Where has it gone wrong on the pitch?

[reamsofverse]

And before anybody says we have only lost three games, so what what have we won with that record? nothing yet besides any more inept performances like today and it won't be three for long.

Youga has been badly missed, Basey is out of his depth with no pace to go down the wing like Youga and Richardson do, by the way when Frazer makes the effort to do so these days Sam just cannot be bothered to go with him to offer an option.

Moving onto midfield can somebody tell me why Spring and Racon cannot get a kick? Semedo in a 5 man midfield is the best anchor man in this league by a mile he also acts as a shield for our back 4 but sorry in a four man midfield where he has to work a bit harder and become part of the central two man engine he is sadly exposed he is not a player who possesses the ability to go forward and agan that showed today.

Bailey meanwhile I thought bottled a couple of challenges this afternoon and he has become innefective in the middle, at least when on the left he was always last man to arrive at the back post when a cross came in, at the moment there is nobody doing that.

Sam has become frustrating to watch, his best asset is beating his man and getting to the byline before sending in a cross so why has he started to drift inside and dilly dally when he gets there.

Reid impressed in the second half but why did he not get that sort of service in the first half?

Finally to the most frustrating aspect of the whole afternoon and beyond, Burton and Mooney. Burton tries and puts himself about but he is not a player who you would put your money on if a through ball was played through to him to run onto with the last defender at his side, he has no pace whilst Mooney has literally come back to us a different player, he comes to deep and goes to wide, not once today did I see him where he should be close up to Burton in the box ready to feed off when crosses came in, but who else is there Dickson and McKenzie!! who although the latter looked up for it today only managed a couple of wayward headers that he should have done better with.

Three away games on the way up now and I don't fancy us in any of them, we are not playing as a team, look very limited, unconvincing and forgotten how to dominate opponents..

[bexleyboy]

Certain players have to be dropped,,,,,Parky don't seem to have the balls to do it

[canterburyaddick]

But like who and who would you replace them with. Apart from Youga that was about our strongest team out there with not a lot of strength in depth. Depressing at that sounds. What he has to do is get them playing as a team like the beginning of the season, even if that means resorting to 4-5-1 again.

[reamsofverse]

I think he has no other alternative now than to go back to 4-5-1 because he has seen first hand just like the rest of us that we do not have two strikers good enough to play a 4-4-2.

Racon did begin to blow hot and cold that I admit but there is no doubt about it, our midfield as an attacking unit has not been the same without him, Semedo is too defensive minded to be part of a 4 man midfield we need 5 in the middle with Spring or Racon given a recall.

This cannot go on indefinitely though, I want to know why we let McLeod go, ok he aint that good but he's better than Dickson and if we have got to the stage where he went to allow us to afford to bring Mooney in then we are finished.

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Would like to see Mckensie starting alongisde Burton on Tues.

[canterburyaddick]

Agree with Pete, let's give MacKenzie a more central striking role, he's not a winger. And Reams I'm sure you were delighted to see the back of McLeod.