O/T Blackpool post match reflections

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Disappointed doesn't even begin to describe how I felt leaving the stadium last night.

Team selection - fully at Hamshaws feet. Why did he change it like he did? Was it the knowing a club sitting second bottom and who of late couldn't buy a league win made him think he would tinker with certain positions? Big mistake Matt big mistake.

Powell who is by far one of our better players, albeit his crosses are truly woeful, was put in a position akin to a fish out of water who flapped at everything thrown at him from the off. James made to play more central? ala Powell's position. Watch the video replay Matt then message to self, 'Don't do that again'.

Complacent/attitude/non application, all on show for most of our lot last night mainly in the first half, even the talented Hall was MIA for most of the game. Why is it when we play anyone in the bottom four do we disappear up out own arses? Dawson doesn't come out of this unscathed. A junior school kid could have stopped the first goal, what was he thinking? Legs apart a bus could have gone under. Just not good enough from many players in another go slow first half.

Praise has to go to Dan Gore, the only man in the middle who put a shift in. I wouldn't be surprised at all if a club puts a bid in for him come January. We will then lose a very valuable player with no one anywhere near good enough to deliver from our current squad, what he does. As for Spence, Benson and Hall, they need to ask themselves, 'Why did I play so poor last nigh?'

The lack of effort in the first half was more than woeful. We did come alive more with the introduction of Kaleta who ran them ragged in the second half, so mush so, their Manager saw that and made an instant sub to counter meaSure him. Poor finishing from us, great saves from their keeper and the clinical finishing from them from our poor passing mistakes, sealed off what was a very poor performance all round.

Hopefully we can put this one behind us and Hamshaw learns from it, the players learn from it and they deliver much to the standard that saw us go and a great mini run. I'll be down there on Saturday shouting them on and hopefully we can address all that's been raised by what folk have posted on last night and come home with at least a point if not all three. UTM.