10 points from last 10 games

Well, Luton went for a Burton, letting one of the worst sides actually look better than us.  You'd think it was a hard thing to do, but if any team can do it, then the mighty Hatters are the one to do it.  

2 more away defeats preceded the dismal draw.  Vs. Cardiff, it was fairly predictable - but losing to Wigan?  It's just not good enough.

Each game, more tinkering and yet the same depressing result. It says something that Wells scored, as Cole and Al-Hamedi show little signs of breaking their ducks.  We keep letting in soft goals - and defensively we are not good enough.  We haven't had a decent right back for about 3 years now - and it shows. Our back 4 now has forward winger Jones in the line up, probably both to accommodate Kodua, but also because our star defensive options are either injured or frankly so low on confidence, they wouldn't look out of place in a Sunday league game.

Where's the same attacking intent we saw against Bradford? Either way, the players just aren't responding to the January clear out. We have a lot of players that aren't making it happen and when Saville is in midfield, I am afraid he just cannot fix it for us. It's even more galling to see so many of our outcasts doing well.  Something has to be rotten within the club. Where are the new signings? Lawrence has pretty much been AWOL. Dave looked good against Bradford but has not really had the minutes since and Sandal must be one shoe short of a pair! 

We mustered 2 shots of target against a bottom 6 side.  OK, maybe Burton had more to play for, with the threat of relegation a real prospect. But to get 1 point from the teams 5th and 4th from bottom is not the makings of a play-offs destined team.

Records under Wilshere are worse than the 11 games we allowed Bloomfield and we find ourselves pretty much in the same league position - having won 8, drawn 6 and lost 8 since Bloomfield left. Under Bloomfired, we returned 1.45 points per game. Under Wellshite, it's 1.36 - but just 1.00 in the last 10. ok, 1.45 ppg would only put us on 48 points so we would be 8th instead of 10th. 

Realistically we are 7 points off the playoffs - but we won't make them gaining 1 point a game. 13 games to go - i doubt we will get to 66 points and even at promotion form of 2 points a game, 26 would see us on 72 - one of the lowest points scores for the play offs. So we have to be even better than that!  So 28 points...8 wins, 4 draws and a defeat... yeah it could happen....but it's about as likely as us beating Plymouth in the Trophy competition we shouldn't be in, having been dumped out by a League two side. 

So Trophy and Play offs win double it is - says that new Mr Man - Mr Optimistic!