I'd say we were passing the ball about at a quicker intensity in the first half, than in any of the last few games combined. Yet again though, we missed chances and that brings up problem number 1 (Ruthlessness). Too many times we don't take our chances, which I have said before is a team problem.
Port Vale (A), Newport (H), Fleetwood (A) and Gillingham (H). All games we failed to take our chances in. Even in games we won, we missed chances to increase the winning margin which include Accrington (H), Harrogate (H) and Carlisle (H). Whilst those 3 ended up in victories, it still shows our lack of ruthlessness in front of goal. The latter of the three was a particular poor performance.
In the 2nd half, we allowed them more territory and more possession. During this we had everyone bar Jatta behind the ball and we were only just past the hour mark. Both goals come from us dropping so deep and giving them all the time in the world to pass the ball around. Nobody is closing them down, pressing them. That brings me to my 2nd problem (Mentality). We're too happy with mediocrity. After we equalised, we should have the momentum and energy to go again and get the winning goal in front of the Kop against our local rivals, but no not us. Instead, we retreat and are happy to settle for the point. We literally retreat to how we were before they opened the scoring.
Where is the want and the will to go for it? Where is the fire in us? The performance was alright apparently and guess what? We lost, again. It's ok though because we've got injuries. If you are having to rely on Didzy, who is 37, to try and inspire some fire inside of you to win in a promotion battle and fight for this football club, you are in trouble and you need to take a look at yourself. Didzy and Jodi barely a combined 15 minutes at Cheltenham, in what was arguably our best away performance of the season. Injuries also don't stop you doing basic things like running with the ball into space, pressing and playing 5 yard passes to a teammate. This basically sums up point number 3 (Urgency). There was a bit more of it yesterday (in which we still lost) but that does not excuse the lack of it throughout the season.
The last thing is intensity. The lack of it throughout the season, which has lead to our consistent unconvincing performances.