Playing Felix was a huge factor in the improved performance. His direct pace is something we have missed playing lots of central players who are similar in midfield this improved the last couple of games playing Steer and Mills on the wings but they are defenders at heart (and bloody good ones at that) and should play there when we have genuine wide men like Tempest, Felix and McGhee when fit. Garner in midfield also made a big difference a genuine ball winner who knows when to drop in front of the defence and when to direct others from the middle. Mills at CB made up for Garners lack of pace. Dixon and Tempest posses much better technical ability than any of the other midfielders on our books this season. Moving on Meadows and Dowie was a good move.
In Mills, Steer, Garner, Pidge and Marrs we have five defender who almost have to start due to being very good players (and probably our highest earners along with Newsham and Southwell) so maybe Garner in midfield is the answer, offered protection to the back four and played the ball out well yesterday. Agreed about how well we closed them down Dixon did a lot of hard graft and ran his socks of yesterday and Garner was the leader we had been missing in midfield.
Hopefully we can now see the same side selected next week with hopefully McGhee/Newsham being available to be selected for the bench.
