Scunthorpe (H) Match Thread

Quoted from Bigdog

We weren't great with the ball but that's our best performance without the ball this season..

No argument from me there. It was what won us the game, as we only needed 1 goal. They created nothing because we didn't let them.

We still gave away far to many free kicks and a better team would have capitalised. We need to cut this out ASAP.

Poor game, both teams low on quality but we got the 3 points and after recent poor form and events off the pitch that was all that mattered, more of the same on Tuesday.

Can see Jackson being very very good for us in the neat couple of years

Enjoy it - Town beat Scunthorpe 😀😀

That was a proper excrement game but I loved it.

Great commitment and effort from every player.

Pollock MOM.

didn’t really rate hewitt last season. Becoming a very important player this year in a number of roles. Thought hendrie was as good as ever as well.

Think a Scunthorpe fan would have given us more fouls than that ref did

can only echo the sentiments

poor,poor game but we worked harder and had slightly more attacking threat.
hewitt is having an excellent season and you wouldn't believe he was make shift centre half.
pollock was immense. best i've seen him in ages. looked so much happier playing the basic 'punt it' game and with the mobile hewitt alongside him
clifton and spokes did really well in midfield, worked very hard and were good 'destructively'. offensively they weren't great, especially Clifton (giving the ball and fouls away far too often) I was impressed with Spokes, some nice skills and you can see why he was bought.we can certainly send taylor and morton back on the basis of that performance.
morais was class again and bennett, again, was a waste of a place. He's a show pony which is the last thing we need at present.
although gibson wasnt great, he has improved, whilst jackson looks like he should've been playing since September

finally, can we please ,please stop giving away some many stupid free kicks. we will suffer in games against better opposition if this isn't cut out

Quoted from cardiffmariner

Awful from a footballing POV but I really enjoyed it! Proper battling performance showing the manager and the players care - great reaction at the goal and at the end.

Agree about Hewitt, more mobile and athletic than Waterfall, and also reads the game better imho. Would be happy to see him there again, although the quality of today’s oppo is an obvious caveat!

Spokes surprised me based on his previous performances and he was much more forward thinking than Taylor, moving the ball more quickly too. He could come good.

Up front we still need someone with real experience but I think Jackson and Gibson did okay. It’s a huge step up for both of them and they’re having to perform in a team that isn’t offering them much in the way of chances.

More than happy to see the same type of performance in the next game if it leads to picking up points.

Just goes to show we need to give some of these young lads more time. It’s one hell of a jump in levels for Luke Spokes.

Quoted from forza ivano

can only echo the sentiments

poor,poor game but we worked harder and had slightly more attacking threat.
hewitt is having an excellent season and you wouldn't believe he was make shift centre half.
pollock was immense. best i've seen him in ages. looked so much happier playing the basic 'punt it' game and with the mobile hewitt alongside him
clifton and spokes did really well in midfield, worked very hard and were good 'destructively'. offensively they weren't great, especially Clifton (giving the ball and fouls away far too often) I was impressed with Spokes, some nice skills and you can see why he was bought.we can certainly send taylor and morton back on the basis of that performance.
morais was class again and bennett, again, was a waste of a place. He's a show pony which is the last thing we need at present.
although gibson wasnt great, he has improved, whilst jackson looks like he should've been playing since September

finally, can we please ,please stop giving away some many stupid free kicks. we will suffer in games against better opposition if this isn't cut out

I really like what you’ve said there - let’s hope Jackson and Gibson are a front two from now on. As for Hewitt, when he gave that first penalty away against Salford I just though he was a disaster, but in many ways it’s players like him who, when they perform, are irreplaceable. He can play anywhere.

Satisfying result. Not great quality. Thought Scunny were slightly better with their triangles. Both sides had players trying to be a bit too clever at times. Cut out the unnecessary tekkers boys.