Another two points squandered on Saturday, plus another couple of injuries to add to the ever increasing list. Lee Bowyer certainly has plenty on his plate at the moment.

‎The defence must be a real concern for him at the moment. What was once a watertight unit is now one of the team’s weaknesses.

Here is Bowyer’s slant:

“The second goal, it’s not a good goal. It’s not as if someone has got it and bent it into the top corner from the edge of the box or anything like that.

“It’s quite a sloppy goal and once their player gets to the byline you know he’s gonna cut it back, just mark your man, and make sure your man doesn’t score.

“Unfortunately, again, we didn’t do that and that’s what frustrates me because they gave everything and they were crawling off the pitch, they couldn’t give any more. 

“To come away with a point shows how far we’ve come. We’re fighting and competing against top sides and we’re not disgracing ourselves for sure.‎ Josh Cullen’s injury seems likely to rule him out long term, but more will be known after his scan on Monday. Erhun Oztumer was struggling towards the end on Saturday, but it did not look like a major problem. He was limping after the game and struggles to play two games a week, so he will miss the clash at Luton. Here is the post match update from the manager:  

“Not good (Cullen), especially with Tuesday coming up. I was just saying to the staff that we’re going to struggle to put 11 out. We’re just running out of numbers. 

“You see the kids we had to bring on and they did great by the way, but to bring them on is asking a lot from them cause they haven’t played games before. 

“Especially Alfie, Alfie’s come on and he’s never played a game for us, not even when we were in League One. So to then just throw him in against a good Cardiff side… but we have no choice. That’s the situation we’re in, but like I said before, we’re in every game and it shows how well we’re doing and what a good group I have.”