Thanks for all the help offered, particularly Nigel and Brent 😬
I have fixed it, turns out that the gear lever had unsrewed itself from the bracket on the tunnel. This was causing all the play and poor gear selection.
Simple clean up and reattach job, even I could do it .
Only annoyacne is that CC midlands didn't spot this when I complained of difficulty n selecting reverse, instead replacing the clutch cable to try and solve the problem
X/Flow and LOUD!!!