My take ...

[SwindonBladeJnr]

He’s got a point it’s his opinion, everyone is free to express themselves, I tend to mostly agree with pommpey, Berge has undoubted qualities but he’s a bit of a passenger at the moment I would play Doyle instead

10 goals and 7 assists across this season and last, despite the injuries.

He's not a passenger.

 

[Jan Age]

Without getting in to scores out of 10 as everyone with all quite varied opinions on those.

I agree with the overall assessment.

We seem incapable of building any sort of lasting momentum in a game, really piling the pressure on and capitalising despite the wealth of talent in the team.

our recent record is outstanding but I can just as easily see this team going on another 6/7 game run where we don’t win and then that 11 point gap everyone is bleating on about will be gone.

The one thing I will say we excel at is that we are very difficult to break down when we don’t have the ball … even if it is all a bit last ditch edge of the box.

We need to address MD quickly as Berge and McAtee are no where near physical enough and Norwood lacks mobility. Teams cut through easily and that’s why everything is then last ditch edge of the box.

The fact Billy has started the last few games also tells us we desperately need another striker this window.

 

[pommpey]

These reports are losing all credibility with the stupid player ratings. Stop wasting your time. You’re on the same level as FallowfieldBlade

C'mon, lovey. Dry your fucking eyes and tell the waiting audience why you're so upset, eh? Also, tell us what you thought of the match rather than what you think of me, huh?

pommpey

 

[PaulHalfway]

Some of the scores are a bit on the low side, another hard, batting performance, but the second half we don’t make it easy for ourselves
But ultimately you have to credit the defence for keeping them out and securing another 3 points and a fantastic run of form
Some tough away games to play before the end of the season against top 8 sides, we will need to be better in midfield to manage these games

 

[Lane Ender]

Another dirty win ... and yeah, I'm gonna moan a bit. The reason is that as much as we are joint top and looking already promoted, the question always hangs in the consciousness: 'why do we have to make it so fucking hard for ourselves?'

Sky obliged the distant supporter tonight and from their simply cretinous matchday team, it was evident they were looking for the Tangerines to turn us over (you can have that one Fallowfield) and seemed obsessed with the daft match at BDTBL in October. Sure, it was possible, but what was evident was that Appleton has the noose round his neck now and needed summat out of tonight.

In fairness, Blackpool once again gave us a game. They were quick out of the traps and moving at us, pinning us in our own half straight away and although we didn't look ruffled until they hit the bar, we realised we were giving them far too much bandwidth and space to operate in. Instead of sitting back and soaking, the idea now was to utilise the back-in-post Bogle to dance around wide and open them up. Fucking good call really because it also dragged N'Daiye into the scrap and before long we are looking a damned sight more purposeful. Although we carved chances out and flunked them you had the idea that it was only a matter of time before summat happened. And it did. Bogle through, feeds N'Daiye, he feeds Berge and just when we are expecting him to boot it harmlessly into the stand, he calmly steadies himself and clips it past the keeper. That's more like it.

But we are still in 'can't kill these cunts off' mode for the rest of the half. Blackpool characteristically steer the ball over toward the increasingly liable Stevens and try all sorts of shit to gain a foothold before we park the bus. But we go in 1-0 up, hopefully straight at them second half to bulldoze them flat.

Second half and without the expected changes we start well but still not managing to penetrate Blackpool's fragile defence. They end up down our end and McAtee receives and rounds a slipped player and runs seventy yards to show similar composure than he did last week to double our lead. The Blackpool players are somewhat disconsolate and Appleton wobbles on his stool somewhat. That's more like it.

