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Referee:
Steer:
Dijksteel:
Pratley:
Pearce:
Solly:
Reeves:
Aribo:
Cullen:
Fosu-Henry:
Taylor:
Grant:
Ward: n/a
Bielik: n/a
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Comments
Referee: 4 He was bad, but not entirely one sided. How he didn't stop play for an obvious head injury.
Steer: 6 Nothing could be done about the goal, should have changed tactics when the long ball wasn't working.
Dijksteel: 7 Good going forward and had his man in his pocket. A well driven strike, was unfortunately straight at the keeper.
Pratley: 7 Fairly solid at CB not sure he'd get away with that much cuddling with another Ref.
Pearce: 6 Several poor decisions in getting the ball out of defence tonight but did intercept them to make those decisions.
Solly: 6.5 Looked comfortable, faded towards the end, but a confident and consistent performer.
Reeves: 7.5 Looked good until subbed but was fading badly in terms of energy just before being taken off... Great run to win the penalty.
Aribo: 5.5 Tried plenty and plenty went wrong. Would have subbed him for Bielik and brought on Ajose for Fosu.
Cullen: 6 Intercepted quite a few attacks, has a good eye for a pass though the completion wasn't quite there tonight.
Fosu-Henry: 5 Gave the ball away far too often, they had him sussed and the only player he constantly outdid was Holmes. Disappointed, would have taken him off on 70 minutes.
Taylor: 7 Good hard working performance and a great penalty to boot.
Grant: 6 A quiet game where he seemed to always be an inch behind the final ball. If he played like he did on Saturday, he'd have had a few goals tonight.
Ward: n/a Angry performance. Brought on too late. One beautiful ball that Grant missed by an inch.
Bielik: n/a Would have brought him on earlier to anchor the midfield and push Cullen up.
Steer: 5 His distribution was poor tonight.
Dijksteel: 6
Pratley: 6
Pearce: 6
Solly: 6
Reeves: 6
Aribo: 6
Cullen: 6
Fosu-Henry: 4 he was terrible
Taylor: 6
Grant: 4 he did nothing
Ward: n/a
Biliek: n/a
Steer: 7- Ezcellent handling throughout. Not at fault for the goal.
Dijksteel: 6.5 - One great pass to Grant, whole game was down our left, passage at time.
Pratley: 6.5- Defended well, everything was played in front of him.
Pearce: 7 - Warrior.
Solly: 6 - Played well, but very hard for him going forward on the wrong side.
Reeves: 6.5 - Lovely play for the pen, went missing after that.
Aribo: 6.5 - Battled hard until the end
Cullen: 7.5 (MOTM) Class act, we need to keep him.
Fosu-Henry: 5 - He can’t play at the top of diamond.
Grant: 6.5 - Worked really hard, but wasn’t his day. Nothing went his way
Taylor:’7.5 - Not his best performance, good to see him take the pen.
Steer: 6.5 did alright I guess
Dijksteel: 7.5 sold in January
Pratley: 6.5 missed lunging interceptions aside, did well for a makeshift centre back
Pearce: 6 STOP PANCIKING FFS
Solly: 7 weirdly more attacking on the left than the right
Reeves: 6.5 tried to make things happen, don't know why he was taken off
Aribo: 7 sold in January
Cullen: 7 not ours
Fosu-Henry: 5 greedy, didn't play as part of the team
Taylor: 6.5 tried his hardest but not much came off for him
Grant: 6 quiet today
Bowyer: 4 where were the subs?! Bielik on at the end was pointless, and Fosu should have been hooked a lot sooner than he was. Insipid football tonight that played right into Robinson's hands
Steer: 6
Dijksteel: 6
Pratley: 5.5
Pearce: 5.5
Solly: 6
Reeves: 6
Aribo: 6.5
Cullen: 7
Fosu-Henry: 4.5
Taylor: 7
Grant: 4
Steer: 6
Dijksteel: 5
Pratley: 5
Pearce: 5
Solly: 6
Reeves: 5
Aribo: 5
Cullen: 5 going to be the first to say it since that Bradford pass I really don’t think he has brought much to the team.
Fosu-Henry: 4
Taylor: 6
Grant: 4 never got a sniff Bowyer should have taken him off for Ajose but Bowyer doesn’t like him so the team has to suffer.
