[spireitematt]

First of all I didnt go, I felt crap and if I had gone I would probably have committed suicide so maybe staying away was a good idea.

Yet again Sheridan pulls a rabbit out of the hat with his team selection. Problem was he didnt notice the rabbit was dead. Lets ignore the team and players that have given us points on the board and instead lets shuffle the pack around and put players where they cant play and give poor old Chorley a chance. They havent had an away win so far this season so lets gift them one by picking a team that didnt even look good on paper.

In an interview JS says we were poor and talks about the team not stepping up to the plate. No mention of his team selection and tactics which is where the problem lies. He even suggests he has to stick with it (it would be the first time this season he's stuck with anything).

I could be real big headed and say I told you so but there is no pleasure whatsoever in being right about this one. When Ian Evatt sits at the top of the league with a part time squad the missed opportunity is there for all to see.

For gods sake Sheridan just do the honorable thing and walk. This is a mess of your own making, nobody else was involved. Give us the chance to get some passion back.

That was Chorley's 2nd win of the season. How the hell can we get it so so wrong? Last Wednesday we played Glossop in the Derbyshire Senior Cup and we set out a mixed eleven, now I know it's the Derbyshire Senior Cup but surely we could have sent out a strong starting eleven or experimented with the team instead. That starting eleven yesterday isn't good enough on paper in my opinion and we should have kept the team which was unbeaten for 3-4 games. There is that old adage that you don't change a winning team but we did just that and look what the result was.

What I will say is look at Barrow. What a job that Ian Evatt has done at Barrow, he's got them playing attractive, attacking football and playing together as a team for one another. When he applied for the Chesterfield when we went down from L2 we should have given him a chance, I was in favour and I think a few fans were of giving him a chance as manager. Yet we went for Martin Allen.

This division is not easy and anyone can beat anyone else but to lose to Chorley is just very very worrying and no disrespect to Chorley but if a team of full time professionals can't beat a team of part-timers who have drawn 10 and lost 9 and won 1 before we played them then is there any hope? We are 11pts off the playoffs and we could reach the playoffs if went on some magical unbeaten run till about March/April but I can't see it myself.