But again, we are pinned back and unable to impose. Berge, invisible since his goal is still disappointingly ineffective and vacant. N'Daiye runs and chases everything and so does Billy and McAtee is looking isolated, leaving much of the Alamo-like defending to the rest of the team and a back three clearly not happy with itself in form and function, robbed of Egan. Bogle comes off post a fucking horror tackle (remember Fulham last year?) and George is sent on and we hook McAtee for Doyle and Enda for a much improved Lowe to deal with their threat and push up the wing a bit and during this time ship a pissy, sloppy, typically United-in-defence goal and don't seem at all to cope with Madine who is basically bossing and bullying his way onto every ball. We end the game playing out wide with Jebbo on for a knackered N'Daiye and up their end for seconds and secure the three points, albeit uncomfortably.

Foderingham 6/10: He's still in the hinterland of inconsistency unfortunately and was fortunate not to fall victim to the fierce shot on goal, which although was a decent save was dealable straight on with a more assured catch or parry
Bogle 8/10: Great return from him and over 70 minutes a better option in many ways than George has been in penetration and innovation
Anel 6.5/10: Decent outing for him albeit despite his height he found it tough against Madine at times when it was his job to pick him up. Unlucky going forward
Clark 6.5/10: Did okay if not remarkable out of position if horrendously thugged over by Madine who in my opinion had him tucked down his sock
Robinson 5.5/10: Not a remarkable match for him. His throws were ineffective and he looks somewhat rusty against a bit of pace
Stevens 3/10: Slipped over a few times and struggled with the demands of their wide players
McAtee 6.5/10: Improving with every game if a bit outmuscled and outfought tonight. Great lung busting run and finish for his crucial goal to get us the win
Norwood 7.5/10: Another decent of unremarkable game where he 'did his job' in midfield and held it together, especially when we were under the cosh
Berge 3/10: Yep - he scored. But what the fuck else did he do? Pedestrian and uninvolved. And that fucking header out of the box on six minutes. Man, oh-man.
N'Daiye 7.5/10: An unproductive but nonetheless impressive game for him. We miss him when he gets subbed, don't we?
Sharp 5/10: Grafted like fuck, but got fuck all.

Baldock 5.5/10: His appearance kinda 'reset' that right wing and we stopped attacking down there
Doyle 6/10: Subbed the wrong midfielder in my opinion but added some form and function where Berge was clearly struggling to provide it
Lowe 6/10: A welcome replacement for the beleagured Stevens. At least him coming on stopped them feeling emboldened to attack down the left
Jebbison 5/10: Chasing carrier bags in the wind

HJ&SMcC 6/10: Again, questionable subs and squad, but three points all the same. Monday's game is essential in that we continue to chip at QPRs weaknesses early and stop this patient 'we'll get a goal sometime in future' approach. The key is Lowe/Bogle/N'Daiye/Doyle/McAtee and how Hecky uses them for full effect. With Egan back and some form of normality in the team with Clark and Anel back where they should be there is no reason we shouldn't further open up the gap and keep the pressure on Burnlah.

Happy New Year to all My Take ... readers. We are going up next year.

pommpey

Our inability to finish off mugs like these is frustrating .
Got to give Berge a bit of slack he’s not up to match fitness yet but you are right Hecky dragged the wrong player with the substitution.
We missed Egan bad last night.

 

[Lane Ender]

C'mon, lovey. Dry your fucking eyes and tell the waiting audience why you're so upset, eh? Also, tell us what you thought of the match rather than what you think of me, huh?

pommpey

That’s more like it Pommpey more bollocks required

 

[Old Programme seller]

Its all about the points around xmas time add to this an unusual winter break and although we have a decent gap between us and 3rd place there’s a few other teams showing good form Ie Middlesbrough and West Brom all in all I’ll take the win thank you there’s been many a time when we’ve capitulated plus we’re averaging 2pts a game if we can keep that up then it’s chicken dinner time! Well done Pomp’s great review

 

[Sheffsteel]

Pretty good overall , but just when you appear to be recovering from your unfortunate bout of Norwoodophobia , you appear to have developed a nasty case of Antibergeitis . 3/10 !! ??

