A very important win against Huddersfield that goes a long way to securing our place in the Division. The fans’ anger that we should be in this position at all, was reflected in the demonstration before kick off organised by SISA, against the dearth of investment in the club.
The game started off with the team set up differently (Eric Black’s input?), with a 3-5-2 formation. That gained immediate dividends as Perkins made a surging run from midfield and set Fuller away; he accelerated from Gerrard and crashed an unstoppable shot into the net. We then had a spell when we really should have finished off the game with golden chances close in missed.
The injury to Broadfoot then disrupted us and allowed Huddersfield to get a foothold in the game, but in truth, neither side really threatened the goal. It took until well inside the second half before they created a real chance, but the linesman’s flag intervened correctly. As the half wore on, probably because of nerves, we dropped deeper and deeper, resorting to hurried clearances which only resulted in additional pressure coming in. McMahon and Cathcart defended well though, and I thought we saw out the game relatively comfortably.
As I see it, another win or two and we’ll definitely be safe for next season, when lessons must be learned about how we got into this position and a strategy put into place to ensure it doesn’t happen again. For that to happen, we must make the right managerial team appointment and back them with a settled squad who are good enough, rather than gamble on ‘names’ and jacks of all trade who can fill in but really aren’t good enough to command a place.
STARMAN: Ricardo Fuller
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