Carlisle played a pressing game, not giving us much time on the ball. Our response was a panicky one, too much long ball rather than trying to pass out of trouble. We were second best in the 1st half, even before JLAAs sending-off. Agreed that was stupid behaviour by the striker, but Simek had held him by the neck on more than one occasion; missed by the referee. We then conceded a sloppy goal close to h/t. 2nd half performance was better, an end to end game, where we could have scored, but were often hampered on the break by being a man short. I didn't get a clear enough view of Palmer's disallowed effort to know if we were hard done to.
Defensively, Daniels still gives me the jitters, while Ash was not up to recent standards in the first 45, but solid after the break. In midfield, we seemed to concede acres of space, even with 11, Max and Liam had decent games in all other aspects. Up front things, improved when Stockton came on, Amoo should have done better with the one-on-one midway through the opening half. Hopefully, Ronnie will come to realise that it's better to play an inexperienced striker up front rather than an inexperienced winger. I'd have preferred to see Bell Baggie on for McGurk. O'Halloran was poor, letting the ball go out of play on the touchline, running in circles rather than doing anything useful with the ball.
MoM. Nobody outstanding, Liam Palmer probably most deserving.
*Just read Ian's post above and would agree. There are certainly worse sides in L1 than the Cumbrians.