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Did more in 25 mins than Scannell did in 18 months.

A very promising start for the lad.

 

Ismail is everything Scannell isn't. Quick, took on his man, beat him and created.

 

The way he let constant booking opportunities go then decides to go for that is poor refereeing. I've watched it back a few times, Ismail does very little wrong.

 

I don’t think anybody is getting carried away but the second half in my opinion was a pleasure to watch after some of the stuff over the last couple of seasons. Let’s enjoy that whilst admitting there are still problems in midfield I think and hope Cooke is going to be a part of improving that

 

A disgraceful decision from a quite frankly pathetic referee. I think the first booking was right but the second was never a booking, just another shocker from an inept ref.

 

Ismail made the difference, he was incisive, and not only made the goal, but soon after cut inside to shoot showing he can go either way. Some fancy touches and neat footwork were nice to see, but his directness was the best thing on display today.

Let's hope his ridiculous suspension is a blessing in disguise, as Ismail will have 10 days to recover ahead of a tough Tuesday night trip to Cheltenham (and let's hope they're a little bit less prepared for him as a result).

Cheltenham are the third team we'll face this season that are currently in the top 7, and we lost to the other two - so that's a huge game for us.

As for Zeli's future, let's hope we can keep him fit and hungry, because there's a reason he's in L2 with those skills.

 

I think if you took the aggression out of Vaughans game he wouldn't be half as effective. He's a bit like a League 2 Rooney, in that they play their best when slightly wound up. I also thought it was good of him to back Ismail up by going over as it sends a message to the other team we aren't to be fxcked with. No doubts about it we've the nastiest team we've had for a long time and I for one am happy with that. Teams come to VP and raise their game and a swift boot tends to bring them back down to earth.

 

He has hold of his shirt, doesn't even let go even when the keeper tries separating them. That's probably a booking at any point but either way he's made the ref make a decision. Naive

 

I don’t even think the ref got the first yellow correct either. I sit near the away fans in Midland Road so was almost in line with the incident - the sack of shit was already falling forward when Zeli put his hands on him. And as for the red card, shoot the ref. Useless fecker

 

Lets not get too carried away after one good half of football.

I recall Akpan bossing the midfield against Pompey last season then flopped most other games.

 

Zeli beat more defenders in 20 minutes than Scannell did in all his time at city.
Note Blackpool lost today from being 2 up.
Welcome to Blackpool Sean.
Welcome to Bratfud Zeli.

 

Exactly. Pleased to see him do well on Sat, but he didn’t have the same impact at Bolton and a quick look at his career profile suggests we shouldn’t be expecting him to impact every game like he did on Sat.

I expect he, Connolly and Pritchard will all be rotated as wingers are hit and miss by nature.

 

Can't disagree with most of what you say, but Vaughan could quite easily have been sent off for getting involved, particularly with that ref.

 

He had hold of him, gave the ref a decision to make it was needless when he was already booked... the other guy was already going to get booked so just don't get invlolved. Walsall next too. Other than that I thought he was excellent

 

Anyone remember what we paid for him & length of contract? Nice to see such a promising player not being on loan!

 

1 year with the option of a second I think

 

You always run the risk of a yellow when bring a player down from behind when running toward goal. The second one should have been easy enough to deal with by a talking to.

 

Boater, have you missed your medication today ?.

 

@Hoochy-Min will be along shortly with the "Hats Off"

 

Can't stop laughing Dave