Deliberately waited a day before posting. Wanted to take some time to reflect.
Only my 2nd match of the season (also went to Pompey match). Sat in Cobbold lower towards North stand. Parked at Gatwick obvs.
Great crowd and good atmosphere, especially the German lads and the huge flags. Decent match - good advert for 3rd division. Ref was okay - no obvious moans this week. Maybe a bit quick to book Burns for his first silly foul and quite tolerant of lots of fouls from Plymouth in the first half.
Excellent goal from Burns, well set up by Davis and Woolfenden. Frustrating to concede yet another inevitable late goal. Hirst looked pretty lively when he came on. Thought the subs were okay - KVY and Humphreys did fine too. We definitely have a soft underbelly/ mental weakness - never expect us to defend a lead, since the Charlton match. Hate all that nonsense with Walton and defenders messing about at goal kicks. It seems very high risk for very little reward.
Plymouth were pretty impressive, and they were way better than when I saw them (nil-nil draw) at Cambridge in early December. Very lucky for us that Hardie somehow hit the bar from 8 yards. Cooper is a great keeper - so quick off his line to deny Burns. Their 3 centre backs all looked very solid too. We lost momentum during the 5 mins delay when Scarr was injured, and they certainly took their time getting him off, getting a fresh shirt, etc.
Think that they will keep going and will win the league, by a few points. Don't fancy us in the playoffs at all. So we have to find a way to somehow overhaul the Owls. It will help if we beat them and Plymouth beat them this month. Hopefully they will stay in the FA Cup for a few more rounds too, and pick up some suspensions and injuries, plus a fixture backlog.
So it's not over yet, but is looking very difficult now. We are defo regretting all those points thrown away with silly draws against poor teams. Easy to forget that McKenna is still new-ish in post, and learning as he goes. We will somehow have to find a way to get points from tough fixtures with Derby, Barnsley, Bolton, Wycombe, Posh, etc.
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