Embarrassing display. They bombarded us with long throws, which we dealt with ok in the main, but they were arguably the better team in open play and should have had a blatant penalty. Lucky to get a replay. There was no midfield throughout the game. nothing defensively and little going forward.
Davies - 4 - Did better later on but need to command his area if we're defending long balls. He wasn't. Made a headless charge first half that he was lucky he made no contact. Nowhere near good enough. Nor was his Mark Howard handling.
Osborn - 4 - Chased shadows at LWB before chasing shadows in midfield.
Basham - 3 - Poor. Made a lot of bad decisions. Playing on the wrong side but no excuse
Egan - 4 - Gets an extra point for the goal. Lucky not to give a penalty away first half and struggled all game. Bogle took a booking for him late on when he lost the ball and just didn't bother running back. Not sure what was going on for their 3rd. Pulled away from his man.
Anel - 2 - Dire. Slow. Dithers. Makes the most stupid decisions. Enjoyed watching him decide to run down the wing with 10 men at 2:2. Lad isn't the brightest.
Bogle - 3 - Not easy playing with a broken nose but made a number of rash decisions. Flew in when one on one and lucky not to concede. Poor defensively all night.
McAtee - 3 - Picked up an unlucky knock early on but was anonymous throughout the first half. His sloppy backpass almost lead to a penalty. Not at the races. Still not convinced by him in the LCM role.
Norwood - 4 - Played lots of terrible long diagonals to their LWBs head. Poor choices throughout and second to the ball far too often.
Doyle - 4 - Did pretty well first half then vanished until the end. Offered nothing defensively and looks like he's running on custard a lot of the time. Struggles to last 60 minutes.
McBurnie - 4 - Got the goal but thought he offered very little otherwise playing a more withdrawn role. Difficult as they looked like two forwards who have never played together.
Jebbo - 3 - Did well first half. Looked lively and played on the shoulder of the last man. Caused them all kinds of problems. Idiotic sending off. That's him out for 3 games now. Osula back from a 3 match ban for doing similar to replace him. Brains trust.
Subs:
Lowe - 4.5 - We looked much better with him on but there were huge gaps across the midfield by then.
Sharp - 4 - Ran around, did not a lot. Managed to put the cross in leading to the second
Ndiaye - 5 - Had one superb run but all too often ran into trouble. Unlucky with a glancing header.
Coulibaly - Looked okish, if a bit slow on the ball.
Hecky - 4 - Can't be easy with all the shit going on at the club. Not the starting XI I'd pick and we got punished for it. Set them up pretty well to defend the long throw but we lost most battles out there.
Wrexham - The long throw anti-football stuff is terrible and their fans are like children. Fair play though, they deserved to win and were the better team for long periods and were unlucky not to get a penalty and we rode our luck with the ball in the box. Impressive considering they lost 2 CBs in the first 10 minutes. Mullin looked a handful all game and never stopped running. Easily man of the match. The media will go on about the Hollywood bollocks but they've essentially bought promotion.
