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Tyrell's volley ( photo by Scott White )

Couldn't get to the game on Saturday .. Funny enough I always learn more when we lose than when we win ,on this forum ...as usual always remarkably quiet after a win 

You know what John, I pretty much agree with Chris. I always like to write an honest assessment after the game but there wasn't a lot to say really. I cant really agree with Steve, who said it was an entertaining 90 minutes and there were stand out performances all over the field. I thought defensively we were excellent and Walder definitely looks better at the back than he does in midfield. Good to have Razor back and Ollie Rowe, for me, has been signing of the season. I thought Tyrell did great up front and has defiantly earned a run of games along side Medlock who's work rate was top notch but still playing a little deep for my liking. But midfield worries me still. Not sure Chris Cumming Bart is good enough, but ill reserve judgement until I see a bit more of him. Just gave the ball away too many times on Saturday. Young Crutts was okay but  too many long balls for me whilst Sam Adams looks out of form at the moment and has been average for a while now which is really unlike him. And poor old Max is just not good enough i'm afraid.  Like the new lad Johnson and a fit Vickers alongside him should work well.

W&H were rubbish, lets be honest, and for a lot of the first half they looked as good as us. Second half we dominated without ever making a stack of chances. The stats saying we only had 5 shots on target and lets not forget the Harris howler from 5 yards. I think the performances are improving slowly and the long ball is not quite as evident as it was and we are now on a nice run. No one at the top is pulling away and I see no reason whatsoever as to why we cannot win our next 8 games in all competitions. That will be some feat but if we do confidence will be sky high and we should be breathing down the neck of Folkestone.

That's more like it 👏👏.   Cheers lads ... I do like to compare all of your thoughts especially when I cant get to a game 

Just a comment on John's remark about Sam Cruttwell hitting 'too many long balls'. Too my mind it is a positive feature of his game that Sam can hit a quick long diagonal ball out to our wide players. He did that a few times on Saturday and I saw it as positive and attractive to watch. I suspect, at least among those who contribute to this forum, that I am in a minority; but not all long balls are 'bad' and not all short ball football is 'good'. Of course, the long ball up the middle of the park to no-one in particular is ineffective and dire to watch; but so, I would say, is a poorly executed short passing game that gets nowhere. Indeed, although great finishes were required, I think long balls led to both Tyrell's excellent and attractive goals ......