EXETER City manager Paul Tisdale and his relationship with the fans is wearing a bit thin and without them he would not have a job.
His applauding of the booing, after taking off our second best player David Wheeler, was ununacceptable. The substitution made no sense at all.
Our best player was without doubt Matt Grimes, who stood head and shoulders above anyone else, followed by Tom Nichols – when he came on for the final 20 minutes he was excellent.
He scored, he should have had a penalty, he had an effort cleared off the line and another went just wide and to be fair he should have scored the winner.
Is it a coincidence that those three players are all youngsters?
Let us see a few more young ones given a chance, we will probably see Nichols again in about three months' time.
How some of the senior pros keep their place I don't know. As for Pat Baldwin being on the bench, that beats me too – he is our best defender by a mile.
Some of the other players seem undropable no matter how badly they perform.
Let's hope for a side full of passion, commitment and youth, with an attacking formation for the remainder of the season. Kenny Cleal
Feniton
I was interested to read your article on the barking fans during the Southend game in Thursday, November 21's edition of the Express & Echo.
My seat is close to the dugouts and I believe the 'barking' was City fans impersonating Phil Brown barking out his orders to players on the pitch.
You also mention the long balls going up to Sam Parkin.
It has seemed obvious to me over the last several games that the only way our strikers stand any chance of scoring is by wingers taking the ball up to the byline and sending in crosses for them to run onto. R Greening
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