Dovin 7
Van Erwijk 4.5
Latibeudiere 5
Thomas 6
Kitching 7
DaSilva 4.5
Grimes 6.5
Eccles 6
Rudoni 6.5
Thomas-Asante 5.5
Simms 8 motm
Sakamoto 6
Allen 6.5
Bidwell 6
Mason-Clark 6.5
Tbf it’s hard to catch when you’ve got one hand much bigger than the otherBeadle's gotta be up there for MOTM for us![]()
Yep chalking off the second was bolloxSimms wins us that by battling. Should have had a hat trick.
Fully deserved the win and won't have anybody say otherwise![]()
I’m a big fan of his but thought MVE was worse.Lati awful again today.
Good assist for the goal thoI’m a big fan of his but thought MVE was worse.
You can’t teach it!Good assist for the goal tho
Agree with most of those, but harsh on Milan. Tough afternoon, left exposed but did ok.Dovin 8
Milan 4
Lati 3
Thomas 7
Kitching 7
Dasilva 4
Grimes 5
Eccles 4
Rudoni 5
BTA 4
Simms 8 - MOTM
Subs
Allen 5
Sakamoto 5
Bidwell 6
EMC 5
Maybe so. Possibly a result of the tactics. However, both were slow to close down crosses, were caught out positionally time after time and at times (particularly Van Erwijk) were ambling back into position.Not their best games, but harsh on the wingbacks. Dealing with 2v1 on a number of occasions, Bannan making easy inside passes.
On the one hand Beadle had a tiny nob, but on the other hand...Tbf it’s hard to catch when you’ve got one hand much bigger than the other
Dovin - 7 - Made some good stops, but also had moments where he looked uncomfortable and made bad choices. Kicking was uncharacteristically poor.
Van Ewijk - 5.5 - Was left on an island to deal with the winger and LB until Saka came on. Made some good challenges but got burned also.
Lati - 4 - Was always going to struggle against one of the quickest, most physical teams in the league. And boy did he struggle. Stunned he wasn't subbed off. Needs to stop diving.
Thomas - 7 - Won all his headers, only lost 1 duel all game. Very solid against both Ugbo and Smith who are two tough customers.
Kitching - 6 - Four good blocks stop his score being the same as Lati and Dasilva. Got beat on the ground and in the air multiple times. Passing horrendous (65% completion).
Dasilva - 4 - Stupid decision-making at times and offered nothing going forward. Shouldn't start again this season.
Eccles - 4 - Not got a scooby doo what he offers the team. Won 0 tackles, didn't help out MVE enough, and completed a laughable FIFTEEN passes all game. Fucking abysmal. Can't wait to see him get binned off when Sheaf comes back.
Grimes - 7 - Looked a real standout player. Only midfielder we had on the pitch all game who can dictate tempo. If it wasn't for him we'd have had about 15% possession.
Rudoni - 6 - Another assist to the tally. Unremarkable game apart from that.
BTA - 5 - We got the anonymous, useless version of him today. Shame.
Simms - 8 - Should've had a hat-trick if not for a poor refereeing decision. Worked hard all game. Man of the Match.
The desire to get to the ball was to be admired. We'd be fuming at the lack of desire from their winger to protect the ball though!Good assist for the goal tho
I thought Rudi was causing us problems defensively by getting pulled out of the middle a lot . I know he got an assist and his attacking intent is why he's in the side but on a day like today we needed all the players to be disciplined and help out defensively.agree with these and the comments, other than maybe a tad harsh on Rudi and MVE
Eccles and Dasilva lucky to get 4, they were both terrible
Him trying to claim he was fouled was hilariously desperate.Beadle's gotta be up there for MOTM for us![]()