The Coalman vs The Southgate - Match report

I need some help with a few questions.

In the afternoon - better in the centre, or on the flanks?
County Cork - creative spark, or lightweight luxury?
Klingon - destructive midfielder, positive box to box runner or neither?
Comedy Roadshow - better for us, or for Brizzle City?

I sympathise with the Coalman, at half time I had a view on each of these questions, but all answers would have been negative.

First half against Boro was poor. Despite our poor showing, we could have scored a couple, and so could they. It was all a bit disjointed, with the back four looking particularly shaky. By halftime we'd been caught out at a corner, then taken up Sunday School defending and gifted a second goal. Bad show, and a good team would have closed us out in the second half and left with three points in their back pocket.

Two subs at half time, the Gunnar and the Dutchie. We looked a bit more positive from the outset. Not that impressive, just a bit more together. MBoro sat back a bit and all of a sudden we'd created a goal for More Reasons. Katie Price down the right had looked dodgy in the first half, but had settled a bit in the second half, and picked out Angie who flicked on for More Reasons to finish neatly. May have been a touch of hand in the turn, but hey, we needed a break.

From there, we huffed and puffed a bit, but left it until the 94th minute to swing in a free kick which came out, went back in, and got poked in at the back post by Angie. Cue celebrations.

A point, which in the 78th minute looked more remote than a landslide Labour victory next May. Off to Watford on Tuesday, to see if we can be a little more solid, a bit more creative, and a bit more clinical in front of goal.

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