Well, the one positive is that all of our guys live to fight another day - none of the 'tackles' that saw off a good number of our players in recent years, not only from the game but the sport.
And the pen? Well, it was bloody certain that they'd get one and I'd factored one in to compensate the red bastards for the one they supposedly didn't get t'other day but I never had it chalked up for inside the first five mins. Another certainty was that the red bastard wasn't goin' to ground until he was inside the area and felt Gabby's hand on his person. I did laugh after I'd seen it, 'cos the MDC said Gabs had sent the red shitehawk 'sprawling' and I envisaged two hands, both feet and a pair of arms wrapped round Martial and then found it was a simple, and, I'll say it, a 'gentle' touch. Now as pens go, and I did notice that Taylor had blown and was pointing to the spot before the rag turd had hit the hallowed turf, I don't mind conceding those kind of pens, just as long as The Alty Tit is in the same 'pen mode' as he was for that one. Alas, I think that today's pen was a one off! Never to be repeated! And certainly not in Taylor's next game where an identical occurrence materialises.
Oh, and the women won. Good on yer, Keira. Summat good to come out of Rochdale as well as the screeching Gracie!