It was far from being a classic match today
but it yielded a very welcome win and three points for our cause!
In my view Carlisle were quite a big physical side but they lacked some basic skills throughout their team. Their basic ball control and passing were often very poor. I thought that the referee allowed the Carlisle central defenders and Beck up front to get away with too many fouls.
All three constantly pushed our boys and used their arms more than their feet!
Therefore, like Redraine, I too thought that Rob and Lloyd were both terric today! 
Scott in goal had a great game too and although he could do nothing to prevent Carlisle's late goal, I felt for him as he deserved to keep a clean sheet.
Testament to Scott was that he was quite angry and disappointed for the goal to have been conceded so late on.
Pierro, as usual, had a fantastic match and his goal was a bit of Pierro Magic. 
Bruna did quite well but looked a bit short of pace and match fitness. His cross for the second goal though was superb!
Josh took the cross 'on the bounce' to stroke the ball in to the net......a touch of class!
Seamus always impresses me when he plays as he never wastes the ball and fills any gaps, thus helping to 'choke' forward advancement of our opponents. It was nice to see him get on the scoresheet today.
Talking to a couple of Carlisle fans, on the way up the steps to The Crown, they were rightfully disappointed but paid credit to the performance of our team and suggested that we should really be in the play offs with our great football!
Well, it was back to a 'Four, Four, Two' today and another big difference was having two recognised full backs on duty. Buxton had a very good game but Nicky Hunt made a big difference today. He used his experience to great effect when under pressure and made a couple of important timely interceptions in our penalty box when the score was only 1 - 0 and we were being put under a bit of pressure.
It was a very important SIX POINTER today and our lads responded really well. Like Coley, I think that it is great to have reached the 50 points barrier but I too would like to see us get a few more yet!
ON STANLEY ON
