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Trying something different today which we can't complain about I suppose. Goodwillie has been relieved of the job of chasing their defenders around. That makes a lot of sense. Jamieson's picked that job up and done well. He's got plenty legs and an incentive to impress. Got us a goal just by being tireless. It's the first time in a while that we've had something like, if not exactly, two up. After the first twenty, twenty-five minutes Montrose didn't have such an easy time of getting into our half because we were pressing their defenders. Perhaps the downside of this change has been that Goodwillie is trying to find his feet as the deeper forward, rather than the focal point. But he's good enough come around to that obviously.

In midfield, despite the stupid penalty given away by Nicoll, we're better. Reasonably solid down the sides against a team who build a lot of good moves in there with Webster, Ballantyne, Cochrane, Jonhston buzzing around. Still a bit of work to do. Not a lot of communication going on between the full backs and midfielders but it's their first outing in that shape, and they're young for the most part.

Nicoll's giving you the usual pros and cons. Pros: heading on first balls, competing aggressively, occasionally playing out of trouble, keeping space closed off. Cons: slow as a week, thinks he has more time than he does, doesn't hesitate to dive in and give away penalties...! Maybe get fresh legs on for him later in the game, see if we lever our full-time players to see it out.

Lang's dealt quite well with Russell. But in terms of the overall defensive coordination, we're still lacking a bit in leadership and aggression terms. But I think that's a product of the newness of the side out.

I think we can get another. McGlinchey, Jamieson, Thomson, Cuddihy, Goodie. They can all string something together.

Be an interesting second half. Always a good game against Montrose.

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