Two points dropped, our lead at the top cut and defensive deficiencies starting to appear - lots of lovely negatives for the archetypal Coventry City fan to have a moan about.
In many respects they are entitled to their moan, but frankly, the bigger picture is there for all to see.
It’s incredibly easy to credit ourselves with the outcome of the result, such was the nature of the goals we conceded.
There was however another side out there, a side that is evidently benefiting from Darren Ferguson’s management style - as opposed to Paul Dickov’s questionable methods.
Doncaster were fully deserving of the point. They applied a game plan that other sides in recent weeks haven’t even considered, instead trying to impose their own style without thinking about ours.
Deep thought had gone into their approach. It was the same formation they had used in recent weeks, but a slightly reserved version.
Sometimes the hardest thing to do can be to admit you aren’t on the same level as another side. Arsene Wenger has struggled with this admission for many years, to Arsenal’s undoing.
Last season he went against all his natural urges and approached an away game at Manchester City in this fashion. They won 2-0, in what was their most impressive result of the season.
Blackpool picked up a point against us by applying the same respect as Doncaster did on Saturday, they duly got their point too.
They pressed us high up the pitch in several periods of the game, their passing was neat and cute in tight areas.
The narrowness of their midfield stopped us from being able to run at the heart of their defence as much as we would have liked, resulting in Jacob Murphy’s quietest game in a City shirt.
The back five rarely became a back three, but when it did, the wing backs made an effective contribution.
Yet, despite all this, we had enough chances to win the game. So why didn’t we?
Decision making and young footballers, the first word that comes to mind is inconsistency.
At 1-0 Adam Armstrong should have played Ryan Kent in, he opted to turn into traffic and the chance was gone.
The same player then tried to lob an exposed Thorsten Stuckmann, who had unforgivably come to the edge of his box.
Not the most agile of keepers - as was shown for Fleck’s goal - he is quite sizeable, thus a low strike to the right of the keeper was the better option.
Ryan Kent is another who struggles with decision making. All the ability in the world, but if he continues to come inside on his unfavoured left foot it won’t matter how ambidextrous he is.
Repeatedly clearing the crossbar or hitting the first defender with these cross come shots is best left for training, where he can develop and perfect this skill.
He needs to simplify his game, hit the byeline every once in a while - I’m sure Jurgen Klopp would want to see a bit of variety in his play.
So, Doncaster’s tactics and our inability to make the correct decision and kill the game cost us. Still, those defensive lapses shouldn’t be forgotten.
I mentioned in a previous piece, that Reice Charles-Cook’s lax style had planted a seed of doubt in my mind. After Saturday, that seed has started to grow.
Without doubt he should hold Andy Williams initial shot, slight deflection or not. Another dodgy kick, followed by a handling gaffe raised murmurs amongst the crowd.
I can’t find fault with the pass to Fleck, who looked twice over his shoulder in the direction of Chris Stokes and must have seen Williams in his periphery. Truly an inexcusable mistake.
However Charles-Cook’s positioning and stance made it easier for Nathan Tyson to beat him at his near post.
He is only 21, an infant in goalkeeping terms and like Lee Burge last season, he is going to make errors. It is crucial that he should be allowed the time to learn from these mistakes and develop.
One final point on what was in reality a performance and result which kept us top of the league.
Substitutes or the lack of, baffled me. At 2-2 the game became open, with Doncaster as likely to snatch the winner as us - Nathan Tyson’s audacious turn and strike which rattled the bar attests to this.
What we needed was someone to hold the ball up, someone who could actually compete with the Doncaster centre backs as the game became scrappier.
Armstrong’s influence late on amounted to nothing and at this stage Fortune or Tudgay should have been introduced.
We shouldn’t be adverse to reverting to long ball tactics when a game dictates so. Alas, who am I to critique the man who has us dreaming of automatic promotion.