If you explain the situation to your local pharmacist I’m sure he will be able to help but in the meantime , best wishes for the New Year .

Agree....thought Berge was quite good 1st half, best he's played since the World Cup break
then as per usual he kind of disappeared in the 2nd half.

However in some ways I blame Heckingbottom.
If Berge is struggling and doing nothing then why not sub him off?
It's quite bizarre than Berge has sometimes looked knackered or was recovering from injury but Hecky still insists on giving him 90 minutes.

 

[Bell4]

Wait until we’re playing well as a whole unit

Grind out the dirty wins ,now let others play catch-up as we build a buffer which will help us approach games against top teams with a little more freedom as it’s they who have - i repeat - have , to beat us

 

[1973Blade]

I thought it was a good performance yesterday. The main frustration is the number of times we get into a two or three goal lead only to immediately let a goal in.

 

[10-0 win]

As Hecky Said, players work off the ball is Key . So much focus on players with the ball,its a boring watch but our management surely watch the game back to analyse teams total movements,pressing and closing down. Would be interesting to see points given only on play off the ball.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Some tough away games to play before the end of the season against top 8 sides, we will need to be better in midfield to manage these games

Seen this comment a few times but the middle section is so cramped that by the time we play those top 8 sides half of them might be out of form in the bottom half.
Also if we're set to play the top 8 sides away, then it also means we have plenty of poor sides to play at home.

United have such a big lead now that we might only need to show mid table form to gain automatic promotion
Soon we might be able to afford to win a few, draw a few and lose a few.

 

[HOT CURRIE 10]

Chasing carrier bags in the wind have a likety like

 

[skyjam]

Thanks again Pommpey. Happy New Year.

 

[Snake]

We missed McBurnie and Egan last night. Billy was outmuscled and got nothing out of their Central Defenders, and our Central Defenders couldn't cope with the beast that is Madine (a very under rated player btw). We still won though, so that is the sign of a team going places. We are generally winning the dirty, 1 goal in it, games this season, which is what every successful team does.

83 points should be enough this season. But in some ways its good that Burnley are up there to compete with because it keeps our focus and keeps us chasing.

January might be a good time to take a bit of a punt (finances allowing obviously) on one or two 'under the radar' up and coming lower league players who are not ready just yet, but might turn into a gem - eg a raw Callum Wilson, Ivan Toney, Jamie Vardy type.

 

[Deadbat]

Thanks for the report pommpey

Sadly I won't be doing my usual in depth rubbish. I've watched the game back this morning on Sky but I did not see it live as I was at....gulp...Hillsborough. My mate is a Port Vale fan and I promised him if they came up I'd go jn the Vale end at Hillsborough. Not the best of games. Weds did enough but standard was poor. The Wednesday announcer incredibly tried to make Peles death about them (started it we've had so many great players grace this pitch but he might be the greatest!).

Also facilities were incredibly bad in Leppings Lane and not changed since my last visit maybe 15 years ago. They had no pies and merely warm bottles of Carling.

Thankfully won't be returning any time soon.

 

[MagnifiqueShorehamStreet]

Anybody on here, seen the league table, lately?

 

[ChipButtyBlade]

Hoof boys are here.Madine still smiling.

 

[Scarebus]

Thanks for the report pommpey

Sadly I won't be doing my usual in depth rubbish. I've watched the game back this morning on Sky but I did not see it live as I was at....gulp...Hillsborough. My mate is a Port Vale fan and I promised him if they came up I'd go jn the Vale end at Hillsborough. Not the best of games. Weds did enough but standard was poor. The Wednesday announcer incredibly tried to make Peles death about them (started it we've had so many great players grace this pitch but he might be the greatest!).

Also facilities were incredibly bad in Leppings Lane and not changed since my last visit maybe 15 years ago. They had no pies and merely warm bottles of Carling.

Thankfully won't be returning any time soon.

