If you watched our first 13 games last season, and our first 13 games this season, the biggest difference would be the game management. Perhaps the absence of a crowd, and of a palpable sense of collective impatience or frustration, has helped this. We completely bossed today’s game despite being a man down. There was a discernible game plan, and the players demonstrated great football intelligence. It obviously helps to have more weapons; Ollie’s hold-up play, Jack’s use of the ball, and the ability to get men forward, mean that we seem to be able to reliably keep most defences occupied.
