ArthurClues:
Absolutely gutted to lose that one. Cannot fault the effort given the injuries before and then during the game, but it just seems like some of the lads don't have, and might never the develop, the composure to win big games. We tried our best to lose the gane on multiple occasions in the first 20 minutes of the 2nd half, and that kind of self inflicted damage always catches up with you in the end. Positives: Watkins was all class; Cassell is going to be a great player; Jenkins gets better every time I see him, and some of Newmans defensive contacts were awesome. Trying not to be too downhearted but it's going to be really tough to make top 4.
5/6th is probably realistic for where we are at this season, a step forward (defensively) from last season, but still got many of the same basic flaws. We shoot in far too often in defence out wide, we don’t win the collision and slow the PTB enough. With the ball we are still not structured, we lack speed and skill and we go for miracle plays that the players are not good enough to execute.