Not with this manager.Well that feels like a defeat and once again we have conceded two goals. As I keep saying it’s hard to win football matches if you are conceding two goals a game and that applies at any level.
Plus we won’t climb the table until we cut it out. I don’t know how or why these defensive problems have crept in again since the start of this month. That first Boreham Wood goal was shockingly poor to concede.
When Kyle Wootton gets a brace at home we should be picking up all three points no matter who the opposition is. It’s the curse of the clocks going back an hour that have blighted so many Notts seasons in the past where we go off the boil and sink into a winter gloom.
That first 20-25 minutes was utterly dire. I can’t believe we were camped so deep in our own half playing like an away side to a team that gets 800 at home games and who brought 57 fans. We have no right to beat anyone at this level and we are where we deserve to be. It’s just when you think this club can’t sink to a new low, there is always another surprise waiting around the corner. Boreham Wood look more fresh and looked more energetic than us in that first half.
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Thankfully two excellent crosses and some text book headers from Wootton got us back in the game and gave us the upper hand. This was one of the positives of the night and a well deserved man of the match performance.
Second half was much better, and whilst not the best we’ve played was certainly an improvement. I thought Shields had an excellent game.
Then in true style we go and throw three points away in the last minute and give away a penalty.
This month has been the worst in the league this season and the form with 2 points from 12.
In the last six league games we’ve only beaten a part time team and are down to less than 1 point a game.
P6, W1, D2, L3, GF9, GA10, GD-1, Pts 5
PPG 0.83.
A big improvement is required during December and over the Christmas period because this form simply is not good enough especially at this level. Plus if we have aspirations of getting in the playoffs then we’ve got to turn this slump around.