Another very good performance. For seventy minutes I thought that was as well as we had controlled an away match all season. Some of the football in the first half in particular was excellent, with Hughes, Jennings and the front two linking in little triangles and the full backs pushed right up the pitch. We are working the 352 much better now than we were a few weeks ago, and collectively we look confident and very solid defensively.
It was one of those games where everyone contributed and it is difficult to pick out individuals. However, I thought all three centre backs were excellent with Big Mac back to his best. Cole Stockton continued his improvement and played well, and Connor Jennings was impressive in the first half but took a battering physically from the home team. Despite his lack of goals, Norwood's workrate and movement were excellent. Lee Vaughan bombed forward well in the first half and scored the winner, but I would give man of the match to Liam Ridehalgh who has been very consistent in recent weeks.
My only concern was that we tired badly in the last twenty minutes, the first time that we have shown real signs of fatigue. We sank too deep and the midfield struggled to cover the necessary ground. I thought we should have brought Cook on much earlier to hold the ball up and give the defence some relief, and we could have done with a midfielder on the bench rather than Mekki, who was a bit hit and miss when he came on. The Wrexham substitutes gave them a threat in behind which they did not have in the first half and encouraged us to sit deep, and they had a number of set plays around our box in the closing stages. However, Davies did not really have a save to make and we were deserved winners in the end.
The atmosphere was awesome in the away end and you sense the SWA really believe this could be our season now.