Back from the game with some thoughts. the conditions were very wet and windy. Would have been an outstanding victory had we held on with such a young team.
Thought we looked good first half, and they looked v average. A lot of sideways passing at the back, and then long ball. thought we dealt with that very well. We gave away a lot of unnecessary free kicks, but dealt with those well too. Mayenda looked electric on the right, gliding past people and finding his man with passes in the box. Think he is in our best eleven, just not sure if that is up top or on the right. Nice to see alese and Ballard too, both dependable lads to bring in when we have many unavailable.
We were disappointing second half. I’m delighted with our points total so far this season, but concerned about our inability to keep the ball when we have a lead to relieve some pressure. Surprised we didn’t see more subs to give us energy and fight the relentless pressure of the second half. They didn’t actually create much in the second half tbf but we barely had the ball.
Great to finally see Aleksic. His first involvement was a touch, spin and pass that oozed quality. He’s quick and puts himself about. Think he’ll eventually become a really important player for us. It’s a long coach journey north to be stewing over that miss, but hope he is given minutes off the bench later this week to make amends. Mowbray have ekwah a start against Cardiff after he gave a last min penalty against hull, think it was good management.
it’s a long season but a win against WBA would be an important return and make the sheff United game less daunting. Ha’way the lads
