Good to hear about McGuinness. Always liked him upon first viewing - big lad, smart defender and knows how to use the ball. Really want to see his development more. Him, Clarke and Ballard are unsung when it comes to the conversations about prospects. You can easily see a couple of them having some good loan spells and then backing up the eventual Gabriel-Saliba axis in future.McGuiness was easily our best player. Smith did well in goal as well. Cottrell was energetic the whole game and had a great through ball for Balogun's goal. Lewis took his goal well, but otherwise looked fairly weak and had little link up (especially with Balogun).
Salah was a mixed bag. Took about 10 minutes to touch the ball and another 10 to complete a pass. Got better as the game went on though, and had a nice opportunity after a great ball from Azeez when he turned the defender inside out but lashed his shot high and wide.