O'Brien - 7 - Not much to do. Looked commanding but did have a couple of go's at smashing the ball straight into an attacker whilst kicking.
Grimmer - 8 - Good header for the goal. Defensively OK, looks a decent player.
Willis - 7 - Did fine. Shame to see him pick up another injury.
McDonald - 7 - Looks solid and good on the ball.
Stokes - 7 - Good to see him back after last year. Better than this level.
Kelly - 8 - Looks a good partnership in the middle with Doyle. Gives the defence extra protection.
Doyle (C) - 8 - As above.
Jones - 9 - MOTM for me. He really could be a key player this year. He had a quiet first 20 to 30 minutes, but once he switched to the right wing he was terrorising their defence. Looked like he could create something every time he got the ball.
McNulty - 8 - Great awareness for the goal. Don't think he'll score loads but between him and Beavon think we'll be OK.
Vincenti - 6 - Should have had a penalty. Looks clumsy at times and gave the ball away a couple of times. Not bad, just not as good as some of the others.
Beavon - 7 - Was taken out through on goal at one point. Should have been a penalty and a red card. Other than that, ran a lot but doesn't look a huge threat.
Subs
Hyam - 7 - Not much time but didn't look any less solid when he came on.
Nazon - 7 - Again not much time, but looks a threat.
Andreu - 6.5 - a few nice touches when he first came on but nothing really stood out. Does look like he'll be a very good addition once he beds in though.
All in all a pretty good performance, barring the first 30 minutes or so. Once we took charge there was only one winner. Ref was absolutely dreadful. We had at least 2 stonewall penalties in the second half and possibly one in the first against Jones (harder to be sure due to distance but looked a foul).
O'Brien - 7 - Not much to do. Looked commanding but did have a couple of go's at smashing the ball straight into an attacker whilst kicking.
Grimmer - 8 - Good header for the goal. Defensively OK, looks a decent player.
Willis - 7 - Did fine. Shame to see him pick up another injury.
McDonald - 7 - Looks solid and good on the ball.
Stokes - 7 - Good to see him back after last year. Better than this level.
Kelly - 8 - Looks a good partnership in the middle with Doyle. Gives the defence extra protection.
Doyle (C) - 8 - As above.
Jones - 9 - MOTM for me. He really could be a key player this year. He had a quiet first 20 to 30 minutes, but once he switched to the right wing he was terrorising their defence. Looked like he could create something every time he got the ball.
McNulty - 8 - Great awareness for the goal. Don't think he'll score loads but between him and Beavon think we'll be OK.
Vincenti - 6 - Should have had a penalty. Looks clumsy at times and gave the ball away a couple of times. Not bad, just not as good as some of the others.
Beavon - 7 - Was taken out through on goal at one point. Should have been a penalty and a red card. Other than that, ran a lot but doesn't look a huge threat.
Subs
Hyam - 7 - Not much time but didn't look any less solid when he came on.
Nazon - 7 - Again not much time, but looks a threat.
Andreu - 6.5 - a few nice touches when he first came on but nothing really stood out. Does look like he'll be a very good addition once he beds in though.
All in all a pretty good performance, barring the first 30 minutes or so. Once we took charge there was only one winner. Ref was absolutely dreadful. We had at least 2 stonewall penalties in the second half and possibly one in the first against Jones (harder to be sure due to distance but looked a foul).
We won't walk it I don't think and we will have a number of tough matches for sure, but can you really see us losing lots of games this season?That was a great result; Grimsby won last week and to have so much of the ball and go up there with intent was wonderful to see. There doesn't seem to be any other side that is going to walk away with this league - we are the only team with a 100% record so far. I'm not saying we will walk away with it but it's there for the taking. Strange that Yeovil won though; I thought that they may be whipping boys after last week.
We won't walk it I don't think and we will have a number of tough matches for sure, but can you really see us losing lots of games this season?
There's no-one we should fear and I don't think you can look at any team and say they are going to run away with it.
Robins has brought in physicality, strength, skill, pace and spirit this summer and even if you don't think automatic promotion, you have to think we can make top 7 don't you?
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