Cambridge United 0 Sheffield Wednesday 2

 Another game, another defeat. That makes it four in a row for the Us. To be honest, apart from Bristol Rovers last week - who now seem to be showing signs of real improvement themselves - Cambridge probably didn't expect much. The other defeats came from Derby, Ipswich and now Sheffield Wednesday - probably the three biggest teams in the division. That said, what happened against Wednesday was a bit hard to take given that it was pretty much self-inflicted.

Lee Gregory gave the Owls the lead after only 6 minutes when Greg Taylor basically assisted him by heading the ball into his path. This put Cambridge on the back foot early on and highlights the first problem. 

Cambridge have struggled with the centre back position recently. Ibsen Rossi more or less handed Derby the win and I have really not been impressed from what I have seen of him. He was mugged off more than once by Arsenal's teenagers for example. Clearly Mark Bonner also has reservations as he has replaced him with Greg Taylor. However, Taylor has also floundered, following up last week's own goal with a disaster class in defending against Wednesday. To be fair, he has come off a long injury, but that begs the question why he isn't been eased in either by playing in the Papa John trophy or as a sub or at most against weaker teams. Jubril Okedina is sitting on the bench and I don't know what could be wrong with him.

Despite all of this, Cambridge did make a good fist of it and had most of the pressure in the second half before another mix up led to Lee Gregory putting the game to bed on 77 minutes with his and Wednesday's second goal. I am not sure about playing Joe Ironside against Wednesday as they seemed like the sort of team he would get nothing against - and that's exactly what he did get. Saikou Janneh kept the bench warm again - just saying.

I probably come across as all critical here, and no doubt Mark Bonner is still doing a great job given the resources he has at the club. Port Vale next up in the league is looking like a must win though.





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