from the kick off and formation chosen we lacked sharpness, awareness and the ability to pass the ball with fluency (why do we water the pitch when this mostly affects our passing and ability to stay on two feet?).

on saturday we often also went for the ball down the middle which went straight back ...

Im old enough to remember the dark days of the 70s and 80s (in the main!) and it is easy to take the better times for granted in most recent years.

We clearly have the technical ability in most areas of the field but lack the obvious to replace key figures in recent years ie viera, adams, campbell ...

:barscarf: I think a lot has got to do with the ban of flags around the ground and lack of discretion for some stewards at key moments when you want to stand and join in with cheering the boys on. We need to get behind them and the only way of doing this is to allow for us to have some flexibility ...