Burge 2 - worst performance I’ve seen from a keeper ever. Indecisive, terrible distribution and that ball.
Sterling 3 - looked like he didn’t want to be there tonight. Outfought by their winger time and time again. No commitment to get up the pitch for the most part.
Willis 6 - thought he played ok but was given a bit of a job by their striker. Distribution not great but lack of movement in front of him didn’t help.
Davies 3 - looked like he hadn’t played a professional game in his life. Streets behind the performances he was putting in 5-8 months ago.
Mason 3 - some woeful defending and careless attacking play. Lacks the individual thinking capacity to make a quick decision.
Thomas 4 - some lively bits but miles off the standards he set himself earlier in the season. Looked really leggy at times and didn’t press like we’re used to seeing.
Kelly 4 - again, some nice passages of play but lack of will to drive the team forward. Doesn’t look a natural leader.
Bright 3 - slows everything down because he has to do a trick before playing the pass. Didn’t actually see the second booking but don’t give a shite referee a decision to make.
Bayliss 4 - a performance saved by a goal. Another who looked disinterested. Early in his career he had some fight which seems to have disappeared.
Hiwula 3 - was never in the game. Times it works for him out wide, tonight wasn’t one of those occasions.
Bakayoko 6 - thought his movement and hold up play was reasonable and he won some headers but was let down by a lack of support.
Overall, I feel we play far too much like an academy side. Everything is pre-arranged and no one breaks ranks and takes responsibility for their decisions. We’re at our best when we play a more chaotic style of football but those moments are few and far between. We need to commit far more players to attacks and learn how to defend properly with fewer numbers. Every time a team breaks against us at the moment I feel we will concede. For the first 10 minutes we were really good but after Burge managed to pass it out of play twice at the back we folded.