Ref - 5.5, got quite a few calls wrong, including 3 blatant fouls by their number 9 who each time looked at the man, not the ball and fouled but got away with it, the third of which led to their goal.
Steer - 8 Best I've seen him. Excellent feet, as well as hands. No chance with their goal. Dijksteel - 7 Strong, good feet, typically finds a man. Developing well. Pearce - 7 Vocal, hard, won most aerial balls, some good stuff on the deck too. Bauer - 7 as Pearce. Solly - 6.5 out of position so can't criticise too much. Couple of fouls, but solid and good passing and movement in attacking moments. Brings important experience to the team. Lapslie - 6 Good game for him. Nothing spectacular, but no errors. Needed to wallop the ball when he had his chance. Great commitment and will hopefully build in confidence and ability. Ward 8.5 Motm. Great speed of thought. Strong, good running, excellent vision, excellent goal. Love him to stay. Always liked him. Bielik - 6 Was running the match first 20 mins, then they got wise to him. He then had less of the ball so could not impact as much. Shame, as he is one of the best in terms of strength and on the floor imo. Aribo - 6.5 Thought he lacked a bit of confidence and intent when in possession. But got the goal and worked hard. Grant - 6.5 Can't win the ball in the air, but strong hold up play at times. Made huge strides in his game in the last 12 months. Cool finish for the goal. Ajose - 6 Worked hard and decent on the ball, but seemed to lack a bit of strength at times. Should've scored first half. He needs to keep confident and believe in himself.
Fosu - 6 Looks a bit out of form, although he seemed to be doing more defensive work when he came on to help Solly. Perhaps still recovering from injury. Hope he hits form for the promotion run in, as he is one of the best players in the squad. Marshall - n/a Hackett-Fairchild - n/a
Ref was ok overall. But one small moan I'm afraid. The moment when he booked Pearcey. He should also have booked their keeper. It was six of one and half a dozen of the other. It didn't make a difference in the end. It's just a little consistentcy. You book one you have to book the other as well. But I am calm about because we won.
Ref was ok overall. But one small moan I'm afraid. The moment when he booked Pearcey. He should also have booked their keeper. It was six of one and half a dozen of the other. It didn't make a difference in the end. It's just a little consistentcy. You book one you have to book the other as well. But I am calm about because we won.
No, Pearce was the aggressor. Stupid yellow, you can't do that.
Steer 7.5 Far and away the best I've seen from him. An assist, two smart saves one to keep us in it, one to preserve our lead and no chance with the goal. Quality finish from Martin their 29.
Dijksteel 7 Got forward more but defended well on the whole too.
Pearce 6.5 loses .5 for a stupid booking. Otherwise pretty solid.
Bauer 7 Very good considering his lack of match time.
Solly 7 Usual consistent performance. Easy to forget he is playing out of position.
Lapslie 6.5 Covered every blade but just occasionally, unsurprisingly for an inexperienced player, looked a little exposed but stuck at it.
Ward 8 My MOM. Good goal out of nothing, good 'professionalism' as exemplified by his substitution antics and showed good vision even though Grant and Ajose didn't or couldn't get on the end of a lot of his passes.
Bielik 6.5 Unglamorous role for him today but he was a vital cog.
Aribo 7 Good performance faded a little second half
Grant 6.5 Fed off scraps but kept going and finished his one chance well. Think he may have been the one to tee Aribo up too but hard to tell from the Covered End.
Ajose 6.5 As Grant but without the goal. Nearly set Lapslie up.
Fosu 6.5 Started brightly and I believe it was his assist for Grant's goal
Ref was ok overall. But one small moan I'm afraid. The moment when he booked Pearcey. He should also have booked their keeper. It was six of one and half a dozen of the other. It didn't make a difference in the end. It's just a little consistentcy. You book one you have to book the other as well. But I am calm about because we won.
No, Pearce was the aggressor. Stupid yellow, you can't do that.
Pearce deserved his booking but so did the keeper. But Pearce has a bit firey temper. At Southend I thought he was gonna nut one of thier players during that brawl. He was fuming. But take that out of his game you have half the player.
