Best Of

And then there was all that nonsense about the hugging. Anyway, that seems to be behind us now.

"Dodds seems like a massive pushover. Not cut out for management."

That was one such take

I can't remember anyone writing him off . I do remember many people bemoaning about the line up and lack of new additions . This I think was fair enough and I certainly stand by my comments about that. He looks nervous with the media stuff but that does not bother me . He doesn't start banging on about "pride" and blowing too much smoke up the fans arses . It's just no nonsense and he says it how it is . No issue with him at all and delighted that he changed the line up last night and could clearly see what most people could see with Saturdays dissapointment .

He has just been addressing how well Udoh had been in the last two matches . In this context it would have been pretty poor form to suggest anything other than Kone needing to fight for his place back , and that nobody is beyond needing to prove themselves in training in orer to be picked .

More fans the better. Honestly couldn't give a monkeys if we get 3k extra fans weekly from going up and I've never understood people that get upset about it. Ultimately it benefits the club which is good for everybody associated with it.

Having said that I won't be at the Wrexham game and will be watching from a sunbed in the Caribbean via Wanderers TV.

Stop it.

Whilst the BBC aren't wrong with their caption, I'm not sure what a picture of Magnus has to do with it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cgm17ed8e24o

They also say Magnus is also yet to feature under Mike Dodds - must have imagined him at Preston away then!

I think it's safe to say that, unlike perhaps Norris, Sonny knew he was here as a stopgap. He'll get a few games before now and the end of the season I reckon.

Late to the party.... agree with all the comments.

Simons was fantastic last night. Head always up looking for the next pass/opportunity and if there isn't one happy to recycle the ball, find space and go again.

Back was fantastic. Looks very similar to Harvie in that he wants to get forwards and he is more than happy to get stuck into a tackle.

My only critiques:

Scowen lacking the quality of a final pass (a few maybe moments or given away in good positions having done excellent work to get there).

Norris - surprised he just looks to hit it long the majority of the time. 50% of the time I can see he is trying to pick a long pass but 50% its aimless.

When it was clear Morley AND Taylor were off, there were some real gloomy scenes on here.

It sort of morphed into just missing Morley alone and when we re-signed Taylor there was almost a sort of it's good but not the real big signing we wanted.

But make no mistake, you don't have a player like Taylor and not play him.

It might be harsh on Bradley, but then it was a bit harsh on Rav to suddenly miss out. But both Taylor and Norris are clear steps up and it should be all about the team at the end of the day.

There's a few midweekers we can rotate it around a bit, or field Bradley when there's an especially rugged striker to deal with, but Taylor can deal with all sorts himself.