A mixed bag for our loaned out players yesterday.

An impressive and dominant display from Eli King for Stevenage as they beat Barnsley 3-0. It had been a slow start to the season for him but he's going through the gears now. Good in midweek for Wales under-21s and another strong 90 minutes yesterday as he broke down play, got tackles in and kept the ball moving in possession. Apparently, the majority of his passes were forward ones which seems slightly unorthodox but each to their own.

King's teammate in Iceland on Tuesday, Joel Colwill, didn't recover as quickly as he was subbed after an hour of Cheltenham's game at Salford. He'd had a good game and Cheltenham were leading 1-0 but tiredness caught up with him and Salford went on to win 2-1. Hopefully there's someone in his family he can talk to about stamina issues.

A couple of switches to defence didn't work out yesterday. Keiron Evans started at right wing back for Newport but didn't even finish the half there as he was soon pushed further forward as Newport went 3-0 down to Swindon early on. It finished 4-0 but Keiron lasted the 90 minutes which was around half an hour longer than Raheem Conte lasted as Woking lost 3-1 at home to Oldham. Not sure why Raheem was playing at the back but it obviously didn't come off.

Another strong performance from Malachi Fagan-Walcott helped York to a 3-0 win over Fylde in front a crowd of over 5,000. They now top the National League. No such luck for Roko Simic and Luke Pearce as they came on as subs in heavy defeats for Kortrijk and Sligo. No pitch time for Ryan Wintle at Millwall and no sign of Josh Beecher at Barry yet. Ewan Griffiths helped take Plymouth Parkway one step nearer to Wembley with a 4-3 win over Westbury United in the second qualifying round of the FA Cup.