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Butterfield’s goal was class, what a player he is and the young lad from Leeds had his best game in an Iron shirt yet IMO. Elliott though was awful and should have been subbed but in truth it wasn’t a great game. It was more about the tremendous atmosphere and passion generated inside the ground, there was a real togetherness in the stadium. Congratulations to the new owner and board and if our club has learned one thing in the last ten years it’s the value of having local owners. It takes a certain type of person to understand what this football club means to this town and its people. No more Swanns or Hilton’s please. UP THE IRON.
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Remember we had Dean out and we are still just coming over a turbulent few weeks. Think they did well in the circumstances and a 1-0 win was fair.
Ogle, Jenkins and Butterfield shone. Jenkins was my man of the match. Bennet impressed too and Evans brought some steadiness back to the defence.
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My forcast of 2-0 was not correct, but I will gladly accept the 1-0 result the lads obtained, so well done team and management, and of course the 5,000 fans that turned up today, a very good effort by all.
I just hope that the Stadium problem can be sorted out very soon, and the new owner and directors are getting some very welcome resuls in the very short time since they took charge, I have never felt more comportable with the running of ASUFC for many years, and I am so glad to see that my thoughts of a stickey end have come so wrong, so keep up the good work all at the club andf of course on it’s terraces.
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Great to see the whole squad on the pitch at the end. See Clunan was missing. He’s been at every game while injured but not there today. As he’s club captain I’m hoping there’s a genuine reason he wasn’t there but can’t help thinking he may have left. Anyone know? Would be a disaster if so as I think our midfield has really missed him.
Clunan has not left , he is still injured but add to that his wife has just given birth, JD commented on this in his last interview before he went in for surgery.
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I’d like to see Elliot more central, I fell he’s a bit lost in the wide position in the 4-3-3. I think he’d get back to his best centrally and a couple of goals behind him.
Absolutely agree he doesn’t look confident at all playing wide, second to almost every ball first half, woeful overhit passes throughout the game and his only meaningful contribution was the glancing header that went narrowly wide. He’s a better player then that, we just haven’t seen it enough yet
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Agree IA. Bennett won his fair share of headers yesterday and put 3 or 4 of them into good areas. If Elliott and Wilson had been switched on chances would have resulted.
Biggest problem this team has is that none of our forwards look like they can score 20 goals a season from open play. Dean has the team favouring a pass back to the halfway line rather than hitting a hopeful cross. Not necessarily disagreeing with that tactic but for it to work we need the crosses to be high quality when they do come in. Neither Elliott or Wilson cross the ball well and Ogle/Denton/Kelly don’t either.
Butterfield can deliver but is rarely in a crossing position in open play. We are comfortably the best football team in this league (based on the teams we have played so far) but we create a low number pf chances relative to the football we play.
Fine if you have a Sharpe or Hooper up front but a problem if you don’t.
Roberts might have the quality to make the difference if an when he finally plays but until then I would prefer getting the ball into the box more quickly and more often.
Then we might see what Whitehall, Bennett and Elliott can do.
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We’ve got a proven goal scorer in Elliot, unfortunately he’s getting lost out on the left side.
I hope watching the game from home, and a couple of weeks rest and recovery will give Jimmy time to make some slight adjustments.
We aren’t a million away away and fortunately only 2 points of top, but you’re correct MK, we aren’t creating enough at the moment
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