Steer 8 - Two key saves, gaining confidence Dijksteel 6 - Up and down performance Pearce 7 - Solid performance Bauer 7 Decent re-appearance Solly Lapslie 7 - Worked hard as always Ward 8.5 - MOM Always involved, took his goal well Bielik 6 - Some un-Bielik like mistakes Aribo 7 - Grant 6.5 - Ajose 5 - Ineffective, back on the bench once Taylor is available
Fosu 6 - OK but would have hoped for more Marshall Hackett-Fairchild
Steer 8.5 great save at an important stage and before that a terrific assist. Djiksteel 6.5 I like him, but not as a right back Pearce 6.5 Lacked quality at times but a leader Bauer 6.5 steady - good seeing he has just come back Solly 6 ok Lapslie 6 should have scored = lots of effort needs to increase quality slightly Ward 8 Great finish, faded a bit Bielik 7 looked good Aribo 7.5 Faded a little, but important player. Glad he scored - he should be scoring regularly Grant 6.5 Battled away - played better with Taylor = .5 added because he scored Ajose 6.5 A mixture, but I thought he did ok Fosu 6.5 Didn't do anything wrong and an assist Marshall Not long, but he is good defensively Hackett Fairchild no time to impress
Not a great display, just about good enough, and we missed Taylor. It is funny how we seem to make harder work of the weaker teams than we do the better teams!
Steer - 9 for that assist and the fantastic one handed save he gets two extra marks. Dijksteel - 6.5 Pearce - 6.5 made some errors which were unlike him but he still did well especially when we right under the cosh in the second half. Bauer - 7 solid Solly - 7 thought he made some great tackles. negative was that he got pushed off the ball a couple of times. Lapslie - 5.5 worked hard but wasn't really supporting the attack or the defence. Ward - 7 nice touch and finish. caused problems with him running behind their defence. needs to pass it better. has vision but lacks the final ball. Bielik - 5.5 - had the ball a fair bit. seemed isolated at the bottom of the diamond. needed support. gave the ball away far too much and got pushed off the ball a few times which is surprising for someone who's meant to be a big defensive player. then again he does come from arsenal. Aribo - 7 looked fantastic at times but goes out the game. Grant - 6 pace causes problems. Ajose - 5 - set pieces weren't great. not particularly threatening. when he scored all those goals are we sure he was defiantly playing for the Swindon first team? I mean he could pass for younger. like that bloke in his thirties at school.
Steer - 8: MoM - his two big moments helped us to take the three points Dijksteel - 6: drawn into the middle for their goal but he had little choice, given the lack of cover through the middle. A nice cross for the second goal Pearce - 6: solid but picked up a silly booking. We can't afford suspensions, although I think that Dr Kish may have said some time ago in the context of Lyle Taylor that the slate is wiped clean after Tuesday's Burton game Bauer - 6: a reassuring presence at the back. Reads the game very well. Let's hope that he and Pearce stay fit and that Roland doesn't cash in during the January window. I suspect that the BFG will be happy to run his contract down Solly - 6: did a good job for the team out of position. I liked his impersonation of Clarkey's rugby tackle Lapslie - 5.5: a little below par by George's standards but the midfield was misfiring generally after the first 25 minutes Ward - 7: a lovely finish and some very creative time wasting. He perhaps tries to find the 'killer pass' a little too often but he is certainly a positive player - and a huge irritant to the opposition Bielik - 5.5: a little off his game but, given that Lee Bowyer seems determined not to play Dijksteel in central midfield, we are going to have to persevere with Christian in this position, given his physicality and quality on the ball Aribo - 6: a quiet game for Joe but good to see him notching another goal. We need someone from midfield to get into double figures and he looks like he can do it Grant - 6: a difficult game for the forwards in the absence of our talismanic centre forward and a disjointed midfield Ajose - 5.5: tried hard but too easy to knock off the ball
Steer 7 - Made important saves when it mattered, and a great assist! Dijksteel 6 - Did some things very well and looked naive at other times Pearce 6.5 - At his limits at times and outmuscled by Payne on occasion Bauer 6 - Rusty but dependable Solly 5.5 - A quiet but solid game Lapslie 4.5 - After his early miss (which he should have buried) looked like a rabbit in headlights Ward 7.5 (MoM) - Fantastic goal and a key player. Hilarious actions when subsitituted Bielik 7.5 - Way too good for this division, but is he a one trick (Cruyff-turn) pony? Aribo 6 - Off his game and missed a sitter, but at least he eventually scored Grant 5.5 - Was a waste of space until Ajose went off; I really had no confidence he was actually going to score until it hit the net, which is saying something! Ajose 4 - Ran about but no impact
Fosu 4.5 - An assist but little else; heart doesn't seem to be in it anymore Marshall 6 - Added some solidity on the right Hackett-Fairchild 5 - Ran about a lot to close defenders down but did little else
I thought we tried desperately hard not to win that game, when we were so much better than them when we wanted to be.
