[Lord Snooty]

One thing (amongst others) that hasn't been sorted out from last season's debacle is the total lack of ability we have to deal with the long ball over the top, which led toNorthampton's 2nd and 3rd goals yesterday.

The second goal could've been dealt with better. Tom Lees was easily done on the halfway line, but got back and actually got in front of his man. The trouble was the midfielders jogging back to help instead of sprinting back. The supporting Northampton striker was way in front of the lot of them and so had a relatively easy finish.

The third goal though was because we had pushed so many men up as were were two goals down. The way Sorensen went down was pathetic. You're not a Premier League player, lad. This is League One. Stand up, chase him down. Do your bloody job!

How do we get around this problem? Buggered if I know!

Having slated Sorensen, I have to say he's a better defender than Kyle Walker. How bad was he today?

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So why don't we employ similarly the long ball over the top? Well we did try it yesterday, but either the ball was hit too far and went out of play. Or the ball was played too late and so our attackers were offside. Or our player made a run, stopped and so making the pass look poor.

Big Freddie looked like he has the pace to play this kind of tactic well. Looked very quick when he came on. Marshall ran about a lot first half, but he was up against giant centre backs and was never winning anything in the air. I'd start Tuesday with Koroma and Ladapo up front.