We look very potent

[Filo]

I reckon we’ll blow a few teams away this season

[NickDRFC]

And we were clearly some way below our best for a lot of the game today. The strength in depth is fantastic as well. Survived Ironside? Have 20 minutes of Sharp. Hurst not tired you out? Maybe Sbarra will.

[Chris Black come back]

To add into the match day squad mix are Close, Westbrooke, Senior, Kelly and McGrath. And McCann claims to want another attacking loan player. This is an insane level of competition. 

[DonnyNoel]

And we were clearly some way below our best for a lot of the game today. The strength in depth is fantastic as well. Survived Ironside? Have 20 minutes of Sharp. Hurst not tired you out? Maybe Sbarra will.

That might be the key, already you can see its not just a very good team, but a very good bench. Just need to steer clear of last years injuries.

[Reg of the Rovers]

Gibson looks an absolute gem. He’ll hurt a few teams this season for sure.

[jmt23]

It’s not even just a very good team and bench, just think of the players not in that match day squad:
Close (walks in most teams in this league)
Westbrooke ( not far behind above)
The new kid( he must be thinking where he fits in this after today)
McGrath a very good player

It’s almost an embarrassment of riches

[big fat yorkshire pudding]

You do wonder if the squad is too big?

[PDX_Rover]

You do wonder if the squad is too big?

Blasphemy

[ForsolongaRover]

How did Sharman-Lowe play? BBC stats suggest Accy had 3 shots and 2 on target, but that doesn’t always reflect the involvement of the GK. Did he organise the defence, was he confident, decisive, mobile, quick in his reactions etc.?

[Filo]

How did Sharman-Lowe play? BBC stats suggest Accy had 3 shots and 2 on target, but that doesn’t always reflect the involvement of the GK. Did he organise the defence, was he confident, decisive, mobile, quick in his reactions etc.?

Jury is still out for me, never had much to do, there was one easy catch that he chose to punch for some strange reason

[ravenrover]

Looked a lot sharper than in pre season wasn't really tested but caught a couple of crosses and punched one away so overall OK, defence was solid in front of him Anderson and Wood had good games as did the fullbacks, especially going forward

[sedwardsdrfc]

You do wonder if the squad is too big?

Must admit I’m starting to think how do we keep everyone happy! We have to be going to win the EFL cup.

The good thing is we aren’t going quantity over quality. If you can have both you have to make use of it. If there’s limited funds then quality over qty all day for me. 

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Looked a lot sharper than in pre season wasn't really tested but caught a couple of crosses and punched one away so overall OK, defence was solid in front of him Anderson and Wood had good games as did the fullbacks, especially going forward

Agree. He was very competent with ehat he did. Dealt with a couple of crosses, came out to the edge of his area a couple of times to clear danger. Looked quite composed for the most part. Only the punch when a catch looked easier, bit at least he got good distance  on it.

Not a slick performance, particularly first half but scored some cracking goals. We're a threat from all parts. Icing on the cake was Billy's Billy Sharp type goal. In the right place at the right time. That's a monkey of his back if there ever was one.

Yes, we can play better, but so can other teams. This won't be easy.

[Chris Black come back]

Thought he was good. Looked very assured.

[drfchound]

Thought he was good. Looked very assured.

Yeah, so did I.
He had no chance with their goal but looked very confident when coming to collect two or three crosses.
The punch away surprised me too but he got it well away from the danger.
He was constantly shouting instructions too which is great for the defence.

[Padge_DRFC]

When keepers punch the ball and it ends up on the halfway line it's certainly not the end of the world

[Rovers91]

You do wonder if the squad is too big?

We play a shit load of games with injuries and suspensions everyone who deserves will get a fair crack.

[Jonathan]

The keeper did nothing wrong at all. He’ll face far bigger tests but he can take some confidence from that on his football league debut.

Echo the positivity on the new players. Gibson looks pure class. Sbarra improved us when he came on. Clifton looks like he can handle himself, too. Sharp looks just like vintage Sharp and Yeboah showed some signs of promise.

I thought Broadbent largely did well - some lovely quick forward passes. Molyneux has probably knocked in the goal of the season already.

We look to have a really strong squad to go with the best manager in the division.

[drfchound]

The keeper did nothing wrong at all. He’ll face far bigger tests but he can take some confidence from that on his football league debut.

