[Salopbaggie]

Afternoon.  

Here's how I saw things yesterday.

Foster. Vital saves at 1-0 and 4-2. The latter particularly good.
Galloway. Struggled when WHU on top. good decision to replace him.
McAuley. Solid.
Evans. Impressive
Dawson. OK, but a little subdued. Didn't seem to get forward much.
Yacob. Did a good job without fuss.
Fletcher. Decent. Great pass for the 4th goal.
McClean. Work-rate and commitment high. Looked focused not angry. Sharp finish.
Chadli. Quality player in possession and distribution.
Phillips. Good, hard working contribution. Needs to add goals to his game.
Rondon. Another hard-working performance. Good strike. Needs continued support from the 3 behind him.
Nyom.  Did a good job at a difficult time.
Morrison.  Lively 15 minute cameo.
R-Kanu. Only 5 mins. Almost reached a late cross.

Overall, a well deserved 3 points. We took the opportunities that came our way and coped with most of the WHU pressure.  There was a wobble at 4-2 -  a few passes went astray and we couldn't keep hold of the ball.  But we wouldn't want it to be too easy, would we ?

Pretty much agree with that summation.

A couple of talking points within it I thought;

Dawson: I think we will find with the recent acquisitions, we can safely say either Phillips or Chadli are going to be on pounding up and down the wing duty and as such our RB will become a more static position. So do we look for a dedicated RB, keep Dawson for CB duties and fill in at RB, if required. That would free up Ollsen (great servant that he has been) to travel to pastures new and finish up his career playing first team football, somewhere or other.

Galloway: Lads had a couple of chances now, but I don't think he is ready for Premiership football just yet. I think he may well have the ability, but his lack of top level experience has him out of position far to often. If he does not improve significantly by Christmas I would be talking to Liverpool about cutting his loan short and look elsewhere with the freed up loan slot.

R-Kanu: I do feel for him a little, he seems to be being written off by many before he had even kicked a ball. Lets give the lad a fair shot before we write him off. Like many I will be very pleasantly surprised if he comes up trumps, but I will wait and see before writing him off.