Playing for the full ninety minutes

As a team we seem short on confidence and only produce our best if things go our way. If we'd shown that level of performance in the first half we wouldnt have been chasing the game

Predictably Chris Coleman in his after match comments declared we were the better team in the first half. This i just didnt see.

He also praised the strikers. Whilst I agree Leon Best gave another excellent performance I thought Clinton Morrison was largely ineffective

Freddie Eastwood showed signs of his old form against Reading. While Morrison's performances have levelled off it may be worth considering a change upfront

Indeed while the team played so hard in driving rain I was suprised more substitutions weren't made on Saturday

Whatever led to the good second half performance I hope we carry it forward for the full ninety minutes in the away game against QPR.

I know Chris puts the improvement down to David Bell's return. He certainly had a good game though was as ineffective as the rest in the first half

But I dont put our poor results down to not playing 4-4-2. Some of our better results came playing a single striker. If a right winger was the key all along I don't understand why Ashley Cain wasn't played more in Bell's absence

No it's clear the team performances have been marked by a general lack of self belief
Let us hope this point does mark a change in that.

I want to see the club do all they can to hold on to our leading scorer when the window opens. Also I want the players to show the same drive and commitment in away games starting at QPR.