Burge - 6 - Not an awful lot do. Done nothing wrong.
Phillips - 6 - Other than the pen he gave away he looked solid and uses the ball well. Much better at RB than Willis IMO.
Ricketts - 5 - Very poor, sloppy on the ball and looked a bit hesitant.
Johnson - 3 - The guy was awful. Bullied by Noel Hunt, genuinely could have cost us 2 or 3 goals first half.
Stokes - 7 - My motm, he's improved a hell of a lot.
Vincelot - 5 - Sturggled to influence the game, didn't break up enough of their attacks. Poor.
Fleck - 4 - Woeful game after his best game since being here, he needs to find consistency.
O'Brien - 6 - Average.
Lamerias - 6 - Thought he started well, seemed to get intimidated after 25 mins and drifted out the game.
Murphy - 7 - Brilliant second half. If a game becomes open he could win games for us.
Armstrong - 5 - Very quiet.
Subs
Tudgay - 6- thought he done well, links play, should have scored last minute though.
Agree with a lot of that. Unfortunately a lot of fans have made up their mind about Burge, whilst I accept he doesn't readily inspire confidence, not sure he could be blamed too much last night. For the first goal we were way too deep, as soon they took a short corner we should have pushed out. That to me was a collective mistake, although maybe Burge should have screamed to get the players to push out. Not sure you can blame him for not stopping the penalty.
Phillips had a good start to the game and linked up the play with O Brien very well in the first 20/30 minutes, the penalty was a very poor decision by him, after that his performance level dropped. But to me he actually looks like a football player unlike Willlis. Agree with you about Stokes he had another very good game, always looking to provide an outlet on going forward, had a decent effort in the 1st half.
The centre backs looked shaky at times, although to be fair Ricketts has generally played pretty well so far this season.
Fleck worked hard and always showed for the ball, unfortunately his worst game by far with lots of misplaced passes, but has a decent start to the season.
O'Brien had a pretty good game, penalty miss aside, and the selfish booking he took. Never been a great fan of his,effort aside, but he has hada very good start this season.
Not yet convinced by Lameiras, a bit lightweight and gave the ball away a lot last night, although he is capable of producing moments of real quality. I thought Murphy was poor first half, but he came alive in the 2nd half and was easily our greatest threat, and has real pace which should prove a great outlet. Expect him to get better and better with more games.
Armstrong had a quite game, but has real quality, and always looks a threat, unfortunately he didn't get great service last night.
Overall hard to work out, if it was a point gained or 2 points dropped.But I think most fans would agree that the entertainment level has soared, last season games were there to be endured, now we can actually look forward to games with genuine excitement.
