Match Ratings @ Halifax Town

[jacobncfc]

I have a question for any of you that were at the match and it's a purely selfish one. Listening in it sounded like the game actually turned after Halifax brought on Warburton and Newby. For those of you that did read my match preview you will know that I put a lot of emphasis on what an impact Warburton has on the current Halifax team. He missed their game at Barnet through injury and they came away with a 0-0 draw. Up until the sending off yesterday Notts appeared to be well in control but that control diminished after the Halifax subs, and Warburton, as far as I'm aware had a hand in at least two of the goals.

Can someone who was there let me know if that sounds about right? I did quite a bit of scouting before this game which ended up in the preview and just wanting to see if I can take some solace from the fact my comments had some merit.

Warburton played well for sure, and his winner was a cracker, but I'm not sure I would ever say we had a great deal of control in the game. I thought they were the better team throughout, to be honest, with our goals coming from a horrible mistake from their 'keeper (albeit a fantastic finish from Ruben) and a set piece. They very much passed it out from the back as much as we did as well.

[ncfcog]

Warburton played well for sure, and his winner was a cracker, but I'm not sure I would ever say we had a great deal of control in the game. I thought they were the better team throughout, to be honest, with our goals coming from a horrible mistake from their 'keeper (albeit a fantastic finish from Ruben) and a set piece. They very much passed it out from the back as much as we did as well.

Thanks for that Jacob. Yeah I saw they liked to pass it like us, although the stuff I watched showed they had a bit more urgency in getting the ball forward. I watched a couple of hours worth of their games over the weekend and Warburton was the one who stood out for me. Cheers.

[nw6pie]

Warburton's an interesting one - exactly the kind of player I assume Notts weren't interested in signing this summer given that he's 29 and a bit of a journeyman, but is now enjoying himself at Halifax. Same as Billy Waters (who's 26), whose career trajectory was very much downwards before arriving at the Shay.