My thoughts on yesterday

In general, I thought we played ok. Certainly a lot better than at QPR. For me, the first half was pretty good, the second we started badly but were playing well when we went behind. At which point we collapsed totally.

Moving onto specifics-
Why was hucks played up front? Deano really needs a conventional strike partner, especially if we insist on hoofing the ball at him all the time. I thought he linked up ok with Hendo, but I can only asusme that Ryan J is injured and Thorne wasn't fit.
Bringing on Thorne was a good idea imo, but why play him on the right? Especially when we already had Hendo on the pitch??
Fleming at right back, bit of a strange one that. More solid defensively than Colin it's true, but less of a threat going forwards and was tending to get outpaced and caught out of position.
In general, the full backs weren't supporting the wingers enough and Jimmy B wasn't doing much to support Hucks at all, the poor guy had no support half the time.
Complete failure to get bodies into the box most of the time (and when Hughes gets there he misses)
credit to green and especially Hughes who applauded the fans at the end (only players who made effort to do so)
there was a general lack of belief, although the players were certainly trying

Posted By: Exile, Oct 30, 11:44:02