That was my first game since lockdown. Thoroughly enjoyed it (undoubtedly partly due to just being able to watch live again) and the atmosphere and crowd were encouraging. Seems like a fair few younger and new faces, possibly roaming fans given the current circumstance (and the fact it was an international weekend) but encouraging nonetheless. 

I thought we were defensively solid enough, given that I can't quite remember the oppo troubling our keeper at all, other than the penalty. 

I thought the 10 on our side (Jake Rose) looks a classy player. Finds pockets of space and links play well, plus seemed to always have time and space on the ball - good movement and technically gifted. 

The two strikers that came on in the second half definitely improved our attacking impetus. 

I would agree that we need a left sided defender. Not to shoe-horn an old player in per se (wedgie) but moreover to give more balance to the side. Plus Jamarie Brissett could be utilised further up the field as he's dangerous in the final third (and right footed). 

Great to see Tom Jelley back. 

Overall I was impressed enough to gauge that we should be challenging at the top few spots of the league, but we lacked a certain creativity in our forward play. Looking at our results I can see we've conceded very few in the league so far - which means we're defensively solid and organised. If we can find some more attacking flare and goals, we'll do well!

At 3.15 according to their twitter

As I mentioned in my post, I think Nathan Daly keeps his place. In fact, I don't think you distrupt the back three as they are. We are hardly conceding many goals so why change? Simmo gives us strength in depth and puts the three starters under more pressure to keep performing well. It's a healthy challenge to have. 

Also, Simmo provides cover for when someone like Sol gets suspended - which does happen! Instead of Rooney dropping back into defence, which he is very capable of doing, Simmo plays there and our midfield remains as strong as it is. When Rooney drops back in to defence we have a weaker midfield in my opinion. 

It's a good challenge to have. I welcome Simmo back, even if he starts on the bench.

Interestingly my takeaway would be that whilst a very very even game between two teams who wanted to play football, in my opinion they were slightly better than us on the day, both in terms of possession and chances created. 

But credit to our lot, clinical and resolute throughout. It could have gone either way at 1-1 and Danny's goal put us in front when i thought we were under a fair amount of pressure. 

I thought the right wing back that we had in place of George played excellently (my apologies for not knowing his name - Jamarie perhaps?). Great goal to open the scoring and also worked very well as an outlet when we were trying to get out of defence. Very impressed; especially if this is another one of our youngsters coming through. 

The scoreline is slightly flattering given our third was a breakaway goal after their keeper came up for a corner in the last couple of mins.

But, you can only beat what is in front of you and we did just that. Credit to Whyteleafe who also look like a good side in a similar vein to ourselves. 

Home tie against a lower opposition would be great. Failing that, any home tie surely? 

Our home form and atmosphere has struggled in the past, but i genuinely think the team take encouragement from our home support and the pitch this season (which was an excellent surface on saturday) so I think we should try and create either the underdog atmosphere at home if we get a side from higher up, or we dominate a lower side at our impressive ground. 

I don't like to heap praise on a few individuals when frankly the whole team deserve praise for all playing out of their skins, but I must say that Danny Bassett and Rooney were excellent on Saturday. Dom was also his usual industrious and committed self - the ground that guy covers!

When Rooney (my man of the match) dropped back into central defence he won literally everything in the air. He was exceptional. 

Brilliant win, very proud of the side. 

Well said endo. Great post. 

We're quick to criticise when things aren't going well, but quiet when things are going well.

Well done to the management team. Things off the pitch seem rosier too, social media and fan attendance at games to name a few.

Hopefully Sat vs Dorking can bring in a good crowd with an all surrey tie and the attraction of the FA Cup!

Looking forward to how our boys perform against higher level opponents. Glad we're at home!

Is the recording available for playback or was it a live stream recording only? Unless i've misinterpreted what you meant entirely by 'sound recording'

Forgot about Daly, think he'll start at one of the CB spots. 
We may end up playing 3 CBs...Daly, Sol and Dean, with the new right wing back (George?) and maybe Alex Felipe at LWB. Both will be required to get up and down the pitch as WBs. Ajani definitely starts when fit in my opinion. 
I think we'll then having DMG and Daryl in central midfield, with a 10 just in front. 
Then I can imagine it'll be Bassett and Naby H up top.
5-3-2 or a 3-5-2 depending on how you look at it!

i wonder if Dan Summers could be that man if A) he returns or is asked back B) addresses fitness
 

Worth noting Chertsey who won the FA Vase final at the weekend vs Cray Valley Paper Mills. 

Chertsey side containing ex-terrors and starters Jake Baxter, Kevin McLaren, Quincy Rowe (got MOTM) and Sam Flegg. 

Anyone watch? Very entertaining. They won their respective league outright too I am lead to believe. 

This is great to read besty. 

I  must admit that i've noticed and felt that the mood around the club on match days is pretty good all things considered. I've noticed some new faces, the crowds seem to be fairly steady for our home games (which has to be seen as a positive given we've dropped down to poorer league) and the football on the pitch at times is very watchable, with some great youngsters, and a squad who in my opinion, really do care about playing for the terrors. 

All the above is great given the fact that if you look at things objectively, we are probably not where we should have been (my opinion: play offs minimum). 

But given the past bitterness and vitriol that has been witnessed in and around the club in recent seasons, things seem to be fairly calm and stable at the moment.

It's just my opinion, but it's good to see. 

Two points dropped in my opinion, especially in light of playing over 45 minutes against ten men, and considering they are the team currently occupying the final play off place.

Penalty was a very poor one to give away with seemingly no real danger and a lapse in concentration from Ajani.

Winning our game in hand will be crucial. We also don’t have that many games to go, 9 by the looks of it.

Our form is solid in terms of an unbeaten run in the league, but sadly we’re not picking up 3 points as often as we should if we want to be in with a play off shout.

Today I thought we were solid without really creating enough. When we did create we needed to finish better (Leon’s golden opportunity for one).

I think Sadou Khan continues to grow as a player and is typically the best player on the park whenever I watch him. 

Any idea where Dan Summers and Isiah J were today? Presumably both injured if not making the squad?