Thought we were comfortable today, reduced them to mostly shooting from outside the box. They had a few moments of pressure but were dealt with well by our defence.
We definitely missed Howard though, we were still playing as though he was on the pitch with balls being sent up to Gallagher but unfortunately he can't head to save his life. If he'd been playing I think the scoreline would have been a bit more comfortable.
On Gallagher, probably too soon to tell so I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. Didn't do too much for me today - offside a few times, got frustrated fairly quickly and as mentioned, bad at heading. Will be more interested to see how he does after training with the lads for a bit.
Neilson impressed me, though possibly because the previous radio commentaries made him sound poor and had me ready for someone bad. Linked up well with N'Guessan, defended well. Actually it was Bruno who I thought struggled today, letting in a few too many crosses and backing off rather than tackling.
Hobbs and Brown immense. Wellens, Fryatt, Dyer, N'Guessan all good. Adams was a lively sub again.
Surely need to work on set-pieces this week in training though, not sure we had one good delivery despite a few different players taking them.
Hume - Annoyed when he left but of course injury put things in perspective and hold no ill-will towards him... but still didn't feel the need to give him rapturous applause. Doing it every time he went to take a corner was a bit much. Though I did enjoy a good 'Huuuuuume' when he missed from 2-yards. Other than that he had a few good moves but the rest of his team weren't helping him out much.
Left the ground in a good mood only to walk down the street listening to a load of moaning City fans. Some people never happy.
Weller's wife's message was touching. Only time I've shed tears at a football match was just after Weller died and Birch read out that message he'd prepared for the City fans.
21k? I guess holidays and a small away support made the 5k difference? Shame though with us doing so well at the moment, good atmosphere from where I was sitting though.
