We never got going, but we were going to underperform and lose at some time. Perhaps this is a timely reminder, after all the excited talk, that there are no guarantees and promotion has to be earned.
I thought we did ok for the first ten minutes, but Stevenage were effective at breaking up play and slowing the game down and we soon descended to their level. We stopped passing through midfield and started hooking aimless long balls, which were meat and drink to their centre halves. I can understand why Hill made the triple substitution, as there must be fatigue in the squad, but if anything we were even more disjointed after the changes. The two youngsters looked lost coming into that type of scrappy game, but I was more disappointed by Morris, who did not offer anything.
Not a disaster, but we are back outside the automatic places and need a response at Grimsby on Saturday, another team that is fighting for its life (assuming the game goes ahead).