Excellent to finally get a glimpse of the kind of football I know we are capable of. Lots of great performances all over the pitch and some passages of play that were up there with the best I have ever seen the Accies play. Still lots of room for improvement though. We did give away two sloppy goals towards the end, mainly I think, through a sense of complacency. I also believe we can sustain the passing side of our game for the full 90 minutes, which, hard though it is, should certainly be one of our aims in the run up to Christmas. The talking on the pitch can still be improved too, although I do feel we are moving in the right direction on that issue.
I do need to make an apology to the team for something in last week's game. In line with our fair-play policy, most certainly Joe and possibly myself should have been immediately substiuted during an incident in the second half. I will do my best to make sure this doesn't happen again, although, in Joe's defence in particular, the were extenuating circumstances (one, being the tackle was lined up undoubtedly with malice, and two, it was fraction of a second away from snapping his leg in two!). Anyway, apologies for any lack of consistency - I will do my utmost to make sure it doesn't happen again.
As for this week's game, they are a team we have played a few times before, with mixed results. They are a team we can beat, particularly if we play with the confidence of last week. Hopefully it has given us the chance to finally get some momentum going and put in a string of good performances (assuming Stu doesn't have us down to play Zidane's All- Stars in the next few weeks!), so let's look to lift our performance level by imposing our game on the opposition from the first whistle - that's quick short passes into feet, lots of movement off the ball and plenty of communication, in case any of you were wondering! Looking forward to seeing everybody fit and focused on Thursday.
Up The Accies!
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