A very encouraging performance that hopefully bodes well for the future under our new ' head of our Red Army'.
The only problem in the short term is the squad getting used to a change of accent, from Liverpudlian to Scot overnight.
Could already even after only one days training see an improvement in our over all play but the big tests of Crawley and Crewe are now next up.
Certainly liked the way that he instructed certain players to push forward and our corner routine at long last didn't feature the long punt to the far post and beyond.
Overall it argues well for our future and shows that a change was long overdue for BOTH club and JB who will no doubt relish the new opportunity at AFC Fylde.
However the next few weeks leading up to the January transfer window will no doubt tell DA what is needed and it wouldn't surprise me if money suddenly became available for the introduction of some new blood as DA himself mentioned pre match last night.
Just wonder if the owners had withheld finance intentionally to JB to encourage him to seek a new job elsewhere. I know that a few supporters are of a similar thought....
The Carlisle team on last night included 13 of their squad that featured in Friday nights FA Cup 4-1 win away so it was by no means a team of inexperienced reserve and youth team players. The only major change was in the goalkeeper who was on the bench on Friday. The 4 missing from Friday's squad appeared on last nights bench but did not get a run out.