Thought Rochdale did a good job on us tbf, and the fact that we won ugly is encouraging. We know we can win well when teams try to match us football-wise. More of those will do..
did you see what I did there ..... with the wrestling connection. Thowt I better explain as I know tha not that bright...
Getting a win in a game like this, and the draw against Donny a couple of months ago, are the sort of results that successful sides get and can only maintain the confidence in the squad. 4 points from those games when we could have ended up with none. Can only praise Stendel today. Made a decisive change at half time (I don't think it was a particular criticism of Thiam more to change our shape and dominate midfield) and whilst we were well below par, we stayed patient and gradually picked a way through them.
It's certainly miles better than yours, taking into account your persistent and rabid daily criticism of Liam Lindsay! You're the present day version of Hemsworth Tykes's attacks on Bobby Hassell!
I have to be perfectly honest here. I only made my little comment about him today to see how quickly you'd notice it
Legally they were doing it by closing us down playing a good pressing game and not giving us time Illegally they were doing it by stopping the game flowing by deliberate and excessive time wasting falling over at the slightest - or in some cases imagined contact shirt and arm holding or as last resort tripping players who were getting away from them - Didnt work on Cavare who managed to ride the fouls a few times ( but then messed up the final ball) but did work on most of the rest of our players A lot of what they did was fair and frustrating for us - but the gamesmanship was quite frustrating - though almost everyone does it these days