Thatcham’s bank holiday blues
Yashwa Romeo’s side suffer back-to-back defeats
THATCHAM Town manager Yashwa Romeo insists it’s “not time to panic”, but that he is looking to improve his squad following a disappointing start to their Isthmian League South Central season.
Thatcham lost twice over the bank holiday weekend, going down 2-1 at home to Leatherhead on Saturday before a 2-0 defeat at Uxbridge on Monday.
The results leave the Kingfishers without a win in their first four this season and languishing 18th in the table.
“It wasn’t great, we weren’t good enough,” Romeo said.
“I was disappointed we didn’t come away with anything from Leatherhead.
“I thought we had more chances than them, we created more than them, but, again, we’re just not putting the ball in the back of the net.
“We’re giving teams goals, we’re making little mistakes and we’re not being hard to
beat.
“Uxbridge was the most disappointing. We were in the game at 0-0 at half time and we played well.
“Second half we couldn’t even pass the ball to each other – it was that bad, it was embarrassing.
“I don’t know what happened to our defending, we parted like the Red Sea.
“If I’m being totally honest, I think we need to bring in two or three new players.
“I’m in the market, I’ve already been looking. I need to keep players on their toes, the weekend was unacceptable, I won’t have that.
“We’ll work hard on the training pitch and it’s a long old season.”
Next up for Town is a trip to Cinderford in the FA Trophy first qualifying round on Saturday, September 10.
The Foresters knocked Thatcham out on penalties last season.