Steer: 6 - He's begining to show that he deserves the jersey, did nothing wrong today
Dijksteel: 6 - Played well and made life difficult for Oxford down their side
Pratley: 6.5 - Did well as a makeshift defender
Pearce: 9 - Won everything
Solly: 7 - that was classic Solly today, did really well
Reeves: 7.5 - Our chances ended when he went off, great desire to get to the ball to win the pen
Aribo: 5 - Had an off day today, very wasteful with that chance in front of goal
Cullen: 6 - Did well protecting the defence and got forward quite nicely today
Fosu: 4 - Bloody awful, couldnt do anything today
Taylor: 8 - Nice penalty, subline pass for the build up
Grant: 6 - Didnt get a sniff but didnt give up
Steer: 6.5 - distribution not as good as usual, otherwise OK
Dijksteel: 6 - reasonable
Pratley: 5 - he's not a centre back,
Pearce: 6 - bit panicked at times it seemed
Solly: 6 reasonable
Reeves: 6 - flatters to deceive, would have subbed him on the hour
Aribo: 6.5 - tried
Cullen: 7 - MOM
Fosu-Henry: 4 all skill and no idea, reminded me of a 9 year old in the playground. Should have been off on the hour
Taylor: 7 - extra half for the penalty
Grant: 6 - average for him
Overall 'C grade' - thats us this season, the odd A, the odd E but mostly C's, middle of the bunch.
Steer: 6
Dijksteel: 7
Pratley: 6
Pearce: 8
Solly: 7
Reeves: 6
Aribo: 5.5
Cullen: 6
Fosu-Henry: 5
Taylor: 5.5
Grant: 5.5
Steer: 7
Dijksteel: 7.5
Pratley: 5.5
Pearce: 6.5
Solly: 7
Reeves: 6
Aribo: 6.5
Cullen: 7
Fosu-Henry: 5
Taylor: 7
Grant: 6
Ward: n/a
Bielik: n/a
Steer: 5.5
Dijksteel: 6
Pratley: 5
Pearce: 6
Solly: 5.5
Reeves: 5
Aribo: 5
Cullen: 5
Fosu-Henry: 4.5
Taylor: 6
Grant: 5
Steer: 6.5 not at fault for goal, not really called on much, distribution not as good
Dijksteel: 7.5 solid, good going forward, growing into the role
Pratley: 4 did he win a single header? Looks a liability
Pearce: 6 panicked at times
Solly: 7.5 great defending and attacking
Reeves: 8 looked our best player first half
Aribo: 6 didn't work for him today
Cullen: 8 motm got in there and won the ball (most of the time)
Fosu-Henry: 6 ditto Aribo
Taylor: 7.5 offered a threat + the goal
Grant: 6 looked off the pace today
/sigh
Steer: 6
Dijksteel: 6.5
Pratley: 6
Pearce: 6.5
Solly: 6.5
Reeves: 6.5 best of an average bunch for me
Aribo: 6
Cullen: 6
Fosu-Henry: 5
Taylor: 6
Grant: 6
Ward: n/a
Bielik: n/a
Steer: 6
Dijksteel: 6.5
Pratley: 6.5
Pearce: 6.5
Solly: 7
Reeves: 7
Aribo: 6
Cullen: 6
Fosu-Henry: 5 Poor and a stupid booking
Taylor: 6.5 always works hard
Grant: 6 anonymous, though had little service
Steer 6
Dijksteel 6
Pratley 6
Pearce 6.5
Solly 6
Reeves 6
Aribo 6
Cullen 6
Fosu 5.5
Taylor 6.5
Grant 6
Steer: 5.5 Mix Up in First half and poor kicking
Dijksteel: 5.5 Marked Down for the dive and handling the ball
Pratley: 6
Pearce: 6
Solly: 6
Reeves: 8 Threatening, great play for the goal and defended really well
Aribo: 5.5
Cullen: 7 We play quicker when it goes through him
Fosu-Henry: 5.5
Taylor: 7.5 Some great balls in but no one really attacked them well and won the battles
Grant: 5.5 Should’ve attacked the crosses more
Dijksteel: 7
Pratley: 7
Pearce: 7
Solly: 6.5
Reeves: 6
Aribo: 5
Cullen: 6
Fosu-Henry: 4
Taylor: 6
Grant: 4
Steer: 6
Dijksteel: 6
Pratley: 6.5
Pearce: 6.5
Solly: 6
Reeves: 6
Aribo: 6
Cullen: 6.5
Fosu-Henry: 5.5
Taylor: 6.5
Grant: 6
Dijksteel: 7. Good defensively and some great forward runs
Pratley: 7.Surprisingly solid at the back
Pearce: 7 Not surprisingly solid at the back
Solly: 7.5 Is left back a better position for him? Played like the Solly of 5 years ago
Reeves: 6 Started brightly but faded
Aribo: 5 Looked lost tonight
Cullen: 6 Tidy player
Fosu-Henry: 5.5 I thought he looked like he was getting back into the groove tonight
Taylor: 6 Good penalty but he and Grant got bullied tonight
Grant: 6. See above
Referee: 4 rubbish refs, rubbish league
Steer: 6.5
Dijksteel: 6.5
Pratley: 6.5
Pearce: 7
Solly: 6.5
Reeves: 7
Aribo: 6.5
Cullen: 7
Fosu-Henry: 5.5 not his day
Taylor: 6.5
Grant: 6
Steer: 6.5
Dijksteel: 6.5
Pratley: 7
Pearce: 7
Solly: 6.5
Reeves: 7
Aribo: 6
Cullen: 6.5
Fosu-Henry: 6
Taylor:6.5
Grant: 6
Steer: 6
Dijksteel: 7
Pratley: 6
Pearce: 7
Solly: 7
Reeves: 7
Aribo: 6
Cullen: 7
Fosu-Henry: 5
Taylor: 7
Grant: 6
Steer 6 - Ok Distribution could be better.
