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A tough game against a very well organised side. Could have gone either way really. Their keeper made a couple of fine saves and was generally pretty dominant in the box.

We certainly missed Elding as Duffy was largely ineffective. It’s hard also to lose your first choice central defensive partnership. Though the replacements did pretty well, we would have been more dominant at the back with Miller and Garner and would probably have broken attacks up quicker, cleared the lines faster and dealt with the pressure a little better.  I also thought Thanoj did well.

I’d say that our full strength side would probably have beaten this York side, but it would not be a cakewalk. If we do get into the playoff’s York, Luton and one of Wrexham or Fleetwood are going to be very tough opposition and we would have to be at the top of our game to stand any chance of going up.  From that perspective it's probably best that we now don't have to fit in more matches in this competition.

It was Duffys first full time match for some time and it showed in the second half, I don`t agree that he did not win any balls in the air and thought generally he had a fair game as did most of the others, however his understanding with Hearn did not happen and as such we missed Elding but he is still a menace in a sub role as shown by his goal tally

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It was Duffys first full time match for some time and it showed in the second half, I don`t agree that he did not win any balls in the air and thought generally he had a fair game as did most of the others, however his understanding with Hearn did not happen and as such we missed Elding but he is still a menace in a sub role as shown by his goal tally

Exactly right

Duffy did not really get any good service. On a whole a thought we were ok considering the absences and it was a pretty even game. I am quite confident that we will show an improvement against Braintree.