Promotion or not, watching these young lads playing quality passing football is an absolute joy. We won't win every game but it's beautiful to watch at times and to see these young ones improving is just different class
My obligatory whinge at the ref What did Clarke do to be penalised when he skinned their bloke late on? Why is time wasting only bookable in the 80th minute and not the 60th?
Just realised he played 90 mins must be a bit of. A collector’s item. He did well second half. Like a few he seemed lost with the formation first half but second half some of the close passing was a joy
4-2-3-1 Patto Cirkin Alese Batth Onien Neil Evans Clarke Pritchard Roberts Rossco Ballard, Simms, Jewi, Ba, Gooch Michut,Bass, Interesting to see I he would put Ballard straight back in and go for a very young back 4
Thought they were a disgrace to be honest. Little effort to play football and constantly playing the man.
Pulling his shirt - their player was doing the same to him though - they were wasting time from the start.
They're vile and I'd hate to have to support them. I wouldn't want us to sign any of their players except one.
Roberts was excellent to be fair and it was probably closer between him and Cirkin than anyone else than my initial comment.
The way he talks about Ballard I think we will see him back in when he’s fit Nice problem to have though
It is a collectors item to be fair. I hope he can repeat it again and again, because as we saw from his cross he is a class act. It is a problem though so hopefully they are finding a way to sort it. He hasnt been at his best lately for me, and I did think there was a case for him to be dropped, but second half he was one of those that got us playing. When I criticise a player I always want them to prove me wrong, anyone wearing the stripes has my 100% support always, and today he proved me wrong, and Diallo did as well tbf. I couldnt be happier to be wrong on both counts.
When we went to a 4-6 formation it confused the hell out of them our movement was superb and the first goal came from the fact they couldn't pin us down.
Bloody great win that. Some prem level players in that team mind. Cirkin is obviously a prem level player already, and there are a few others. An old mate of mine is a Hammer and I asked him about Alesi, as I knew nowt at all about him when he signed. He was foaming, as he couldn't see the point of producing young lads and not try them out, though Alesi had played a few times for them. Looks like he was right! And the team can handle being behind which is very encouraging. Not just flying into tackles and wanting a fight, but wanting the ball, playing OUR game and keeping at it. Best win of the season so far IMO. Well done lads.
F*cking doddle I thought . Tremendous 2nd half from the lads. Some fab individual performances but overall a great team effort. Went behind, so what. The mental attitude of our team now is we can win this regardless. I would struggle to pic a MotM and to be honest I couldnt care. As already stated great win today. PS, shame McLean didnt hurt himself badly.
Awesome win! I will never understand how Patto got that booking. Nothing wrong with Roberts goal. Probably should have been a red for Embo. And I thought the refs were going to be better in the championship...
