Dubai Yellow
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Thought it was good from start to finish today. Well done everyone!
Great result. Draw the away games and win the home ones and we’ll haul ourselves out of this mess. Scunthorpe next Saturday looks like a winnable or drawable game too.
I’m not making any predictions about what this little run will mean in the long run, but I have to give KR some praise. He’s happened upon a system that works better, has used Mackie effectively and seems to have used some emotional intelligence to get the players reacting better to him. He’s not completely convinced me yet although with each positive result my worries about him do start to fade.
So can we actually drop the guff about him never having any "plan B" but keeps on doing the same thing over and over even when it doesn't work? [Not implying that it's you, Unification, who spouts that "guff".]
Can’t really disagree with any of that. At times we looked like a proper team but at times in the second half we gave the ball away too cheaply. As you say if they’d scored at 2-0 I would have been a bit worried. A win is a win though, and you can see that belief and confidence is slowly but surely returning. The big difference today was we took the two early chances.Eastwood - 7.5 not much to do but one good save when he was called upon
McMahon - 7 two assists and an outlet down the right hand side. So much better than when I last saw him against Fleetwood when he was appalling.
Ruffels - 7.5 took his goal well. Looked a solid left back but not really tested
Nelson -8 thought he was very solid and won some decent headers. Very composed on the ball too
Dickie - 6 shaky at times. Didn’t fill me with a huge amount of confidence
Mousinho - 8 very good performance, just mopped up things nicely and some very good tackles.
Brannigan- 7.5 game passed him by at times when it was just hoof ball by Shrewsbury but always looked like he could create something
Holmes - 7.5 always looked like he could create something and was pleased with his work rate chasing back
Henry - 6 quite a quiet game from him. Didn’t really notice anything good or bad
Whyte - 7.5 took his goal well and some terrific one two moves at times. Jumps in to tackles at times and is easily beaten
Mackie- 8 just a nuisance for defenders. Plenty of effort. Good performance
Browne - 7 took his goal well
Hanson - 6.5
Smith not on for long enough to gain a rating.
I wouldn’t say three nil flattered us but I was never comfortable at two nil. Maybe a reflection on the season so far. Shrewsbury had plenty of the ball but only tested Eastwood once. Thought their fans were quite loud considering they were two nil down so early on but mystified that a group of twenty plus left with over 15 mins to play. Thought our fans were quite quiet today. It was also Bloody cold today, the wind was biting at times from my position right at the front of the SSU.
Pleasant afternoon, my first game since Fleetwood and a huge improvement.
I love that kit! Bring back the old gold!
Can we wear it every weekI love that kit! Bring back the old gold!
They should’ve had it as the away kit for this season rather than wearing it for just this one. That said, perhaps next season this may happen?I love that kit! Bring back the old gold!
They should’ve had it as the away kit for this season rather than wearing it for just this one. That said, perhaps next season this may happen?