in the box, I think your rant is totally justified because at the moment we do not appear to have a Plan A, let alone a Plan B !! We totally fell into the trap that Cirencester set yesterday. All they did was swamp the midfield and we had nobody clever enough to unlock them. Why the manager decided to play the last 15/20 minutes with 3 big blokes up-front is beyond me, because the game was crying out for the likes of Alec Fiddes from the start of the second-half. When he did come on there was not sufficient time for him to make an impression. In my opinion we are now going to be very reliant on other teams slipping up if we have any chance of making the play-off's.

It's not the players the manager picks, it's their attitude when out on the pitch. Collier was telling the team that this was a must win game as they warmed up prior to kick off. Once they kicked off this was forgotten. They have lost confidence in their own ability, they don't become a bad team over night. Look back to January and the way we were playing ( with the same players) it looked like we would win the league. The nerves and the pressure seems to have got to them.
On the subject of budgets why sign a player with the goal scoring record of Whitehead and not use him, new boy everything to prove, could be what we need. One shining light on a dark day was Griffin A. never gave up and his work rate was outstanding. Was worried when we resigned him but lets have a team of Griffs out there and fight for our playoff place. "We're Chippenham old boys and we sing when we want".

Talking of unfit players, did anyone else notice that Sandell was limping at the end of the Ciren game?