cheshiregreen":24av8yq2 said:And those home defeats also dented our goal difference. 0-3 beatings by Grimsby Luton and Blackpool plus the late goals to allow Wycombe to snatch a 3-3. Fine margins.
I really fail to understand how our solid defence fell to pieces so badly occasionally.
Actually, Orient beat us 2-3 at Home Park scoring twice late on including a winner in stoppage time by a player who should have been sent off moments before. If we had drawn in that game then we would be champions. If I had to pick one game/moment that cost us the title it is that game and, in particular, the last 5 minutes of it. And when I think back to how I felt during, and immediately after, that game the main thing I recall is the absolutely dreadful display of refereeing that night. I left Home Park that night absolutely feeling that the referee had cost us that game. Obviously, I know that there were other reasons too and that the luck evens itself out to some extent over a season but that game is the one that I would 'blame' if I wanted to blame anything.