Will_Shahane
Vital Squad Member
It was more to do with my expectation. He was no better than how Evans would have played. There seemed to be a lot of space in midfield. I thought defensively we was sound especially dealing with those long throws into the box and up front appeared to be threatening. I also thought James was not as effective in midfield.
Yeah he didn't do anything special, but maybe it's a little harsh to expect him to come in and hit the ground running from the very first game? I think he'll get better.
As for Pilkington, he was absent in the first half but I was very impressed with the link-up play he had with Jacobs and Windass. I actually thought those three moved the ball really well between them and created opportunities where it seemed sure they'd get crowded out by Rotherham defenders. In my opinion, if we'd done that all game rather than continually trying to play the long ball only for Windass to be called off-side several times, we'd have had a much better chance than winning.