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That bench looks weak. Take a 0-0 UTM

No Mohsni   8)

Come on Town give us a lift tonight !!!

Where's Pollock gone?

Not in the squad at all

Green on again? Well, let's hope he scores.

Can’t see the logic in begging for 5 subs only to turn up with a bench like that. Surely Pollock & Windsor are injured?

Again it looks like a drawn from a hat type of team, let's hope it's a lucky draw! He doesn't just drop them does he, Gibson Morton Pollock Williams Windsor not even on bench??

Is that 6 changes to the starting XI and just 2 of those left out are on the bench Are the others injured? I'm particularly thinking Pollock

Holloway is just picking them out of his daft cap again, there's no rhyme or reason to it and clearly he's giving Saturday's team no chance to show what they could. Unless of course his excrement hot scout has told him what side and swet up to play

I've got a bench in my back garden stronger than that. Let's hope nobody gets injured

Still p1ssed off about Saturday so I won’t be p1ssing 10 quid up the wall watching this bunch of bottlers tonight.

I cannot agree with the constant chopping and changing, it seems completely random to me. No Pollock, Windsor, Gibson or Williams. I can only see another defeat, I’m afraid, but I hope to be proven wrong.

Quoted from davmariner

Still p1ssed off about Saturday so I won’t be p1ssing 10 quid up the wall watching this bunch of bottlers tonight.

It'll all come together tonight, we'll pass them off the park and score for fun



















Strong stuff this Desperados   (sharabi)

An actual 4-4-2 ??

Wow. Bet365 no longer taking bets on a Crawley win. They must know something

I dont and cant understand how Jackson Jr and or Sissay arent on the bench ahead of an 18 year old kid and Gomis

I hope for Ollie's sake we get something tonight. 5 subs and he picks a bench like that!!

Think williams has upset ollie somehow. Brought off after 30 minutes on saturday and not even on the bench today.
Pollock and Windsor must surely be rested today

Rose and Hewitt CM?, I like both players, but not much creativity there?

Wow, I really want Ollie to come good, but every game I can't make sense of what he's trying to do. If it was any other manager, this would stink of about to be sacked.

Anyone who saw Saturday and didn’t think some players needed sitting out tonight is drunk. Taylor was poor as was Williams a good few more too.

Quoted from promotion plaice

Strong stuff this Desperados   (sharabi)

You'd be better off drinking the Tequila straight 😂

Quoted from Ipswin

Is that 6 changes to the starting XI and just 2 of those left out are on the bench Are the others injured? I'm particularly thinking Pollock

Holloway is just picking them out of his daft cap again, there's no rhyme or reason to it and clearly he's giving Saturday's team no chance to show what they could. Unless of course his excrement hot scout has told him what side and swet up to play

If it's true that you become more negative and more cynical the older you get.... you must be about 152!!

This is the same ref who sent Scott Neilson off against Gateshead in the play offs a few years ago.

Is it too early for timewasting.....keep it in the corner!!

1-0 already...

That didn't take long   :-/

Good finish we could really do without losing this tonight.

Eat Sleep Repeat !

My god

Optimism bubble pricked even earlier than normal.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Eat Sleep Repeat !

Eat sleep concede repeat

Getting like a bad habit now!!!!!!

flipping awful goal to concede again

Can the match thread be sponsored by the Samaritans tonight please

urine poor clearance straight to their striker. Cracking hit though.
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My wife said to me I'll watch the game until Town are losing then I'll read my book. She said jokingly I'll be reading my book after about 3 minutes.

She's reading her book after 4 minutes.

That's my ugly, hard fought 0.0 hope blown out of the water!

Another weak challenge by Rose in midfield, not the first time either.

iFollow cheeky to put a 'no to illegal streams' banner up tonight.

The deluded amongst you who thought could win tonight.

Wake up and smell the roses.

A poor team . Leaderless on the pitch and appearing to lack direction from the touchline.

