The first hour was pretty awful to watch, a right old battle. But then we came into our own a bit, played some really good stuff and came away deserved comfortable winners.
The ref was absolutely appalling, for both sides. Where do they keep finding them from? And their guy who got booked when he took the free kick, only for him to be given a 2nd go at it. WTF was that about?!
Some really decent individual performances as well. At half time I had Sammy Hoskins down as mom, and that was still the case after an hour. But JJ was good throughout and was absolutely superb for the majority of the 2nd half. So he edged it for me. BM had his best game of the season, competition for places eh? Facey would have to wait for his return to the side if I had my way, BM has the shirt and its his to lose.
I particularly impressed myself with the tactical changes I wanted to see happen. I said to my mate that we should replace Crooks with Long and go 4/4/2 - 2 minutes later Crooks scored. I honestly thought he'd get sent off. A few minutes later I wanted Powell to be replaced by Foley 'to shore things up a little'. 2 minutes later he scored as well. Love it!
Im glad we got to see the reaction I predicted after last Saturdays no show. That Rochdale 'performance' will probably do more for us staying in this league than any single actual win we've managed or will manage throughout the season.