Another fruitless trip to the capital where, despite us having the benefit of a full week’s training we once again dropped to the bottom of the table going into the international break, as the only Championship team to be pointless at this stage. Once again, we switched off at crucial stages, allowing players to run unchallenged into the box to score. As I’ve said on more than once occasion, the next fortnight is crucial in both finalising the recruitment and also developing a team shape and structure.
For me, the most crucial ingredient is to keep Jose Riga at the club. He’s clearly a frustrated figure after the ridiculous summer we’ve had. It’s the last chance saloon for Karl Oyston to actually back his manager with the four or so players he says he needs. I believe that if he gets those, then we can extract ourselves from the current predicament. Lose Riga and it’s hard to see how we can recover from the self-inflicted handicap of starting the season in September.
Saturday showed that we can create and score chances. We possibly had the better of the play but succumbed to needless goals conceded that stemmed from a lack of someone who can really dominate in midfield. The right player would be protecting the defence by winning the ball, allowing the more creative players we already have to supply the forwards we already have.
Speculate to accumulate; something that is apparently anathema to Oyston, but really now is the time.
STARMAN: Peter Clarke
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