Don't be taken in by Holloway's deflecting talk
IH is taking us one way.
Looking at the best route to Kings Lynn  next season.

Throw-ins looking a bit better tonight.

In further bad news stevenage take the lead.

(Maybe for the ex town players thread but james alibi scores for bromley whilst Malik Wilks puts the Ully Gullies 1 up

Mon Greeny. Next header.

There is plenty of time.
We haven't collapsed like the last game.
Should have been 1 each.
UTM

Green had a header saved with the keeper knowwhere, unlucky that.

well, Max has put two good crosses in and Green hasnt made them count.

We have plenty of players in defensive areas but they still have plenty of room, we are nowhere near them , ball watching massively when out of possession.

Good chance there, if only Green could score.

Pollock injured the week it looks like we’re shipping Ludwig (and Moshni) out, bizarre!

Quoted from promotion plaice

Good chance there, if only Green could score.

Thought Holloway might have rumbled that by now

bunch of jokers  abs speechless

Freekick to the one man wall

Oo a melee. And a excrement free kick

Good refereeing for once there.

Quoted from zorro_is_a_Mariner

Freekick to the one man wall

Who should have been booked for taking the p!ss

That Hewitt free kick and subsequent giving away of one summed up this side at the mo,

We are playing ok, but look like we could easily concede another too

Do ye think they play running away from the opposition in training??

Plenty of time
2:1 win for Town get your house on it  ;D

We look so vulnerable and then when we get forward we’ve got a guy up top who I’m convinced would struggle in the conference

Exactly the same comment as Saturday
We surrender possession in midfield too often and too easily

Quoted from pontoonlew

We look so vulnerable and then when we get forward we’ve got a guy up top who I’m convinced would struggle in the conference

We signed him on the back of scoring 4 in 21 in it  :o

We need to get the ball to Edwards but it’s not looking likely, we’re offering nothing in their half.

Not got edwards in the game at all

Come on!

Keep it to less than 4 at half time tonight and Holloway will be claiming victory

Get in....1-1....Green

Goal machine Green scores again

LOVE YOU GREENY  ;D

Get in green. Deserve that

Always rated Green

Yes!!!

WTF is Griffith on about “even when he scored they where closing him down”???

Decent finish that...

🙌🙌 sing up all you Green fans!
Didn’t think so! 😂😂

Confidence is a big thing, we look much better now

Look a different team. Common town!!

Nice finish.
Get our confidence up and this game is here for the taking

Green shoots of recovery?

That goal has boosted confidence, at last we look like we could give them a game.

Pleased for the lad, been getting a hard time. He's done OK without much luck and the glaring misses are all people remember.

I’d take a point now 😂😂😂

Quoted from HertsGTFC

I’d take a point now 😂😂😂

Nooooooo we're on for 3 tonight!

Crawley dirty and ref not giving them any yellows

Quoted from Ipswin

Nooooooo we're on for 3 tonight!

10 posts ago we were going to ship 4 before half-time according to you

Griffiths is a buffoon and please someone tell the commentator that Hull are not in the championship

C’Mon Town, that goal may give us the lift we need.

Refs soft as excrement

Griffiths is a buffoon and please someone tell the commentator that Hull are not in the championship

Half of 2 halves this ...

Notice not playing out from the back.
Macca playing it long

Again. No yellow

Quoted from MuddyWaters

10 posts ago we were going to ship 4 before half-time according to you

No I didn't say that at all, I said if we didn't ship 4 before half time Holloway would be claiming it was a victory (he's mad enough after all) and anyway unbelieveably we've actually scored a goal so anything even a miracle is possible. (Holloway will probably be talking qualification for Europe if we get another.)

Criticised for being positive now FFS!

Good save by macca there

Quoted from GrimRob

Green shoots of recovery?

Do you write for the Telegraph  ;D

Poor start to the game but its a very winnable and we've come into it the more the games gone on.

Quoted from Ipswin

Pleased for the lad, been getting a hard time. He's done OK without much luck and the glaring misses are all people remember.