Steer - 8 excellent Dijksteel - 6 Pearce - 6 Bauer - 7 Solly - 6 Lapslie - 5 missed a sitter, didn't get back as quickly as he should have Ward - 8 Bielik - 7 Aribo - 7 Grant - 5 lost without Taylor Ajose - 5 lots of running but touch terrible
Steer 8 - so much better of late and that ball to Ward was on the money. Could have even done it more often but very good yesterday Dijksteel 6.5 - done okay but he could’ve and should’ve got closer for the goal. He’s not a right back and wish we saw him at the base of midfield, he’d be incredible Pearce 7 - liked him yesterday, solid Bauer 7 - good to have him back, his passing is more progressive now than it used to be Solly 6.5 don’t really remember Sols doing much but was solid and came infield near the end to stay compact with Aribo dropping off Lapslie 6 - not his best game, worked hard but should’ve scored. He’ll get better Ward 8 - sublime goal, showed his class and his experience when subbed off. Hope he stays longer than January Bielik 7 - one too many Cruyff turns and moved the ball too slow at times, he is classy though, only 20! Aribo 7.5 - his goal on half time was so crucial, played well but not his best game Grant 7 starved of service but got one of the nicest, easiest goals he’ll have Ajose 6 - he knows he’s out the team for Tuesday, he worked hard but should’ve scored, shame as it could really have helped him out, a goal against Mansfield isn’t enough to give him confidence
Fosu 6 - set up Grants goal Marshall 6 - should’ve came on sooner in my opinion Hackett-Fairchild - something different up top, left footed and very fast, obviously not on long enough to give him a mark
Comments
Steer 8
Dijksteel 6.5
Pearce 7
Bauer 7.5
Solly 7
Lapslie 6.5
Ward 8 MoM
Bielik 6
Aribo 7
Grant 6.5
Ajose 6
Fosu
Marshall
Hackett-Fairchild
Steer 7.5
Dijksteel 6
Pearce 7
Bauer 7
Solly 6
Lapslie 6
Ward 8
Bielik 6.5
Aribo 6.5
Grant 6
Ajose 5.5
Fosu 5
Marshall 5
Hackett-Fairchild 5
Steer - 8 Best I've seen him. Excellent feet, as well as hands. No chance with their goal.
Dijksteel - 7 Strong, good feet, typically finds a man. Developing well.
Pearce - 7 Vocal, hard, won most aerial balls, some good stuff on the deck too.
Bauer - 7 as Pearce.
Solly - 6.5 out of position so can't criticise too much. Couple of fouls, but solid and good passing and movement in attacking moments. Brings important experience to the team.
Lapslie - 6 Good game for him. Nothing spectacular, but no errors. Needed to wallop the ball when he had his chance. Great commitment and will hopefully build in confidence and ability.
Ward 8.5 Motm. Great speed of thought. Strong, good running, excellent vision, excellent goal. Love him to stay. Always liked him.
Bielik - 6 Was running the match first 20 mins, then they got wise to him. He then had less of the ball so could not impact as much. Shame, as he is one of the best in terms of strength and on the floor imo.
Aribo - 6.5 Thought he lacked a bit of confidence and intent when in possession. But got the goal and worked hard.
