Finally, the first win I've seen live in about 12 months. 8 matches of drivel and then that. It was a really great performance I thought. Often a side at the bottom get a first win through a bit of a cup tie type performance but we were really controlled all the way through.
Kelly was immense. You can see why he's the biggest loss to the team when he's out, he was everywhere and integral to everything we do.
Tactically we were really sound with the pressing high up the field to put their defenders under pressure who like to pass it around. I lost count of the number of times we won the ball off them in their half. After about 70 mins though we retreated back into our own half and I started to worry we were trying to sit back on the lead. But whether instruction came from the dug out or the pitch, they reverted back to the original game plan soon after.
If we'd have drawn it would have been devastating - we had the chances to bury them. Winchester's and Higdon's should have been taken really. But credit to the lads for keeping going and getting the winner.
Higdon's role in the side is so important. It doesn't matter that he's big and slow, the ball sticks when it goes to him and he brings others in to play. And it was good to see us passing into him rather than 'punting it up to the big man'.
Dunn - to be fair to him when he took the job he said he wanted to tighten things up, he did. Then he said he wanted to be more attacking, we were but we started conceding. Then he said he wanted to find the balance, and for the last 2 matches he's done that seemingly. The players he has brought in are all important members of the starting 11 now too. All in all things are looking fairly positive at the moment.
All that being said, Swindon were terrible! Key for us now is pushing on and going on a bit of a run, not just one good performance then follow it up with :censored:e. But all in all things are looking fairly positive at the moment!