We don't half make it hard for themselves, do we? Eastleigh looked completely toothless and yet they still managed to get on the scoresheet (and nearly snatch an improbable equaliser once our usual panic set in).
First half hour was excellent and we should have had more than the solitary goal we did score.
I'll have to see the highlights but surely a more confident keeper comes to claim that before it even gets to the head of the number 9 - surely it's got to be a better option than to stay completely rooted to your line. Great stop in first half injury time though, and I thought his distribution was pretty strong all game today.
Eddy Jones looks much better than he did a few weeks ago - great to see him get beyond Coco and get to the byeline. Toby looks like such a classy operator now - really improved on the ball - unfortunately for him it means he'll probably continue at right back for a while now.
Baines certainly isn't much of a footballer, but he's a cracking defender - and sometimes that's exactly what you need back there. I can see why he isn't a full back - just doesn't have the game to play there at all.
Lundstram - Marriott pivot is awesome. I do wish we'd have seen Pringle at 10 when we started to see less of the ball, but Parky just doesn't want to do it.
On the note of subs, surely Jordan would have been a better option out wide than Brad Jackson.
Elliot Newby is excellent and we need to do everything within our power to keep him on a permanent basis. Obviously I was dead pleased when he arrived, but given his main criticism has often been his end product, I thought his approach play around the final third was brilliant and he seems to understand his team mates well. He's exactly what we needed.
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