There were over 8,000 fans at the ground yesterday (around 1,900 of which were Barnsley fans) to see one of the best performances the Spireites have put together in 2015. The game started off badly for us, as Barnsley forward Conor Wilkinson made a mockery of our defense and put the ball into the top corner in the fourth minute. For the rest of the first half we were as good as if not better than Barnsley. We looked strong going forward and there was some great work from Gboly Ariyibi going down the left wing. However, surprise surprise, there was a lack of cutting edge when the ball was put into the box. Saunders must of given one hell of a half time team talk, as in the second half the spireites came out all guns blazing, despite there being no changes to the formation or players on the pitch. After a great run down the left from Dan Jones, Ebanks-Blake found Jay O'Shea on the edge of the box who fired a powerful shot into the top corner in front of an already rocking Proact Kop. We were on the front foot for the next twenty minutes, and the pressure payed off in the 72nd minute when new signing Sylan Ebanks-Blake finished from a tight angle in the six yard box to send the home fans into raptures. When the fans had barely finished celebrating the second goal, in the 73rd minute Blake layed the ball of to Sam Morsy, who floated a shot into the top corner from the edge of the 18-yard box to seal a fantastic opening day win for town.
My man of the match: Sylvan Ebanks-Blake
Despite Jay O'Shea being voted official man of the match by the sponsors, i think the new Spireites no.9 deserved it more. He scored one and assisted two and was fantastic for most of the game. He was brilliant at holding the ball up, and despite taking some time to get going, whenever the ball came to him he looked dangerous. His goal looked scruffy, but it showed classic striker's instinct as he new exactly where the ball, the defender and the goal were despite having his back to goal. His assist for O'Shea was quality, and his lay off for Morsy looked similar to the assist he made in the Hartlepool friendly. He looks to be getting back into form and hopefully can score twenty plus goals this season.
League Table as it stands:
After shock defeats to Barnsley, Wigan and Peterborough, and Sheff Utd and Bradford also suffering heavy defeats at the hands of Gillingham and Swindon, the table looks somewhat backwards:
- Gillingham (4 GD) (3 pts)
- Swindon (3 GD) (3 pts)
4. Coventry (2 GD) (3 pts)
5. Rochdale (2 GD) (3pts)
6. Burton (1 GD) (3pts)
7. Millwall (1 GD) (3 pts)
8. Blackpool (0GD) (1pt)
9. Colchester (0GD) (1pt)
10. Bury (0GD) (1pt)
11. Doncaster (0GD) (1pt)
12. Fleetwood (0GD) (1pt)
13. Oldham (0GD) (1pt)
14. Southend (0Gd) (1pt)
15. Walsall (0GD) (1pt)
16. Crewe (0GD) (1pt)
17. Port Vale (0GD) (1pt)
18. Scunthorpe (-1 GD) (0pts)
19. Shrewsbury (-1 GD) (0pts)
20. Barnsley (-2 GD) (0pts)
21. Peterborough (-2 GD) (0pts)
22. Wigan (-2 GD) (0 pts)
23. Bradford (-3 GD) (0pts)
24. Sheff Utd (-4 GD) (0 pts) (Hahahaha)
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