4 down, 32 to go, onto Ayr Saturday

[darrenshedtastic]

disappointing result obviously but ayr are a tricky team as they showed last season. our record down there since weve been down isnt great (only won once in 5 visits).

id be same as most where i dont really know why he brought the new boy in for his debut esp when we have a few home games coming up where he could ease him in. plus harkes has been a standout in the games hes played imo. harkes and stanton would have gave us the energy to win 2nd balls which could have helped us get some control into the game.
Imo it striked me as abit of arrogance from neilson. other more experienced managers would have eased him in and stuck with what had been working.

1st half was really poor. everything weve done well so far this season went out the window.
2nd half was much better. started to play and when we did they couldnt handle us and if it wasnt for abit of luck we would have got back into the game before the 2nd goal.

if you had offered us all after 5 games wed have 12/15 we would have taken it! its not ideal but we have some "favourable game" at home next so if we react to this result by winning next week then we should be ok.

[GUNBOAT]

If i have read it correctly the new defender Brown had a long term injury that kept him out until March,he then played one or two games and got injured again.He never played for Exeter again and was released due to his injury problems in June before pre- season training had even started.
Not for one minute am i blaming Brown for the defeat yesterday but it was nothing short of madness to throw him straight in away from home against a team who are one of our main title rivals,sorry for being so negative about our manager but this is why none of us were saying after 4 games that the league was won.