the Hall last season, yet we were 1 point off the play offs at the end. There is nothing going on that suggests that we can't be in that position again, and surely it is better to have the inevitable poor run at the start of the season rather than at the business end??
