I am delighted that we kept a clean sheet and got a draw, Oxford lost so that is another point away from them, with 11 matches to go. We have been quite poor the last three games and could easily have lost all 3 or got just 1 point, we have 7 points from three games where we were not very good, amazing really. however that will not do in the last 11 games, we need to get back to the levels we can play at, a win on saturday i think is really key if we want to win the title, it will take the pressure off by making us 13 points clear of 3rd and at least 7 points clear of 2nd, it is a huge game.
I assume there was a injury or illness reason for taking off Rathbone, because if it was tactical huge mistake, he controlled the game first half. Linsay and Odiffin were totally absent the 2nd half, Tutu defensively is a liability, no committment tries too many tricks near his own box and pulls out of tackles, cannot play again until he shows committment to put his body on the line, going forward he has something but at the back awful on what we have seen so far. Angus did well first half but he is no where near fit enough for 75 mins nevermind 90, Vickers outstanding. Freddie could have been sat in the stand the 2nd half and Smith MUST learn when we are under pressure to stop giving silly niggley fouls away. We need REG and miller back fit and we need our first 11 for as many games as we can now, we do have a squad but there are few in that squad that can come in and play at the level needed to win the league. Overall we learned a lot and well done to the big lads at the back and Vickers, regroup and move on to a few big games in the next few weeks.