All been said and more surprisingly a very large percentage saw the same problems regarding players/tactics etc..
Thought for a long while now that we needed a "old" pro in the middle of the park to help bring what are basically the untried players on, and they could be rotated as such. For my money, Hollands would have been a good acquisition but assume he is still at Gillingham?
There must be others around who would have fitted the bill but assume unless it is an emergency loan it is now too late and we have to run with what we have got.
That's what Harley is supposed to be though isn't it?
As Reg points out, difficult to tell beforehand if you're getting a McCormack or a Prutton - thought Harley looked decent at the start of the season but he was woeful on Saturday.
With respect to some of the other positional criticisms in this thread, Luongo has fairly regularly played a deeper role recently, admittedly alongside Kasim much of the time. Barker said himself he's an attacking midfielder not a striker so may be why he was deployed as such.
Sometimes a run of poor performances isn't due to tactical mistakes, much as that's a favourite stick to beat Cooper with, but the players just aren't performing to the right standard.
That's also to be laid at the door of the manager and coaching staff, but it's not made easy for them when key performers from earlier in the season are injured (Mason) suspended (Pritchard) or suffering a loss of form (Luongo).
