It is very worrying indeed that folk are intimating that these lads may sulk instead of giving their all, if they did sulk then itd be cricket score a reckon, i have had some time to reflect since Rotherham smashed us for 4, i listened the game on the radio and we were poor, overplaying in the wrong areas and not smart enough in the final third, these are all worrying factors to be sure, but there was no hint of players swanning around not trying, 11 v 11 and sometimes one team wants it more than the other, it were a friendly and in these games your head aint the same as in a competetive match, i am worried, because i don't think we played brilliant in any of our pre season games, but this squad are new and will need time, we just got to get the basics right for now, marking, passing, movement, options, the bit of quality at the end i am sure will come, just got get the basics right for now, also, and this is important, goals change games, we had a penno that Hammill missed early on, and a 1 yard screamer missed by bradders, i would put it firmly in the bracket of "a shocking mare game", if bristol were watching, they probably give the players a week off there so confident, i find it hard to believe we will play that bad again in a competetive match.

a point at bristol will give as much confidence as a win after the last match, and their manager is pants.we got a chance