Ablett Blames Culpable County Again

County boss Gary Ablett believes that his side were culpable for the Leyton Orient defeat as a solid first-half display once was again undone with a poor second-half.

Second-half goals from Ryan Jarvis and defender Eric Lichaj saw off a sloppy County side, and Ablett was keen to drum into his team that we had once again shot ourselves in the foot.

‘We were doing do well for an hour, but it’s difficult to try and be positive, I don’t think its anything they’ve done – we’re culpable for both goals.’

‘Mentally the majority of them are very fragile at the moment, and that spreads throughout the team when something goes wrong.’

The 44-year-old was however pleased with youngster Sam Barnes’ debut after handing the Manchester United transfer target his chance in the side.

‘I thought Sam was superb all game, we kept the decision from him right up until kick-off so he didn’t have time to worry and fret about it. But he was brilliant, as was young Andy Halls who’s done superb since coming in to the side.’

There’s been no update on the Scouser’s position at the club from the 2015 Group though, according to Ablett.

‘There’s nothing happening on that front at the moment with us and them. We’re hoping someone will come in next week from the group and tell us what’s going on and whether we need to prepare for next season or not with the staff we already have here.

We’ll go out into the last three games to play with pride and to give our supporters something to shout about.’