U's 3 - 1 Salisbury City; Model professionals?

There's been some great PR coming out of the club recently.

Following on from the (sadly ill-fated) Danny Crow burrito scheme is the news that Robbie Willmott and Danny Potter will be taking to the catwalk at the Grand Arcade this Friday. They couldn't have picked two more appropriate players - Potter is probably plucking his eyebrows as we speak while Robbie waxes his skinny little legs. Actually that's an awful thought, so I'm going to move swiftly on. Yuk.

But both players might want to consider full-time modeling careers, because at this rate they will find it rather difficult to force their way back into the team when they recover from their respective injuries. In Danny's absence, Simon Brown's seven appearances for the U's have coincided with our seven-game unbeaten run, which continued last night with a fairly routine 3-1 win over Salisbury last night.

And as for Willmott, U's fans will be crossing their fingers and toes that Lingy can extend Scott Neilson's stay at the Abbey. Because so far the on-loan Bradford man has been absolute dynamite, providing pace and a goal threat which we have been lacking from midfield all season. It seems unlikely Neilson will be back next term, and if he does scamper back to Valley Parade perhaps Robbie can use the former Cambridge City man as a benchmark for the kind of performances he should be contributing to the side.

Anyway, again United were far from perfect in dispatching the Whites, but played some good stuff at times after falling behind to an early piece of brilliance from Matt Tubbs. The front four linked up particularly well, stringing together a couple of excellent one-touch passing moves, and though Antonio Murray's performance was a bit in and out he did score a brilliant goal so fair play to the lad.

Ling thought we were comfortable winners, but I'm not sure I agree with that. Salisbury always looked capable of scoring on the break, but for the most part were too sh*t to take advantage. United on the other hand took three of their four main chances, with the other one hitting the underside of the bar, and that kind of clinical-ness is pleasing to see.

So still plenty for Lingy and co to work on, but if we could repeat that level of performance in the 46 games of next season I think we'd finish in or around the play-offs. Wrexham next, bring it on.

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