Terrible conditions. It was never going to be a pretty game and considering we like to press, favour us.
First half was pretty poor. Sloppy. Good turn and goal from Berge, terrible tracking from Lowe. Lazy from RND and sloppy from a number of players. Very little upfront or in midfield from us.
Second half was a bit better. I though RND improved a lot and so did Lowe. Midfield got more involved and stuck in. Much better from Fleck and Norwood. I thought bringing Brewster on made a big difference a lot of energy. In the end, a draw was probably a fair result. Not a lot in it but they could easily have nicked it.
Foderingham - 6 - Not that much to do. Almost had a howler first half but commanded his box well in the second. A bit slow to come at times and needed 'encouragement' from Egan.
Lowe - 4 - Terrible first half. too lazy to stay with his man and was generally flat footed first half. Kept coming inside all the time and RND was playing as a LWB at times. Not sure what that was about. Better second half and made some decent interceptions as the game went on. Needs to be sharper and do better with the ball though.
RND - 6 - Poor first half. All the danger down his side and whilst not helped by Lowe he needs to position himself better and read situations. Terrible booking for laziness. Much better second half and showed a real determination to get stuck in. Grew into the game as it went on.
Egan - 6.5 - Needed to do a lot of organisation and once again a new 3 and 5 at the back. OK first half and much better during the second. Loses .5 for allowing Lenihan a header near the end.
Anel - 7 - Best player by a large country mile first half but showed in the second that he's still getting used to the pace of this division. Sometime a bit slow on the ball and almost got caught and seemed to consider taking the red. Still, MoM for me.
Baldock 5.5 - He is really poor at cutting out crosses. Once again it was far too easy and instead of facing them up he turns his back and wafts out a leg. Not much going forward but stuck with it.
Fleck - 5.5 - Jimmy first half. Looked off the pace and lazy. Not on his toes and slow to react to danger. Better second half and got much more stuck in and tried to get on the front foot.
Norwood - 6 - Sloppy and poor like Fleck first half. Far too casual with his distribution or trying the wrong ball. Tried a Hollywood at the end when no one wanted that. His set pieces were poor all game but it was his quick thinking which put Ndiaye through for the second.
Berge - 6.5 - Great turn and shot for the first and made some good runs throughout the game. Defensive side not great at times and he's a player who almost always looks like he's putting in 85% all game. Lack determination. Sure, he's clearly a quality footballer but he could be so much better.
Ndiaye - 5.5 - Didn't offer much first half, apart from getting through once, and didn't hold up the ball well enough. Put himself about but not really effectively. Better first half and it was his cross which got the goal but looked to be struggling with the conditions.
Sharp - 5 - Like Ndiaye, had little to feed on but did bits well. I thought he wasn't working hard enough but seemed he picked up an injury first half.
Subs
Brewster - 7 - I thought bringing him on changed the game. Offered much more energy and pace upfront and pulled their defenders about and pressured them. Great first touch pass to Lowe and looked a threat. Seemed to pick up a knock from a clash off the ball.
McBurnie - 5 - Came on to help try and move the ball upfield but largely not great.
Hecky - 6 - Difficult game after the game on Thursday and losing Clark is another blow. Had to move players around which was far from ideal. People will criticise the starting XI but he'd already said Doyle, McAtee and Khadra weren't going to start after playing 4 days ago. Difficult position at the moment with injuries and players not quite ready. I'm surprised we only used 2 subs but then again looking at the option every other one was a gamble.
Boro - I thought they were well organised and played ok as a unit. They lack players with a bit of class but will grind out results. I thought Steffan had a good game. Very good hand to the Brewster chance when he was running through and looked solid.
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