Dijksteel 6 - Ok
Prately 6.5 - A bit all over the place at times but improved & did a decent job.
Pearce 6.5 Ok
Solly - 7 - Never a big fan of him playing left back, but thought he did well. Great block at the end having run length of pitch
Reeves 7 - created penally chance & challenged Holmes well in midfield
Aribo - 7 Signs of him developing into a class player
Cullen 7 Calm presence, helped the midfield, liked the look of him
Fosu Henry 5.5 Disappointing performance.
Taylor 6.5 - Good penalty. Strong looking striker
Grant 5.5 - Nothing much of note whole game
Bielik - looks a handy centre nack
Ward - Too late to make much impact
Bowyer - maybe subs available not up to much but maybe it is worth a try ?
Dijksteel: 7
Pratley: 6
Pearce: 6.5
Solly: 7
Cullen: 7
Reeves: 7.5 (MotM)
Fosu: 5
Aribo: 6.5
Taylor: 7
Grant: 6
Dijksteel: 7
Pratley: 6.5 jury is out on his CB qualities - at least he's tall
Pearce: 7
Solly: 7.5 thought he had a great game tbh, even if the goal came technically down his side
Cullen: 7.5
Reeves: 7.5 yeah he put a couple of shots wide, still looked likeliest to do something and weird he came off
Fosu: 5.5
Aribo: 6.5 good but can do better
Taylor: 7 put a wonderful ball into Grant who didn't attack it, and should have had their man sent off
Grant: 5.5 not his day
Dijksteel: 6
Pratley: 6
Pearce: 6
Solly: 7 great block towards the end
Reeves: 7 did well for the penalty
Aribo: 5 not his day, maybe tired from Saturday
Cullen: 8 won tackles, motm in my opinion
Fosu-Henry: 5 no confidence, maybe not playing in best position or Robinson knew how to deal with him
Taylor: 7 worked hard, great ball for the penalty
Grant: 5 will always be a threat on counter attack like on Saturday but is he good enough in hold up and link up play ? Especially when a team sits back and defends.
Steer: 6
Dijksteel: 6.5
Pratley: 6
Pearce: 6
Solly: 6
Reeves: 6.5
Aribo: 5.5
Cullen: 7.5
Fosu-Henry: 5.5
Taylor: 7
Grant: 6
Ward: n/a
Bielik: n/a
Dijksteel: 6.5 - Decent enough game
Pratley: 6.5- Did his job - no threat at other end from set pieces though
Pearce: 6.5 - He is a warrior, but definitely playing at his level
Solly: 6.5 - Decent enough game again
Reeves: 7 - Worked hard, great skill for the penalty, set piece delivery very poor
Aribo: 6 - Poor touch and worst game I have seen him play this season
Cullen: 7 Played the way he plays win or lose - always a 7.
Fosu-Henry: 5 - Lacking that spark he has but more worryingly 80% of his decisions are wrong ones
Grant: 6 - Not a game for Grant - played to his feet when he needs it behind defenders. Doesn't have the strength.
Taylor:8 - Gave defenders a headache - too isolated but our main threat. Great pass to Reeves for the build up to the penalty.