Zellery wrote:Partridge Iciclebubbles wrote:Zellery wrote:Partridge Iciclebubbles wrote:We’ve got a paper thin squad that played the best team (and lost in the last minute!) in the league 48 hours ago. We were always going to lose this one, I was just hoping it wouldn’t be that bad.
Our team was the same team that beat Middlesbrough 48 hours ago.
I have no idea how many players you have on the books, but I’d imagine it’s more than us. Injuries and suspensions have left us in a weakened state.
Villa obviously deserve their win though! It wasn’t a surprise that we lost, the size of the loss was surprising!!
Actually we're pretty screwed too.
We have academy players O’Hare and Hepbrn-Murphy starting on our bench the last few games due to a lack of first team alternatives.
Think Bruce started today with the exact same eleven as the Middlesbrough game.
9 of our players have played in pretty much every single game this season.
I am really not trying to deflect away from Villa’s achievement today, winning 5-0 is always a cracking result! I expected to lose today but not like that, all credit to Villa for ripping us apart.
I am hoping that today will result in some strengthening during the transfer window, we have a billionaire owner so he may well decide that this is the time to spend. Being 4th and in a cup semi-final will also help attract players. Hopefully any newbies fit in and don’t unbalance the squad though!