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Agree with TW10. Had a couple of successes with long balls early on so kept doing that, but they clocked it, adjusted, and yet we kept doing it. Sitting back to absorb the pressure again just gave them a lot of room and time. Soul had a couple of good runs at their centre backs, (hello, Luiz) but ...

In my humble opinion, if you’re going to play with three centre backs in a game like that, one of them has to have the confidence to move into midfield.

Sam was playing so high up it only left Harry and Alfie in the middle. So when they wanted to counter, boom, lots of room.

So yeah, we often had ...

Looking forward to that.

Curious game that one. Like Tony said, for long stretches there was this massive gap in midfield. We seemed a little obsessed with putting pressure on their centre backs with long balls. And down the channels. Worked sometimes, I suppose, but seemed to lead to those large gaps in the middle. Not a ...

Another good performance. This team has plenty of character and Jules has got a great balance going on. Miles ahead of where we started in pre-season.

Got to keep hold of both Alfie and Nate though. Alfie makes such mature decisions in the defensive midfield role. And Nate’s just full-on the whole ...

That’s how you do it! What drama!

Another defensive performance but a much better one than the Salisbury game.

I do like the look of this new central midfielder from QPR, Alfie Tuck. Didn’t just sit in front of the defence mindlessly. Instead, read the game really well, and be where he should be ...

Sooooo… On the one hand, a fighting performance to hang on grimly for half an hour to get a point. Everybody put in a heck of a shift.

On the other hand, oh dear. If we are going to literally completely concede the midfield like this every game, we’re doomed, as Fraser would say in Dad’s Army ...

With Dom and Mike playing for Salisbury tomorrow, it’ll be like going to a party and seeing two of your exes there, who dumped you, and you’re still not over it.

Another thing that struck me from the first two Bev friendlies was how quiet we are as a side.

Sutton always had four players constantly barking at each other, in a non-threatening way, just reminding each other what they were doing. And you could tell it was helping them move as one.

We were ...

I don’t want to be a misery but I’m going to be a misery. I was thinking back to the first performances from last year. It’s like night and day. Last year we had players moving, supporting each other constantly, combining to create spaces, looking for little overloads.

This team reminds me of how ...

Despite the new floodlights, it was very dull out there.

Definitely Mike Atkinson.

Although Dom has been great too. And Archy most improved over the season. Maz too added a much needed goal threat.