Grant - 6.5 Can't win the ball in the air, but strong hold up play at times. Made huge strides in his game in the last 12 months. Cool finish for the goal.
Ajose - 6 Worked hard and decent on the ball, but seemed to lack a bit of strength at times. Should've scored first half. He needs to keep confident and believe in himself.
Fosu - 6 Looks a bit out of form, although he seemed to be doing more defensive work when he came on to help Solly. Perhaps still recovering from injury. Hope he hits form for the promotion run in, as he is one of the best players in the squad.
Marshall - n/a
Hackett-Fairchild - n/a
Steer 7.5 Far and away the best I've seen from him. An assist, two smart saves one to keep us in it, one to preserve our lead and no chance with the goal. Quality finish from Martin their 29.
Dijksteel 7 Got forward more but defended well on the whole too.
Pearce 6.5 loses .5 for a stupid booking. Otherwise pretty solid.
Bauer 7 Very good considering his lack of match time.
Solly 7 Usual consistent performance. Easy to forget he is playing out of position.
Lapslie 6.5 Covered every blade but just occasionally, unsurprisingly for an inexperienced player, looked a little exposed but stuck at it.
Ward 8 My MOM. Good goal out of nothing, good 'professionalism' as exemplified by his substitution antics and showed good vision even though Grant and Ajose didn't or couldn't get on the end of a lot of his passes.
Bielik 6.5 Unglamorous role for him today but he was a vital cog.
Aribo 7 Good performance faded a little second half
Grant 6.5 Fed off scraps but kept going and finished his one chance well. Think he may have been the one to tee Aribo up too but hard to tell from the Covered End.
Ajose 6.5 As Grant but without the goal. Nearly set Lapslie up.
Fosu 6.5 Started brightly and I believe it was his assist for Grant's goal
Marshall N/A
Hackett-Fairchild N?A
Steer 7.5
Dijksteel 6
Pearce 6
Bauer 6
Solly 6
Lapslie 6.5
Ward 7.5
Bielik 7
Aribo 7.5
Grant 6.5
Ajose 6.5
Fosu 6
Steer 8
Dijksteel 7
Pearce 7
Bauer 7
Solly 7
Lapslie 6.5
Ward 7
Bielik 7
Aribo 7.5
Grant 6.5
Ajose 6.5
Fosu 6
Marshall 6
Steer 7.5
Dijksteel 5.5
Pearce 7
Bauer 7
Solly 7
Lapslie 7
Ward 7.5
Bielik 5.5
Aribo 8
Grant 6.5
Ajose 6
Fosu 6
Marshall 6.5
Hackett-Fairchild
Steer 8 - Two key saves, gaining confidence
Dijksteel 6 - Up and down performance
Pearce 7 - Solid performance
Bauer 7 Decent re-appearance
Solly
Lapslie 7 - Worked hard as always
Ward 8.5 - MOM Always involved, took his goal well
Bielik 6 - Some un-Bielik like mistakes
Aribo 7 -
Grant 6.5 -
Ajose 5 - Ineffective, back on the bench once Taylor is available
Fosu 6 - OK but would have hoped for more
Marshall
Hackett-Fairchild
Steer - 8 MOM
Dijksteel - 7.5
Pearce - 6.5
Bauer - 6.5
Solly - 6
Lapslie - 6.5
Ward - 7
Bielik - 6.5
Aribo - 7
Grant - 6.5
Ajose - 6
Fosu N/A
Marshall N/A
Hackett-Fairchild N/A
Steer 7
Dijksteel 6
Pearce 7.5
Bauer 7
Solly 7
Lapslie 6.5
Ward 7
Bielik 6.5
Aribo 7.5
Grant 6.5
Ajose 5
Fosu 6.5
Marshall 6.5
Steer 7
Dijksteel 6.5
Pearce 7
Bauer 7
Solly 7
Lapslie 7
Ward 7.5
Bielik 6.5
Aribo 7
Grant 7
Ajose 6.5
Fosu 6
Marshall
Djiksteel 6.5 I like him, but not as a right back
Pearce 6.5 Lacked quality at times but a leader
Bauer 6.5 steady - good seeing he has just come back
Solly 6 ok
Lapslie 6 should have scored = lots of effort needs to increase quality slightly
Ward 8 Great finish, faded a bit
Bielik 7 looked good
Aribo 7.5 Faded a little, but important player. Glad he scored - he should be scoring regularly
Grant 6.5 Battled away - played better with Taylor = .5 added because he scored
Ajose 6.5 A mixture, but I thought he did ok
Fosu 6.5 Didn't do anything wrong and an assist
Marshall Not long, but he is good defensively
Hackett Fairchild no time to impress
Not a great display, just about good enough, and we missed Taylor. It is funny how we seem to make harder work of the weaker teams than we do the better teams!
