Well, we expected nothing and duly got nothing. We set up to stop them (and I can see the logic of that) but of course as soon as we make one mistake then it is difficult to change tack and chase the game. Leutwiler must take the blame for the first goal as he did something similar in the first half which led to a good chance and I clearly heard one of the defence tell him to stay on his line for the long throw-ins. I thought Bolton were poor and one - dimensional considering their lofty position but perhaps they felt they did not need to get out of second gear to beat us.What was rather alarming was the body language of our players after we conceded - we looked beaten from then on.
Ogogo is a huge miss for us but he is only one player and I must say, sadly, that a significant number of our players do not seem to care if they are relegated or not. The poor performances in the previous few games against our relegation rivals when we have been outfought make it quite likely we will go down. We now seem to be playing a different team and formation every game (as MM did) and the loanee players form has dipped
(typified by Roberts poor shooting in the last two home games). It will be easier to attract better players over the summer if we stay in League 1 and Hurst deserves the chance to do that. I hope the apologists for Mellon are happy now because the decision to keep him on after the disaster of last season will probably now cost us our place in league 1.
Ogogo is a huge miss for us but he is only one player and I must say, sadly, that a significant number of our players do not seem to care if they are relegated or not. The poor performances in the previous few games against our relegation rivals when we have been outfought make it quite likely we will go down. We now seem to be playing a different team and formation every game (as MM did) and the loanee players form has dipped
(typified by Roberts poor shooting in the last two home games). It will be easier to attract better players over the summer if we stay in League 1 and Hurst deserves the chance to do that. I hope the apologists for Mellon are happy now because the decision to keep him on after the disaster of last season will probably now cost us our place in league 1.
