Wednesday, 13 August 2008

3 sporting wins in a row, its a record!

Tuesday was forecast submission day, and we survived. That is what prep is for and the hour I did on Saturday night on the cost saving review was of value. I would have liked more time with the boss, but it must be a vote of confidence that he only wanted 30 minutes.

Managed to get away at 17:45 and headed up to LCFC and the first cup game of the season. It truth it was comfortable, we only scored 1 goal, but the usual nerves we not there in the second half. Even when due to an injury we went down to 10 man (against 10 men) we still look safe. I am starting to become optimistic!!!!!!!!!!!!

Team Review


Martin – 6 – Good debut from the Red Top from Liverpool
Gilbert – 6 – Another assured performance from the flying right back
Hobbs – 7 – A much more assured performance from the young defender
Morrison – 6 – 3 games, and 3 solid performances, he just needs to learn better distribution
Mattock – 7 – Another flying display from the youngster, he got a standing ovation when carried off with a worrying ankle injury, good news is 24 hours on, it just a strain. It was his superb cross that set up the goal
Gradel – 8 – Wow, why did we loan him out last year? He put in another super racy game.
Kishishev – 6 – Solid if unspectacular, showed lots of energy, and fought well for the ball.
King (Sub on 63) – 5 – Another average game, a couple of good shots, but needs to establish himself more
Weslowski – 7 – Another strong performance, you can always rely on energy and passion from the young Aussie
Adams – 6 – A much better game, and may have found it easier without Pearson yelling at him for 45 minutes (move in, move out, high, low, you tell me)
Porter (Sub on 78) – 6 – Played the last 10 minutes as left back, didn’t really do anything to impress or worry
Campbell – 5 – Just not good enough again
Dickov – 6 – Pace and passion, and one blinding shot
Howard – 7 – When we walked out as captain, you thought why, but he put in a strong performance and scored a strikers goal. Maybe it was worth turning £500k down

Got home at a reasonable time, with gum ache, which kept me awake most of the night.

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