What an excellent afternoons entertainment, despite the weather, great away support, we barely shut up and created a great atmosphere. Also, got to say I like what fev are doing with their ground, its a really tidy little ground and they are making great strides with the "new" stands, puts Belle Vue to shame.
On the pitch there was a clear difference in skill and fitness levels today, once we controlled the ball a bit better (dont think we completed 3 sets in the first 15-20mins) and got some field position we looked very dangerous. As others have said AoB and Gaskell really stand out at this level, but I thought Purtell, Shaw, Olbison, sidlow, Baille and Clough were also consistently excellent today. We need to find a place for Shaw and his goalkicking, superb kicking considering the conditions and close middle 8 games could be swung by goalkicking. Uliuga needs to work on ball control but he does have some good attacking skills. I was most impressed by the defensive effort though, which was strong from the first to last minute, even when the game was effectively over.
COYB.
