Think Westy and Hoppers summed up the game pretty well only a few minner gripes from what was a very good performance, perhaps a game missing a bit of quality but I think Pearce summed it up when he said it was a proper blood and thunder championship final game. First half we were very good, second half I thought Chambers and Berra were outstanding at the back after a barrage of attacks. Sammons ability is questionable but his movement is great and this means he can create space for others, i think it has changed how we attack, we are definitely opening more teams up now because of it. It's something I think Murphy and McGoldrick lack from their game, sometimes they can be abit static which means we have to score from a set piece or a worldy.
A few things which concerned me was I think with Skuse and Williams in the team we don't look as balanced as we have done the past few games. Skuse just sits too much, fair enough sit back if your the defensive midfielder but that doesn't mean you still can't get up in support of the attack, it's soo frustrating, one moment in the first half particularly annoyed me with him when we were in a position to attack and he could've run into forward space he stepped back and the passed the ball backwards and it went all the way back to the keeper, so frustrating, I think it's annoying because they guy clearly has the potential to be such a good player at this level.
Whilst Williams is clearly a class act again I think he affected the balance of our midfield, we seem not to try to pass and move so much with him in the team so letting the ball do the work, instead we let him do the work.
I thought McGoldrick didn't have the best of games either, from what I've seen this season so far is a player who is trying to do too much and impress too much. One thing I would say though is Skuse and McGoldrick look far better in a central 3 than a central 2, I sometimes feel with both of them in their respective positions because they like to sit deep sometimes it leaves whoever they partner alot of space to occupy and alot of work to do if they're in a central 2.
The major thing for me though is a pattern I've noticed with all our games this season we start off so intense that come around the 60th minute so many of our players at flat out and worn out from chasing the ball that we just don't keep the ball very well and we invite pressure on ourselves. We need to learn how to take the sting out of a game and play keep ball and be patient, sometimes you don't need to be the team who does the most running to win a match, it's the ball that does the work