A deserved victory against poor opposition.
We were not scintillating in the first half by any means, but it was still frustrating that we went in level. There was very little quality from either side in the final third, but what quality there had been came from Rovers, with Jennings hitting a good chance over the bar in addition to Apter's goal. By contrast, Grimsby created nothing in open play and the goal we conceded was extremely poor defensively, as has been commented above. The defending of the cross was not good, but Hendry was also at fault for giving away the daft foul in the first place, nudging the Grimsby player on the edge of the box when he was actually running away from goal.
Nigel obviously had words at half time and in the second half we were much sharper. We did not create a huge number of chances, but our pressing was much better and we suffocated the life out of Grimsby. They simply could not get any momentum, and the excellent save by McGee in the last ten minutes was probably their only opportunity of the half.
There were solid performances from the majority of players, but I thought Wood in particular was outstanding at left back. However, it is difficult to look past Apter for man of the match, scoring one goal and creating another.
Grimsby were one of the poorest sides I have seen this season and are in real trouble. The difference in the quality of the organisation of the two teams was stark and emphasised what a tremendous job Adkins is doing here.
It should be a decent game against Crewe next week.