I think that its fair to say that most of our pre-season concerns came to fruition today

- A Fleming/Docherty partnership
- Charlton in midfield
- Hughes seems as bad as people said he would be
- Hucks just kicked off the ball every time
- Crowd not really supporting the team

and

- Absolutely no midfield for the entire 90 minutes.

Not a very impressive performance at all:

Green - One great save but gave posession away too often searching for Hucks

Louis-Jean - Often left gaps - not very convincing

Flem - After his ludicrous booking was probably our best defender

Doherty - Afraid to say it, but he was useless - concedes far too many free kicks

Drury - Okish - usually takes time to settle

Marney - Best player alongside Leon - looks a good signing

Hucks - Out of sorts, no support

Hughes - Poor touch, poor awareness - decent effort though

Charlton - Tried hard but not a midfielder

Ashton & Leon - Did their best with long balls all day.

On that performance, by far our most important players this season will be Shackell and Safri - we had no cohesion in defence and no presence in midfield. Our three strikers need balls to feet not chest/head high with their backs to goal.

Hopefully the wake up call we need - not really looking forward to the Crewe game now.

Posted By: Komodo, Aug 6, 20:18:18