Imps Rewind – “The Appleton style of football is really starting to shine.”

The Imps streamed the 2-1 win at home against Peterborough United from January 2020 on their YouTube Channel yesterday afternoon. If you didn’t watch it, you can do so HERE. You can view the 3 things one of our members learned from this match HERE and below you will find views from Joseph Lovett, which was originally published with the Match Stats.

Views from Joseph Lovett following the 2-1 win at home against Peterborough United in League One: “What a way to start the new year. Wasn’t much between the two teams but we bossed the second half, particularly after they went down to 10. One of the most effective performances you’ll see against 10 men. We stretched them, created space and were churning out chance after chance. I thought it was going to be one of those days where just couldn’t find the winner, but Grant steps up and produces a magnificent strike.

The Appleton style of football is really starting to shine. It is very effective going forward and gets the ball into dangerous positions. The flip side of that is the number of times we gave the ball away cheaply in defence. It happened 4 or 5 times before it ultimately cost us a goal. When there are players like Tony on the pitch you can’t afford to do it that regularly. Other than that, I thought Peterborough created very little and we defended them well.

Toney is some player. Fast, strong, good in the air and with the ball at his feet and, as we saw, an excellent finisher he’ll go for some big money.

That said, Morrell was head and shoulders the best player on the pitch. It was a magnificent performance. I was sat in the perfect seat to watch his cross-field passes time and time again. He bossed the midfield and carried the ball forward at will. We must try and keep him until the end of the season.

All the lads played well, but a quick mention for Akinde who had a very good impact on the game when he came on, gave the Peterborough defenders something extra to think about.

Peterborough are a decent side and defend their box very well (including the keeper). They have a good forward line too, but struggled to create much. If they are up there, we should be able to push up the league a bit. Nice to be closer to playoffs than Relegation.”

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