[Revived Red]

Originally Posted by Redraine

A much improved performance from last week. Stanley really went after them from the off, but it was the same old story with us lacking a presence up front, although Linfield worked his socks off. Macc were really dangerous up front, counter-attacking with pace and power in the second half, but we defended stoutly,getting in some crunching tackles to keep them at bay. I was moaning when Coley took off our most creative player, who had just brought a cracking save from their (very good) keeper, and brought on the last sub I wanted to see on the pitch. Hats off to him, though, as it did the trick, and it was a very good finish by the lad. Hopefully we can build on this, but we really need to play with more composure in possession as we gave it away far too often.

Agree entirely. Kevin Long and Sean Hessey were superb in the heart of defence, Charlie Barnett and Brian Hughes were both creative in midfield and Craig Lindfield worked tremendously hard in that lone striker role. I do worry about Kevin McIntyre - he made a couple of good tackles but his distribution is poor with too many crosses being overhit. I was disappointed by Micah Evans - I would have preferred him to have been subbed rather than Barnett or Hughes.

Man of the Match for me was the referee who I thought was excellent. No bookings and he allowed the game to flow. I cannot recall one decision that he (and his assistants) got wrong.