Have to get a tetanus jab and isolate for 10 days now don't you?

 

[ekke287]

Berge low, Sharp high.

As expected.

 

[Bayingblade]

Excellent as ever pommpey but I'd disagree on a couple of points (a very rare occurrence ). I thought Berge had a good first half, bordering on 9/10 but in the second half he disappeared, as you say, down to 2/10 so overall maybe 5.5. The other point, which will be highly contentious, regards Billy. For me, he was a passenger all night, an all too often occurrence these days. On the few occasions he did get the ball, he usually ended up flat on his arse with the ball back with the opposition, again something that is happening more and more, 2/10 at best. Hard to say about someone who has served the club with distinction both on and off the pitch.

Anyway, keep up the good work and happy new year to you and yours. Let's hope it's a good one.

 

[SK10Blade]

Thanks for taking the time to write all this once more, I don't agree with all your scores, particularly Berge and Stevens but I do appreciate the sentiment and reason behind all of the scores. Really don't understand why some feel the need to stoop to abuse so often rather than putting forward an alternative view. I'm not going to summarise my opinions on individual players because my views are exactly that, just my views which doesn't make them any more right than anyone else's. Keep up the good work, always an enjoyable read. Happy and healthy New year to you and everyone else on here.

 

[pommpey]

Thanks for the report pommpey

Sadly I won't be doing my usual in depth rubbish. I've watched the game back this morning on Sky but I did not see it live as I was at....gulp...Hillsborough. My mate is a Port Vale fan and I promised him if they came up I'd go jn the Vale end at Hillsborough. Not the best of games. Weds did enough but standard was poor. The Wednesday announcer incredibly tried to make Peles death about them (started it we've had so many great players grace this pitch but he might be the greatest!).

Also facilities were incredibly bad in Leppings Lane and not changed since my last visit maybe 15 years ago. They had no pies and merely warm bottles of Carling.

Thankfully won't be returning any time soon.

Ohhh, DB. That's a painful experience for you, albeit sat in the deathtrap end amongst the Vale supporters.

As seen, it was a win, unconvincing and with huge room for improvement in the 'deliver the killer blow' department. Had McAtee's great goal spurred us on to batter Blackpool (you can have that one as well, Fallowfield) I think everyone's mojo would be a lot more bubbly this morning. It's an odd situation to be in. Eleven points clear and breathing down the necks of Burnley who have yet to hit their own flat spot and to a man looking promoted by the new year yet watching matches where we play like look like we'll barely make the playoffs. We've got everything to be pleased with yet we want more, and I suppose it comes from experience as a United supporter where we have in the past squandered many breakaway advantages after looking like dead certs only for the chasing pack to catch us up, confidence on the pitch crumbles and the crowd end up firing pelters. We won last night, but a 0-3 win with us passing it about and Madine getting subbed because he hardly got a touch might have made our confidence a shade more rosy. The compounding factor also is that we can get Burnley at Bramall Lane and make them look like a rock bottom side and play a whole 90 minutes of convincing, Premier League level football then lose to Rovvrum. How does that work?

Happy New Year Deaders. Keep up the excellent work in 2023.

pommpey

 

[dingledog]

If we are promoted, then none of it matters, who will remember or care. There are some interesting views, views everyone is entitled too, but the table doesn't lie, we must be a half decent team. Happy New Year to you all.

 

[Diamondlife]

Cheers pommpey appreciated as always pal

UTB ️️

 

[djbaldken]

Another dirty win ... and yeah, I'm gonna moan a bit. The reason is that as much as we are joint top and looking already promoted, the question always hangs in the consciousness: 'why do we have to make it so fucking hard for ouselves.

Couldnt agree more. As soon as the second went in I said to the mate I was watching with 'now watch us make hard work of keeping this lead' . Which we duly did.
This is a worry with just a bit less than half the season left to play. We ve done it too often now. We cant keep doing it and get away with it. Yes it was a makeshift defence but thats no excuse. Sooner or later it will bite us well and truly up our nether regions. Its something we need to work on and get out of our system.
We lack the ruthless streak we had earlier in the season by putting teams like Burnley and Blackburn to the sword.

