I thought we played well and fully deserved the win. In the first twenty minutes we carried on where we left off against County and it was the strongest start to a home game I have seen for some time. We had a nervy spell midway through the half where Campbell Rice looked particularly dangerous, and I did wonder if we were going to pay for failing to make our possession count yet again. Fortunately, with our new found adventurous approach the goals came.
Second half, we sat too deep and looked understandably nervy and our play became generally scrappy, but I never thought we were in danger of losing the lead.
I thought Robinson was outstanding and all the back five put in good performances, particularly Buchanan and Goodison. Enoch did the simple things well and was in the right place for his goal. Brunt struggled badly in the first half, but improved after half time.
While our football is still not especially pretty, there are a few obvious differences in our approach since Les departed:
i) The aimless punt down the middle of the pitch from the centre backs is absent.
ii) Fon Williams regularly bowls the ball out to the full backs, rather than opting for a hoof to the head of Akins.
iii) The full backs are actually encouraged to cross the half way line, as was seen for Holmes' cross for the second goal.
iv) An increased number of balls are delivered from out wide in advanced areas, and when the ball is crossed there is invariably a striker / midfielder in the eighteen yard box to compete for it.
As a result of the above, I am actually enjoying attending matches again, which is great.
Results went pretty well for us today, and a win on Tuesday would actually see us seven points clear of the relegation zone.
