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- Iain Hume
The problem with performances and results like this is that we are already playing catch-up after the poor start under Mike Jackson and the wobbly period around Christmas. Having just made our way into the automatic spots we needed to stay there and instead turn in a very below par performance letting Stevenage dictate how the game was played and earn a deserved 3 points.
Rovers were below par across the park. Both full-backs were stifled and struggled to get much movement started on the flanks. This got worse after Lloyd was taken off. Khan reverted to tricks to try and get out of trouble, thought he'd cut that out, though again nothing fatal. Manny did most of the defensive stuff right, but then pumped a lot of aimless balls upfield. Lloyd was probably the stand-out player up the field, can exempt Vaughan as he saw so little of the ball, so why was he the one to be hooked first? Would like KH to explain his thinking on that. Things went downhill from that point. None of the subs advanced their cause at all. Morris, one decent tackle aside was anonymous, Kirby and Jolley looked out of their depth, which given Nya's pedigree was disappointing from him.
Rovers were below par across the park. Both full-backs were stifled and struggled to get much movement started on the flanks. This got worse after Lloyd was taken off. Khan reverted to tricks to try and get out of trouble, thought he'd cut that out, though again nothing fatal. Manny did most of the defensive stuff right, but then pumped a lot of aimless balls upfield. Lloyd was probably the stand-out player up the field, can exempt Vaughan as he saw so little of the ball, so why was he the one to be hooked first? Would like KH to explain his thinking on that. Things went downhill from that point. None of the subs advanced their cause at all. Morris, one decent tackle aside was anonymous, Kirby and Jolley looked out of their depth, which given Nya's pedigree was disappointing from him.