Well that was feeble. Anyone who thinks that we are one or two players away from being a decent Conference side is deluding themselves as on that evidence we are miles away. A few observations about yesterday:
- James Smith, the best defender at the club by a distance, cut a deeply frustrated figure and did his best to get himself sent off. We need him to get his head right.
- Andrew Milne, who started his loan spell well, seems to have let his head drop - always a danger with loan players.
- Ryan Brown is not good enough at this level but then we've known that for a while.
- We need to play three in central midfield. Densmore and Somner were hopelessly overrun in there. As others have mentioned, why Danylyk is languishing on the bench at present is a total mystery to me.
- Sean Densmore should be relieved of penalty duties for now, as his confidence is shot and he seems very easy for keepers to read. The pen at Crawley wasn't a terrible one but yesterday's was.
- Nicky Clee is our best attacking threat and should be in the team every time.
- I hope that KM is the right man for the job and I still support him. But the tactics at the moment are indistinguishable from those of GH that weren't working and caused such frustration among many of us fans.
I can't see us staying up at the moment but if we're to have any chance, we need to get the best out of the limited playing resources we have. I'd be tempted to try a 4-3-3 with:
Coburn
Densmore, Smith, Williams, Joseph
Danylyk, Somner, Baynes (or Hewson if he can get himself fit)
Denham, Twiss, Clee
Yesterday was a terrible one for the club. Players, management and fans all seemed to lack the heart to keep fighting the fight we've been engaged in ever since we got promoted to this league. As Rocky said, it was all very flat and if that doesn't change soon, what little hope remains will be extinguished.