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Hi Mash Excellent once again. I honestly don't see a lot of changes coming. Corey played nearly every minute last season and I see Ben with his energy doing the same. They may get a rest in the FA Trophy but with every match a key game I think Andy will play his best XI. I would like to see Lewis Leigh start best player on the pitch imo in the first half. As he likes to get forward maybe its an option to play Woods behind him. It is worth playing him just for his corners worth a goal a game and I think he will score goals for us as well.

Not a big fan of too many changes anyway Frank Lampard never liked missing games once said and I paraphrase the more games I play the better I get. It suits some players to play every game maybe not others though.

As for the final goal...I have looked at it about 10 times. The Ref must have seen it. The only way you can justify it is that the keeper looks like he is going down anyway as he has to stoop to punch the ball so even without contact from Cheek would have gone down anyway so its not a trip from Cheek so maybe a bit soft to give a free kick or maybe he was thinking about his plans post match as the match was drifting to a quiet end until Mr Whitely had other ideas. What a fantastic dipping effort.!

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Great write up as per.

I think a couple of things about the game, one probably at odds with the feel good of the run we're on.

Firstly, Woods made all the difference in the second half when he came on I thought. Lung busting rungs, breaking the lines, and carrying the ball is something that Leigh doesn't offer (despite his obvious quality). I would *love* to see Leigh and Woods in a double pivot.

The formation we play right now (and your observation about Ben + Corey is crucial to this) exposes whoever is in the middle of the pitch. We saw it with Billy at the start of the season, and I think we're seeing it again. Corey + Ben have to do so much work getting out wide because we play a front two, it means they get through miles of work, but leave massive spaces in the middle.

Secondly, I do have some worries when I watch us. I know Woodman thinks posession football is boring, but boy is it a break on the legs and gives the players a rest. We've been "dominated" on the ball by Wealdstone, Oxford City, and Dorking - and I know folks will say they haven't hurt us, but surely all of this work out of posession catches up to us at some point...

(Though of course this is still a fabulous run and we should be grateful!)

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