what a strange night?
We played ok, and looked a better side than them. Weren't they absolutely shocking? They were the worst side we have had down this season.
I thought the young centre half was fantastic. What a potential talent, another one in the first team. I can't imagine there is another side in our division that has so many of our own academy players in the 1st team. A proud night for the club.
The game itself, we deserved to win. But I wasn't sure it was a pen. Very weak. And the 2nd and 3rd goals came from Wigan's defensive mistakes. No point harbouring on this, but I cant help but feel had we played anyone half decent last night, we wouldn't have won. Good job it was little old Wigan.
As Auks said, and as we all know as football fans, sometimes its a dodgy pen, or a fluke goal that can spark a change ion fortune. And hopefully it can help us kick on now. I'm happy that Dack got his goal, he deserved it as he kept going. But he was so wasteful. He missed a glorious chance to finish off a great move. I still though some had very quiet games, Graham & Armstrong especially. Arma is proving to be very frustrating. Not a winger, a midget forward that wins nothing. And appears to run into blind alleys. I want Chapman to get in the side now, lets see what he can do. Travis wasn't exactly great, but better than anything they had. I just don't think Bennett gives us anything anymore. We really do need to be looking the likes of him on.
So a good night, but slightly confusing? I'll take a win, it was comfortable. And seeing how bad they are, puts into perspective all the moaning on our fans sites. We will finish way above the sides we came up with. That was all our objective was. I thought we may push on, but stepping back and looking at the bigger picture, this is acceptable.
......well sort of. Anyone see the crowd last night? That's a derby match, in the second tier of English football. It was a reserve team match crowd. That's where the problem starts and ends. I guess I'm just coming to terms that this is it. This is as good as it will get probably. And while it was good last night, the quality was poor. The crowd was one man and a dog, and they were a poorer side than the one that came up.