absolute joke, the players dont even look interested! After saturday they should be out looking to impress but nothing from them. Mickey stones was the worst man on the pitch by a long way and we need someone to score 2 goals a game cause we are never gunna keep a clean sheet. There will be even less people there next home game!
You were clearly watching a different game to me.
It was two poor teams, but better than Saturday.
We played with 10 men for an hour because Holsgrove did nothing - he gave the ball away on the edge of the box for the first goal and I can't remember him having another touch.
Despite that we had more than enough chances to get something from the game - Newey should have done better early on, we had another goalmouth scramble where we couldn't force the ball in, and Micky Stones could have had 2 or 3 goals on another day. Stones had one disallowed, a volley just over (when the ball wouldn't come down for him), one headed off the line and forced the keeper to make a couple of decent saves.
He also spent the first hour chasing aimless long balls - he often had to run 20-30 yards to get on the end of them and virtually always got there - he didn't win a lot in the air but he was up against an experienced defender. Don't forget it was only his second game, a big step up from Lincs League, and he didn't stop trying even when clearly knackered - we couldn't take him off as no one else to come on. In his first game he scored one, had two disallowed and could have had a couple more. How many of our other strikers have been that involved in games lately?
The abuse Stones was getting from one or two individuals was disgraceful - how is giving players abuse supposed to help the team? Lay off or stay away - I know we need as many people through the gate as possible but not if they are going to undermine the players.
Several players looked tired from early on - might some (Holsgrove? Milnes?) be carrying knocks but forced to play because we are so short of numbers?
We can't judge this team until we get some of the first choice players back, but we desperately need to do something about the defence - if it means extra bodies in midfield to help (4-5-1?), so be it, but the back 4 was dreadfully exposed again. Austin was poor again - kept letting his man get the ball the fouling him - but doesn't help that he and Parker are exposed time and again.
Don't expect instant miracles from Sleath - he'll need time to recover from playing on the other side of the world.
