The not so magnificent 7

A toothless opening 35 minutes saw Swifts lose heavily once more in a league where if you want to compete you cannot keep doing this. Scoring goals does not seem to be a problem but its at the other end that we a not doing enough. Players switching off and not helping out team mates & not keeping the shape which they were told saw Swifts go into the break 4-0 down. Broxburn were far the better team but it looked like they didnt have to get out of 1st gear to walk past the Swifts players in the opening period.

It improved slightly in the second when Daniel Kelly deflected in a Keith Dewar shot to gives us a little hope. Sadly this was a false dawn as poor decision making allowed a free kick & a penalty for the home side to find the back of Mark Mitchells net. At this point either Swifts decided to make a game of it or the home side took their foot off the pedal, I will let others decide that, and Swifts pulled 2 goals back in quick succession.

Tony Holt slotted home his second penalty of the season after John Anderson was fouled then the assistant manager fired in from close range after a Stevie McManus free kick was saved by the keeper.

For the next 5 to 10 minutes Swifts were on top and the home keeper made 3 fantastic saves to stop Swifts getting back into the game and just before the end Broxburn broke up the park and the substitute number 11 fired into an empty net after Mitchell.

An awful display all over the park from the Perth side who showed very little desire. Too many players not wanting the ball when we got into advanced positions then not working hard enough to get back into shape.

It was said to us on Saturday after the game that we are too nice a team!!! Well we better start getting the finger out & stop being soft centered or we will be back down in the Premier League after all the hard work of last season.