Bit harsh on Berge in my opinion with 3/10. Maybe a 4 and possibly scraping a 5 just for the goal. He is undoubtedly a quality player on his day. But at the moment his days have been few and far between. Misplaced passes, drifting in and ,mainly, out of games is not what we need. Whether its not being fully fit or some other reason, theres a player in there somewhere but hes in hiding at the moment. Hopefully he will come good and help steer us to where we want to be. Only time will tell.

Happy New year Pommpey and everyone else on this board (yes even you Fallowfield)

 

[Snowflake]

Another dirty win ... and yeah, I'm gonna moan a bit. The reason is that as much as we are joint top and looking already promoted, the question always hangs in the consciousness: 'why do we have to make it so fucking hard for ourselves?'

Sky obliged the distant supporter tonight and from their simply cretinous matchday team, it was evident they were looking for the Tangerines to turn us over (you can have that one Fallowfield) and seemed obsessed with the daft match at BDTBL in October. Sure, it was possible, but what was evident was that Appleton has the noose round his neck now and needed summat out of tonight.

In fairness, Blackpool once again gave us a game. They were quick out of the traps and moving at us, pinning us in our own half straight away and although we didn't look ruffled until they hit the bar, we realised we were giving them far too much bandwidth and space to operate in. Instead of sitting back and soaking, the idea now was to utilise the back-in-post Bogle to dance around wide and open them up. Fucking good call really because it also dragged N'Daiye into the scrap and before long we are looking a damned sight more purposeful. Although we carved chances out and flunked them you had the idea that it was only a matter of time before summat happened. And it did. Bogle through, feeds N'Daiye, he feeds Berge and just when we are expecting him to boot it harmlessly into the stand, he calmly steadies himself and clips it past the keeper. That's more like it.

But we are still in 'can't kill these cunts off' mode for the rest of the half. Blackpool characteristically steer the ball over toward the increasingly liable Stevens and try all sorts of shit to gain a foothold before we park the bus. But we go in 1-0 up, hopefully straight at them second half to bulldoze them flat.

Second half and without the expected changes we start well but still not managing to penetrate Blackpool's fragile defence. They end up down our end and McAtee receives and rounds a slipped player and runs seventy yards to show similar composure than he did last week to double our lead. The Blackpool players are somewhat disconsolate and Appleton wobbles on his stool somewhat. That's more like it.

But again, we are pinned back and unable to impose. Berge, invisible since his goal is still disappointingly ineffective and vacant. N'Daiye runs and chases everything and so does Billy and McAtee is looking isolated, leaving much of the Alamo-like defending to the rest of the team and a back three clearly not happy with itself in form and function, robbed of Egan. Bogle comes off post a fucking horror tackle (remember Fulham last year?) and George is sent on and we hook McAtee for Doyle and Enda for a much improved Lowe to deal with their threat and push up the wing a bit and during this time ship a pissy, sloppy, typically United-in-defence goal and don't seem at all to cope with Madine who is basically bossing and bullying his way onto every ball. We end the game playing out wide with Jebbo on for a knackered N'Daiye and up their end for seconds and secure the three points, albeit uncomfortably.

