Just back

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Worth noting we attracted 6000+ yesterday, the Scunts got 4,636 versus Brizzle

Around 1000 Brizzle fans there too. For some reason Scunny don't announce away followings any more but they had sold around 900 tickets by last Friday.

Good first game back, as it stands we're promoted again  

I thought Morecambe were horrific but we can only beat those in front of us and we were certainly good value for the win

As a team we look fitter faster stronger more intelligent and certainly better technically than last season

Boyce recovered well after a poor start, Davies looked a class above, you can tell he used to be in the championship, Andrew was excellent also, Summerfield bit sloppy at times but still looked decent enough and McAllister does a job, they couldn't live with Jackson and his pace, Vernon looks a useful player and was unlucky not to score, his experience will help with Bogle and Jackson's development, it could have been like 6-0 easily.

Derby will obviously dominate possession on Tuesday night but if we defend in numbers and as a unit and break on the counter with our pace, I see no reason why we can't sneak a win

UTM

Well.....
great result, good performance with some useful insights into the new players abilities.

As a general observation the new players looked more comfortable on the ball than most of the players they have replaced which is a good sign, the opposition will struggle to score if we can dominate the possession.

Good - Bolarinwa, good touch played with his head up and found team mates the majority of the time, happy to shoot on sight and to run and commit defenders, physical unit too. At times he had a touch of the Serge Makofo's about him, dazzling pieces of skill followed by running it off the pitch, but also had good discipline in working back, overall impressive performance for someone who has taken a few steps up in level.
Jackson - very lively, alert and a nuisance, thought he could have maybe had a couple of more goals but seemed hesitant to shoot at times choosing to check back inside instead. Impressive all round game.
Davies - solid, excellent crosses and a cracking set piece. With him and Vose both capable of hitting free kicks like that we might at last get some regular goals from those areas, we have not had a regular freekick threat for some years now, Townsend aside.
Vernon - thought he tired after the first half but linked very well with Jackson and Bolarinwa, aware of the bigger picture. A decent addition.
Berrett/Mcallister/Summerfield -  think Berret is a bit of a square peg out on the right, good player on the ball, grafted but i just think he would give the team more playing centrally and using a genuine wideman on the wing, Mcallister...wasnt sure about him pre season but looked very comfortable in their yesterday and my own M.O.M, disciplined display broke up play and used the ball pretty well, Summerfield....outstanding player in pre season, again yesterday did alot of good stuff but a little guilty of trying to be too precise at times yesterday,overplaying at times which gave them their best opportunity to score towards the end of the first half.
Boyce - looked shaky for first 10 -15 mins but settled down...to be fair coming in from Scunthorpe he isnt used to playing in front of a large vocal support so was probably suffering stage fright.

We lost our shape somewhat when Hurst made his subs, seemed an odd one to me to play Bogle out wide when Chambers a more natural wide man was on the bench, then bringing Chambers on and putting him on up front ??  Pearson did what he does when he came on, solid and simple.

Deserved more than two goals really but cant be greedy i suppose. Goof performance to start the season with plenty of quality available on the bench to liven/ improve us as we go on.

Last word to the ref.....how nice to have a decent ref again, think it was around 12 mins before he blew his whistle with any intent, thought he let the game flow, let players tackle and challenge each other and i dont think any of the cards issued could be argued against in reality.  A refreshing change.

someone on the Morecambe forum said this.

"grimbsy are a hoof ball team and a good free kick that is all"

Hoof ball?!

Grimbsy.... Pfft  

There was only one team hoofing yesterday and it was Morecambe!

Some late clearances when down to 10 men were solid clearances, not intended to be caught by attackers but just that - Clearances !

Yes it was a great occasion and we deserved to win. I think we need to keep our feet on the ground, it is one game against a poor team, I am worried about our lack of pace in central defence against better teams,but I guess PH intends to address this. I am not a fan of the lopsided formation with one natural winger. Berrett is much better inside as  demonstrated by a couple of forceful runs through the middle. Having said all that and not wishing to be unduly negative, I think we can play better and we do have a better squad overall, just need to keep a sense of perspective.
UTM

Quoted from moosey_club

Well.....
great result, good performance with some useful insights into the new players abilities.

