Scun'thorpe vs BWFC ..Match thread

I don't understand Evatt's thinking. We didn't have a sub goalie for god knows how long and now Gilks is in goal he puts Crellin on the bench. What is it with this loanee, who doesn't impress. Is it 5 subs and that's why?

haven't bought this one in. was very tempted. from radio comm, sounds like we had best of first 30mins. then they had last 10 or 15 mins.

Is it me or has Delaney gone off in the last couple of games? He’s so slow moving the ball forward, constantly taking an extra touch and being closed down? Yet again, no composure up top, everything rushed and no real cutting edge. Can somebody also enlighten me what Delfouneso does other than very little. Even when he got a chance of a shot it was no more than a pass back to Mark Howard. Get him off and Darcy on to run at their defence otherwise I can only see a blank for us. Still stick to my 2-0 to Scunny I’m afraid.

Delaney sees such a lot of the ball, but doesn't use it very well. His defending is not too bad. Regarding the rest was just hoping to see Kioso and Delfouneszo subbed when they combined for the winner. But really am not too sure about either in the general scheme of things. Sarcevic is good but he gave the ball away a lot tonight. Well served again tonight by Sancho and old man Baptiste. Would still like to see more holding by the midfield.
Three points is three points, however.

A very tough game tonight so I will take a 1-0 win but we don’t half make hard work of some of these games, it always seems like we score and then allow the opposition to get back into it another great save from Gilks 4 wins on the bounce now let’s keep up the great work. Onwards and upwards it’s great to see us going upwards it’s took some time and finally removing a certain person long may it continue. Well done IE and the whole team stay safe one and all COYWM

A good win in a game we dominated but didn't really take by the scruff of the neck. I kept seeing our deficiencies but argued with myself that they were also strengths. The real strengths of the team are defensive and with Jones and Kioso it's difficult for opponents to get past our flanks but in equal measure our capacity to attack on the wings is diminished. This notably improved with the addition of Isgrove who, if in midfield, as had Delfouneso before him got some purchase form their weaker left defence which at times looked very vulnerable

A real strength of the first thirty was the hunting in packs. But it couldn't keep going in part because Delfouneso was ambling about and not really engaging. Also whether from a throw in , a free kick or just a ball to Tutte we as often as not played sideways and backward at a pedestrian tempo, I thought Crawford had one of his better games tonight and was the principal architect of much that was good. Doyle also ran his socks off and although fluffing his one real chance as did Crawford I thought he did well and lasted the game better than of late since his return, so that's promising.

At the back Santos is really strong on the ball but he still looks capable of being sliced through if turning. Gilks has made a huge difference to his radar. I'd be a hypocrite if I was too against the passing out from the back as if I've clamoured for this approach for twenty years or more yet an error still looks possible. I do think we are doing it better and again Gilks is the key.. You could see S****horpe had done their homework and knew that Delaney if hustled is a potential weakness. In this game they really got at him and he crumbled making error upon error. It doesn't help him that Jones so often is turned to face him but his long and short passing tonight was dreadful and his midfield had to bale him out repeatedly.

They had a ten minute patch threatening little at the end of the first half. 

In the second we got on top. Although Sarcevic was firing a mixture of blanks and bullets and missed a lot of passes , he is our best player and he keeps going. Tonight one good shot and a lot of tackles were his contribution. Crawford for once hit a couple of really good dead ball kicks.

Delfouneso despite getting caught in possession  through a failure to look up more than once had a purple patch on the ball and weaving his way through some flimsy challenges he set up Kioso perfectly for a very good goal indeed. Not for the first time I wondered if Evatt will ever bite the bullet and give Kioso a run up alongside Doyle. He has a bit of something when central and later got his head on the ball but tried to score when a knock down to Doyle looked the way to go.

Time went on , the game petered out. Miller and Isgrove added a bit of energy and we got through with a couple of clever but easy saves by Gilks steadying the ship at the two crucial moments. 

Leaving best to last I find myself surprised to be saying this but I thought Baptiste was our man of the match, faultless in defence and strong moving forward. He got one shot away too and for the second time this season missed a header from close range that would have crowned his performance

Onward and upward but with just about everything been a mix of positive and negative?

Gilks 7 Baptiste 8  Santos 7 Delaney 3  Tutte 7 Crawford 7 Jones 6  Kioso 6  Doyle 6 Delfouneso 6 Sarcevic 6    Miller 4 Isgrove 5