A late response to this as i was out all last night.
A lot of positives in that game, Holmes was very good, the overall team performance was a lot better. Powell work rate and ability to regain possession and general workload is out of this world, his personal stats must look fantastic, great to see him as captain as well. Gore and McWilliams also played well, that central midfield was a good unit.
Wonderful to see JJ back as well and he did well, clearly not match sharp yet and we kept a clean-sheet, even though we were hanging on a bit at the end.
Dawson is a weak link, he doesn't command his area and you can see the defenders don't have the trust of having a strong keeper behind them. Hugill, wasn't as bad as he has been, but I cannot go along with he had a good game. Firstly he should have seen red in the first half, he deliberately went into their no5 with his elbow raised, I watched it, he was very lucky. He still doesn't win enough headers and he is very slow and very static. His anticipation in the box as to where to go, is just not there. On at least two times in the second half if he had anticipated the ball being played into the near post he could have been there, but he was standing still. He was trying and credit for that, but if all we have is Hugill and JJ we will still struggle in the coming weeks to score goals and therefore win matches. I was pleased he was supported by the fans when he went off and I was part of that, because he needs encouragement on match days.
The injuries is another subject along with TS failure to put a contract in front of Powell, another Odoffin situation coming by dragging our feet.
A good result and a better performance, a draw away from home next week, would be a good step in the right direction.
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