Well, last week an away draw against Huddersfield (0-0) gained a point for Town and Mick McCarthy was happy enough. I think this will only be a point gained & not 2 lost if we win our home games. Huddersfield then played away midweek and won 1-0 vs Burnley and go ahead of Town in the table.
Today we play Leicester at home. When Town played Leicester it was Mick McCarthy’s third game as manager and we crumbled to a 6-0 thrashing. Time to turn the tables over Leicester today I hope!
I heard on the radio report yesterday Town had fielded 38 different players over the season so far. It is no wonder the club and team struggle with no continuity. The old manager Paul Jewell kept saying he was planning for future long term success but he left the club in turmoil! The radio report was about a new player, Reece Brown, signed on loan from Man Utd. Will he get a game today?
Town sit in 20th place just one away from the third relegation place (currently Wolves in 22nd place). However there are only 9 points between Town & Nottingham Forest in 8th place. The division is very close and again it is so important that Town get points from their games and do not lose.
Anyway last week I highlighted Lee Martin and how important he is and hoped he would do well in the game. Unfortunately he just didn’t make any impact at all and this is still such a worry. Come on Lee you must do better!(I believe you can but you have to make more chances & help the team get goals!). The defence were fairly solid against Huddersfield so it is good that Chambers, Stearman and Smith especially are playing quite well. Keep it up and let’s hope at home we can get points today against Leicester.
COYB!!