It's a very good point Steve. A couple of wins instead of defeats in those games against Luton and Charlton would've made so much difference. We shot ourselves in the foot.
I don't think it's a question of the players bottling it. They just lack the tools to cope in certain areas and have made too many costly mistakes. If Mads Anderson had someone like Gerry Taggart laiking alongside him he wouldn't make all the errors he has this season. Taggart would've roasted him. It's about learning from your mistakes and getting the consistency factor right. Some players haven't been able to do that unfortunately.
To be honest they've made a real fist of things given our diabolical start to the season. They've shown courage and fight when most teams would've chucked the towel in. I'm proud of their efforts.
It's so glaringly obvious what has gone wrong this season. A couple o experienced heads in our team gives us a far better chance of picking up valuable points. One thing young teams aren't capable of too often is picking up scruffy draws and wins when they're having an off day. I think back to Birmingham at home and away. Two scruffy games where we played poorly and came art wi nowt to show. It's not even that Birmingham were good, they just kept it tight and organized, out muscled us and out experienced us.
The silly mistakes have cost us, Boro away stands out for me. Big game against a struggling side clearly lacking confidence. Again it was a night where we didn't play great but should never have lost that game.
Blackburn away we should've come out of it wi a point, cardiff away same deal, Bristol city away same, leeds at home played well but sloppy defending cost us what would've been a well earned point. Derby at home we gifted them 2 goals and were the better side but just about snatched a draw in the end.
This is where experienced players count. Feck sake, it pysses me right off recounting those games. Fecking idiots running this show have screwed us over. Grrrrrgghhh