Steer - 9 for that assist and the fantastic one handed save he gets two extra marks.
Dijksteel - 6.5
Pearce - 6.5 made some errors which were unlike him but he still did well especially when we right under the cosh in the second half.
Bauer - 7 solid
Solly - 7 thought he made some great tackles. negative was that he got pushed off the ball a couple of times.
Lapslie - 5.5 worked hard but wasn't really supporting the attack or the defence.
Ward - 7 nice touch and finish. caused problems with him running behind their defence. needs to pass it better. has vision but lacks the final ball.
Bielik - 5.5 - had the ball a fair bit. seemed isolated at the bottom of the diamond. needed support. gave the ball away far too much and got pushed off the ball a few times which is surprising for someone who's meant to be a big defensive player. then again he does come from arsenal.
Aribo - 7 looked fantastic at times but goes out the game.
Grant - 6 pace causes problems.
Ajose - 5 - set pieces weren't great. not particularly threatening. when he scored all those goals are we sure he was defiantly playing for the Swindon first team? I mean he could pass for younger. like that bloke in his thirties at school.
Fosu - 5 disappointing cameo.
Marshall - n/a
Hackett-Fairchild n/a
Steer 8
Dijksteel 6.5
Pearce 6
Bauer 6
Solly 6
Lapslie 5.5
Ward 7.5
Bielik 6.5
Aribo 6.5
Grant 6.5
Ajose 5.5
Fosu 6
Marshall 6
Dijksteel - 6: drawn into the middle for their goal but he had little choice, given the lack of cover through the middle. A nice cross for the second goal
Pearce - 6: solid but picked up a silly booking. We can't afford suspensions, although I think that Dr Kish may have said some time ago in the context of Lyle Taylor that the slate is wiped clean after Tuesday's Burton game
Bauer - 6: a reassuring presence at the back. Reads the game very well. Let's hope that he and Pearce stay fit and that Roland doesn't cash in during the January window. I suspect that the BFG will be happy to run his contract down
Solly - 6: did a good job for the team out of position. I liked his impersonation of Clarkey's rugby tackle
Lapslie - 5.5: a little below par by George's standards but the midfield was misfiring generally after the first 25 minutes
Ward - 7: a lovely finish and some very creative time wasting. He perhaps tries to find the 'killer pass' a little too often but he is certainly a positive player - and a huge irritant to the opposition
Bielik - 5.5: a little off his game but, given that Lee Bowyer seems determined not to play Dijksteel in central midfield, we are going to have to persevere with Christian in this position, given his physicality and quality on the ball
Aribo - 6: a quiet game for Joe but good to see him notching another goal. We need someone from midfield to get into double figures and he looks like he can do it
Grant - 6: a difficult game for the forwards in the absence of our talismanic centre forward and a disjointed midfield
Ajose - 5.5: tried hard but too easy to knock off the ball
Dijksteel 8
Pearce 6
Bauer 6
Solly 6
Lapslie 6
Ward 7.5
Bielik 7.5
Aribo 7
Grant 8
Ajose 7.5
Fosu 6
Marshall 5.5
Hackett-Fairchild 6
Steer - 9 MOM, Quality save on 38 mins, assist for the first goal, Vital tip over towards the end.
Dijksteel - 8, I like him. he is getting better with more game time.
Pearce - 8, he is a proper defender
Bauer - 6.5, Thought he looked a bit lost at times.
