Deja vu...

Oh dear, I seem to be suffering from deja vu since the start of the New Year. Every week I turn out to watch the Mighty Seasiders and I'm coming away from the game feeling the same. Massively disappointed, apart from a certain visit by the red side of Liverpool in January. Yesterday's excursion took me to the blue side of the city, Goodison Park, a ground I must say which makes our ground look like state of the art. I digress, I'm putting off the inevitable. Our performance yesterday can only be described as suicidal. Ok, we're getting praise from all quarters because of our cavalier attacking style of football, but to counter that our defensive play boarders on the ridiculous. We have players who only a couple of months ago played out of their skins to grind out excellent victories, but now look a shadow of their former selves. I don't want to be known as an entertaining and somewhat naive team who gets relegated after only one season in the premiership. I want us to survive and get stronger. I was disappointed when after being 1-2 down we managed to go 3-2 in front, only to see that lead disappear and end up losing 5-3 with a quarter of the match to go. The main reason for this was Ollie's decision to bring on three of the most uninspiring subs you could think of, namely Keith Southern, Rob Edwards and Marlon Harewood. Southern, I'm afraid should not even be on the subs bench, has been a loyal servant to the club but simply not good enough for this division. Edwards, I think still has a bit to offer but to be thrown in at such a late stage with only a couple of first team matches under his belt, was too much to ask.  As for Harewood, this guy has been a massive let down. The only time I've seen him put in a reasonable performance was when he was playing for a contract. Since then, he's been extremely poor. It's no wonder the West Ham fans were singing, "there's on one Marlon Harewood" the other night when they beat us, because he was laughable. Unfortuately, as soon as we go a goal behind now the player's heads visibly drop. I've also noticed they are starting to argue amongst themselves. These aren't good signs and I am now wondering for the first time this season whether Ollie's magic touch might just be starting to slip. Ok, we are still a few points away from the relegation zone and in a better position than some of the other teams, but we need to start winning again and soon. We must keep the faith and get behind the manager and lads like never before.