CRAIG Noone will take the headlines for his excellent headed equaliser in the 1-1 draw with Leicester City, and rightly so.
There was, however, another young man catching the eye against the promotion-chasing Foxes.
Joe Mason came on as a second-half substitute to partner Jamie Mackie in attack. He starred up-top and then looked equally comfortable on the wing, and almost stole all three points with a fabulous volley onto the bar.
"A bright spot for me was Joe Mason coming on," said head coach Paul Mariner. "He was sparkling, very bright and unlucky not to score on a couple of occasions.
"He had a header just wide of the post and then hit a dipping volley. The 'keeper actually made a good save from that and got his fingers on it.
"What we wanted to do was give them something different to worry about because Jamie Mackie runs a bit of a lone furrow up there.
"We just wanted him to play with Joe and have a look at them playing together because Joe is a very intelligent runner off the ball. He has got good awareness and his work-rate is everything we wanted. The players are doing absolutely everything that we ask for. "
