Because of our Wembley appearance and the late arrival of the signings we again are behind a good few of the other clubs in playing competitive friendlies. Exeter for example had played 8 to our 5 as pointed out by MR. The manager said we were not ready and our defensive lapses showed that. Leicester were also suffering from a disjointed pre season and that is probably why their defence looked all over the place. We were beaten by a defensive lapse for their first goal and a brilliant strike for the second. Hamer has had virtually no pre-season and was taken off to stop a recurrence of his recent injury, Eccles was knackered and at the time Milan with his lightning pace seemed a good call to stop problems down our right. Unfortunately, Milan looked a bit lost probably due to virtually no training sessions. Hadji nearly turned it around. Subs were perfectly logical and I would have added Bidwell to close down their left channel. Football is a squad game and MR would have been crucified if Hamer picked up a long-term injury and Eccles was skinned for a goal.
