A very good performance and, as others have said, we really should have won by a bigger margin. The scoreline flatters Barrow.
In the first half I thought the two sides negated each other to an extent due to the match-up in systems, with Barrow playing Gotts as a number ten and having a spare man in midfield. We struggled to find space to create and Barrow were well drilled, but all of the moments of quality around the eighteen yard box came from Rovers, with a few decent half chances in addition to the goal. Hawkes did very well to show the composure to finish from a tight angle, given that he had barely been in the game up to that point.
In the second half we built up a head of steam and basically battered them. Morris became increasingly influential and we created numerous chances, and were only really denied a second goal by luck.
There were some outstanding performances today. The two centre halves were excellent, with Doohan a spectator other than catching crosses and sweeping up. O'Connor and Cogley were very good, and I thought Bristow had a very good game defensively. Barrow struggled to deal with Morris in the second period once he got the bit between his teeth, and Hawkes again showed what a valuable goalscoring threat he is. However, my man of the match is Simeu, who was immense.
The one slight criticism would be that Cogley in particular put some decent deliveries into the six yard box which were not attacked by the strikers. I thought Nevitt was the better of the two forwards today, but hopefully the goals will flow for Hemmings in time.
It looked a better gate than anticipated as well, although I have not seen the figure.