Quote Originally Posted by Saxo1man41 View Post
If you genuinely thought a draw at gills(where we posed no threat at all), was a good result, my posts wouldn't wind you up. Deep down you know its not good enough right now, and its just at the worst time possible.
Saxo - if Shrewsbury and Wigan win all their remaining games, good luck to them, but do you think it's likely?
We've taken more points from our last five games than anyone else in the top six. That's hardly a sign of a downward spiral.
For sure, we've lacked fluency in the last three games, but our defence is so well-organised, we've ground out a couple of wins, anyway.
All teams - even the successful ones - go through various phases in the course of a season.
The knockers keep saying Mowbray is putting out a defensive line-up, but they're a bit lost when asked what the team SHOULD be. And there's good reason for that because, when Nyambe is fit, ten of the players more or less pick themselves. I really can't identify this brilliant, alternative attacking line-up that Mowbray is failing to pick.
At one point, there were loud calls for Payne to be an automatic choice, but there have been several games where he has made little impact.
Another example: Mowbray kept faith with Evans and has been rewarded, which has made a number of critics go very quiet on the topic.
I think the last half-hour at Gillingham was exactly the sort of situation tailor-made for Chapman. It must be really annoying for Mowbray that he doesn't have that option available. Unfortunately, we don't have that sort of winger in the Under-23s either.
Obviously, Bennett could be moved up and replaced by Travis or Caddick, but Bennett's not really a Chapman-style winger. He relies on industry and a sound all-round game - not flair.
I really don't get what has led you to go from one extreme to the other so fast.