The issue with Cox is not that we “only” got a point at Barrow. In the grand scheme of things points away are great if you win most of your home games (we don’t win very many home games by the way Fansy).
The issue is how and why we only got a point.
We marked their men and put in challenges all over the pitch in the first half. We scored one and should have scored 2. We had a couple of other half decent chances. They were reduced to aimless passes across their back 3 occasionally popping it into midfield and getting it back again. They created hardly any chances and looked a fairly poor League 2 outfit.
For the majority of the second half we surrendered two thirds of the pitch, stood off their players and allowed a poor team to play attack against defence. This was exactly what the 2 iron fans on Humberside at half time predicted. I expect the 86 brave souls that travelled to Barrow and everyone else watching on iFollow predicted as well.
That is the problem. I don’t believe for a minute all 10 outfield players suddenly just decided to do that. Even if they did the coaches should have been screaming at them for 45 minutes to get back to doing what they did in the first half.
This is not a new manager still trying to get his ideas across. This is a man who has been in charge for 60 odd games and still thinks this tactic will get him results.
We got a point because Rory had a great game, Barrow were shite and Cox got lucky.
