BotleyOx
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- 7 Dec 2017
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But the Pep results were all early season, when we still had Mapp momentum. He acquired Mapps team who knew where and how to play/win at this level. As soon as a few holes he filled them from his Spanish sand pit. I could have matched Peps early season results with that start of season squad. I suspect he didnt win the dressing room and so brought in his own rear guard but we became awful - Pep didnt "suddenly" turn bad! - we started leaking goals and most importantly the "positive feeling" that we had enjoyed for a couple of years was gone. Thank god for KR who has patched us up and restored some belief, and whilst we might not be brilliant and definitely lack quality/confidence we have become hard to beat.
It took a few weeks for teams to sus us out, once they did(nullify payne) pep had no planB