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THE MELTDOWN – TRANMERE ROVERSI had plenty of rants last season when we lost, so just for a change one where we won….and let’s be clear, we didn’t deserve to, but of course we will happily take the points and sit proudly at the top of the pile, but if we are going to stay there or be in and around the top table, we need to get performances like this well behind us.
I thought at half time….this is good, Tranmere finished last season midway, this is going to be a breeze isn’t it, it all looked so comfortable, Mo scored with his head…shock horror….defensively we were sound, midfield we had the game by the scruff of the neck with Gilbey, MJ and Robson running things, Norman was getting free all the time down the right and putting in some telling crosses and Harvie fancied his chances to score again, it only felt like a matter of time before we scored again and Tranmere would have been off up the M6 well and truly educated.
At halftime the Rovers Gaffer made three changes and we looked a shadow of the assured unit that trotted off at halftime…..it was like both sides had swapped shirts, we turned into them, and they looked a better version of our first half display.
All of a sudden we looked in panic mode, and worse still, tired, Norman hardly saw the ball on the right flank, and the assured midfield were getting overrun, with some last ditch clearances to keep Rovers out…it was bloody awful.
If it hadn’t of been the fact that Tranmere wasted some golden opportunities like the free header with 4 Dons defenders just standing about watching, plus the crossbar saving us (did Mac get a fingertip to it) and it would have been a far different story…Tranmere must wonder how they never got even a point out of a game they dominated in the 2nd half.
A couple of things I am pondering…did Tuesday night where we went near enough full strength, did that sap our energy today, and GA had little or nothing to offer from the bench, although I wonder why Devoy wasn’t brought in to shore up the midfield, and already I can see myself questioning the logic of Hunter, sorry I can’t see anything there at all, I want to be wrong, but at the moment the lights are off and nobody is home.
We are such a fragile unit its unbelievable, we so badly need recruits, if I was GA I would be banging on Pete’s door on Monday to get somebody in and quickly, we can’t get away with this too often.
So, we should have been beaten, simply because Rovers had the ability to change the shape, personnel, and the dynamics, we couldn’t…it’s as simple as that, and in honesty there is very little left to be said…. recruit, recruit, recruit.
One final gripe……MacGillivray in goal, two games, two yellow cards for time wasting, why, just why, he knows the rule changes or whatever they are, so why bother, the way he is going he’s going to be banned mid-September, so bloody stupid and unnecessary.
That’s it, I’m out of here, I’ll see you for the Crawley preview where we better make a better fist of it.
Laters.  WD
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