Sunday 11th March - Derby (a) Lost 2-1 & Peterborough (a) Lost 3-1
It’s been a bad week, on and off the field. The fallout from the publishing of the accounts has meant a negative spotlight from the national media, which can’t have helped the team’s frame of mind going into two big away games.
Tuesday night, we started brightly enough, scoring early but then failing to capitalise and eventually succumbed to two set pieces that were avoidable and then defended badly. That trait continued on Saturday, when we were never in the game. In all honesty, without Gilks in fine form it could have been five or six. Again, we conceded from a soft free kick. Time and time again, we look like we have no idea with our own set pieces, and cannot deal with the opposition’s. That has to be a concern since the back four at Peterborough was arguably our best line up.
For whatever reason, we have lost our spark. Despite all that, we are still in the promotion mix. I’ll take the view that it’s better to have a bad patch now than at the end of the season. We need to rediscover the shape and style that saw us do so well and so recently, hold our nerve and push on to the end of the season.
Fans have a huge part to play. There is a real sense of discontent over the dividend paid to Owen. Whatever happens, we cannot allow that to affect the team and manager, but give them maximum backing between now and the end of the season.
STARMAN (Derby): Matt Gilks
STARMAN (Peterborough): Matt Gilks
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