Whilst we were away in Sweden, I’d missed the away game at Coventry and a home fixture with Oxford. Neither had gone well. Coventry outmuscled us and by switching to a more direct approach they took the points in a game where we often looked the better footballing side.
Oxford just defended deep. A ‘low block’ in modern parlance. We couldn’t break them down and it was two points dropped in a goalless draw against a side likely to be in the third-tier next season.
Whilst other results had gone in our favour at the weekend, a win against Leicester was needed. Kim Hellberg restored Ayling, McGree and Browne to the side which lined up in the way that most of the crowd would likely have selected from the available options.
It didn’t really work out though. They scored, we scored, then we pressured them a bit but couldn’t grab a winner. The dissatisfaction in the crowd was clear with the stadium almost empty as the players trudged around the pitch at full-time applauding near empty stands.
Two points from nine meant that Coventry were pulling away again and Ipswich, Hull and Millwall were closing in on our second position. It’s time to go on another of those winning runs
Tags: Poor home form
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