Who has hacked Ipswin’s computer?  ;) ;)

Nice to see a positive post from you mate.

some fight!

amazing what a goal does.

Not a bad half that. Created 3 decent chances for Green and he’s managed to take one nicely. The headers were probably better chances.

Rose, Wright and Scannel getting plenty of the ball and making things happen.  

We look vulnerable going the other way but we are right in this.

a yellow card will be out as soon as we foul one of theirs you can bet your bottom dollar

Quoted from Tinymariner

Who has hacked Ipswin’s computer?  ;) ;)

Nice to see a positive post from you mate.

I just got a bollocking for it from some twit so I'll stop.

HT....1-1

After them scoring we didn't drop our heads this time, come on Town.

Well done Matt Green🎂
What's the odds on him finishing top scorer this season

Poor ref, they are targetting Max, he has been fouled 7 times already and the ref hasn't even spoke to them. Hope Ollie or Davies get in the refs ear at half time, because hes soft as sh

Quoted from promotion plaice

HT....1-1

After them scoring we didn't drop our heads this time, come on Town.

I would hope not. After Saturday surely that would have been the main thing Holloway drummed into them

Well looked all but certain to be another hiding with that start, three 50/50's lost , no marking nice finish...Idehen looked shaky , overplaying at the back into trouble , nothing sticking up front , simple passes missing their targets, second to everything.
Out of nothing really an equaliser, well worked calmy finished by Green and we now look a different side on the ball, winning the 50/50's now, passing slicker and more positive.
Still tend to chase after en masse and watch the ball when out of possession leaving holes and players unattended but definatley game on now.

What a player Rose is, class above. Wright has looked excellent as has Scannell

Thought green took it well. Scannell, Rose and Wright stand out players so far

Why hasn’t Scannell been playing ? Injured ?

What a goal !!!!

Initially from a longish ball too 😉

Great goal!

We're definitely mixing a bit tonight, on the floor/long ball.

I think Ollie reads The Fishy   :)

Get in 1-2 Town....Wright

Exactly what you want the winger on the other side doing. Lovely stuff.

What a brilliant goal

Quoted from Ipswin

Is that 6 changes to the starting XI and just 2 of those left out are on the bench Are the others injured? I'm particularly thinking Pollock

Holloway is just picking them out of his daft cap again, there's no rhyme or reason to it and clearly he's giving Saturday's team no chance to show what they could. Unless of course his excrement hot scout has told him what side and swet up to play

Hmmm!

I mean this is different...

Goal of the season!

Yesssss!!!! Up the fuckign mariners

Yessss go on Grimsby Town! (100)

Superbly worked goal
Come on yoy mighty Mariners

Front 3 playing well

Quoted from 123614

Hmmm!

His excrement hot scout clearly has told him how Crawley play and this time he appears to have got it right

Just the sort of reply that was demanded. Holloway will go on about this for hours (without threatening to quit)

Can anyone share Max's goal?

Quoted from lee65

Goal of the season!

To be fair, there’s not much competition.

Matt Green leading the line superbly

Very similar to last season's game there. Hopefully those similarities stop!

And Bolton take the lead at Scunny.

Scummy losing Stevenage 2-0 up

And it gets better.
Mind thhe gap

Funny old game

Got 8/1 for Town win when 1 down  ;)

I feel for Idehen here, he’s looked nervous throughout

Good dave by macca after mistake.

Great save Macca

Superb save from Macca!!

Great idea to let 2 centre halves go...! Looked very nervous Idehen

Quoted from Hagrid

Great idea to let 2 centre halves go...! Looked very nervous Idehen

Let’s remember he’s a young lad making his way into the professional game. Has to start somewhere and another good prospect.

Come on Town
Win a game come on
Go Max

Max Wright and scannell been class tonight.

We are just letting crawley have a couple of chances here.

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Let’s remember he’s a young lad making his way into the professional game. Has to start somewhere and another good prospect.

