Proschwitz I marked down for the dreadful miss and the one bit of awful football in the 2nd half, when we were on the attack and his control was dreadful. Thought he worked hard besides that, but that miss was truly awful.
Was so relieved when Barton was taken off. At times the bloke is nothing short of a liability.
Ward was MOTM first half, but he lost his way a bit in the 2nd half, so MOTM for me was Reda. Excellent leadership shown today and he's been sadly missed.
He was better than Nouble today, thats why I marked him one point higher. If he'd have put chance away second half he would have been a 7/8
Reda was key today always looked to bring the ball out of defence always looked up MOTM for me today
Should also gives Stokes a mention as I thought he was outstanding today. Everyone else at 6's and 7's today for the most part
Proswitch was embarrassingly poor - Nouble was little better.
Proschwitz worked hard and yes was guilty of a bad miss, but embarrassingly poor? No
Nouble thinks he's a lot better than he is and that will his downfall.
Would you want to see him here next season?
Did you hear Mowbrays interview afterwards?
No as he isn't a goalscorer quite clearly but for now he will do. Mowbray stated that he lives off goals which is worrying but never the less he worked hard and put himself about a bit, shame I can't say that about Nouble who at times was just lazy.
Mowbray said he's not the quickest and he's not very good in the air but he's here. Enough said.
Phillips will be a full back, not a winger. Maybe he can do a job there when we are looking to provide extra defensive cover down the right flank but thats about it.
BURGE - 7 - good shot stopping at key moments. A little over confident at times.
WILLIS - 5 - solid at the back but terrible going forward. Often the source of their attack.
PENNO - 8 - classy and confident
JOHNSON - 7 - strong but looked a little rusty / Clumsy
STOKES - 7 - good in both boxes
FLECK - 6 - kept us ticking over
WARD - 7 -strong and energetic
O'BRIEN - 7 - good battling, used ball well, good goal
BARTON - 7 - see fleck (midfield severely lacks width)
NOUBLE - 4 - very poor today
PROSH - 6 - led line well, did well to round the keeper but should have scored.
MADDISON - 7 - good impact
ODELUSI - 5 - a moment when he first came on where he ran away from the ball and the oncoming player. Should have scored.
PHILLIPS - 6 - helped us get over the line. Should be starting at rb.
Barton 7?
Not that I'm condoning it, but did you hear the big cheer when he was taken off?
Barton 7?
Not that I'm condoning it, but did you hear the big cheer when he was taken off?
He did his role better than that imbecile up front but you rated him higher.
Barton had an average game - some good moments and some not so good.
I disagree. He did a few good things, but these were very much overshadowed by the bad stuff.
I disagree. He did a few good things, but these were very much overshadowed by the bad stuff.
What do you think are the key attributes required for a big centre forward to be credited with a good performance?
How about winning headers against the centre half? How many did he win?
Barton is just so ponderous, no intensity to his game whatsoever and plays as if it is a training exercise.
I meant to give Barton a 6 (the same as fleck) I thibk he's a classy player. He made two excellent slide rule passes, one in the first half, one in the second that slipped in a player for a chance. He's the only player we have that has the vision for that. I don't think we have room for him and fleck on the same midfield, especially when we play with two strikers and no wingers for them to spread the play to.