U's:2 Kiddy:0 - Some observations

I've already written a match report on Saturday's game, and I'm not inclined to inflict another one on you, so here are a few thoughts on our win over Kidderminster.

Despite achieving a comfortable victory over a team above us in the table, I still didn't come away from the match feeling that we played particularly well. In fairness I think that might have something to do with the way the Linguist sets his team up - we seem to be aiming to counter attack all the time which of course means that the opposition have a fair bit of possession - but Danny Potter was probably the busier of the two keepers, albeit that a lot of the shots he had to deal with required fairly routine saves.

For me the outstanding player from a United perspective was Jai Reason, who was back to something like his effervescent best, popping up all over the place and providing good support to the front two. Brian Saah also had a good game, putting in a number of crucial last ditch tackles, although his distribution wasn't the best, and he almost scored an Andy Duncan-style comedy own goal.

On the down side Carden was quiet, and neither of the full backs got forward much, although perhaps that's the price we have to pay for defensive solidity. Willmott's delivery from set pieces was good, but left a lot to be desired in open play, while Parky ran around a lot but didn't really influence the game at all. ML said afterwards that he did "a lot of unselfish work for the team" but do we really need a holding midfielder playing on the wing, especially in a home game where the onus is on us to dictate play?

So yeah, no Halloween frights for the U's during what was a fairly low key event. Perhaps similarly solid-but-unspectacular performances are the best we can hope for this season.