Not having a go at him mate, think he’ll be a good player. Just think its going to put a lot of pressure on the lad

More good news , both mansfield and sarfend are losing as well as the scunts. Anyone got a link to the goals?

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Let’s remember he’s a young lad making his way into the professional game. Has to start somewhere and another good prospect.

Question is, do you take him off as he’s having a mare or will that knock his confidence. Risk keeping him on and he makes more mistakes, knocks his confidence?

Quoted from Hagrid

Not having a go at him mate, think he’ll be a good player. Just think its going to put a lot of pressure on the lad

Pollock is still learning his trade too, both great prospects but we are short of experience there I think we should have kept Ohman or Mohsni

I think McKeown was throwing up behind the goal while Idehen was being treated.

Could be a long 20 minutes.

A real makeshift defence now

But hit them on the break again & it could be our night

Waterfall is playing well.

Quoted from Ipswin

Pollock is still learning his trade too, both great prospects but we are short of experience there I think we should have kept Ohman or Mohsni

Think we will see an experienced centre back arriving in January but if we can muddle through this season with those two playing regularly it’s great for either the future team or our bank balance 😀😀

Quoted from zorro_is_a_Mariner

Waterfall is playing well.

Was just going to post that too, he hasn't missed a header all night.

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

Think we will see an experienced centre back arriving in January but if we can muddle through this season with those two playing regularly it’s great for either the future team or our bank balance 😀😀

I fear Pollock may go in January so even if we get an experienced CB in it will still leave us a bit thin there

10 minutes to go. So is it hewitt/waterfall/hendrie/preston in defence now?

Ps charles vernham just scored for burton

Rose really good tonight

Come on Town we can do this.

Quoted from zorro_is_a_Mariner

Waterfall is playing well.

All doing very well mate.
Its great to see the lads not collapse after going a goal down.

Love the fight tonight
UTM

Come on Town, Last 5

How well is Hess playing for them?

Come on Town.

Not noticed him

Brillint goal line clearance from Waterfall

Phew....off the line.

Changed my views of Scannell tonight.

Scannell looks like a serious player tonight

Quoted from rancido

How well is Hess playing for them?

Hardly seen anything of him.

Rose has been everywhere, Hewitt had a solid performance too

Not sure why we are taking off experiance!?

I hope this is the last time Griffith’s does co commentary...

come on Town

Quoted from Hagrid

Not sure why we are taking off experiance!?

Probably because hes knackered? Not played that many minutes this season

I like Hewitt, can play a few positions, streetwise, hard as nails and good throw

Quoted from TAGG

Do ye think they play running away from the opposition in training??

Plenty of time
2:1 win for Town get your house on it  ;D

Did you?

Full Time.....Crawley 1-2 Town.

A massive lift after recent results

Happy Town fan tonight....UTM

Quoted from BottesfordMariner

The deluded amongst you who thought could win tonight.

Wake up and smell the roses.

A poor team . Leaderless on the pitch and appearing to lack direction from the touchline.

Don't be taken in by Holloway's deflecting talk
IH is taking us one way.
Looking at the best route to Kings Lynn  next season.

How silly do you feel at the minute

Great performance from the Mariners tonight!

Get the intercourse in well deserved

Phew massive win!

Well done boys, great win!!!

Yesssssss

Good win, excellent performance showed some balls at last gone a long way to put Saturday right (We'll never hear the end of it from Holloway) More of the same needed please

Well Done Town
Well Done
Dont we always lose at Crawley?

Well Done Town
Well Done
Dont we always lose at Crawley?

yesssss

Yessssss.......forget the first 30 mins....but what a difference a goal makes.  60 mins of what we want there. Positive in possession, fought for every ball and looked livelier in the last third.

Saw that out relatively comfortably, excellent result.

What’s he moaning at the red for?

Just get the players in, blow some smoke you their bottom, get on the bus and take the three points. We battled well and worked hard second half.

Massive save from Macca and actually some clever play at the end winning cheap free kicks and wearing the clock down.

