MATCHWATCH : Exeter City (h)

[traff]

Poor substitutions cost us tonight two dropped points on the manager . Tried to close the game out too early. Doyle looked done in and should have come off earlier. no attacking threat after we scored.

[windermereROYAL]

10 draws in 27 games, there`s the reason we`re not going up or down.

[Clyde1998]

Attendance 8404

548 away fans - so 7,856 home fans.

[leon]

The number of times Wing defaults to a backwards ball instead of moving into space or playing a forward pass slows our play down to a pedestrian pace.

Playing at the back means this he spends a lot of time passing to the centre backs.

It’s as if he’s bonused on passes completed.

This and the sheer lack of movement in the middle means we just go down the flanks or backwards.

[URZZZZ]

There’s signs of a decent team in there but also something which is quite evidently missing. We have good individual players but it’s how you integrate them into the team which is where it really counts

Wing and Savage continue to give off the same feel that Norwood - Williams did with two strong individuals who don’t quite seem to gel together. Burton were a poor side admittedly but we haven’t had as much of a control in midfield in a long time as we did against them, and I’m not sure it was a coincidence that that was the game those two were split up

Doyle takes a fair degree of criticism but he’s consistently involved in our better moves IMO, takes the ball well on the half turn and moves the defenders around. On the other hand, Lane has picked up where he left off, I.e. very anonymous and not entirely sure DK merits the game time he gets

All in all, promising signs in there but just a little something is missing, hoping that with time it’s something that LR will identify and fix

[MR. CYNICAL]

There’s signs of a decent team in there but also something which is quite evidently missing. We have good individual players but it’s how you integrate them into the team which is where it really counts

Wing and Savage continue to give off the same feel that Norwood - Williams did with two strong individuals who don’t quite seem to gel together. Burton were a poor side admittedly but we haven’t had as much of a control in midfield in a long time as we did against them, and I’m not sure it was a coincidence that that was the game those two were split up

Doyle takes a fair degree of criticism but he’s consistently involved in our better moves IMO, takes the ball well on the half turn and moves the defenders around. On the other hand, Lane has picked up where he left off, I.e. very anonymous and not entirely sure DK merits the game time he gets

All in all, promising signs in there but just a little something is missing, hoping that with time it’s something that LR will identify and fix

That's down to the management and coaches, of whom I'm not convinced with.
The table doesn't lie, 8 points from a play off spot and 7 points from the bottom three. A bang average team in mid table.

[MR. CYNICAL]

Really don't like what Leam's doing to this club, football is atrocious to watch, hoof ball, pissing off all the kids, I'm still worried about relegation we certainly not safe yet, yes we picked up good points over Xmas, certainly rode our luck through many of them

My thoughts exactly.

[bloody Volvo driver]

Poor substitutions cost us tonight two dropped points on the manager . Tried to close the game out too early. Doyle looked done in and should have come off earlier. no attacking threat after we scored.

100%. If anything, we looked more likely to score, and Exeter were hardly peppering our area with shots and crosses, so why LR decided to go with 5 at the back is anyone’s guess. handed the initiative to them and the rest is history.

Unless we start to turn draws into wins in the next 2-3 games, this season is going to die on its feet into mid table nothingness.

[WestYorksRoyal]

I never really took the play offs this season seriously. My hope for this season is that it can give us a handful of games to really enjoy, show improvement and have us set up well to kick on next season.

I think last night was an accurate reflection of where we are. Though let's not forget that Exeter are the division's form team.

[Delboy]

We are so pedestrian passing from the back all the time looked better when Kelvin came on and we had urgency

[Royality creeps In]

What was all the Wareham booing about? Didn't he come through the youth ranks.
And as for giving his dad pelters. WTF!
Our fan base is very odd and embarrassing (And no, I'm not new around here!)

[Hound]

Interesting that everyone seems to have a different take on the game and our weaknesses and where it went wrong. I know where I think we have issues and yesterday certainly didn’t change that

One thing which hasn’t been mentioned too much is 7 conceded from 3 games and lots of changes at the back. Still concede way too many soft goals

[Hound]

What was all the Wareham booing about? Didn't he come through the youth ranks.
And as for giving his dad pelters. WTF!
Our fan base is very odd and embarrassing (And no, I'm not new around here!)

Yep absolutely pathetic. Annoyed me

[Stranded]

Interesting that everyone seems to have a different take on the game and our weaknesses and where it went wrong. I know where I think we have issues and yesterday certainly didn’t change that

One thing which hasn’t been mentioned too much is 7 conceded from 3 games and lots of changes at the back. Still concede way too many soft goals

Our biggest issue is a massive changing of personnel.

Of the team that opened the season, only 4 started last night - 1 is the goalie and 1 plays in a different position now.

Even if we take the first game after the summer window closed only 5 players from the Barnsley away game started last night.

I know L1 often has a lot of churn over summers but this year, for us, feels particularly crazy in terms or squad changes. This squad has the ability to get closer to the play-offs but that will be a bonus.

