pea I think this is the defence we need to be going forward with, but Pearce really isn't playing to his potential, which is a shame because he's proved he can do it in the past. The things I'm referring to are nothing to do with Gorkss or Cummings. Look at Pearce for the second goal on Tuesday, paying no attention to his man, completely out of position, and if he wasn't and the defence had kept its shape then it should have been an easy clearance. I've only seen a handful of games this season but Pearce hasn't been winning his individual battles and the team has suffered as a result (his complete inability to win a header against Kitson or Kanu at Portsmouth springs to mind).
Do agree that Pearce needs to up his game, but don't agree that he was at fault for the second goal. Cummings let the ball drop over his head, Pearce went over to try and stop the guy putting the cross in, Adomah did really well, squeezed it in, and if you look carefully, it is Gorkss who is flat footed, ball-watching, and shocked to see Pitman there all alone to tap into an empty net. Not Mills fault either, wasn't his man. The ball shouldn't have been allowed to be crossed in the first place, but Gorkss didn't track.