OBrien - 4 Awful goal and needed to mix up the goal kicks a bit, aiming at Vincenti every time made it routine for Newport.
Grimmer - 5 No game awareness today, spent far too much time in the opposition half meaning Kelly had to cover him which in turn left a huge hole in midfield and dictated a longer ball game. When he did get the ball in advanced positions, not sure he completed a pass.
Willis - 6 Did ok defensively but lumped too many aimless balls up field.
McDonald - 7 Looked solid all game while in his own half. A bit out of his depth when chasing the game up field.
Stokes - 5 Thought he was reluctant to get forward especially first half, possibly because of how high Grimmer was the whole game.
Jones - 5 Never really got the ball in dangerous places. Always 2 men on him and no support from midfield.
Doyle - 5 Tried to be Pirlo today when we needed David Batty. Lumped a lot of hopeless balls forward towards the end of the game.
Kelly - 5 Our best right back today. Distribution was very poor though and no surprise when he was subbed.
Vincenti - 5 This guy is gonna be the boy boo for people who don't understand football very well. Barely had a ball to feet as it was chipped at his head while stuck on the touchline for most of the game.
Beavon - 5 Shouldn't have started and don't think he should be any more than a last 20 minutes player this season, used to pull around a tired defence when trying to see a game out.
McNulty - 5 Definitely not a 10 as he doesn't seem great at holding the ball up but has mis-hit 3 chances already this season where he should be at least hitting the target so not sure he's clinical enough as a 9. Needs to play in front of Andreu for a couple of games.
Subs
Stevenson - 6 Actually played in midfield and made himself available, so we looked better going forward but by that time Newport were so deep that he gave the ball away several times trying to thread the eye of a needle.
Andreu - 6 looked better technically than anyone else on the pitch, made himself a good chance and looked to be changing the game until he was shunted out left when Biamou came on.
Biamou - 4 No influence on the game and used by Doyle to punt long balls at which is not his game. Having said that, not sure what his game is yet.
Robins 4 - Poor decisions today. Naming an unchanged line up was a mistake. Should have swapped Jones and Vincenti as soon as Pipe won a couple of headers and JJ was getting doubled up on. The Beavon change was needed at half time before we conceded because it was twice as hard to break them down after the goal and then bringing Biamou on was just plain wrong. Needed to stop Doyle punting balls at Biamou too.
DKE or Pearson at right back next game and Andreu for Beavon. Would keep Kelly in the middle based on that change and as it's an away game but bring Stevenson in for Shrewsbury at home.
