Saints once agin dropped another two points.

Saints put themselves into the position to win this game and put themselves back into the promotion frame,but sadly we seem doomed to repeat our past mistakes endlessly and we once again got the same results.

With respect to Plymouth we really should be blowing teams like them out of the water, in every department we have strength in depth but once again we seem to have a fragile confidence about us that means once the opposition sense this they can push us back, Scunthorpe were a perfect example and Plymouth followed in their footsteps.

We started well and took a deserved lead, one that we rarely looked like giving away in the first half, the defence looking strong and Davis doing his job when called upon, in fact Plymouth only threatened when we gave them the ball cheaply and Euell and Wright did that far too often in the centre, but we were still good value for our lead at the break.

Once again though we left our concentration in the dressing room after the break and within four minutes Argyle were level and at this stage there looked to be only one winner, suddenly we seemed to be dominated in midfield as Plymouth traded on our lack of confidence.

Luckily enough though Andrew Davies was once again in fine form marshalling the defence and Kelvin Davis once again looked the part to ensure that the score remained level.

As the game wore on our confidence started to return as the game enetered the final ten minutes, I can only imagine that Ostlund was tiring after so long out as he was replaced by Thomas, but he was clearly out of position and although he made a couple of fine surging runs forward in the closing stages, the good work was undone by poor delivery making the travelling support wonder just why this switch had been made.

Our problems stemmed from the centre of midfield, the combination of Wright and Euell was lacking virtually everything you would want in your central pairing, Euell was once again poor and Wright although a tidy player misplaces far too many passes and being neither ball winner or playmaker doesnt offer that spark a midfield needs.

It will be interesting to see what Burley does next week, surely something has to give in the centre, but will Burley be able to drop his undroppable pair, with ostlund returning and playing well, he cant shoehorn Wright back into the back four, but against Bury we do need either the athletisism of Viafara or the guile of Idiakez.

In conclusion George Burley may be satisfied with a point, but Im not, this was once again a team with no leadership or drive who are drastically underperforming.               

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