So... 1 down at HT. Some thoughts courtesy of ifollow:
The game - Fairly poor, a lot of long ball stuff which is kind of expected for the first game of the season.
Coventry - Nothing really to note, but that Jody Jones looks a very good player and is the difference at this stage of the game.
Notts - No real threat going forward. Defence has held up well apart from Jones, but Coventry haven't really threatened. If we are going to play counter-attacking football away, then we need some pace up front, Stead and Ameobi don't offer that and apart from Forte, I don't see anyone else who could provide that.
Ratings based off a baseline of 5.
Collins - 6 - Commanded his area well, good block after a poorly defended free-kick. Couldn't do much about the goal.
Tootle - 5.5 - Steady, some good interceptions, struggled a bit when Jody Jones switched flank.
Duffy - 5.5 - Fairly steady, some good interceptions and challenges.
Brisley - 5 - Fairly steady, some poor distribution so knocked down .5
Jones - 2 - I could see he was standing off Jody Jones well before the goal, and he has been fairly poor defensively. I don't care how good the opposition is, but to give a winger that much space to practically pass it into the net is criminal.
Hawkridge - 5 - Not really in the game, some neat touches and lively but has a tendency to get bullied off the ball. Should maybe have finished his chance but a tad unlucky.
Walker - 5.5 - Looks good to me, you can see he is quite good technically and hopefully in O'Connor's absence he can be the one to pick the right pass. Out of the new signings, he has looked the best for me in the first 45, also doesn't look scared to get stuck in when needed.
Hewitt - 5.5 - Some neat work defensively, nothing really else to note. Throw-ins a potential threat.
Alessandra - 5.5 - Quite tricky, couple of bad touches but definitely looks a handful and looking forward to seeing more from him
Stead - 4.5 - Not much service, but hasn't done anything with what has come his way. Some bad touches.
Ameobi - 5 - As with Stead, no service, but unlike Stead he has done something with what has come his way and his presence is a threat to all L2 defences.
Ifollow - 7 - OK, shame that the commentary has to be used separately and is delayed compared to the stream. Some jittering but overall OK.