Thoughts:
- Dickie really has stepped up massively, hasn’t he? Strong, commanding and - crucially - consistent. Can’t wait to see him and Moore together.
- Cadden looks like a smart acquisition. Solid defensively, keen to get forward and a good crosser.
- Brannigan was obviously superb, although I worry about his discipline. He was the difference which got us the win yesterday, but there’ll be games where he costs us points if he doesn’t smarten up with the challenges and back-talking. KR needs to lead by example in that respect - of course CamBran will talk back to officials if he sees his manager chopsing off at every opportunity. But full credit to him for a superb performance and goal yesterday.
- Mackie has a typical Mackie performance yesterday. It’ll help him massively when Agyei is ready to start games so Mackie can do a job coming on with 20 mins left either to get a goal or hold up play rather than having to lead the line from kick-off.
- Fosu looks very quick indeed although his final ball was sometimes a bit off, and he disappeared for chunks of the game.
- Woodburn needs to get some minutes under his belt and stop trying so hard to prove himself all the time. The miss was a result of him over-thinking rather than playing instinctively - but when he did the latter, he looked decent. Hope he starts again on Tuesday and can get a goal.