Quote Originally Posted by cardiff55 View Post
The positive is that we won, and kept a clean sheet, and scored a very good goal. Probably under Warnock we would have drawn that game, no way Stoke were going to win unless we scored an own goal. I see Harris has moved the centre backs around, with Flint now playing on the right and Nelson as left centre back and Flint seems more comfortable there, but have top say Nelson doesn't. Interesting that he is putting his faith in Madine, who did well enough, but Bogle was awful when he came on. And we do have injuries, with Whyte, Ralls, Vassell and Glatzel all out, Bamba clearly not yet fit (oh and Jazz Richards, remember him?), and Ward suspended. I think only Ralls will make a difference. And Morrison on the bench.

Strange to see that Harris seems to have ignored Bamba , plays Tomlin and seems to be ignoring Murphy too.

And I think we have had 15 different scorers this season, plus an own goal!

But we are now 4 points off a Play Off place, so this division must be not very good this season, but the top two are starting to pull away. But I have hope.
Any re-build will take time and I am under no illusion to get a top 6 finish this season.
I would like to see us start to play more football at floor level and maybe this has started. Our strike force has been badly depleted and I hope the return of Glatzel and Ward (along with Ralls) will improve our ability to play that way.
I am disappointed that Harris does not seem to have got Murphy firing. I still think he is our best forward and has the speed and shot (both feet) to raise our scoring ability.