02-11-2014, 12:27
Isn't the real problem that we have one way of playing? All the other teams have had the chance to see us operate. They not only are able to cancel us out, but also to take the chances we offer. And we do let people play. Early in the season we had the surprise of Doyle's goals. They've dried up, so it looks like we'll get to keep him ........ and no one else seems capable of scoring.
The big surprise to me is Boco. When we were doing well he was in the team all the time (which slightly surprised me in itself). Now we never win and he's reverted to his Plymouth role, bottom on bench. I'm beginning to suspect that he made more difference than you'd think.
Teams do have good and bad runs though. Look at Newcastle, couldn't buy a win then Man City, Liverpool and Spurs fall to them ..... We were doing better than anyone could have expected. Suddenly we're the worst team in the division. Worrying aspects are Tommy Lee's form - every other goal conceded seems to involve an error, keepers get measured negatively and he's clearly not happy in his skin, why else be daft enough to keep getting booked. Evatt is also a worry. He's been sent off, booked, then without him we keep a clean sheet and he's supposed to be our leader. Roberts hasn't been scoring and is becoming very prone to injury niggles. Banks seems to be progressing backwards at the moment. And Chapman ... no one wants a keeper who gets injured ......
BUT Mr Cook clearly knows his job and that the dividing line between success and failure is a narrow one. He can probably spot far more problems than any of us and come up with solutions too. We are only six points from bottom, but then we are only six from third place too.
The big surprise to me is Boco. When we were doing well he was in the team all the time (which slightly surprised me in itself). Now we never win and he's reverted to his Plymouth role, bottom on bench. I'm beginning to suspect that he made more difference than you'd think.
Teams do have good and bad runs though. Look at Newcastle, couldn't buy a win then Man City, Liverpool and Spurs fall to them ..... We were doing better than anyone could have expected. Suddenly we're the worst team in the division. Worrying aspects are Tommy Lee's form - every other goal conceded seems to involve an error, keepers get measured negatively and he's clearly not happy in his skin, why else be daft enough to keep getting booked. Evatt is also a worry. He's been sent off, booked, then without him we keep a clean sheet and he's supposed to be our leader. Roberts hasn't been scoring and is becoming very prone to injury niggles. Banks seems to be progressing backwards at the moment. And Chapman ... no one wants a keeper who gets injured ......
BUT Mr Cook clearly knows his job and that the dividing line between success and failure is a narrow one. He can probably spot far more problems than any of us and come up with solutions too. We are only six points from bottom, but then we are only six from third place too.