Well I wasn't expecting that on Saturday afternoon!

Nice to see us out of the traps fast and, after a couple of near misses, we finally scored and you could almost visibly see the confidence boost throughout the team. I don't know if we stumbled across that formation and/or personnel by accident but everything fell into place in that first half an hour. Widdrington looked very effective as the link man between midfield and attack, Agyemang controlled the midfield with Dymond mopping up around him. I have often been critical of Cook on here but he was much more effective playing wide (and staying wide most of the time!) He put in a great couple of crosses in the first half which could/should have lead to another goal. Braintree were neat and tidy on the ball but very lightweight and we basically over powered them in that first half an hour but also played some good football ourselves. As MG alluded to the foot came off the pedal at the end of the half but it would be harsh to be too critical about that.

Second half was really spoilt by the red card. I can't believe someone would get involved (well I probably can actually..) when we are 4 goals ahead and cruising in the game. This is not the first time Ming has been involved in an act of petulance and, sadly, I doubt it will be the last. He has arguably been our best player so far this season but that doesn't excuse his behaviour on Saturday. He started the season with a suspension and will now have another three game ban to come which we can ill afford. We coped quite well on the whole with a man down and Wilks made a couple of great saves during the game when called upon. Of course the plaudits will go to Henry (and rightly so) and I hope we can keep him beyond the initial month.

Great to see some of the old legends back and I think we should get them back every home game if they bring that sort of result with them!

Up the Wings!