Aldershot Town slipped to yet another defeat – with yet another disappointing performance on Saturday afternoon and the growing sounds of discontent can now firmly be heard at the final whistle when the team were booed off the pitch and voices echoed that sentiment on Shots Talk following the match.
Assistant manager Matt Bishop was left to face the microphone after the match as Dean Holdsworth yet again failed to acknowledge supporters after another dull 90-minutes of football, but it was another case of UEFA-Coaching book drivel that Bishop recycled saying much the same as Holdsworth had after pervious defeats.
“The goal which we conceded was very disappointing, again we have switched off and we have been punished for it, but we are determined to keep going and working hard by sticking together as a group and get ourselves out of this,” the assistant boss told the club’s official website as the club slipped to the second from bottom place in League Two.
“The confidence is low and somehow we have got to find a way to build the confidence of the players and to get them to believe in themselves,” he continued. “We will work hard and we will stick together and I am sure we will get out of this.”
Meanwhile, posters on Shots Talk continued to vent their dissatisfaction and as always, here are a pick of the good (when we can find them!) and bad views that have been given in the aftermath of another defeat:
“With Gillingham next up in the league, don't think this is going to get better any time soon. It could be November before our next points with Rotherham (H), Southend (A) & D&R (A) to follow in October. Even Barnet showed some fight today. Depressing times.” – Norwich Nick
“4 defeats in a row and in 3 of them we drew a blank even when we do score we can’t hang on to a 3 goal lead. BSP on the horizon.” – steve_in_manchester
“Looks like from now on we're making a farewell tour of League Two grounds. It was fun while it lasted though.” – DH
“I can take losing match after match, I can take relegation, but I don't know if want to take being bored senseless at every home match. The fact they scored today actually made it interesting for a few short minutes. Problem is I like Deano and think most people do. Everyone wants him to get us through this but with such random subs and bad possession I'm not sure if he can. Hope I'm wrong..” – mrpezzer
“A line from Holdsworth before the match - "we must be positive" A line from Bishop after the match - "but we have just got to be more positive". Not sure Dean and Matt realise that if they want the players to be more positive, then it needs to come from those two and the rest of their management staff first. How can the team and supporters be positive when we all see 4 centre backs in the starting line-up for a home league fixture. Unbelievable.” – Alex