marky wrote:Hmmmmm. First match I've seen and I left feeling I'd wasted my hard earned money. I cannot believe how shocking we are defensively. A team of 11 Grannies could score against us with ease! A draw probably was a fair result but had Macclesfield won we'd couldn't really have complained. Of the new players, I thought Moss was utterly awful, Craney was frustrating, Jevons was largely anonymous, Wilson played well and Panther... Well, he outshone every other player by a country mile. Fully deserved his MOM award. There's little doubting the fact that we'll create chances this season but WHY THE F*** don't we get more men in the box? There must have been about 20 occasions today when a bit of urgency could have created chances but watching much of our team trying to get forward is a bit like watching other teams in slow motion. Sammy obviously knows that because he swore at the players several times for not getting forward often/quickly enough. Yet for some inexplicable reason, the message doesn't seem to be getting through. There were positives from today. Twiss' finish. Panther's performance. Wilson showing why he's rated so highly. But there were far more negatives and I left even more puzzled as to why a perfectly good defender in Henry McStay can't get a game.
First match for me too, although i think there was some good football at times BUT. As someone posted earlier we look lopsided as all the players were conjested into a small area. We were stood by the dug out in the second half and there was acres and acres of empty space down the right, Thommo would have had a field day . As you rightly say the lack of pace up front is a major problem and S.M was going ballistic. I think problem with Moss is that he seems to be in 2 minds , wheather he is a full back or wing back and Jevons is defo not a League 1 player, has no pace and poor ball control. What we needed yesterday was a 25 yr old Jim Mccluskie to get in the box and pressure their central defenders and get on the end of those wasted crosses.

. I dont think McStay is the answer as he might be a better defender but no good going forward , we got rid of pefectly good player in that position

.Overall we need some injection of pace(wonder if Usame Bolt can play footy ) all over the park and players need to back each other up more , no good passing a ball to somone then leaving him totally isolated with 3 opposition players round him.
We need some more Panthers in the team

Best player on the pitch .