Quote Halfdan of t'wide embrace="Halfdan of t'wide embrace"Just arrived back at my temporary Shropshire base after the match. I spent most of the first fifteen or so minutes dreading the final score. To be fair after that the players largely deserve credit. Some good defence on the line and outbreaks of decent attacking play. Unlike last years shower they kept going.
Quite simply we were up against a bigger, faster, more skilful and better drilled team. They largely did their best and I came away not too unhappy. Sadly the fact I felt like that says a lot about where we are.
I won't name him as it really wouldn't help but I thought there were worrying signs the constant physical and mental batterings this season be taking their toll on the confidence of one of the better youngsters. I hope the club remember what happened when Olu and Josef were asked to do too much too young and keep a careful eye out for the youngsters. There may or may not be a London next year and we owe it to them to do our best to ensure they are in a good place to pick up a contract elsewhere worst case scenario.'"
I agree with all of this. I thought we played close to our limit, with only a few lapses of concentration letting us down. Our attacking structure was much better with Bishay in the halves and Farrar at FB.
But we continue to stand little chance whilst we persist with just 2 props who, after 12 games, are coming to resemble Frazier and Ali after 15 rounds. Greenwood just walked through the whole of the second half and Krasniqi is producing fewer minutes with each passing week. We badly need Dollapi back and a loan signing. Our props aren't big men and so we need 4 of them in the 17. This is a real shame as our back row is talented (see Vea) when they are not forced to cover down the middle.