Foderingham 6/10: He's still in the hinterland of inconsistency unfortunately and was fortunate not to fall victim to the fierce shot on goal, which although was a decent save was dealable straight on with a more assured catch or parry
Bogle 8/10: Great return from him and over 70 minutes a better option in many ways than George has been in penetration and innovation
Anel 6.5/10: Decent outing for him albeit despite his height he found it tough against Madine at times when it was his job to pick him up. Unlucky going forward
Clark 6.5/10: Did okay if not remarkable out of position if horrendously thugged over by Madine who in my opinion had him tucked down his sock
Robinson 5.5/10: Not a remarkable match for him. His throws were ineffective and he looks somewhat rusty against a bit of pace
Stevens 3/10: Slipped over a few times and struggled with the demands of their wide players
McAtee 6.5/10: Improving with every game if a bit outmuscled and outfought tonight. Great lung busting run and finish for his crucial goal to get us the win
Norwood 7.5/10: Another decent of unremarkable game where he 'did his job' in midfield and held it together, especially when we were under the cosh
Berge 3/10: Yep - he scored. But what the fuck else did he do? Pedestrian and uninvolved. And that fucking header out of the box on six minutes. Man, oh-man.
N'Daiye 7.5/10: An unproductive but nonetheless impressive game for him. We miss him when he gets subbed, don't we?
Sharp 5/10: Grafted like fuck, but got fuck all.

Baldock 5.5/10: His appearance kinda 'reset' that right wing and we stopped attacking down there
Doyle 6/10: Subbed the wrong midfielder in my opinion but added some form and function where Berge was clearly struggling to provide it
Lowe 6/10: A welcome replacement for the beleagured Stevens. At least him coming on stopped them feeling emboldened to attack down the left
Jebbison 5/10: Chasing carrier bags in the wind

HJ&SMcC 6/10: Again, questionable subs and squad, but three points all the same. Monday's game is essential in that we continue to chip at QPRs weaknesses early and stop this patient 'we'll get a goal sometime in future' approach. The key is Lowe/Bogle/N'Daiye/Doyle/McAtee and how Hecky uses them for full effect. With Egan back and some form of normality in the team with Clark and Anel back where they should be there is no reason we shouldn't further open up the gap and keep the pressure on Burnlah.

Happy New Year to all My Take ... readers. We are going up next year.

pommpey

Thank you for all your “takes” this year, I have enjoyed reading them despite not often agreeing with your views.
Have a great 2023.

 

[Snowflake]

If we are promoted, then none of it matters, who will remember or care. There are some interesting views, views everyone is entitled too, but the table doesn't lie, we must be a half decent team. Happy New Year to you all.

I think that the difference between us with Burnley and the rest is that both teams have talented and creative individuals who make the difference between drawing and winning. See last night and Burnley’s last match.

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

These reports are losing all credibility with the stupid player ratings. Stop wasting your time. You’re on the same level as FallowfieldBlade

Portsmouth is losing all credibility IMO

He clearly has an agenda with Sander I hope he does not read portsmouths post match analysis

Unlike my slaying of sharp which is based on facts Portsmouth is singling out sander for no reason

 

[FallowfieldBlade]

Another dirty win ... and yeah, I'm gonna moan a bit. The reason is that as much as we are joint top and looking already promoted, the question always hangs in the consciousness: 'why do we have to make it so fucking hard for ourselves?'

Sky obliged the distant supporter tonight and from their simply cretinous matchday team, it was evident they were looking for the Tangerines to turn us over (you can have that one Fallowfield) and seemed obsessed with the daft match at BDTBL in October. Sure, it was possible, but what was evident was that Appleton has the noose round his neck now and needed summat out of tonight.

In fairness, Blackpool once again gave us a game. They were quick out of the traps and moving at us, pinning us in our own half straight away and although we didn't look ruffled until they hit the bar, we realised we were giving them far too much bandwidth and space to operate in. Instead of sitting back and soaking, the idea now was to utilise the back-in-post Bogle to dance around wide and open them up. Fucking good call really because it also dragged N'Daiye into the scrap and before long we are looking a damned sight more purposeful. Although we carved chances out and flunked them you had the idea that it was only a matter of time before summat happened. And it did. Bogle through, feeds N'Daiye, he feeds Berge and just when we are expecting him to boot it harmlessly into the stand, he calmly steadies himself and clips it past the keeper. That's more like it.

