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I had to skimp on the post last night, so want to elaborate on the performances yesterday. As I suspected, Parky stayed faithful to the side that got the point at Prenton Park.


My second-half man-of-the-match was undoubtedly Ross Worner. He pulled off three saves he had no right to and kept us in it. It was the first time I had seen him and was surprised at his lack of height. A mate of mine will be screaming "Shay Given" at this, but he simply looks too small to me to seriously cut it. For all his athletics, he was vulnerable at corners and crosses. The giveaway is the fact that he gels his hair up to appear bigger. I wouldn't be surprised if he wears lifts in his boots either.


The back-four of Jackson, Llera, Doherty and Francis were untroubled in the first-half but Llera was caught out yet again in the second. He has no burst of pace and from a standing start will be left trailing by anyone under 40. Worner saved him the first time and I would have put Fry on then.


In the middle it was Semedo and Racon again but Dagenham were so unadventurous during the initial forty-five that Semedo-alone was enough. The fact that Racon didn't impose himself on the game at this time was disappointing. Wagstaff had a quieter game than we have been used to from Kyel Reid at home but maybe that was because Lee Martin saw so much of the ball. Martin's early shot which smacked the bar gave plenty of encouragement but for all his running there was no effective link play with the front pairing.


Benson, it must be said, had another indifferent game. I can recall just one second-half shot at Roberts.  Anyinsah was my first-half man-of-the-match. He held the ball up well, ran intelligently and generally looked the part. Akpo was full of running and purpose when he came on after the break but there was no end product and desperation set in.


Kyel Reid got on for Wagstaff and he upped the ante for twenty minutes before limping off for Matt Fry. Hardly an attacking switch but we did manage to get our heads in front when Jackson ran into the box and got on the end of Racon's cross to steer his header home off the outstretched hand of Roberts. Less than 90 seconds to survive but we buckled. MK Dons will look like Barcelona on this form. All doom-mongerers say "aye."