Agree our achilles heel all season has been our defence - other teams have bigger, faster defenders who can actually play a bit as well. The one thing that McCarthy did get right was the defence and if Goode had stayed fit who knows what might have happened.
We are clearly a team in transition - and it takes time to get the right personnel. Think we've had a lot of crap luck this season and we've also been poor in areas we need to strengthen. Stick or twist - i'd still say there are much much worse managers out there than Mr Critchley.
Keep saying it we needed a big defender who is comfortable on the ball in the transfer window ... without a solid defence we are going nowhere and currently we are just shipping simple goals on a regular basis. From the transfer window looks like we did try to sign one - so it's obvious that...
with the number of comedy goals that we've conceded - including so many simple route one efforts - it's where i'd be looking first - we are going to struggle to make the playoffs with the leaky back end we currently have.