Just Back

Positives- 5 unbeaten, taken 5 points from 9, which isn't great, but better than we have been doing. We also didn't let Sutton or FGR gain any ground on us, so could be worse, but could be a lot better.

Negatives- Where do I begin? Today again, we looked like the away side from about 30 minutes onward, with the opposition pressuring us more and more as the game went on, the ball coming back constantly and us not being able to fashion and decent moves or any sustained pressure as a home side should.

Poor control, poor passing, poor choices, terrible throw ins and lax play giving the ball back to them constantly. I really don't get how other teams seem to be able to keep the ball and make simple passes to each other, yet it seems beyond our capability. Holohan was the main culprit today, but the others weren't much better.

Only one side deserved to win that game, and but for a bad miss and a great save from Cartwright, it would have been Sutton. Twice we were carved open down the centre in the second half again, but fortunately they blew their chances. Cartwright really shouldn't have had the chance to save the header from Smith, but we got out of gaol.

If you look at the stats on the BBC website, it appears that we were the better of the 2 sides, but in reality, all our possession was in our back third, and most of theirs was too.

We need someone to come in and drill the players for hours and hours on pass and move until it becomes second nature.

Quoted from Hagrid

Only positive is we got a point. And the games over

2 poor sides, with us poorer. Got the early goal though Pyke again, didnt build on it at all, dont think we had another shot on target for the rest of the game?

Gifted Sutton an equaliser with our customary defensive and goalkeeping errors.

2nd half we were absolutely excrement, could have and should have lost but for poor finishing, and a great save from Cartwright.

That was a very worrying performance, We missed Danny Rose but no excuses. New man has a huge job on his hands

To be honest I think Hagrid has hit the nail on the head there. We're in desperate need of a new manager, and possibly in need of about 4 or 5 players if not more

Physicality and pace were lacking. Played OK first half but too timid at 1-0 up. Holohan Arthur Mullarky linked up well first half but all looked anonymous second half.
With their height they are always going to cause issues so suprised that their goal didn't come from that.
Poor not to see the first half out and second half never got started. Subs .....i thought they helped stem the Sutton momentum but didn't really give us the overall advantage..then players ran out of steam.
Some green shoots, throw ins quicker first half, half decent crosses coming in, channel running to get their defence turned but ultimately we don't have the pace and power to compete with Sutton one v one.

I honestly don't think we, as a club, are in as bad a state as many do.

Yes, it was horrendous in the second half. There was a complete lack of bravery from our midfielders to get on the ball and do something. Which led to playing long balls against a team of giants.
That is down to bad habits and lack of cojones to stay on the ball. Nobody wanted to be the player who played us into trouble so they just hoofed it.

If/when we appoint a new manager, we do have the players in the squad able to play decent football, as the first 10 mins showed.

We are missing someone who, when we are coming under pressure, can get on the ball and calm everyone down.

Hopefully the new manager can find that in the squad and it'll be onwards and upwards.

Have a great night ladies and gentleman.

Well that was a shocker with very few redeeming features. Great shame we didn't get the second just before their equaliser as that would have made a massive difference. Think it was Wilson who virtually passed it to their keeper, we then give the ball away in midfield and it's 1-1
Our passing is very very average but there's so little movement it makes it easier for the opposing defender to get a foot in. Gav was very guilty today and it was a shock when he stayed on, unless Andrews was injured.
Second half looked like only one team was likely to get a winner and it wasn't us. The new manager has a big job galvanising this squad into an effective team
Always finish on a positive, so thought both fullbacks were ok, and although Pyke often looks a bit clumsy he was in the right place and also did some good work

The problem with Conteh, is that if the players in front of him aren't making the runs he becomes a bit of a liability in there. He's exceptional at reading the game and winning the ball. I don't know why on earth we are persisiting with him at the 6, we don't have the personnel to do it. We aren't intelligent enough, he's on a completely different wave length half the time. Get him in the 8 with Greeny behind him and Harry/Gav alongside them. We dropped our standards massively today and seemed to expect to walk over them. We was walking about on the pitch and there was 0 intensity. I think Khan needs to be a mainstay in the team, he's direct and gets at his full back. We was far far too predictable today.

Hard to remember many where I’ve been more frustrated than that watching it.

Players running into each other, getting in the way of through balls and a complete inability from almost everyone to string one simple pass together.

I love Holohan but he was absolutely abysmal, got into good positions to do something on 5 or 6 occasions and ended up looking like a competition winner every single time.

The only positive I can take from that is that I reckon we’d have lost that 6 weeks ago, as it happens we’ve got a point from it and remain unbeaten.

The new manager has to be in this week, you could tell me until you’re blue in the face that the process takes time but this has gone on far too long. There’s a saying in the recruitment industry - ‘time kills deals’ and this particular process is killing any chance we have of finally kick starting our season.

Quoted from Boonsy

Awful.... there were players out there today who just did not seem interested...  the club maybe on a sound footing but the squad has some serious issues.. forget the remarks of playing sound football but losing, that was neither sound and we should have lost against what was a very poor opposition... worrying times ahead for town

Sound mate

We need a new goalkeeper.

Fortunately Cartwright is on loan.

Mularky played ok I thought. He had some good runs but nobody seemed to want the ball, so he just ran into a dead end.