I think it will be damage limitation on Friday. We were vulnerable to their counter-attacks. Possession football is ok but you have to do something with the ball. We created very little and gave the ball away too easily when they pressed. They denied us space and we struggled to create any.

When we did have a couple of chances they were wasted. Costelloe is not good enough at this level. I am a great fan of Charlie Taylor but he is not a centre back. JBG is trying to be a creative midfielder but doesn’t have the guile.

On a positive note three of the new guys played and they looked good. Redmond also looked positive in the first 25 minutes.

Whilst it is great that we are trying to play possession football, it is slow and we face either a high press or the opposition has 11 behind the ball and we lack the creativity to deal with that.

We will play worse teams than Mainz but I think we will have some embarrassing results against the top teams.