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It's worrying to ask whether our 850k marquee signing is actually used to playing on grass!

Made me laugh though.

I think Berry and having Sadlier back may just add the pace and trickery to the front line that we need. 👍

I agree with your point re; Taylor and Sonny but I really think Rav needs to continue in goal for now as his performance at Cambridge etc deserves that. Eventually I think Norris will get the nod.

Usually two tosses.

I do love Bez, but yesterday for a while it seemed like he’d turned into a fouling machine.

Funny how opinions can differ so much - I thought Bakinson was our best player (followed very closely by the centre backs) and I was very impressed with him.

Also liked the look of Lowry, just hoping he gets a new song soon.

Really good team performance, hopefully an encouraging sign for the rest of the season.

I do wonder about the number of squad players we have who will expect to be playing games though. Thinking of the 9 strong subs bench yesterday, and the half a dozen we had missing as cup tied/injured, feel like there is going to be a lot of disappointment to manage. Really hope Dodds can keep the team spirit together.

After the game yesterday and having watched Tamworth v Spurs, think I’m in the camp that if they’re going to scrap replays (which gutted about), might as well get rid of extra time before the semi finals and go straight to penalties.

By the looks of things Bakinson is going to be the same as Franco with us all, a bit marmite as they say. Personally I agree with above, I think he looks a bit lazy, I wouldn't expect him to get anywhere near our starting 11 if everyone is available.

I only listened to the 3CR radio commentary and Bakinson was being criticised all the time,

mainly about giving te ball away

Steve Evans and Derek Adams?

Oh, sorry, tosses

I assume Harvie was subbed as he is only just back from injury & we were protecting our first choice LB plus it gave Reach a run out too.

Barkinson has grown on me and I think he goes under the radar a bit as he does a lot of the scrappy unsung stuff that Scowen did last season in that position; often it is as simple as being in the right position to prevent their attackers getting forward.

Westergard still looks a few weeks away from being fully match fit & up to speed with the rest of midfield, but he had some nice touches and could/should/ought to have scored. It will be interesting to see how Simmons fits in (presumably in place of Leahy).

Lowry looks like he will grow into the role Humphreys currently fills, which is great for next season.

We are blessed to have plenty of cover at CB with Low, Taylor, Sonny, Anders & Skura. We are however light at RB for now, though I felt Skura did a decent job as a stand in but his positioning was a bit off at times, it will be interesting to see who gets the nod on Saturday given Grimmer & Pattenden appear to be back in training & we brought in Back.

Roll on Saturday