Echo the positivity on the new players. Gibson looks pure class. Sbarra improved us when he came on. Clifton looks like he can handle himself, too. Sharp looks just like vintage Sharp and Yeboah showed some signs of promise.

I thought Broadbent largely did well - some lovely quick forward passes. Molyneux has probably knocked in the goal of the season already.

We look to have a really strong squad to go with the best manager in the division.

  Yeah, what he said.

[ncRover]

Thought TSL looked very assured claiming high balls and in his distribution.

Goalie’s look to punch if they think it could cause a break away don’t they?

[les@donr]

I imagine there will be some changes of personnel on Tuesday and still put out a strong team.

[danumdon]

Very good first outing for us, we looked a bit rushed and not too composed in the first half, i'd imagine some of those chances we had would have been gobbled up after a few more games.

Thought we looked very slow to get going after the break and it allowed them to score with a decent move. We managed to wrestle the advantage back and then kicked on after that with some beautiful goals, to get Sharp up and running in his first match back was special.

Only the first game but with a bit more time together this team could rip a few defences apart with our flexible forward line, it looks like we have goals all across the front.

Cant wait for Tuesday, this could be a transformative season.

Hoping for a bit of luck with Maxwells injury but we look like we have players champing at the bit to get a run,if your going to have issues these are the type you want.

Lets kick on.

[ncRover]

The keeper did nothing wrong at all. He’ll face far bigger tests but he can take some confidence from that on his football league debut.

Echo the positivity on the new players. Gibson looks pure class. Sbarra improved us when he came on. Clifton looks like he can handle himself, too. Sharp looks just like vintage Sharp and Yeboah showed some signs of promise.

I thought Broadbent largely did well - some lovely quick forward passes. Molyneux has probably knocked in the goal of the season already.

We look to have a really strong squad to go with the best manager in the division.

Clifton really caught my eye.

That’s the definition of ‘Legs in midfield’.

[adamtherover]

To score 4, with our main striker not bagging speaks volumes about this team..

[Rovers91]

The keeper did nothing wrong at all. He’ll face far bigger tests but he can take some confidence from that on his football league debut.

Echo the positivity on the new players. Gibson looks pure class. Sbarra improved us when he came on. Clifton looks like he can handle himself, too. Sharp looks just like vintage Sharp and Yeboah showed some signs of promise.

I thought Broadbent largely did well - some lovely quick forward passes. Molyneux has probably knocked in the goal of the season already.

We look to have a really strong squad to go with the best manager in the division.

I know he's a young lad and I hope he comes good but I thought Broadbent was poor. Turned far too easy for their goal and I thought in general he was poor in possession. I don't think he will end up having a career here personally in the long term.

[ravenrover]

We see things differently, in my opinion George had a good game in the anchor rōle. He got played into difficulty with some of the passes from Wood in particular but overall a good performance JMHO

[StocksArmy]

The saying of the season should be “next one” win lose or draw

[Chris Black come back]

The keeper did nothing wrong at all. He’ll face far bigger tests but he can take some confidence from that on his football league debut.

Echo the positivity on the new players. Gibson looks pure class. Sbarra improved us when he came on. Clifton looks like he can handle himself, too. Sharp looks just like vintage Sharp and Yeboah showed some signs of promise.

I thought Broadbent largely did well - some lovely quick forward passes. Molyneux has probably knocked in the goal of the season already.

We look to have a really strong squad to go with the best manager in the division.

Clifton really caught my eye.

That’s the definition of ‘Legs in midfield’.

I thought same. He ploughed through a fair few of their players. We’ve got some steel in there this season. 

[DonnyBazR0ver]

We see things differently, in my opinion George had a good game in the anchor rōle. He got played into difficulty with some of the passes from Wood in particular but overall a good performance JMHO

Yes, I think Broadbent covered alot of ground and quite often he was left to cope on his own while Bailey moved around quite a bit. I thought at times he needed to support Broadbent a bit better to link up play. Broadbents improving his range of passing and accuracy but, like most have said, we tried to rush things a bit too much in the first half. I wasn't surprised he was subbed for some fresh legs,  Work in progress.

[GazLaz]

Think we need a proper passer next to Bailey in midfield. Broadbent was ok but as sure one of the other four centre midfielders we have has to be better than him.