Steer: 7 - (MOTM) Only player to come away with any credit, stopped it being an embarrassment of a scoreline Dijksteel: 5 - Kept hold of the ball for too long at times rather than passing Pratley: 5 - Good first half but isnt a Centre-Back Pearce: 6 - Captains performance but still not enough Solly: 5 - Has done well previously @ Left-Back, not today Bielik: 5 - Got into trouble a few times but can usually get himself out of it, was surprised by his substitution Ward: 6 - Tried to get things moving, some passes dont come off though Cullen: 6 - Should have scored but for a good save from the Goalkeeper Aribo: 4 - Ouch, where was he today??? Grant: 5 - His miss proved costly, derived of any other service Taylor: 4 - Not just for his penalty miss but should have been sent off for a dirty horrible two footed challenge that went unpunished
Reeves: 5 - Rochdale gave no one in the Midfield any space, difficult for him to get involved Fosu: 5 - Same as Reeves, better than Tuesday but still doesnt have his spark Vetokele: N/A - Yeah shouldnt be starting ahead of Grant
Referee: 7 - Maybe should have given us another penalty, had a good game though compared to other refs in recent weeks
Steer - 6 Some good saves but distribution awful Dijksteel - 5 - Too big and slow on the ball to play right back Pratley - 5 - not a centre back and his passing was awful Pearce - 5 - Decent defensively but not good enough footballing wise to be able to play through him from the back. Solly - 5 - On the wrong side, will always struggle, especially with no one in front of him to help him out Bielik - 5 Looked sluggish, would rather he played centre back alongside Pearce Ward - 5 - Too much moaning and whinging to the ref, too many crap little flicks that never come off Cullen - 5 - His short corners were pathetic and when he did take a normal one they were flat and couldn't beat the fist man. Aribo - 4 - Didn't get into the game at all Grant - 4 - Same as Aribo Taylor - 5 - Looked very frustrated today, Pen didn't look to bad on first glance, couple of stupid tackles giving free kicks away when he had the hump. Reeves - 6 - Looked a bit more lively, however shooting from stupid angles was just a waste Fosu - 4 Never got into it
Steer - 7. Good stoppages. Dijksteel - 7. Solid, often 2 on 1 against their wingers but did well Pratley - 6. Not sure bout him as a CB but made some good last minute tackles Pearce - 6. As above Solly - 5. At fault for their goal in my opinion Bielik - 4. Gave the ball away frequently and always trying to do too much. Not his day. Ward - 5. Tried to play a killer ball first time everytime but didnt come off. Didn think much of him Cullen - 6. Good simple passing, Aribo - 4. Good shot at the end but otherwise did very little. Was shut down on the left side. Grant - 6. Think he mightve been on side for his goal. Taylor - 5.5. Workhorse, very little came off, need a different pen taker for me. Reeves - 6. Preferred it if lapslie had come on instead Fosu - 7. Was hungry for the ball and to get at them. Wouldve rather had him rather than Ward from the start. Vetokele n/a
Steer - 6 (good saves, awful distribution) Dijksteel - 5 Pratley - 5 Pearce - 6 Solly - 5 Bielik - 6 Ward - 5 Cullen - 6 Aribo - 4 (anonymous and ineffective) Grant - 5 (really needs to work on his first touch and 'snap' finishing) Taylor - 5 (what's with the constant backing into players with the backside?) Reeves - 5.5 (really needs how to learn to put a killer pass in without overhitting it. Did well physically though for a change). Fosu - 4 (is this fella his body double?). Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 7 (did well. Let a lot of borderline physical things go on both sides).
