I'm not even that concerned about the defeat. It was always going to be a tough game in the circumstances, even if we'd had a full strength line up.

As soon as I saw that absolute poultice of a line-up though, every ounce of hope drained out of me. Just awful.

There's some serious work to do and little time left to do it. I just don't understand what they're waiting for. There has to be a right back we can get in from somewhere on the planet. A decent one. I'm just staggered and annoyed beyond belief at the ineptitude of it.