Agree with a lot of what's been said here. I thought Jason Lee looked very relaxed on the touchline and that gives a different message to the players than constant ranting. I think we saw some of our players express themselves a bit more freely. We'll see what he is like when things aren't going our way!
I thought we played more football rather than long ball, especially in the first half. We involved the wingers more than in recent weeks. Long ball was mainly from quick kicks by Bazza - I like to see that as we've got the pace to trouble teams on the break, and defenders aren't always awake when an attack has broken down at the other end.
Overall, there seemed to be less emphasis on keeping it tight and maintaining 'shape' at all costs - players were free to get involved in an attack rather than having to hold their position, and it gave us some new options (even Kevin Austin on the wing at one stage!)
SWD was my MOM, as their defenders just couldn't handle him, when he had possession or when they did. Pearson and Canners were right up there as well, but a good all round performance - could honestly say that everyone had a good game, apart from Boyes. You often see a young player who hasn't played many games get into the team and play well, then fade after a few games because of fatigue - might be that stage for Boyes and maybe time to rest him before the play offs? I think he will become a good player if we can keep him.
I didn't think Canners had been up to his usual standards recently, probably because of his injury, but he was superb on Saturday. It always helps the full backs if they don't have to do much defending, and it was nice to see Canners getting forward more. He was most definitely leading by example.
Telford will be a completely different test and it'll be interesting to see how we play this week.
