Morning all - My thoughts on last night.
- We played some excellent football and the influence of an attacking midfield player in The Prince is obvious, it is something we have badly missed.
- Defence was solid, although Dicko "got lost" a few too many times for my liking, although I think Forsyth needs to track back with their RB a little more positively.
- The crowd seemed to have a "game of 2 halves as well" - brilliant in the second half and really got behind the team, but I hated the ironic cheers when Forsyth got taken off.
- I did not think that Forsyth had that bad a game that he deserved all of the stick he got, yes he made a couple of mistakes, but they put 2 players on him everytime and that is not easy to play against. Plus if we put a long diagonal up to him, then we needs players around him to pick up the pieces - and to be fair, he wins the majority of those headers.
- But in saying that, I would have subbed Forsyth for Kightly and left Yeates on.
- We saw the best of big Chris last night, he does not have the legs to run the channels or run onto balls - this is what is left of hos game.
- Marvin was excellent, just did not connect properly on his shots. Another night he would have got a couple.
It is clear the changes we have made have made a huge difference, I suppose the question is "would SD have made these changes if the injuries had not forced him to?".
A few weeks off as I am not going up to 'Boro and watching from home - so Pompey next and the West Herts Beer Festival as well!