A very entertaining game, but how we missed Kempson & Lees today..the defence looked stretched at times. Murphy doesn't look up to the challenge at the moment and, with 60 % (o.k. 3 out of the 5 !!) of the back line changed today I suppose we were always going to be a bit suspect at the back...that said...
We looked very good going forward and I'll keep on banging the same drum.....when we play the ball on the deck we play some damn good football that has and will take sides apart...All in all a very good 3 points and win the game in hand and we're looking at catching sides in the play offs !!!
The gates continue to be a problem...Somehow the powers that be will have to come up with some sort of offer that'll get folk coming back, that said I wonder just how many of the larger gates during the Conference winning season were visiting Rovers or Claret fans ???
Tuesday is a massive game...the money involved for winning could just be the difference between lifting the other embargo & potentially strengthening or having to sell Bobby or Symes. If we can keep this side together & strengthen, we could look to try & get to the play offs.
If we have to sell, I only hope we can get the right price, with plenty of clauses pitched in and Coley gets some money to try and replace them more than adequately. I'd hate to see the promise shown in recent weeks and months fade away (ala first season after selling Roberts & Craney) That would only serve to exasperate the attendance problem.
Admittedly, we're always going to have to sell eventually, when we unearth such gems, but it's what we do with the money (if and when it comes) and how we replace such players that will be the acid test so to speak...Hopefully with Illyas' financial acumen & Coley's nouse we can continue the ten year trend....
ONWARDS & UPWARDS !!!!