Burge 6 - Thought his all round game was good yesterday. In the right place for a couple of deflected efforts. Would knock points off if the goalcam view is damning.
Grimmer 5 - Thought he was shown up for his lack of pace. Beaten too easily around the outside as he has been all season when tested (which hasn't been often)
Willis 5 - Tormented for most of the match
McDonald 6 - Nowhere near his best but where I thought he was good was his passing. He's very neat for a CB. Unfortunately Doyle was on his toes screaming for the ball most of the game.
Haynes 4.5 - Mistake from Robins playing him today and not Stokes. Looked like he'd been asked to play deeper against a proper winger so a) our defending was worse and b) Jones rarely had an overlap
Doyle 5 - He's got this really annoying habit of being on top of the ball whenever there's a free kick, wherever it is on the pitch, often ending with a quick 5 yard pass. If that's a tactic then drill it into the whole team rather sacrificing a central midfielder to make it happen.
Kelly 6 - We look so much better when he gets forward. People moaning about him passing it sideways need to look at where the options are when he does. The strikers were 30 yards away from the central midfield for most of the game.
Vincenti 4.5 - Had a good first 15 minutes while we were playing well and then went downhill. Was clumsier than usual today but also have some sympathy when he's mostly just used as an outlet on the sideline. A bit like Biamou, if we're just going to twat balls at his head, someone needs to be close to him to pick up the 2nd ball and there rarely is.
Jones 4.5 - Decision making was terrible in the first half, over running the ball, ignoring passes and then when he goes into petulant kid mode in the 2nd half I just want to lift him off the floor by his moustache and shake him. Set pieces were awful too. Should have been hooked for Shipley and then maybe we'd have scored the free kick at the end too
McNulty 6.5 - Looked really sharp first half, head and shoulders above anyone else on our team and put Ponticelli clean through in the 2nd half. Dunno why he's getting any stick when Ponti missed 2 sitters.
Ponticelli 5 - If he'd have taken his chance in the first 15 minutes instead of shooting straight at the keeper it would have changed (and won) the game. Should have equalised late on too but seems to be escaping criticism for it while people cling onto his 2 goals against non league opposition. The league is a different level and our system is as limiting for him as it is all our other strikers.
Biamou 5.5 - Wins all his headers but never anyone near him so the boy boos just think he's shit. Has improved loads already this season and another one getting unfair stick and expected to score his one chance - a 90 degree header, under pressure, from a weak header back into the box, with a keeper and defender on the line.
Robins 3 - I've watched the whole game back again for a 2nd time this morning and I still don't know what our game plan to win the game was. He'd clearly recognised the threat from their wingers and asked the fullbacks to be more conservative but did nothing to address the impact that would have on our attacking play. The central midfield once again had to be pushed higher in this case. We looked good for the first 15 minutes - our back 4 were quite high and there was space in behind Mansfield but after Willis had lost a few headers the defense started getting deeper, as do then Kelly and Doyle and our performance tailed off with it. He did nothing to address it. Why leave Jones isolated, sulking and having a stinker? Why bring Biamou on and not play anyone up there near him for his headers? Why play Haynes when you want a defensive fullback? I've lost count of the games this season where he's just allowed games to drift away from us.
