I think that is the best we have played at home this season, with the possible exception of the Peterborough game. We dominated for the majority of the match against a frankly woeful Wimbledon side, and the only frustration is that we did not take more of our chances and win by four or five as we deserved to. Wimbledon rallied for ten minutes at the start of the second half, but offered very little indeed, while our workrate and a lot of our football was excellent.
The midfield has come in for a lot of criticism this season, but I thought Danns and Perkns were very good today, intelligent in their use of the ball and showing plenty of energy without it. It helped that Wimbledon had absolutely no quality in the centre of the pitch whatsoever, but we should still give credit where it is due. I also thought Connor continued his recent improvement and had a good game.
I have been saying for weeks that Hepburn Murphy has potential, and I am pleased that, with better service from midfield, he finally showed it in front of the Prenton Park faithful. In addition to the goal, he made several good runs which tormented their defence and should have scored a second in the final ten minutes.
At the back, I thought the centre halves were largely untroubled, with Liam having another solid game. Jake was much better than he has been recently, both defensively and going forwards. Chapman was very solid and his distribution is impressive.
The referee was absolutely appalling.
A huge victory and it was good to hear a more positive atmosphere at Prenton Park today, after a few difficult weeks. Onwards and upwards.
