Maidstone (h)

[EastTerracer]

Really poor. Huge holes in midfield. We show a bit of promise out wide but no realistic chance of the forwards we have getting on the end of any balls put in.

[Josh2002]

Gonna be a long season. Right now there’s only two teams i’d say are worse than us.

[Adam]

Really agree with the comments re Widdrington wasn’t much different on Saturday. Even in the Slough game if we lose the ball he jogs back like he’s got all the time in the world. Absolutely not having him.

I’m sure he’s one of Dowse bouncers in the changing room as he kept saying in pre season interviews but he’s just not athletic enough to play football.

Deadfield in the past divided opinion but I’d say he’d be a big upgrade on Widdrington.

[Tony]

Dowse’s post match comments up. Bit concerned that the management team can’t agree on where the problems lie. He’s right about no leaders on the pitch but stands out a mile that midfield is the problem and that a change of personnel is needed. Dowse knows that. Then suggested Ince might come in but he didn’t get a look in today and from what I’ve seen he is not the answer to the midfield lack of pace and ball winning. And where do you find such players now everyone is signed up? We’ve made some poor signings from what I’ve seen so far and can’t say many have been any better than last season’s squad, despite NL experience.

[TW10]

Dowse thoughts on the game now up live. Lambasting the defending. Fair enough as the goals conceded record is terrible. That said , Is he seeing that aside from Atkinson no one in the midfield can get about the pitch and put a tackle in? Agree with the comment about Ince, it he can't improve what we saw today then why sign him? The midfield is terrible, gaps everywhere and for me that is the biggest reason why we are shipping so many goals.