Post by Alptrotter on Aug 24, 2019 19:20:57 GMT
In the end, I suppose any Wanderers fan simply has to believe that having fulfilled this fixture is, in our current predicament, more important than the result. Indeed, I am having more and more sympathy with those who argue that enough is enough and the youngsters have. already done more than they should reasonably be expected of them.
Having said that, the manner of the defeat was disappointing. What looked on the video stream to be a horribly soft penalty apart, Bolton held off Ipswich until half time. OK, Matthews made some good saves, but nothing out of the routine. Our major problems are 1 the left side of the defence is very weak 2. we have no way to hold onto the ball upfield, maybe because we sit so deep ( Parky style) But hey 0-1 at HT and that a gift from a poor ref, we’d done well.
Whether it all boils down to strength or concentration I don’t know, but we pretty much fell apart in the second half. I don’t want to criticise the youngsters as they all tried their best, but it’s fair to say that Lowe, who had done OK in the first 45 had a dreadful second half. A player who should have shown the others the way, failed miserably. I also feel Murphy, while he can be technically competent at times, doesn’t have the guts or the leadership qualities we need. He’s a follower and, in my view, not what we need.
I really can only hope that finally we have good news in the next couple of days and the real rebuilding can commence.
Having said that, the manner of the defeat was disappointing. What looked on the video stream to be a horribly soft penalty apart, Bolton held off Ipswich until half time. OK, Matthews made some good saves, but nothing out of the routine. Our major problems are 1 the left side of the defence is very weak 2. we have no way to hold onto the ball upfield, maybe because we sit so deep ( Parky style) But hey 0-1 at HT and that a gift from a poor ref, we’d done well.
Whether it all boils down to strength or concentration I don’t know, but we pretty much fell apart in the second half. I don’t want to criticise the youngsters as they all tried their best, but it’s fair to say that Lowe, who had done OK in the first 45 had a dreadful second half. A player who should have shown the others the way, failed miserably. I also feel Murphy, while he can be technically competent at times, doesn’t have the guts or the leadership qualities we need. He’s a follower and, in my view, not what we need.
I really can only hope that finally we have good news in the next couple of days and the real rebuilding can commence.
