We have a new team and we must be patient but that was awful today. We started brightly in each half but could not sustain it. As we lost momentum instead of playing balls in behind the fullbacks we just go longer and longer, the result of that is that the ball comes back at us quicker and quicker.
In defence Martin was our best player, Bolger is slow and Racic is erratic. The communication/understanding between defence and Arnold was also poor. Missilou is a workhorse and our MOM today, ironically he was probably subbed to prevent him getting a second yellow and almost immediately Martin was sent off. Watson's passing is currently all over the place, maybe he'll create a partneship with Sowerby?
Warburton tries his best but doesn't really fit in, he should have gone to play for a tippy tappy team. Smith is too nice and polite, he doesn't bully defenders like Oliver used to do, he wins a few headers but his team mates can't read him. Hoskins, Ashley-Seal, Korboa, all anonymous today.
The common thread throughout the team was a lack of team work and understanding, previously our strength. Our set pieces were poor and final ball either missing or poor quality. However a lot of this was true a year ago and look what happened.
So in typical Cobblers fashion I'm expecting the worst and hoping for the best! UTC.
Breath of fresh air..