Never a straight red in my book either and he should have carded theirs for the challenge that left out player needing treatment. Thought the ref got better after the break though. He was letting things go for the first 20 minutes but lost it until the second half. 

After seeing them not give the ball back after we kicked it out for their injured player along with several fouls on us and the red card incident the atmosphere behind the goal could have got much worse.

Very good battling performance with ten men and actually could have scored more late on. 

Great performance and great result at the weekend especially the way the game unfolded.

What a difference getting some new young players in has made. You can tell that the team are already looking sharper all over the pitch but having legs in the middle of the park has made a massive difference in the last few games and especially at the weekend when we were a man short for the best part of an hour. At the time I thought the red was very harsh but it looked like he had lost control slightly and overstretched for the ball and caught their defender but the referee couldn't wait to get the red card out of his pocket. That was strange in itself as not long before our centre half was assaulted and yet he only issued a yellow. If that "challenge" was an accident then he ticks the bloke off, if it was deliberate then it is a red card all day long - quite how he arrived somewhere in between was baffling to say the least..?!

Whilst the two young lads in the midfield have taken a lot of the plaudits (and rightly so) I think the two centre halves were excellent on Saturday. The young lad from Huddersfield looks a real player in the making and since he has come in Joseph has really done well in helping to organise the defence. We don't look the biggest team physically but we stood up to a lot of set pieces and long throws on Saturday and invariably won the first challenge. I am not sure Green is an out and out full back but he had a strong game at the weekend and I am even more sure that Dymond is not a full back but he did well against a dangerous opponent and made a vital goal line clearance in the first half to protect our lead. We know the keeper is decent so if we can get organised in front of him and limit the opposition chances (as we did very well at Hemel) then we have always got a chance in any game. Good to see the two forwards score and both worked hard when on the pitch. A real shame for young Rolt that his full debut was cut short and the ban will now effectively end his month loan spell. The manager has alluded to getting him back again although he might look for another option for the next three games at least..??

A much better atmosphere around the club now and credit to MG for stepping aside and for what looks like, if the early games are anything to go by, to be a very shrewd appointment. It seems the players are buying in to what BQ and his staff want and are all pulling in the same direction. A long way to go yet to get out of trouble (and another six pointer next weekend) but we are definitely going in the right direction and only going to get fitter and stronger in the weeks ahead. 

Up the Wings!