W (0:3) - D (0:0) - L (5(5ive):0)

Honeymoon over. What looked like a fantastic result against the Top-hat hatters has paled into almost insignificance with a tepid draw at home to Rotherham and then a shocking 5 nil thrashing away to the team formally known as the Feeders. 

69% possession counts for nothing if most of it comes from picking the ball out of your own net. Bad day at the office? Maybe - but to capitulate throughout shows the fragility of the group - but it has to be said, the team is very much not functioning in any area of the pitch. The central defence is definitely weaker since the days of Locks and Osho, Burke and even Bell.  Ok, maybe not Bell. Even since losing McGuinness, the frailties are there for all to see.  Mengi just cannot put a run of commanding games together - and the rest of the back line just don't seem able enough either. We don't have any defensive full backs - and I have no idea if it was a back 4 or back 5 formation - but the shape feels wrong with Jones or Kodua as RWB. 

In the midfield we are desperately missing Jordan Clark. Saville cannot seemingly fix it for us and Walsh is more akin to his namesake Bradley than Paul. Nelson looks to be playing like his namesake Horatio - who with one eye, would probably see a better pass. 

Up front we have possibly the most ineffective front men in living memory. The only target they are hitting is lowest goals per minutes played.  As effective as a chocolate teapot, they are almost as intimidating as when Gladiators unveiled their trio of new 'warriors', "Pipe Cleaner", "Balsa Wood" and Charles Hawtry as "Carry on Feebly". Seriously, Muskwe and Feeney up front would do better. 

The daft thing is we are still in touching distance of the promotion spots - but then so is everyone else in this less than average league. 3 home games coming up doesn't fill me with much expectation - but 4 points from the two league games has to be the minimum return. We desperately need the January transfer window to open and for Jack to get shopping. It's just not good enough!