Yesterdays match brought that "we could of got something from that match in truth" feeling, but in the end another home defeat- Something thats become expected over the past 3 seasons, it wouldn't suprise me if we have the lowest win percentage [home & away] from the past couple of years with Stockport. We didn't play that bad in truth, just our defensive lacks expierence. Nelson, Gibson & Berry are all young and learning- Berry isn't even a RB but still plays there every week- His positional sense was the reason we conceded yesterday, but I'm not going to blame him for our loss, because Swindon killed us on the counter. We had CB Soukouna on the LM- Mainly because of his strength and he can win a battle in the air, but really, if you want that- Play him up front with Lecointe. Feeney's a hard worker but sadly he hasn't added much up front and thats what we need our strikers to do. We also need Fletch & Walton in CM, we are missing an expierenced head like Fletcher but Simon Walton has been fantastic since becoming captain.
Despite being 4 points away from safety, I'm not pressing any panic buttons yet. Things have improved under Fletcher and I'm hoping there will be a surge once the takeover is finally done- Including some loan signings. CB, a fast winger and a striker would do. However, we have some massive matches coming up- Torquay, Bradford & Hereford in the next 2 months will be vital and could shape the table come the end of the season. They are all relegation 6-pointers imo, and 9 points from those 3 matches would put us in a great position. I have full confidence we can stay up and keep our Football League status, however I think it will be another struggle and it might well go down to the final day of the season- Which is better than getting relegated before, I suppose. Its hard to predict what could happen at the bottom this season, all the teams have a chance of being relegated and imo nobody in that bottom pack is safe.
All we can do is hope the takeover is done ASAP, and that we win those 6-pointers. I remember in our championship days we had fellow strugglers Watford & Scunthorpe in our final season- We really needed at least 4 points to have a chance of surviving, we lost both and went down the next week. We can't afford to lose these big matches, but in the long-run a spirited performance against Swindon won't do any harm.
