Two points after Forest Green

Pretty much agree with you there; Ellis contributed well. The only small bit of negative criticism of him would be that he had a great chance and took the wrong decision. Was through on goal, on his right foot, and decided to check inside, and the chance was gone. Should have shot first time.

Overall a very solid team performance, and we were a bit unlucky not to come away with all three points.
Agree about Trotman, FGR had two big strikers up front, OK they have a combined age of 70, but they are the sort of players we've found to hard to defend against in recent seasons.

If Harrison continues like that he wil earn himslef a place in the starting line up soon. I thought Sinclair livened things up for us a bit when he came on too. DC may be building a squad that can compete well at this level, but we are nowhere near the finished article yet. Cunnington and Martin look like good loan signings.

I'm impressed by Trotman and think he'll be a decent defender at this level with the amount of high balls hit towards the box. He dealt with pretty much everything that came at him in the air and the one time he wasn't going to win the header he theatrically hit the deck and won Rovers the free kick.

I was impressed with Rovers and thought they were much improved with players actually wanting the ball. I hope to see more of the impressive passing and movement that led up to the disallowed goal.

Absolutely agree re. Trotman. He was outstanding yesterday and has now become our first choice central defender in my opinion. Aerially commanding and strong up against big forwards, he has all the qualities you want in a defender. For the time being Parkes is the best option to partner him but Lockyer could prove a better choice with Leadbitter then slotting into right back.

Harrison was bright when he came on yesterday but continues to make the wrong decisions in the final third. The ball was played through to him on his right foot 18 yards out and instead of having a pop at goal he tried to cut inside on his weaker left foot and was easily dispossessed. I'm not sure if this is a confidence issue but he needs to develop a greater understanding of what he needs to do/attempt in certain areas. His attitude, however, seems much improved from last season and the word on the street is DC has been pretty pleased with his application on the training ground, which can only be a good thing. DC was adamant over the summer he wanted rid of EH but was quick to say he'd be given a fair chance if he returned for pre-season with the right mentality and clearly that's what has happened. Keep it up, Ellis.

Overall I thought we played really well against an FGR side full of experience (and criminals) and it should give everyone confidence that we are good enough to compete with every team in the division. We shouldn't have drawn but it's a lesson to the lads that we need to stamp out the silly errors defensively and take our chances when they come our way. Personally I reckon there's a very decent player in Matty Taylor and once he gets one goal he'll go on to get many more, but until it happens it will look like he flatters to deceive.

I see no reason why we can't beat Halifax, especially if we can recruit a further player or two this week as DC hopes for.

A lot of his work was off the ball, he was constantly pulling their cb away from Coles opening up space and when it was played to him he was able to turn and run direct. For his first opportunity at decent minutes this season I thought he did well.