Scores courtesy of me and my Leeds, Pompey and City supporting mates
Steer - 7 stunning save Dijksteel - 6 got forward Pratley - 4 slow cumbersome shouldn't have been offside Pearce - 6 leader effort had to put up with pratley Solly - 5 fine Bielik - 4 overplayed terrible should have been cb Ward - 6 not too bad Cullen - 7.5 some good chances Aribo - 3 shit haircut did one good move all game Grant - 5 for the chip Taylor - 6 hit the bar, shit penalty Reeves - 3 big forehead got skinned constantly by their LB Fosu - 5 warmed up too hard, he was knackered by the time he came on! Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 5 one penalty right missed a stonewall 45'
Steer: 6 - Some fine saves. Distribution very shite. Dijksteel: 6 - Good cover. Distribution shite. Pratley: 6 - Commanding in the air. Distribution shite. Pearce: 6.5 - Brave blocks and commanded the area. Solly: 5 - A bit leggy. Distribution shite. Bielik: 4 - Oh dear. Shite bringing it out of defence. Ward: 6.5 - Looked lively and tried to make things happen. Cullen: 7 - MoM Aribo: 4 - Everything was shite. Grant: 5.5 - Needs to show a bit more nouse. Shite day at the office. Taylor: 5 - Shite penalty. Was hounded out of the game.
Reeves: 6 - Tried to change things. He’s not made for the physical encounter though is he? Fosu: 4.5 - One mazey run. That was all. Vetokele: n/a. Grant was less shite.
Steer - 7 claimed a few crosses, dist was ok Dijksteel - 6 didn't seem to want to go forward Pratley - 6.5 think him and Bieliek were in wrong positions Pearce - 6.5 steady Solly - 5.5 looked v tired Bielik - 5 massive disappointment Ward - 5.5 didn't get into the game Cullen - 6.5 one of the better players Aribo - 5.5 anonymous, maybe tired as well Grant - 5 didn't see much of the ball Taylor - 6 usual Taylor minus 1 for missed pen Reeves - 5 didn't do a lot Fosu - 6 tried
Steer - 7 - couple of good saves to prevent a worse scoreline, distribution not great Dijksteel - 6 - solid in defence but holds onto the ball for too long when coming forward Pratley - 6 - did ok but why change the winning formula from last Saturday? Pearce - 7 - as usual put his body on the line to cut out several good chances Solly - 5 - had a mare in the first half, better 2nd Bielik - 5 - frustrating performance as always seemed to take too many touches coming out of defence Ward - 7 - combative, showed more desire than most of our midfield and attack, shame he can’t do a full 90 Cullen - 6 - thought he was a bit below par especially first half Aribo - 4 - completely anonymous Grant - 5 - fed on scraps Taylor - 6 - put himself about as usual and won 4-5 free kicks in good position. Shame about the pen, I think he’s just too predictable with them Reeves - 6 - gave us a bit more spark than the turgid 1st half display but no end product Fosu - 6 - better in attack than of late but his terrible pass should have made it 0-2 and game over but for Steer Vetokele n/a
Steer - 4 - he is supposed to be in for his distribution. He passing out from the back was dreadful, his long range kicking awful. Would have given him lower mark but for 1 excellent save. Dijksteel - 5 - defensively ok but with a diamond needs to give us more going forward Pratley - 4 - poor Pearce -6.5 - held us together Solly - 5.5 - defensively ok but with a diamond needs to give us more going forward, which is hard him being on the left Bielik - 6 - personally would have dropped him back into back 4 Ward -6.5 - thought was lively Cullen - 6 - better at base Aribo - 5 - didn't get involved much Grant - 5.5 -didn't get involved much but partly due to lack of service Taylor - 5.5 -didn't get involved much but partly due to lack of service Reeves - 6 Fosu - 5.5 Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 7 - generally ok. Had the courage to give the pen. I presume our disallowed goals were offside.
We look a team who is brittle defensively and out of ideas in possession.
Steer - 7.5 - Kept us in it far longer than we probably should have been. Kicking wasn't great in the first half in particular. Dijksteel - 6 - Good 1-v-1, positionally suspect and switches off Pratley - 6 - Didn't do a lot right, didn't do a lot wrong, made the awful mistake of being offside for Cullen's free kick. Don't understand him being picked ahead of Bielik. Pearce - 6.5 - Solid. He's not good in possession to against a pressing side he's always going to struggle. Should have scored. Solly - 6.5 - Solid if unspectacular Bielik - 6.5 - He looked good on the ball when he got it, which wasn't often given we bypassed the midfield so often. Ward - 6 - Good running but goes missing for long stretches and is good for a miscontrol or two. Cullen - 7 - Looked lost on the right side of the diamond. Looked much better in the second half when we played through him. Aribo - 5 - Forgot he was playing for long stretches Grant - 5.5 - Barely involved. When the ball went forward it didn't stick Taylor - 6 - Worked hard but nothing came off and by the second half he'd devolved into a petulant battle for fouls with their defenders which is the sign that he's been frustrated. Reeves - 6.5 - We looked much better in possession when he was on and against a pressing side he should have started. But made the wrong decision/his final ball was lacking. Fosu - 4.5 - Continuing on from Tuesday, he's barely even going through the motions. Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 6 - Did well to give the first penalty. Then proceeded to not give two penalties that looked like penalties.