But we are still in 'can't kill these cunts off' mode for the rest of the half. Blackpool characteristically steer the ball over toward the increasingly liable Stevens and try all sorts of shit to gain a foothold before we park the bus. But we go in 1-0 up, hopefully straight at them second half to bulldoze them flat.

Second half and without the expected changes we start well but still not managing to penetrate Blackpool's fragile defence. They end up down our end and McAtee receives and rounds a slipped player and runs seventy yards to show similar composure than he did last week to double our lead. The Blackpool players are somewhat disconsolate and Appleton wobbles on his stool somewhat. That's more like it.

But again, we are pinned back and unable to impose. Berge, invisible since his goal is still disappointingly ineffective and vacant. N'Daiye runs and chases everything and so does Billy and McAtee is looking isolated, leaving much of the Alamo-like defending to the rest of the team and a back three clearly not happy with itself in form and function, robbed of Egan. Bogle comes off post a fucking horror tackle (remember Fulham last year?) and George is sent on and we hook McAtee for Doyle and Enda for a much improved Lowe to deal with their threat and push up the wing a bit and during this time ship a pissy, sloppy, typically United-in-defence goal and don't seem at all to cope with Madine who is basically bossing and bullying his way onto every ball. We end the game playing out wide with Jebbo on for a knackered N'Daiye and up their end for seconds and secure the three points, albeit uncomfortably.

Foderingham 6/10: He's still in the hinterland of inconsistency unfortunately and was fortunate not to fall victim to the fierce shot on goal, which although was a decent save was dealable straight on with a more assured catch or parry
Bogle 8/10: Great return from him and over 70 minutes a better option in many ways than George has been in penetration and innovation
Anel 6.5/10: Decent outing for him albeit despite his height he found it tough against Madine at times when it was his job to pick him up. Unlucky going forward
Clark 6.5/10: Did okay if not remarkable out of position if horrendously thugged over by Madine who in my opinion had him tucked down his sock
Robinson 5.5/10: Not a remarkable match for him. His throws were ineffective and he looks somewhat rusty against a bit of pace
Stevens 3/10: Slipped over a few times and struggled with the demands of their wide players
McAtee 6.5/10: Improving with every game if a bit outmuscled and outfought tonight. Great lung busting run and finish for his crucial goal to get us the win
Norwood 7.5/10: Another decent of unremarkable game where he 'did his job' in midfield and held it together, especially when we were under the cosh
Berge 3/10: Yep - he scored. But what the fuck else did he do? Pedestrian and uninvolved. And that fucking header out of the box on six minutes. Man, oh-man.
N'Daiye 7.5/10: An unproductive but nonetheless impressive game for him. We miss him when he gets subbed, don't we?
Sharp 5/10: Grafted like fuck, but got fuck all.

Baldock 5.5/10: His appearance kinda 'reset' that right wing and we stopped attacking down there
Doyle 6/10: Subbed the wrong midfielder in my opinion but added some form and function where Berge was clearly struggling to provide it
Lowe 6/10: A welcome replacement for the beleagured Stevens. At least him coming on stopped them feeling emboldened to attack down the left
Jebbison 5/10: Chasing carrier bags in the wind

HJ&SMcC 6/10: Again, questionable subs and squad, but three points all the same. Monday's game is essential in that we continue to chip at QPRs weaknesses early and stop this patient 'we'll get a goal sometime in future' approach. The key is Lowe/Bogle/N'Daiye/Doyle/McAtee and how Hecky uses them for full effect. With Egan back and some form of normality in the team with Clark and Anel back where they should be there is no reason we shouldn't further open up the gap and keep the pressure on Burnlah.

Happy New Year to all My Take ... readers. We are going up next year.

pommpey

5/10 Sharp But 3 for berge

Grafted like fuck ?

He did nowt and he isn’t good enough

Play Macatee & Berge behind Ndiaye