Just Back...on the bus.

Sadly but perhaps unsurprisingly a non-event. We managed to take the game to a hesitant Carlisle for the first 15 minutes and if Lloyd's dink over the defender/full blooded volley goes in it might have been different. Once Carlisle scored (after another episode of the soap opera f**k about with it at the back) they settled and managed a controversial (Town player down with head injury) second, mainly thanks to Amos giving the winger the widest possible sight of goal.
Second half was a total non-entity from both sides.  Emmanuel managed a couple of decent moments but a midfield shorn until very late of the battling attributes of Clifton was second best for the whole 90 minutes.
Unfortunately with the turn over of games we are going to be forced into playing the young loanees but neither showed anything today.
Nearly 500 away fans is astonishing after the week we've had.
Man of the match difficult to pick but probably between Lloyd who absolutely ran his heart out chasing lost causes and Smith who played like he'd never been out of the side.

Top effort from those who made the trip today. It’s one thing going to a premier league ground midweek, but another thing to follow that up with a trip to Cumbria a few days later.

Safe journey home to all of you.

We were the better team for the first 20 mins and Carlisle struggled to get to grips with us. I think it was Hunt who was dispossessed trying to play out from our area to concede that first goal and then our heads dropped and no surprise when Carlisle scored their 2nd. Was a bit worried we would be overrun in the 2nd half which thankfully we weren’t. Move on to next week now it was never going to be easy today after Wednesday nights heroics. UTM

Not an entirely unexpected result. Carlisle, flying high and in great form, comfortably brushed aside our much changed team.

There were some bright sparks from Lloyd and Khan, but we still look disjointed without our high energy midfield at full strength. Dickson-Peters and O'Neill failed to make an impact, but without regular game time they can't really be expected to. An error from Hunt and some dodgy refereeing sunk us in the first half.

The next two games - at home to Newport and Rochdale - are crucial. Win both and we're pretty much safe, it's just a matter of whether Hurst can manage the squad through this hectic schedule.

I think most would have predicted that today. Tuesday and Saturday will hopefully put it all to bed.

Fair play for going..
I agree Lloyd motm. I wish he'd get more balls to his feet and have players around him. Hopefully Tuesday we have virtually everyone back and we get back to winning ways.

This was a cruel fixture coming after the long trip to Southampton. No time to prepare properly before setting off to Carlisle.  I estimate the team has travelled almost 900 miles in five days. That must have been a hell of an effort for them today against a team thrid in the league.

Take Waterfall, Emmanuel, Glennon, Clifton, Holahan, McAtee and Orsi/ Taylor out of the side and only lose 0-2 away at a team in the promotion places doesn’t seem bad to me

Agree