Originally Posted by
Jimmy the Jock
As usual a good read and some interesting comparisons .
Burton are well organised , as they were when we played them their place last season .
What were the differences ?
Last season they tore us a new one by charging down the wings and both goals came from crosses whilst our defence was in disarray
This season , that option was limited but they did have the best chance in the first half , in fact it was a school boy chance
A one nil in the bag chance , the winger cut in , passed it to the player charging forward who only had to pick his spot instead he got his feet tangled up and fired wide . Last season they scored from that position .
Burton gave us respect without sitting off us , every corner we had saw all 22 players in their box , that is defending in numbers .
Zohore , Gunnerson , MD and the wee French guy were the difference , they had that something that raises them above the
opposition . If MD performance is indicative of things to come we have a star on our hands .
Last season the teams that had one or two special players were in general the ones who made the play offs or got promoted .
It was only the first game but we may have the on e or two special players already . When Tomlin settles in I expect more from him as well .
There was a great vibe at Burton yesterday , could have been the start of a new season , I was counting the sleeps , strangers were commenting on how much they had looked forward to getting to the game whilst waiting to get served in the Cardiff pub.
It was one game let's not get carried away , but why not enjoy it and dream of a great season ahead .
See you all on Tuesday ..