Slightly late but hopefully of interest ?
Gorgeous afternoon and the pitch looked excellent. Steve surprised again with match selection with Brad coming in on the left. Atkinson and Jones(more advanced) played the holding midfield roles with Jamie continuing in his more attacking role. Uche up front with LDV on the right. Tate, Davis in the middle, Leigh, Turton playing the wing backs.
Chesterfield started brightly and after 10' rachubka and a defender made some excellent blocks. However we began to get into it and Inman hit a useful volley that raised the supporters voices. We played similair tactics to those we had used so effectively at Bramhall Lane the week before.. Soak up opponents possession and limit them to half chances and play effective counter attacking football. For the first 25' this looked pretty effective as we were very dangerous on the break with LDV and Brad both having useful runs. They did seem to have more penetration than Sheff U and after 28' just when I thou