Well i didnt see that coming! Brilliant batting performance and 3 points from what many would say not our strongest 11. Very proud

Well that was a pleasant surprise. 😁😁😁😁😁

Well done Town.

Well done lads  much needed 3 points.made even better by the fact that apart from stevenage everyone else down there lost

I'd forgotten that football could make you happy  ;)

B ;Detter defending shock result  this season rubbish start but well done Town

Great to see and Danny Rose looked a different player alongside Hewitt. Close run for MoM but I’ll go Waterfall.

Quoted from Hagrid

Well i didnt see that coming! Brilliant batting performance and 3 points from what many would say not our strongest 11. Very proud

Shove your red crosses you weirdos.

And well done Matt Green. Got some right stick recently. Not needed abuse on twitter, thought he led the line brilliantly tonight

Nice to see is putting a foot in and booting it out of play in the last 5 mins , I wasn’t as nervous as I usually am waiting for the final whistle

Quoted from AussieMariner

Did you?

Had 5 at 8/1 when we were 1 down and Wright anytime/Town win
Great night

All the lads need a pat on the back for the performance tonight UTM

maybe just maybe that might shut Boris boring johnson ,yoda and the other dimwits mouths for a while,well done Town,well done olly,UTFM

What a flipping excellent player Danny Rose is

What a performance, well done town UTM!

Lots of players showed their true selves tonight.

Some good performances

Lots of players showed their true selves tonight.

Some good performances

Excellent performance tonight. Scannell needs a run of games as he’s clearly got a lot of ability and was excellent tonight. Wright very good. Green’s best game this season. Hewitt and Waterfall very good as well. Rose MOM for me.

The best we've played all season. No more mass changes Olly

Quoted from Tinymariner

🙌🙌 sing up all you Green fans!
Didn’t think so! 😂😂

To be honest, I think he’s better than he gets credit for. He just usually gets rubbish service, but he’s not a bad finisher given the chance.

Quoted from BottesfordMariner

The deluded amongst you who thought could win tonight.

Wake up and smell the roses.

A poor team . Leaderless on the pitch and appearing to lack direction from the touchline.

Don't be taken in by Holloway's deflecting talk
IH is taking us one way.
Looking at the best route to Kings Lynn  next season.

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Shame I missed most of the game as my friends decided to deliver me a TV stand, you can have that one on me 😂

Managed to catch the goals though, knew Green was looking like scoring.

3 points well deserved, UTM!

The big difference for me was we got the ball forward much more quickly than in recent games. Plus the running of Edwards and Wright and Scannell having his best game.

Also a great battling performance.

Let's have more of that

Great result for everybody including us. Think Rose looked more comfortable with Hewitt alongside him. Waterfall brilliant again. Nitpicking a little but I was literally shouting at the TV with Clifton who got into some great positions only to mess his final pass up. Scannell's best game as well.

Quoted from TAGG

Had 5 at 8/1 when we were 1 down and Wright anytime/Town win
Great night

All the lads need a pat on the back for the performance tonight UTM

Bloody hell! Well done. Optimism like that. You deserved it 😆

we really needed that. I really needed that!

fair play to every man out there today. we showed fight as well as moments of pure quality

rose was unreal. mom for me

wright was absolute class as well. looked sharp and hungry.

No game Saturday so plenty of recovery time for Exeter game.

Bloody marvellous! I'm delighted with that.

So who, or what, was The Difference?

Hewitt adding steel to midfield?

Scannell and Wright adding pace and putting the opposition on the back foot?

Inspired performances from Green, Rose and Waterfall?

Mixing it up with long balls and cutting out constant back passes to Macca?

Going 442?

Resting a few regulars?

All of the above?

Great team effort, no one played poorly, Max playing as a winger made a big difference. Liked that we ditched rolling the ball out 5 yards to defenders. Crawley were well organised but lacked anything more than banging the ball into the channels, where as we mixed it up and pushed forward more rather than sitting on the edge of our box, our midfield were tackling their players in the Crawley half all the time even before we scored.

