Five Conclusions – Altrincham 0 Yeovil Town 1

Gloverscast Ben was on co-ommentary duty for BBC Somerset this weekend. He was at the J Davidson Stadium to witness the last minute winner for the Glovers. Here are his five conclusions.

Jed Ward saves Penalties.

When they document this season in a Hollywood movie or a Netflix documentary, there will be plenty of storyline that flow throughout, but one of them will undoubtedly be that Jed Ward has picked some brilliant moments to save spot kicks.

The context of the game, the fact that we’ve recovered 0 points from losing positions this season and that it was a decently hit penalty all add to that being a massive, massive moment. Breathe it in, the smell of freshly cleaned sheets

A win for intent?

It wasn’t a great game, the greasy surface, the wet weather, the two mid table sides who have been through some stuff this season kind of set that up, but I think Yeovil won the game, because we wanted to win it. Altrincham wanted to slow the game down, Yeovil wanted the ball to move forward.

It isnt that simple, it never is, but I felt like Rowley’s attacking additions have one mindset that is to get the ball to the opposition penalty area, the substitutions – again, possibly because thats all we had – were replacing energy with energy in the attacking third.

The Cardiff lads are a bit good.

Dakarai Mafico won the Gloverscast Player of the Month for January and deservedly so, im really looking forward to seeing what Perrett can bring to this side.

I loved everything he did in the final third. He’s young and raw and not everything came off, but his brain is certainly there for a high level of football.

He’s only ever thinking forward. He ran with the ball, stuck to him like glue, he’s got a nice touch in tight spots to keep the possession. My MOTM. We’ve got a couple of good ones.

We are still missing that number 9.

Tahvon Campbell got booted about before being taken off, and did a lot of real battling and would have felt every single minute of it, but without having Jarvis to call upon from the bench, we did feel light.

We’ve got a very simple tactic when the ball goes direct; the ball goes into the feet of TC, or for him to nod on and then there’s runners beyond the front man to create chances. That’s a physical job, often a thankless one, but one that looks increasingly pivotal in a Billy Rowley set up. A summer priority to make sure we have the best back to goal striker in non league at our disposal… (no, not that one Dave)

Momentum feels good.

I know there’s been a slightly broken up schedule with postponements and the focus switching between league and cup, but the numbers, right now, don’t lie. Four wins from the last five (well, three and a penalties victory), three clean sheets and the early signs of what a Billy Rowley Yeovil might look like over the next few months and seasons.

Those 201 fans int he away end headed home with a last gasp winner in their back pockets, and dare I say, are heading to promotion chasing Boreham Wood, (who have lost four of their last five) in a great mood and hoping we can cause an upset.