So
the wait for a win goes on, but against a good Norwich team, with the defence
decimated by illness and injury, I thought we deserved more than yet another
defeat. For an hour or so, we more than matched them, got the goal and
looked fairly comfortable with Cubero making his debut in midfield looking a
neat player who doesn’t concede possession. However, we started to play
deeper and deeper, allowing them to start to operate in the gaps between
defence and midfield, and eventually the pressure told.
When
you’re at the bottom, the breaks are always bad ones, so to concede from an own
goal then a horribly deflected shot that the keeper had covered, it just summed
up our current predicament. The third goal was well taken but even then,
we gifted possession far too easily in the build up.
Despite
it all, the spirit is still there in the team, with no-one doubting the
effort. What we do lack is bodies to cover for any injury. It’s
criminal to take to the field with only one recognised centre half despite the
claim last week that Oyston is now backing Riga. Surely we can exploit
the loan market to fill these gaps?
While
we continue to make it difficult for ourselves, we’ll always be
struggling. The sooner the squad settles down with the reinforcements we
are crying out for, the sooner we’ll start to pick up the points we
deserve. Two more tough games this week, but I still think we can turn it
round.
STAR
MAN: Jose Cubero
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