Saturday, 10 January 2009

We won 3-0, thats a fact!

So back to work, and I have been quiet for another week. This week has been busy, frustrating, but has also seen some good steps forward.

It has been challenging getting back into it after 10 days off, but I am sure my brain will catch-up soon!

The good news is there is only another 5 days then another holiday, the annual trip to France, which will be great.

I am looking forwards to a semi relaxing Sunday, which whilst I need to produce the Elections and Geospatial Business Plan strategy slides and tidy the library, it is another day without an alarm!

So to the activity of the day, and the 130 mile round trip to the theatre of expectations, and we won 3-0 that is a fact!

It funny how you start expecting, when we were losing over the last 5 years, I would have taken a 3-0 home win, which continued a 9 game winning home league run. But you start to get used to winning, and you want even more, you and 90 minutes of quality, and 11 players with quality performances. Football fans, ever greedy!

So to the game review

David Martin – 6 – He sat happily with his pipe and sleepers for 90 minutes
Gilbert – 2 – A true shocking display, poor distribution, decision making and positioning
Tunchev – 7 – Another commanding performance from the centre back
Hobbs – 6 – Good in the air, put his distribution and positioning was very poor
Berner – 5 – Poor game, pulled out of position to often, and rightly sub’d
Mattock (60) – 6 – A good performance both going forward and at the back
Dyer – 6 – Seemed afraid to go past players, but showed his pace several times, his final ball however was poor
Gradel (80) – Average, not really enough time to show his class
Davies – 8 – You can guarantee that if his loan deal becomes permanent then we wont see displays of this quality, quick feet, good vision and very brave in scoring the second
King – 7 – I am starting to understand why he is it the team, he put in a go performance without ever sparkling
Oakley – 5 – The problem for Matt is he is not a right winger and when he drifts inside and Gilbert fails to overlap we look very one sided. He did however take his goal well, when he could have been suffering shock given that he was feed through by Fryatt.
Howard – 7 – Strong in the air, but Fryatt and Dickov failed to read his flick ons.
Fryatt – 5 – First game back after injury and looked like to old player, oh dear
Dickov (75) – 6 – Added a bit of passion, but he is not the player he was, took the pen well.

That’s it for footy now until the 27th and a mid week game against Brighton, and a return to the Walkers for Micky Adams, I am sure we will give him the welcome he deserves!

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