COLIN TODD bemoaned the lack of quality from his side as they floundered at a soggy Boundary Park.

After just one defeat in five league games, hopes were high that Town could power to victory how wrong everyone was.

From start to finish, Town struggled to create any serious challenge against a side which is likely to struggle this campaign.

Todd said he was mystified over the change in form.

"The quality was missing in this game. We have come off the back of three good performances but we have been let down again by the passing and movement," he said.

"The game was there for the taking. I don't think Oldham caused us too many problems, but we just could not capitalise on our own possession.

"I have said it before and I have said all along that the key to this season is consistency. One minute we get a pick-up and then we have a lull, now we have to start all over again. It mystifies me at times."

While the players did show plenty of effort, there was little guile or prowess to break through a largely unemployed defence.

"We had no problem with effort or desire from players. The problem was simply down to a lack of quality," he said.

"When we were in possession we did not create anything to threaten Oldham. We hardly knocked a quality ball into the box.

"A bit of quality, or something like we produced against Wigan or Oxford would have won us the game but we simply did not produce that at all."

Todd said his side should have walked away from Lancashire with all three points.

"I decided to keep the same squad because they had done well for a period of time and I was hoping for them to kick on again," he said. "What disappointed me was that although we had the possession we did not create the danger because we kept giving the ball away.

"I would not have even been pleased with a draw to be honest. Oldham have come off the back of two poor results and we have been in form. Yet they are the ones who have won the game.

"I believed before the match that it was there for the taking, but we did not hurt them enough and we were very sloppy with the ball."

He said he will continue to press for the level of standards he demands from his players.

"What amazes me is how we can perform so well for two or three games and then see the wheels fall off again," he said.

"I am a man who likes high standards and although we have shown it in patches this season, our standards were not as high as I would have liked for this match.

"We need more of a killer instinct when we are on the ball. We were unable to hurt Oldham by creating chances. Players were missing in a game which was not that tough. We just did not set the right tempo."

With a tricky match at Swansea tomorrow night and then home games with Bristol Rovers and Millwall, there is little time for Todd to dwell on the defeat.

He is determined to improve the team's on-field fortunes, even if he does not have any cash to spend.

"People keep asking me about bringing in new faces but there is not a lot there for me to bring the people in," he said.

"At the moment I have got to work with what I have got and it is up to me to work with what I have got. It is down to me to make sure they produce on Tuesday."

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