Great result town, very very very much needed

Well done quite a turn round in only a few days

Quoted from Hagrid

Shove your red crosses you weirdos.

And well done Matt Green. Got some right stick recently. Not needed abuse on twitter, thought he led the line brilliantly tonight

Probably just some lurking scunts

After a performance like that, what went on at tranmere

Should I ruin it and say win our games in hand and we are on edge of playoffs 8)

Quoted from davmariner

Still p1ssed off about Saturday so I won’t be p1ssing 10 quid up the wall watching this bunch of bottlers tonight.

8)

6 points out of 9 this month, very good November!

Good win for Town that! I've only just seen the result.

I clicked on this Crawley match thread and was taken to page 1. Knowing the result and how we played, I had to laugh. Can I suggest everyone scrolls back to the first page of this thread and see how negative each poster was. Laughable

Quoted from promotion plaice

8)

Same here. 🤭

Watched an old war film.

That result means the players need next Saturday off as a reward.  ;D

Good win for Town, 20 mins either side of half time we looked half decent and that extra bit of experience made the difference I reckon.

Haven't read this entire thread. Just looked at the first couple of pages and couldn't read any more of it.

We lost 0-5 in the last game, were terrible, and poster after poster on here going crazy cos Holloway made several changes for tonight.

Quoted from KingstonMariner

Bloody hell! Well done. Optimism like that. You deserved it 😆

I just thought after we went one down we showed fight and it never looked like we would collapse like we have been doing.

All the lads gave 100% cant pick a MOM

Great result after saturday & the players deserve great credit could have easily sunk after early goal but instead dug in got back into it & then went on & saw the game out pretty comfortably i thought , special mentions hewitt rose as a pair worked there nuts off , waterfall led the back line superbly &macca when called upon back to best , 4-4-2 works if all willing to graft

To.wn only 7 points from playoffs with either 1 or 2 games in hand - amazing

also. fair play to green. he hasn't given up trying all season. which is more than we can say about a lot of previous strikers we have had.

his goal changed the game. gave us real confidence to kick on.

Interesting, and probably significant,  that it was the experienced  pros who played well tonight-rose,green,waterfall,hewitt plus I understand macca made several vital saves

Quoted from BottesfordMariner

The deluded amongst you who thought could win tonight.

Wake up and smell the roses.

A poor team . Leaderless on the pitch and appearing to lack direction from the touchline.

Don't be taken in by Holloway's deflecting talk
IH is taking us one way.
Looking at the best route to Kings Lynn  next season.

Pardon ?

As the game was played during my wee hours, I couldn't see it.  Typical that we got a win.  Saw short highlights  It seemed like we played more intelligent football - not playing form the back when our defenders have a player up their backsides. Two decent goals.  I'm glad Green scored.  He works hard and he tool that well.

Quoted from forza ivano

Interesting, and probably significant,  that it was the experienced  pros who played well tonight-rose,green,waterfall,hewitt plus I understand macca made several vital saves

Don’t forget Scannell , he was my man if the match

Quoted from Heisenberg

I cannot agree with the constant chopping and changing, it seems completely random to me. No Pollock, Windsor, Gibson or Williams. I can only see another defeat, I’m afraid, but I hope to be proven wrong.

So, so pleased to be proved wrong on this one. Well done to Ollie and the boys

Can the doubters now please get off Holloway’s back!

I think Green plays well most games but as a striker he’s judged on his efforts in front of goal and they are somewhat lacking.

Last night he took his goal well and I think he used his experience to bring others along. Was actually quite impressed with him. Similar with Scanell, perhaps he wants away, perhaps Holloway wants him gone but playing well is likely to improve those chances so we can only benefit from that.

The first half was bizarre and then the second just kind of happened. Once they scored it seemed like the inevitable and perhaps they felt that too. Who could blame them? We dug in though and earned our goal and the game seemingly fell away from Crawley with Macca only having to make one save, albeit a great one.