Comments
Dijksteel: 5 - Kept hold of the ball for too long at times rather than passing
Pratley: 5 - Good first half but isnt a Centre-Back
Pearce: 6 - Captains performance but still not enough
Solly: 5 - Has done well previously @ Left-Back, not today
Bielik: 5 - Got into trouble a few times but can usually get himself out of it, was surprised by his substitution
Ward: 6 - Tried to get things moving, some passes dont come off though
Cullen: 6 - Should have scored but for a good save from the Goalkeeper
Aribo: 4 - Ouch, where was he today???
Grant: 5 - His miss proved costly, derived of any other service
Taylor: 4 - Not just for his penalty miss but should have been sent off for a dirty horrible two footed challenge that went unpunished
Reeves: 5 - Rochdale gave no one in the Midfield any space, difficult for him to get involved
Fosu: 5 - Same as Reeves, better than Tuesday but still doesnt have his spark
Vetokele: N/A - Yeah shouldnt be starting ahead of Grant
Referee: 7 - Maybe should have given us another penalty, had a good game though compared to other refs in recent weeks
Dijksteel - 5 - Too big and slow on the ball to play right back
Pratley - 5 - not a centre back and his passing was awful
Pearce - 5 - Decent defensively but not good enough footballing wise to be able to play through him from the back.
Solly - 5 - On the wrong side, will always struggle, especially with no one in front of him to help him out
Bielik - 5 Looked sluggish, would rather he played centre back alongside Pearce
Ward - 5 - Too much moaning and whinging to the ref, too many crap little flicks that never come off
Cullen - 5 - His short corners were pathetic and when he did take a normal one they were flat and couldn't beat the fist man.
Aribo - 4 - Didn't get into the game at all
Grant - 4 - Same as Aribo
Taylor - 5 - Looked very frustrated today, Pen didn't look to bad on first glance, couple of stupid tackles giving free kicks away when he had the hump.
Reeves - 6 - Looked a bit more lively, however shooting from stupid angles was just a waste
Fosu - 4 Never got into it
The Ref - 6
Ifollow
Dijksteel -6
Pratley - 5
Pearce - 5
Solly - 5
Bielik - 5
Ward - 5
Cullen - 6
Aribo - 6
Grant - 4
Taylor - 5.5
Reeves - 6
Fosu - 4
Ref - 7
Steer - 7. Good stoppages.
Dijksteel - 7. Solid, often 2 on 1 against their wingers but did well
Pratley - 6. Not sure bout him as a CB but made some good last minute tackles
Pearce - 6. As above
Solly - 5. At fault for their goal in my opinion
Bielik - 4. Gave the ball away frequently and always trying to do too much. Not his day.
Ward - 5. Tried to play a killer ball first time everytime but didnt come off. Didn think much of him
Cullen - 6. Good simple passing,
Aribo - 4. Good shot at the end but otherwise did very little. Was shut down on the left side.
Grant - 6. Think he mightve been on side for his goal.
Taylor - 5.5. Workhorse, very little came off, need a different pen taker for me.
Reeves - 6. Preferred it if lapslie had come on instead
Fosu - 7. Was hungry for the ball and to get at them. Wouldve rather had him rather than Ward from the start.
Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 5. Not awful
Steer - 6 (good saves, awful distribution)
Dijksteel - 5
Pratley - 5
Pearce - 6
Solly - 5
Bielik - 6
Ward - 5
Cullen - 6
Aribo - 4 (anonymous and ineffective)
Grant - 5 (really needs to work on his first touch and 'snap' finishing)
Taylor - 5 (what's with the constant backing into players with the backside?)
