I suppose an away point is always a good point but that's just 2 wins in 14 games(?) For a team with so-called aspirations of promotion that's appalling and Martin is not getting it done. We might still be in touch with the top six but so are a dozen other teams and our current form in no way suggests that we are going to surge ahead of the pack to grab a play-off spot. Some stats:
POSSESSION: 34-66 SHOTS: 15-14 OT: 4-2 CORNERS: 5-8 FOULS: 15-14 GOALS: 1-1
As seems to be the norm a team with much less possession than us manages to put in more shots on goal and more on target. This suggests that much of our passing is ineffective and serves only to increase those particular stats. Is this all Martin wants? Goals win matches and you get those from shots on target, so what all this possession is for entirely baffles me. If possession was translated into shots we should have had about 28 compared to them. I realise that this is a simplistic way of looking at things but you get my drift. I wish Martin and his players did.
And speaking of Martin and his players, is he beginning to lose the dressing room? It seems as though at least 3 players don't want to play for him. One, Whittaker, said outright that he didn't want to play today, whilst Obafemi and Paterson look as though they have downed tools. It's not a good look is it? And it begs the question, WHY. Btw, when a player refuses to turn out or deliberately doesn't give of his best and gets dropped, I am firmly of the opinion that wages should be withheld and a stiff fine added as well. They are in breach of their contracts which should have severe consequences. End of!