Match Thread - Tue 11/1 19:15 WES1 Roys Rovers

I'm in.

It was definitely in, I was right in front of it. In part I didn't go mad celebrating because of what had gone on and in part I was disgusted the keeper didn't palm it out so I could tap it in

Des wrote: »

Cathal not on the scoresheet yet.

- don't wait up for it :P

Yeh both Gary and I were right under Keith's incredibly crafted and wonderfully audacious 55 yard peach....she was in alright...took me a minute to figure out if Keith was just going for a Cantona-style 'yeh whatever' celebration with his non-reaction or if he just hadn't realised it went in.

Excellent performance tonight lads, another quality clean sheet first and foremost - defensive work was excellent and we really limited them to a few chances which Clay dealt with very assuredly. That gave us a very good platform to build on.

First half we were a bit hurried and in fairness, they have numerous players very capable of getting it down and playing it around so they had the better possession but we still had the better chances.

Second half it was notable how much more we all listened to great calls we're now in the habit of making, and we played with a lot more composure and I was loving some of the moves we put together spanning the full width of the pitch.

Three factors contributed to that: we did everything within that was within our control with much more purpose; the wind and rain died off at half-time; and they lost Ricky due to that freak clash of heads with his fullback. That was one of the worst states I've seen someone in on a football pitch, he was out cold and his tongue was blocking his air passage. Absolutely relieved to see him come around and I hope he recovers well from what was a full-on concussion. From a football perspective, it's an interesting lesson on just how important the system and organisation is: Ricky is their talisman and organizer and they fell to pieces without him and we got acres of space (which we exploited very well).

Great to see so many scorers in our squad - it shows we have threats across the board and our style of play really plays to that.

All in all though, just another 3 points in the bag. Big game next week but if we keep that work ethic and strong basics in place, they'll know they're in a game.