A match that everything really - goals, sending off, missed penalty, a ref who lost control for a period in the second half and just about a sell-out home crowd.
What a first 25 minutes or so, ridiculously good stuff. Fair play to Taylor for changing it in the first half because whilst he probably wouldn't have wanted to make those changes and waited until half time, he had to do something because it would have ended up being a stupid score line if he wasn't careful. So, so many misplaced passes, hospital passes, overhit passes and dallying on the ball. The switch actually got Bristol Rovers on top for the final 15 minutes of the first half, our out ball was cut off when they went two up front and we couldn't work out how to get the passes into midfield. After missing a one-on-one at 1-0, they probably should have put one of their chances away although I can't remember if any of those were as clear cut as the one-on-one.
We should have had a fourth within a minute of the restart, but Taylor eventually completed his hattrick, the fifth arrived at the end and between those two points, I'm not convinced it was a penalty, it looked a clean tackle? Erhahon's second yellow is perhaps a little harsh but picking up silly bookings for kicking the ball away and dissent all season was always going to catch up with him eventually. Bristol Rovers were less threatening in the second half than they were during their good spell in the first.
I thought Hackett's second half strike was in but hit the inside of the post and out again and if we're being honest, it was game over after twenty minutes or so, we had no need to step back on the gas again (excuse the pun). Even with ten men we were still fine.
Ref lost it a little I thought. Makama's yellow came about because of an obvious foul on him that either he or the linesman should have seen (I actually expected a red because it wasn't too different to Mandroiu's red against Burton), the penalty looked a good tackle and player reactions often tell you most of what you need to know and our lot was up in arms for which Roughan and then Skubala got booked, then the Erhahon second yellow.
16 goals in 3 games! It's not sustainable obviously, but it's bloody good fun.