Andrew Hoole - 8

Opened the scoring with an absolutely perfect free kick. It looked a little too far out to trouble Thomas but the Victory keeper couldn’t get anywhere near it. Added another that scraped over the wall - two brilliant free kick goals but no points.

Jacob Melling - 7

Defensively he seemed to be everywhere in midfield. In attack he nearly scored a goal of the season contender but Thomas ruined things. His second half was a bit quieter but he was the difference in the first half.

Jordan Murray - 7

Set up a lot of good attacks for his team but never really looked a goal threat himself.

Connor Pain - 7

Didn’t score against his former team for once. He looked good on occasion and he deserved an assist or two.

Matt Simon - 4

Gosh it was funny to see Broxham marking Simon. Somewhere out there, there might be a maths genius who can do the sums to explain how Simon manages to lose header duels to the diminutive Victory defender. 

Simon did well to win the foul for the second goal but otherwise he needed to be more clinical for his team. He had two great chances in this game and he couldn’t convert either.   

Subs

Jem Karacan - 5

Could be lucky not to have seen a red card. He looked angry and frustrated. If he can’t keep his cool when things go against his team he’ll find life at the Mariners very hard.

Tommy Oar - 5

Must have annoyed this ref in a previous game, because he didn’t get the run of the decisions. He looked handy in attack but surely Mike Mulvey needs to find a way to include him in a starting eleven.

Michael McGlinchey N/A