How we missed someone like Johnson yesterday. No-one in the side has his pace and self confidence, and probably skill, to take on multiple players and break down defences. We have been battered twice this season: v Oxford and Rotherham, but yesterday we did the battering. The big difference was that Oxford and Rotherham created numerous excellent goal scoring chances but we did not.
We have lost to a goal from an unfair first half push, but still had an hour to right that wrong. The move for Poole’s “goal“ was virtually the only quick bit of football we played during that hour. It was a poor watch, and by half time the score already had a certain inevitability about it. This was reflected in the crowd noise.
No knee jerk reaction, just reality; we need to be quicker and more creative at home. My expectation is for a mid table (12-14) end to the season but hope for better. There’s nothing wrong with having positive hope.