I thought Grimsby looked excellent and if they had a decent striker rather than Ryan Taylor, I think they’d have won promotion much more easily. Their midfielders – particularly Fox & Clifton – were outstanding, offering real drive to the team. Sousa was lively on the wing. Waterfall is limited but a solid stopper, their keeper looked handy and McAtee was a cut above anyone else on the pitch.
It just makes it so galling to see them winning promotion with a captain who we never gave a chance to, a manager who we sacked for reasons we will seemingly never get to the bottom of and a striker who we gave a chance to but failed to capitalise on his talent.
On the Solihull Moors side, I see Callum Howe was one of their most important players, another Scunthorpe youth product who never got a chance at the club, much like Muldoon at Harrogate. So many missed opportunities….
