I pretty much predicted the outcome of yesterdays match before a ball was kicked, but hoped of course that I would be wrong in my assessment.
When I saw the team line up, it did nothing to alleviate that sense of foreboding, particularly looking at our bench.
As expected the doom and gloom merchants have been out in force after it.
Granted, those that we could expect to be up to speed were far off the mark, which will have to be quickly rectified, but given our injury situation and with the loss of Lindsay in particular coupled with Keown not being fit yet and our full back issues, we were in no way going to be stable at the back, which in turn spreads to concern in our midfield having to attempt to cover for these deficiencies, which in turn means not enough support for our forward play.
Azeez and Amoo may be seen as no great loss by some, but their speed and Azeez's physicality reduce our options and incisiveness breaking forward.
In saying all that....I fully expect Archie to bring another 3/4 players in shortly, and hopefully Booth, Osman, and Keown will be back sooner than later.
In short, I would rather take that sort of result and some of these issues at this stage, rather than later when it really begins to count!
It could be worse... We could have actually lost like Kilmarnock did to Ayr, or struggled like Hamilton did against East Kilbride
So, lets not get too down yet.... there is still plenty time to get things sorted.
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