Solly - 7, Does what it says on the tin
Lapslie - 6.5, missed a decent chance early on and seemed to drift in and out a bit.
Ward - 8, a very well taken goal
Bielik - 7, one or two little slip ups
Aribo - 7.5, Struggled a little in midfield, but a well placed header.
Grant - 7, scored the sort of goal that fans like, but he looked lost without Taylor
Ajose - 7, he was OK, but he is not the answer to any of our shortfalls
Fosu - 7, I wanted a bit more from him.
Marshall 7, a fair showing.
Hackett-Fairchild 7, a fair showing.
Steer 7 - Made important saves when it mattered, and a great assist!
Dijksteel 6 - Did some things very well and looked naive at other times
Pearce 6.5 - At his limits at times and outmuscled by Payne on occasion
Bauer 6 - Rusty but dependable
Solly 5.5 - A quiet but solid game
Lapslie 4.5 - After his early miss (which he should have buried) looked like a rabbit in headlights
Ward 7.5 (MoM) - Fantastic goal and a key player. Hilarious actions when subsitituted
Bielik 7.5 - Way too good for this division, but is he a one trick (Cruyff-turn) pony?
Aribo 6 - Off his game and missed a sitter, but at least he eventually scored
Grant 5.5 - Was a waste of space until Ajose went off; I really had no confidence he was actually going to score until it hit the net, which is saying something!
Ajose 4 - Ran about but no impact
Fosu 4.5 - An assist but little else; heart doesn't seem to be in it anymore
Marshall 6 - Added some solidity on the right
Hackett-Fairchild 5 - Ran about a lot to close defenders down but did little else
I thought we tried desperately hard not to win that game, when we were so much better than them when we wanted to be.
Steer - 8 excellent
Dijksteel - 6
Pearce - 6
Bauer - 7
Solly - 6
Lapslie - 5 missed a sitter, didn't get back as quickly as he should have
Ward - 8
Bielik - 7
Aribo - 7
Grant - 5 lost without Taylor
Ajose - 5 lots of running but touch terrible
Fosu - 6
Steer 7.5
Djiksteel 6
Pearce 7
Bauer 6.5
Solly 6.5
Lapslie 6.5
Ward 7
Bielik 6
Aribio 7
Grant 6.5
Ajose 6
Fosu
Marshall
Hackett-Fairchild
Steer 8
Djiksteel 7
Pearce 7
Bauer 6.5
Solly 6
Lapslie 6
Ward 7.5
Bielik 7
Aribio 7
Grant 7
Ajose 6
Steer 8.5 great save, great assist.
Dijksteel 7
Pearce 7 very stupid booking
Bauer 7
Solly 7
Lapslie 6
Ward 7
Bielik 6
Aribo 7
Grant 6
Ajose 5
Fosu 6
Marshall 6
Hackett-Fairchild
Dijksteel 6.5 - done okay but he could’ve and should’ve got closer for the goal. He’s not a right back and wish we saw him at the base of midfield, he’d be incredible
Pearce 7 - liked him yesterday, solid
Bauer 7 - good to have him back, his passing is more progressive now than it used to be
Solly 6.5 don’t really remember Sols doing much but was solid and came infield near the end to stay compact with Aribo dropping off
Lapslie 6 - not his best game, worked hard but should’ve scored. He’ll get better
Ward 8 - sublime goal, showed his class and his experience when subbed off. Hope he stays longer than January
Bielik 7 - one too many Cruyff turns and moved the ball too slow at times, he is classy though, only 20!
Aribo 7.5 - his goal on half time was so crucial, played well but not his best game
Grant 7 starved of service but got one of the nicest, easiest goals he’ll have
Ajose 6 - he knows he’s out the team for Tuesday, he worked hard but should’ve scored, shame as it could really have helped him out, a goal against Mansfield isn’t enough to give him confidence
Fosu 6 - set up Grants goal
Marshall 6 - should’ve came on sooner in my opinion
Hackett-Fairchild - something different up top, left footed and very fast, obviously not on long enough to give him a mark