As a general observation the new players looked more comfortable on the ball than most of the players they have replaced which is a good sign, the opposition will struggle to score if we can dominate the possession.

Good - Bolarinwa, good touch played with his head up and found team mates the majority of the time, happy to shoot on sight and to run and commit defenders, physical unit too. At times he had a touch of the Serge Makofo's about him, dazzling pieces of skill followed by running it off the pitch, but also had good discipline in working back, overall impressive performance for someone who has taken a few steps up in level.
Jackson - very lively, alert and a nuisance, thought he could have maybe had a couple of more goals but seemed hesitant to shoot at times choosing to check back inside instead. Impressive all round game.
Davies - solid, excellent crosses and a cracking set piece. With him and Vose both capable of hitting free kicks like that we might at last get some regular goals from those areas, we have not had a regular freekick threat for some years now, Townsend aside.
Vernon - thought he tired after the first half but linked very well with Jackson and Bolarinwa, aware of the bigger picture. A decent addition.
Berrett/Mcallister/Summerfield -  think Berret is a bit of a square peg out on the right, good player on the ball, grafted but i just think he would give the team more playing centrally and using a genuine wideman on the wing, Mcallister...wasnt sure about him pre season but looked very comfortable in their yesterday and my own M.O.M, disciplined display broke up play and used the ball pretty well, Summerfield....outstanding player in pre season, again yesterday did alot of good stuff but a little guilty of trying to be too precise at times yesterday,overplaying at times which gave them their best opportunity to score towards the end of the first half.
Boyce - looked shaky for first 10 -15 mins but settled down...to be fair coming in from Scunthorpe he isnt used to playing in front of a large vocal support so was probably suffering stage fright.

We lost our shape somewhat when Hurst made his subs, seemed an odd one to me to play Bogle out wide when Chambers a more natural wide man was on the bench, then bringing Chambers on and putting him on up front ??  Pearson did what he does when he came on, solid and simple.

Deserved more than two goals really but cant be greedy i suppose. Goof performance to start the season with plenty of quality available on the bench to liven/ improve us as we go on.

Last word to the ref.....how nice to have a decent ref again, think it was around 12 mins before he blew his whistle with any intent, thought he let the game flow, let players tackle and challenge each other and i dont think any of the cards issued could be argued against in reality.  A refreshing change.

Agree re the ref, much better and though I hate to admit it as long as he had warned him previously he was probably right to book Macca, James may learn that the EFL refs are not as lazy as the NL refs.

Also agree about Boyce settled really well after a shaky start, clearly used to playing in front of crowds similar to what you see at Bradley pitches on a Sunday Morning.

UTM!!  

Sadly unable to make the game, but fired up the highlights on Mariners Player earlier. Have to say I was extremely impressed by what I saw.

I'm not trying to take anything away from last seasons team - god knows they finally won us promotion - but the overall quality / ability on show during the game looked a noticeable step up from last season. And credit to Hurst, the overall style of play seems to have changed somewhat - refreshing to see us looking threatening inside the box and causing headaches, rather than last seasons dancing around outside and not wanting to commit to taking shots. We looked threatening up front for sure, and Jackson looks really very decent!

I think we need to bear in mind that Morecambe aren't up to much so I don't want to get my hopes up too much, but if the first game was anything to go by, hopefully we can be a bit more of a threat this season. I am happy to settle for 'surviving' this first season but maybe the team will surprise us

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Agree re the ref, much better and though I hate to admit it as long as he had warned him previously he was probably right to book Macca, James may learn that the EFL refs are not as lazy as the NL refs.

That made me chuckle. After 6 years of watching part time keepers time wasting from the off and getting away with it - first game back in the league and OURS gets done for it!