Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:47 pm
My honest analysis of tonights proceedings:
1) We were extremely unlucky not to have scored more goals but bad luck isn't what stops teams getting promoted- we should be scoring those chances.
2) Naylor is wank- it's beggars belief why he is still in the team. He cost us the first goal-no question. He played a big hand in the second and looked suspect all night. I fear Sinclair will rip him apart on Sunday.
3) jones started with the wrong team- he made up for it with substitutions (for once) but chopra should have started with bothroyd and either Burke or jet on the wing. ( I prefer Burke for the jack game)
4) parkin should have had 20 minutes when Jay started to look a bit disinterested- not the 8 he was given.
5) the ref didn't help matters- my opinion is that mcdermott had a word with him before the game to watch our physicality and he blew up for all sorts.On the subject of Parkin, I don't see why the ref was giving so many fouls against him. He was standing there holding his ground and winning the ball or at least disrupting the reading centre halfs legally. It's not his fault he's 6"7 and 16 stone and the opposition simply cannot cope.
6) we were caught with our pants down for the second reading goal but I think the defence need to hold their hands up here- our attackers and midfield should be going forward as they have been and our defence should be able to cope with counters. they aren't at the moment. Mcnaughton and hudson did well but with naylor there, kev and Hudson are being expected to do too much
In summary, 2-2 was a concilation really considering how much we dominated in tonights match. It's by no means a good result. We have slipped to 5th and we don't look half as in a rosy position as we were 10 days ago.
We have the best squad in the division no question. There is no excuse for dj not getting us up automatically or at the very least promoted.
BUT- If we want to go up automatically, we should be winning every single home game for the rest of the season. Away isn't so easy but our stadium should be a fortress. We need to be more commanding and things have to improve.