Certainly missed pixie. Not as much penetration down the left and Rio was a bit wobbly at times and seemed to have no legs left in the last 10 mins. What was alarming was how poor our midfield was today. Lowery, in particular, seemed to have trouble with his ball play. Murphy and Wintle both gave the ball away consistently.
Billy Jones had a great 1st half but looked unfit as the game went on.
Beckles was immense again, ably assisted by Lancashire. Hope we get him to sign an extension very soon. The Radio Stoke commentary said a lot of complimentary things about Porter and there's no doubt about his work effort and the fact he does a lot off the ball. However, his actual impact on the game in no way equals Mandron's and it is imperative we get the latter tied down to a contract very soon.
Charlie needs to up his participation if Harry leaves and takes his support down that wing with him.
So my 3-1 prediction was a bit off but after about 15 mins you could see how this game was going.