Reaction to the draw with Stockport

If Steve Tilson didn't know the size of the task ahead of him before kick off against Stockport, he certainly does now. Midfielders that don't create, strikers that don't score and quite possibly the worst set piece taking in the land.

I'm going to start this reaction with one of the few positives to come out of yesterday, the defence. It's not often our defence get praised, but they kept Stockport's attack fairly quiet and also helped Anyon out for once. Only one shot on target was made against Anyon and that is mostly down to a defence that played well for once, it's also the second home game in three where we haven't conceded. However, that's where the good news relatively stops.

Let's put it nicely, how patient can you be with strikers that don't score, never look like scoring and barely even have shots? Ben Hutchinson is lazy, bone-idol and in twelve matches, he has only managed eleven shots on target, missed four open goals and the worst part about his play is that virtually all he does is moan when it's not played directly to his feet, almost as if it was an insult to make him run. I am still not actually sure what he brings to the side.

As I've said before, if you can make Rene Howe look like a competent striker then you know that something isn't right. At least Rene Howe's arrogance was sort of backed up by him occasionally scoring, what's Ben Hutchinson's excuse. How the hell he has played a high level is beyond me and if he ever becomes a first team regular at Celtic, I'll eat my hat.

Then you get onto Drewe Broughton (right). I am still, after nearly a complete year, at a loss as to the positives that he brings to the side. He never seems to win headers, that despite his size, is more likely to get sent off than score (shown by his elbow on Rose against Stockport) and after 17 games for the club, you'd be struggling to count on one hand the amount of times he has played well.

At what point do you actually just have to say "You've got 2/3 games to prove your worth, otherwise you're dropped?" It's just so frustrating that players like Hutchinson constantly do nothing and yet somehow get into the starting 11 every single week. Tilson doesn't strike me as a manager who will wait long and he had a half decent record of bringing in competent strikers. You get the feeling the days of Broughton and Hutchinson up front are certainly numbered if they don't start creating.

Then again, you could argue that they are getting scraps to feed on, especially at set-pieces. We haven't scored from a corner since the 1-1 draw with Cheltenham last season and it's obvious to see why. There's very little point at getting excited when we get a corner because the delivery is absolutely atrocious. What sort of footballer can't lift a dead ball over the first defender? Whenever we get a corner you know it's going to either go to the first defender, over everyone and out the other side or straight into the goalkeeper's hands. Who can actually recall the last time we actually forced a chance from a corner.

I suppose it could be worse, our next two League games are against the current bottom two and three of our next five League games are at home.