What did we think?

Everybody at least 7 out of 10, except Smyth out of his depth against two serious defenders.

Ness/Tsaroulia MOM?

Liked the back 4, sometimes 5.

Bedeau struggled under pressure?

Defence and Midfield look really solid and should earn us lots of points but does highlight need for a striker.

Like the looks of Mustapha. Made a big difference when he came on with Acquah. Made their big defenders turn and struggle.

A generous sprinkling of 8/10s I think...and when you have those, you're going to do OK

Back 3 and WBs were the strength of the team I thought

The 4 subs that came on were greatt - Mustapha will now know he's in mens football and I think he'll rise to the challenge.

Smith was fine. Looked out of wind towards the end of the first half, but then came out and gave his best 15-20mins before going off.

For the next few games, might subs who outperformed starters get picked instead? This would be Grant and Robertson for Roberts and Evans...

Apart from the excellent long-range effort early on, too many of Cal's touches were disappointing. He'll have to work on being sharper or MP will go elsewhere.

Agree, Roberts wanted too much time and too many decisions his way. I feel he will be doing a lot of running over the next few weeks 🥵

Yeah he should take the Geordie Messi tag :) a bit more literally and practice controlling, deciding, releasing and moving on in a second or less. L1 is not going to give him time on the ball, in first halves especially.

Just sharper in his general play, we know he's going to be one of our main dangermen

Everyone was on it, subs included. Cal was fouled quite a bit early on - I think that;s what caused MP to have a go at their bench and why Slocombe was booked - and he was a bit subdued after that.

We had 39 touches in their box and 16 shots but only two on target which underlines what everyone's saying about a striker.

Not sure if Palmer, Platt or some of the others will get back into this side. I think Sanders is the only one guaranteed to get straight in.

But overall awesome, just want that first win to keep the momentum going.

Yes it was very good start. In fact I would go a little bit further and describe it as an outstanding start. The style of this team is now 100% in Paterson's image Long may it continue.

The team is sure to have it's off days & we know that teams won't approach the game like Leicester did, but if the players can play with the high intensity & physicality that they demonstrated today, a comfortable mid table finish is a possibility.

Impressive display - we improved in areas where deal last season. Out of possession we were dynamic and resolute. We’d have conceded 2 or 3 last season because the midfield players were not as quick or tenacious. Evans is a terrier, he’ll start as many games as possible!

Cooper & Gibbons are very high quality for this league, make no mistake about that. I doubt we’ll see much, if anything, of Palmer & Jones. Neither are good enough to cope with the pace of today’s game. Ndluurv is another, based on today’s showing there are 3 miles ahead of him.

Anyone who doubted that Grant had class last season might start changing their mind. He’s made for this division, absolutely delightful footballer. His skill, vision, touch and awareness will be hugely important this season.

Ness was immense today btw. Great start, time to be optimistic for my money. We’ll do ok.