11-04-2023, 02:16 PM
(11-04-2023, 01:47 PM)TBP Wrote: I disagree the players aren't good enough. They failed to score, yesterday, because the manager decided to pick a forward line in which two of the three players made no worthwhile contribution. The back eight players were OK.
With respect, a neutral observer wouldn't have noticed that Morecambe lay second from bottom in the league. Yet, they were clearly motivated to stay up and actually missed a sitter (not covered in the news report) to win the game. In comparison, you wouldn't have thought that we were battling for a play off position and the chance to get promoted. I disagree that it was all down to two poorly performing forwards. Our midfield was non-existent. Our wingers were unable to take on a player and beat them. All of them need to stop the ball dead before deciding to do anything with it (I accept this might be a L1 trait in general). No creativity.
Basically, our squad has shown time and again this season (and others) that it isn't up for a fight. It's probably one of the main reasons why we have so far failed to beat a single team away from home in the top 10.