Mon Dec 17, 2012 9:54 am
I would love to believe Saturday is a one off, but looking over the season so far, I don't think so.
My reason for thinking that way is, iv'e seen all home matches and some away matches, and it seems to me whenever we have injuries to mid field players or Malkie's selection is wrong like Saturday, then we suffer, teams like Saturday crowd the midfield and push us back so we are defending too far back, like Peterborough did. Then we have to chase the game, and leave ourselves open at the back, again like we did on Saturday. Peter Whittingham is forced into a defensive position. Which is not and will never be his game, never mind what Malky thinks.
Malky said that he knows how Peterborough plays, if that's the case why did he pick the side he picked Saturday, and why he made the substitutions he made. We need a mid field general, and that must be Peter Whittingham, don't try and make him something he is not, let Mutch and Gunnerson do that job, if they can't go and find someone else in the transfer window.
I am an admirer of the way Malky has transformed the club, and the work ethic he has installed in the team, but that is not enough, you need quality, we have a chance in January if we fail to get the right players in the right positions, then we will be relying on luck again to get us promotion.
I think the next month is the most important time of our season, lets not get caught up in euphoria just yet, get our heads straight, there is a lot of work to do, Malky is on a learning curve, and he will make more mistakes, but they must be looked at, taken on board and learnt from if we don't,like last year we will fail.