I agree completely with the comments above regarding the formation. We said a couple of weeks ago that five in midfield would not necessarily work if a struggling side came to PP and packed midfield, which was the case tonight. I was very surprised Micky did not switch to 442 in the second half and introduce Mullin. Then again, Gilmour would probably have been sacrificed if we had made the switch and it was Harvey who provided the superb winner, so Mellon probably feels vindicated. Connor Jennings also played a major part in the goal with the determined run and I thought he put a real shift in tonight and played well.
We started brightly enough with Banks, Gilmour and Smith looking sharp, but by the sixty minute mark those three had drifted out of the game. While Ollie is a talented player, I think he needs to cut down on the Fancy Dan stuff and stick to the basics when we are bogged down in games. I thought Buxton was excellent as a makeshift left back, the two centre halves were solid, Norwood worked hard in his lone furrow up front and McCullough was good, but it was not a night of star performances.
Although we made hard work of the game, we really should have won by two or three goals, as Norwood and Jennings both missed one-on-ones, in addition to Buxton hitting the post. As for Macclesfield, I thought they looked a poor but quite well organised side who were clearly putting a shift in for their caretaker manager. However, they had no real quality in the attacking areas and did not create anything in open play. I thought their most impressive player was their number 24, Rose, who had a great left foot and put in some fantastic deliveries from dead balls.
Not a great game, but the biggest crowd of the season and a victory that sees us up to fourth place in the league. The club is really going places.