Perhaps part of this comes back to having a vocal keeper behind the defence? I know McCormick could see things unfolding really well and could organise his defence. I wonder if this is something we're lacking. I seem to only ever come on here to slate Cooper, and I don't mean to, but I'm fed up of seeing him throwing his arms up in dismay every time the ball hits the net. Time for a change I think, not least to give the guy a break from me moaning about him!

I have to say something isn’t right. The performances against Fleetwood Peterborough and worst of all Rochdale last night indicate something rotten in the state of Home Park.

Is Danny Mayor ill or injured? Why is Camara not starting games after one fifteen minute spell where we conceded a goal after he lost possession in midfield? Previously he was outstanding now he appears to be a scapegoat. Aimson clearly riled when he was taken off previously, Canavan left out for a young loanee from Fulham. George Cooper looks completely lost and disinterested.

Are there questions over Ryan Lowes man management? Are the players and management team really in this together or has a rift formed? I don’t know but the players confidence looks completely shot to bits. I also think this five sub thing has thrown him, does it help build confidence and continuity continually chopping and changing?

Maybe this is all just a bump in the road? But I think he has his work cut out to get the ship back on course.

This sounds like a pitch for a soap opera!

Maybe onto something there Lesley

That was painful to watch last night. Two phrases came to mind whilst watching. You cut your coat according to your cloth and you cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear. We are trying to play a system that we do not have the players to operate especially as far as the wing backs are concerned, Defensively we are fragile. We badly need a commanding centre back in the Sonny Bradley/Graham Coughlan mould.
Why was Joe Edwards subsituted at half time last night ? He was our best player against Lincoln on Saturday and I thought in the first half last night he was one of the few players to emerge with any credit. If the substitution was for any reason other than injury it was a bizarre decision.
I believe that Mike Cooper has a great future ahead of him but maybe the time has come on Saturday to take him out of the firing line for a few matches and to use Luke McCormicks experience in organising the shell shocked defence ahead of him.
One other lesson learned from last night is that Conner Grant is not a midfielder he played very wide right and was largely anonymous first half. I personally would have taken him off at half time in favour of Panutche Camara however he was far more effective second half at left back.
It will be very interesting to see our starting line up on Saturday. Fingers crossed that we bounce back but it will be a tough ask against Ipswich.

That was painful to watch last night. Two phrases came to mind whilst watching. You cut your coat according to your cloth and you cannot make a silk purse out of a sows ear. We are trying to play a system that we do not have the players to operate especially as far as the wing backs are concerned, Defensively we are fragile. We badly need a commanding centre back in the Sonny Bradley/Graham Coughlan mould.
Why was Joe Edwards subsituted at half time last night ? He was our best player against Lincoln on Saturday and I thought in the first half last night he was one of the few players to emerge with any credit. If the substitution was for any reason other than injury it was a bizarre decision.
I believe that Mike Cooper has a great future ahead of him but maybe the time has come on Saturday to take him out of the firing line for a few matches and to use Luke McCormicks experience in organising the shell shocked defence ahead of him.
One other lesson learned from last night is that Conner Grant is not a midfielder he played very wide right and was largely anonymous first half. I personally would have taken him off at half time in favour of Panutche Camara however he was far more effective second half at left back.
It will be very interesting to see our starting line up on Saturday. Fingers crossed that we bounce back but it will be a tough ask against Ipswich.

If we don’t have the players to play the system, two questions,
Why not and secondly why play that system then?

That was the point I was making.

Why was Joe Edwards subsituted at half time last night ? He was our best player against Lincoln on Saturday and I thought in the first half last night he was one of the few players to emerge with any credit. If the substitution was for any reason other than injury it was a bizarre decision.

My reading was it was simply a sacrifice to get Byron Moore better-footed to RWB and Conor Grant to LWB. I suppose Joe could / should have stayed on to take up one of the two midfield berths. The other thing was maybe saving him for Saturday, with this game all but lost.

It took me quite a while who was captain though - seemed to be big Frank.