The permanent signings show a longer term thinking but the correct balance of personnel still needs to be found.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Interesting that everyone seems to have a different take on the game and our weaknesses and where it went wrong. I know where I think we have issues and yesterday certainly didn’t change that

One thing which hasn’t been mentioned too much is 7 conceded from 3 games and lots of changes at the back. Still concede way too many soft goals

That's fair. We've scored 5 in 3 which should be enough for 7 or 9 points.

That good run around Christmas involved 2 clean sheets and only 1 conceded at Plymouth and Peterborough. But you can't regularly win games if you're conceding 2 a game.

[Hound]

Interesting that everyone seems to have a different take on the game and our weaknesses and where it went wrong. I know where I think we have issues and yesterday certainly didn’t change that

One thing which hasn’t been mentioned too much is 7 conceded from 3 games and lots of changes at the back. Still concede way too many soft goals

Our biggest issue is a massive changing of personnel.

Of the team that opened the season, only 4 started last night - 1 is the goalie and 1 plays in a different position now.

Even if we take the first game after the summer window closed only 5 players from the Barnsley away game started last night.

I know L1 often has a lot of churn over summers but this year, for us, feels particularly crazy in terms or squad changes. This squad has the ability to get closer to the play-offs but that will be a bonus.

The permanent signings show a longer term thinking but the correct balance of personnel still needs to be found.

Certainly something in that, and I do think we’ll look strong for next season

Could question whether we’ve needed to make so many changes - the 2 new FBs have started well but was that a problem area? The CBs have changed a lot due to injury and form. Totally different strike force than started the season

However do think we’ve blown a decent opportunity this year. We’ve a good side in a pretty average division and you never know who we might lose for next year.

[stealthpapes]

Interesting that everyone seems to have a different take on the game and our weaknesses and where it went wrong. I know where I think we have issues and yesterday certainly didn’t change that

One thing which hasn’t been mentioned too much is 7 conceded from 3 games and lots of changes at the back. Still concede way too many soft goals

Our biggest issue is a massive changing of personnel.

Of the team that opened the season, only 4 started last night - 1 is the goalie and 1 plays in a different position now.

Even if we take the first game after the summer window closed only 5 players from the Barnsley away game started last night.

I know L1 often has a lot of churn over summers but this year, for us, feels particularly crazy in terms or squad changes. This squad has the ability to get closer to the play-offs but that will be a bonus.

The permanent signings show a longer term thinking but the correct balance of personnel still needs to be found.

Certainly something in that, and I do think we’ll look strong for next season

Could question whether we’ve needed to make so many changes - the 2 new FBs have started well but was that a problem area? The CBs have changed a lot due to injury and form. Totally different strike force than started the season

However do think we’ve blown a decent opportunity this year. We’ve a good side in a pretty average division and you never know who we might lose for next year.

Slow start, lose the wrong cup game, “time to change the manager”, back to square one.

[Stranded]

Interesting that everyone seems to have a different take on the game and our weaknesses and where it went wrong. I know where I think we have issues and yesterday certainly didn’t change that

One thing which hasn’t been mentioned too much is 7 conceded from 3 games and lots of changes at the back. Still concede way too many soft goals

Our biggest issue is a massive changing of personnel.

Of the team that opened the season, only 4 started last night - 1 is the goalie and 1 plays in a different position now.

Even if we take the first game after the summer window closed only 5 players from the Barnsley away game started last night.

I know L1 often has a lot of churn over summers but this year, for us, feels particularly crazy in terms or squad changes. This squad has the ability to get closer to the play-offs but that will be a bonus.

The permanent signings show a longer term thinking but the correct balance of personnel still needs to be found.

Certainly something in that, and I do think we’ll look strong for next season

Could question whether we’ve needed to make so many changes - the 2 new FBs have started well but was that a problem area? The CBs have changed a lot due to injury and form. Totally different strike force than started the season

However do think we’ve blown a decent opportunity this year. We’ve a good side in a pretty average division and you never know who we might lose for next year.

We haven't blown anything yet - 8 points back with 2 games in hand means we can still be right in the race but agreed that we could or should be a bit closer in a tight division.

FB was a bit of a problem, as shown by the fact that Yiadom came back in to be 1st choice - he's been a great servant but the fact we brought back in a 34 yo with a lot of recent injury issues shows RB wasn't where it should be and we definitely needed a proper LB - and Roberts has looked a top player for this level so far.

[WestYorksRoyal]

I agree we're a good run away from being right in the mix, but I just don’t think it'll happen. The team is undergoing big change again mid season, we still don't like a good L1 team capable of controlling games. I'd expect more of the same for February as new signings bed in and LR tries adapting things with them. Maybe if things go well, we can start to bring it together and go on a run in March time.

Next season is what we're building for. Anything this season is a bonus.

[Brogue]

our game management is shocking. i never feel we are in control of games even when leading comfortably, always feel there is a goal there for the opposition . we also look really disjointed. for me it all stems from CM. We never control the midfield, never seem to have time or space. There is no link from midfield to attack and lets be honest wing has gone completely off the boil, he's been really poor recently.