All points however undeserved are welcome in our survival battle. Over the 97 minutes Rovers deserved a point, but if I were a Burton fan would be gutted to see my team come away with nothing from that game. That said, I was expecting more of them as a side and in the opening stages they seemed to play a lot of aimless long punts upfield before coming more it to the game with an expected passing game. In the opening half hour Rovers had the best efforts, a good cross from Banks not reached by Payne and a great ball from Potter just put the wrong side of the post by Morris. However, the visitors missed a one-on-one and were on the up going into h/t.
The injury at h/t to Ray threw us. Although Mullin missed a good chance early in the half, after that we became increasingly disjointed at the back with various changes to formation, which didn’t really do the trick. Banks at fault in the build-up and a poor challenge from Cameron-Borthwick, who did not impress on my first sighting, to give away the penalty comfortably converted by old-boy Akins. A fine save by Davies, kept us in the game, a difficult decision by Micky re which substitute to use for the final throw of the dice and who to bring off. As it happened, I’m not sure either were key, with Blackett-Taylor making some good runs without much end product replacing Potter, who had a steady game but wasn’t going to change things. Mullin won the free-kick that Banks converted and Morris supplied the cross that Danns initially and Payne ultimately converted. So two others who’ve been criticised a bit above, also contributing to the win.
I was surprised at the sponsors picking Banks as MoM. They must have had telepathic powers given the part he ultimately played in the win! I did feel, especially once Perkins went off, that there was a lack of midfielders offering themselves for the pass. We missed the work-rate of a Connor Jennings too. Agree with RLC on Monthe as MoM.
