Posted by Secretary on 3/15/2006, 1:04 am I'm shell shocked to say the least to be honest. We paid the price for a suicidal kamikaze six minutes and we were made to look very ordinary. Defensively we've got to get back to basics. The back four is experienced, it's seasoned, it's a regular back four that's been playing for the last number of weeks and you'd have thought it was the first time they'd been thrown together tonight. "It's bordering on the disgraceful, no it's the other side of the line to be honest. We got ourselves a lifeline with a massive goal on the stroke of half time from Aaron. The first twenty-five minutes there was only one side in it. We dominated things, we got bodies in the box, and okay things didn't drop for us. Their first sniff, poor defending and they got the wrong side and bang they were one-nil up and you could see the confidence drain from the lads. It was a poor second goal - some one totally unmarked from a set piece and we are two nil down and you're scratching your head wondering how we were two nil down. "We got the lifeline at half time and we re-grouped and within six minutes we absolutely threw it away. You are looking at experienced players at the back and for that second forty-five minutes they were woeful, absolutely disgraceful and there were several others out there. "The big difference was their (Woodley's) work rate. They are a young side, very pacey, direct and we knew all that before the kick off but the thing for me was work rate. They absolutely worked their socks off in all departments right up to the ninety- third minute and they made us look very ordinary in all honesty. "We keep saying this week in week out that we have these little setbacks but this is a huge setback but we need to keep our heads and regroup. With ten games to go and only one clean sheet in twenty-five it looks like drastic surgery is needed in defence. "I feel sorry for Aaron who scored two tonight and I thought Tom Betteridge was the other one who shone tonight, he was fantastic. He worked his socks off but there are very few others who came out of that game without any credit. "I feel sorry for the supporters who held their tongues tonight when they could have ripped us to bits on that second half performance. Mick and I will do our utmost to try and put things right. We are still very confident in reaching the play offs. You can forget first or second place now but the play offs is still there. "Aaron had one of his best games for a while and he had a number of shots blocked especially in the second half when we were up against it. Even in the first half he was running them ragged at the back."
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