Poor game
0-0 would have been a fair result. In fact we were dominating and their fans were getting restless before Bash made an idiotic challenge he could never win. Neither team looked like scoring though, but we looked the livelier. We started ok but losing RND threw us and we were poor for 20 minutes in the middle of the first half before picking up again. We gradually wrestled control second half and they couldn't stop us attacking in waves. And then idiocy.
We struggled to hold the ball up front first half. Kept coming back. Both strikers needed to be better but the service was poor. Indeed, there was a lot of lobbed hit and hope balls to McBurnie tonight. It doesn't work.
Davies - 5 - Made a standard save. Kicking was poorish, with one loose pass, but he needs to be dominating his area. Stood on his line for a couple of corners. First game for a long time so give him the benefit as bound to be rusty.
RND - 5.5 - Made a couple of run forward but end product was poor. Looks like he's done his hamstring. Will be a miss.
Basham - 2 - Looks shot. Slow and struggling to keep up. I said we shouldn't give him 2 years and apparently "he's the fittest man in the team". At the very least can't be playing every game. Hopefully Robinson will step up. Lucky to not give two penalties away today.
Egan - 5 - Loses a point for his attacking headers. 2 of them just feeble when should have tested the keeper. Completely lost the ability to be a danger from corners. Defensively did ok. Lot of hit and hope balls though.
Anel - 6 - Best of the defence really but still looked a little clumsy. At least tried to make something happen.
Baldock - 4 - Terrible going forward. Absolutely terrib;e by his low standards. Takes an extra tough now every time and allows defenders to get back. Mixed defensively.
Osborn - 3.5 - He looked a mess when moving to LWB. To give him credit, he did improve, but it was from a very low starting point
Norwood - 5 - Having to do 2-3 peoples work in midfield. Several sloppy passes tonight and never really got on the ball. Looked slow and ponderous on the ball.
Doyle - 5.5 - Some good things but he's a strange player at times. Seems to run on sand sometimes and can be so slow to get back. He was at least trying things.
Ndiaye - 7.5 - MOM by a fair way, although was poor at holding it up first half. Looked like the only player likely to make something happen. The ball seems to stick to his foot.
McBurnie - 6 - Put a proper shift in tonight and expected to win headers he wasn't favourite for. Great shot against the post and he was our only outlet for much of the game. Not everything came off for him but kept going.
Subs
McAtee - 6 - Made a terrible tackle early doors and looked a bit of sea but settled into it a bit. Gets an extra point for running half the length of the pitch to cover Doyle who was labouring. Put in a shift and did a couple of things going forward. Unconvinced still of his defensive abilities though.
Fleck - 4.5 - Good to have him back but it looked like Jimmy tonight. Playing on the wrong side he looked awkward. Tried a couple of decent throughballs though
Sharp - 4 - Thought he was poor when he game on. Trying ridiculous shots when better trying to hold it.
Hecky - 4 - Not sure how to mark him here. He picked the starting team I'd have picked but then had to change it early on with RND coming on. After a shaky middle first half, we were the more likely in the second without really testing their keeper. Can't account for Basham's poor choice. Not sure there are many other choices in terms of subs. He could have thrown Brewster on but they were sat so deep by then, not sure it would make a different. We're desperately short in the middle.
Coventry - looked poor but you could see flashes of why they're a good team. We neutralised them pretty well for most of the game without overly testing them. I though McFadzean made a couple of vital contributions when needed for them.
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