Quote Originally Posted by NerfHerder View Post
For half an hour we looked brilliant and I thought we were going to dent another playoff chasing team?s hopes.

Then from 30 minutes to 45, the warning signs were there. But we seemingly didn?t learn. The defending was embarrassing yet again. No matter who it is or what system we play, we simply cannot defend.

Whether we are playing 4 at the back or 5 next season (I hope it?s 4), we need a whole new back line, including keeper. I like Roberts but he?s not going to last forever. Earl looks brilliant in some moments and then cumbersome in others. He might be okay in the centre though. The rest that are here at the minute can all go for me. MDG, Pines, McCarthy, Cotter, O?Keeffe can all leave the club if needed. I still have hopes for Gent but we will have to see what he?s like when he comes back from a bad injury.
The warning signs were evident last Saturday against Bolton , they were covered up by the emphatic win .

The truth was Bolton could easily have been level by half-time and continued to create easy chances in the second half but only took one of them .

It never lasts for long in this game and eventually your weaknesses are exposed , it only took another game to wipe the gloss off the Bolton result .

A good number of our players as you have alluded to simply aren't good enough Nerf .

I'm by no means convinced Lopata or Shepherd will add anything for next season either but we'll see of course .

To get out of this league the defenders need to be as good as Mawson and a younger Roberts , Lindsay and Pinnock or Andersen , Kitching and Thomas .

That's the standard , we are a million miles away and then some plus the added benefit of a decent keeper such as Davies or Collins .