Reeves - 5.5 (really needs how to learn to put a killer pass in without overhitting it. Did well physically though for a change).
Fosu - 4 (is this fella his body double?).
Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 7 (did well. Let a lot of borderline physical things go on both sides).
Steer - 6
Dijksteel - 6
Pratley - 6
Pearce - 6
Solly - 6
Bielik - 6
Ward - 4.5
Cullen - 5.5
Aribo - 4.5
Grant - 4.5
Taylor - 5
Reeves - 5.5
Fosu - 5
Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 4
Dijksteel -6
Pratley - 5
Pearce - 7.5
Solly - 5
Bielik - 6.5
Ward - 4.5
Cullen - 6
Aribo - 5
Grant - 4
Taylor - 6
Reeves - 6
Fosu - 5
Steer - 7 stunning save
Dijksteel - 6 got forward
Pratley - 4 slow cumbersome shouldn't have been offside
Pearce - 6 leader effort had to put up with pratley
Solly - 5 fine
Bielik - 4 overplayed terrible should have been cb
Ward - 6 not too bad
Cullen - 7.5 some good chances
Aribo - 3 shit haircut did one good move all game
Grant - 5 for the chip
Taylor - 6 hit the bar, shit penalty
Reeves - 3 big forehead got skinned constantly by their LB
Fosu - 5 warmed up too hard, he was knackered by the time he came on!
Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 5 one penalty right missed a stonewall 45'
Linesman - 0, not offside (10 for the other)
Dijksteel: 6 - Good cover. Distribution shite.
Pratley: 6 - Commanding in the air. Distribution shite.
Pearce: 6.5 - Brave blocks and commanded the area.
Solly: 5 - A bit leggy. Distribution shite.
Bielik: 4 - Oh dear. Shite bringing it out of defence.
Ward: 6.5 - Looked lively and tried to make things happen.
Cullen: 7 - MoM
Aribo: 4 - Everything was shite.
Grant: 5.5 - Needs to show a bit more nouse. Shite day at the office.
Taylor: 5 - Shite penalty. Was hounded out of the game.
Reeves: 6 - Tried to change things. He’s not made for the physical encounter though is he?
Fosu: 4.5 - One mazey run. That was all.
Vetokele: n/a. Grant was less shite.
Referee: 6 - I didn’t think he was that shite.
Dijksteel -6
Pratley -6
Pearce -6
Solly -6
Bielik -5
Ward -4
Cullen -6
Aribo -4
Grant -4
Taylor -6
Reeves -7
Fosu -4
Vetokele n/a 5
The Ref -6 wasn’t too bad
Ref 5 usual standard in this league
Steer - 7 claimed a few crosses, dist was ok
Dijksteel - 6 didn't seem to want to go forward
Pratley - 6.5 think him and Bieliek were in wrong positions
Pearce - 6.5 steady
Solly - 5.5 looked v tired
Bielik - 5 massive disappointment
Ward - 5.5 didn't get into the game
Cullen - 6.5 one of the better players
Aribo - 5.5 anonymous, maybe tired as well
Grant - 5 didn't see much of the ball
Taylor - 6 usual Taylor minus 1 for missed pen
Reeves - 5 didn't do a lot
Fosu - 6 tried
Steer -7
Dijksteel -6
Pratley -6
Pearce -6
Solly -6
Bielik -6
Ward -5
Cullen -7
Aribo -5
Grant -6
Taylor -5
Reeves -5.5
Fosu -5
Vetokele n/a
The Ref -6
Dijksteel - 6
Pratley - 6.5
Pearce - 7
Solly - 6
Bielik - 7
Ward - 5
Cullen - 6.5
Aribo - 5
Grant - 5
Taylor - 6
Reeves - 6
Fosu - 3 Looked like he doesn't give a shit.
The Ref - 7
Dijksteel - 6
Pratley - 6
Pearce - 6
Solly - 6
Bielik - 6
Ward - 7
Cullen - 7
Aribo - 5
Grant - 5
Taylor - 6
Reeves - 6.5
Fosu - 5
Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 5 He bottled the 2nd penalty. Was that offside?