I suspect next Tuesday could be a terrifying watch as Exeter once again seem a good side. Have the problems disappeared? Probably not? Are many of them likely too? Probably not but it’s a better feeling rocking up at work this morning with three points.

Despite scoring, it doesn't change my view on Green, he's not good enough if we want to challenge in the top half.
Having said that... he did have a good game.
His link up play does go unnoticed a lot. a couple of 1 touch passes into the wingers and the CB have been dragged out of position on to him, and the wingers are then running past him, and he did that well last night, so fair play to Green!

Defence still worries me slightly, but overall, they had a good solid game.

Rose become the league 2 Kante, he seemed to be faster than all the Crawley players, his reactions made a huge difference, and was intercepting passes before they've been made, incredible performance, one we've not seen from a town player for some time IMO, and that's not an exaggeration

Scannell looked a league 1 player tonight.
Confident, experienced, some quality one touch moves to disappear from defenders like they was never there.
a 'Typical' league 2 type player gets his head down and runs, he didn't, he looked up, had visions of the passes through the defence, and made some wonderful passes, was a genuine joy to watch at times.

Wright is the other one who deserves a special mention.
He looks to have a great future in the game. He's the type of player that can have a good game, even when the team are playing poor... deserved his goal!

The rest all played great, and everything just worked for a change!

Hewitt in the midfield with Rose gave Rose less physical work to do and disrupted the rhythm of the opposition which I don't think should be underestimated. Allowed Rose to put in his best performance for us. Going forward either Hewiit or Clifton (or both if we go with a three) should be in there with Rose to provide some physicality. Not sure where that leaves Taylor and Morton, probably at least one of them going back to their parent club in January.

Hopefully Wright will stay fit. Good pace, fantastic attitude and a bit of fight about him. It gives us something we've lacked recently. And if Scannell keeps playing like that as well we'll actually have the ability to get behind the opposition and stretch them.

Hewitt, Rose and Wright complimented each other and in my opinion should be the permanent midfield. Each plays a different role but work well together. If we have a solid midfield the attack and defence both benefit as was clear last night. If tactics have to change then we have Clifton and Tilley ready to step in.

I thought Max Wright was excellent. Really busy and he looks like he has got a bit more physical presence to me as well. I would like to see him get a proper run now. If Scannell can play like he did last night on a regular basis that makes a huge difference as well.

What a difference a win makes.,......

Noticed early on they pressed every short pass we made from the back, they’d obviously highlighted it. The good thing was we changed it up and went longer meaning they could do that a bit less. Looked loads better in that respect.

Very pleased IH took young Idehen off before he made another mistake which would have severely affected his confidence. He’s got promise but needs to be managed effectively, he didn’t have the best of games last night but he’s learning.

  I think one thing that made a big difference last night was that Macca was more willing to thump the ball up the field rather than try to play like a sweeper when under pressure. It's ok to play out from the back when it's safe, but you have to mix it up. If you do it all the time the opposition just presses high and that induces mistakes in dangerous areas. At least if the strikers or midfielders don't win the ball from a big boot, the opposition is getting control in their own half, not in front of our goal.

Quoted from TonySmith

  I think one thing that made a big difference last night was that Macca was more willing to thump the ball up the field rather than try to play like a sweeper when under pressure. It's ok to play out from the back when it's safe, but you have to mix it up. If you do it all the time the opposition just presses high and that induces mistakes in dangerous areas. At least if the strikers or midfielders don't win the ball from a big boot, the opposition is getting control in their own half, not in front of our goal.

Ideally you want to suck the opposition into pressing high, expecting the short pass and then bypassing them with a long ball. Once they stop pressing high, play it short again.

We clearly have some decent players. I think we should stop this constant rotation and play the best players, such as Edwards, Wright. Preston, Hendrie, Rose and maybe Windsor every game. These young guys should be easily capable of playing twice a week. A consistent team selection will help the team develop.