Dijksteel -6
Pratley -6
Pearce -6
Solly -5
Bielik -5
Ward -6
Cullen -6
Aribo -6
Grant -5
Taylor -6
Reeves -5
Fosu -5
Vetokele n/a
The Ref -5
Dijksteel - 6
Pratley - 6
Pearce - 7
Solly - 6
Bielik - 5
Ward - 5
Cullen - 5
Aribo - 5
Grant - 4
Taylor - 5
Reeves - 5
Fosu - 5
Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 5
Steer - 8
Dijksteel - 5
Pratley -6
Pearce -6.5
Solly - 6
Bielik - 6
Ward -6
Cullen - 7
Aribo - 5.5
Grant - 5.5
Taylor - 6.5
Reeves - 6.5
Fosu - 6.5
Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 7
Dijksteel - 6 - solid in defence but holds onto the ball for too long when coming forward
Pratley - 6 - did ok but why change the winning formula from last Saturday?
Pearce - 7 - as usual put his body on the line to cut out several good chances
Solly - 5 - had a mare in the first half, better 2nd
Bielik - 5 - frustrating performance as always seemed to take too many touches coming out of defence
Ward - 7 - combative, showed more desire than most of our midfield and attack, shame he can’t do a full 90
Cullen - 6 - thought he was a bit below par especially first half
Aribo - 4 - completely anonymous
Grant - 5 - fed on scraps
Taylor - 6 - put himself about as usual and won 4-5 free kicks in good position. Shame about the pen, I think he’s just too predictable with them
Reeves - 6 - gave us a bit more spark than the turgid 1st half display but no end product
Fosu - 6 - better in attack than of late but his terrible pass should have made it 0-2 and game over but for Steer
Vetokele n/a
Dijksteel - 5 - defensively ok but with a diamond needs to give us more going forward
Pratley - 4 - poor
Pearce -6.5 - held us together
Solly - 5.5 - defensively ok but with a diamond needs to give us more going forward, which is hard him being on the left
Bielik - 6 - personally would have dropped him back into back 4
Ward -6.5 - thought was lively
Cullen - 6 - better at base
Aribo - 5 - didn't get involved much
Grant - 5.5 -didn't get involved much but partly due to lack of service
Taylor - 5.5 -didn't get involved much but partly due to lack of service
Reeves - 6
Fosu - 5.5
Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 7 - generally ok. Had the courage to give the pen. I presume our disallowed goals were offside.
Steer - 6.5
Dijksteel - 7
Pratley - 7
Pearce - 7
Solly - 6.5
Bielik - 5.5
Ward - 5
Cullen - 7
Aribo - 5.5
Grant - 5
Taylor - 6.5
Reeves - 6
Fosu - 5.5
Steer - 7.5 - Kept us in it far longer than we probably should have been. Kicking wasn't great in the first half in particular.
Dijksteel - 6 - Good 1-v-1, positionally suspect and switches off
Pratley - 6 - Didn't do a lot right, didn't do a lot wrong, made the awful mistake of being offside for Cullen's free kick. Don't understand him being picked ahead of Bielik.
Pearce - 6.5 - Solid. He's not good in possession to against a pressing side he's always going to struggle. Should have scored.
Solly - 6.5 - Solid if unspectacular
Bielik - 6.5 - He looked good on the ball when he got it, which wasn't often given we bypassed the midfield so often.
Ward - 6 - Good running but goes missing for long stretches and is good for a miscontrol or two.
Cullen - 7 - Looked lost on the right side of the diamond. Looked much better in the second half when we played through him.
Aribo - 5 - Forgot he was playing for long stretches
Grant - 5.5 - Barely involved. When the ball went forward it didn't stick
Taylor - 6 - Worked hard but nothing came off and by the second half he'd devolved into a petulant battle for fouls with their defenders which is the sign that he's been frustrated.
Reeves - 6.5 - We looked much better in possession when he was on and against a pressing side he should have started. But made the wrong decision/his final ball was lacking.
Fosu - 4.5 - Continuing on from Tuesday, he's barely even going through the motions.
Vetokele n/a
The Ref - 6 - Did well to give the first penalty. Then proceeded to not give two penalties that looked like penalties.