Phillips: 8 - Distribution awful but two very good saves to keep us in it first half, and solid near the end Solly: 7.5 - Good solid game Bauer: 8 - Immense Sarr: 8.5 - Other than a couple of misplaced passes, he was fantastic Purrington: 7.5 - Weakest link at the back but did OK today Bielik: 9 - The h/t switch of pushing him ahead in the midfield diamond was brilliant tactically, and won the game for us Cullen: 8 - Very good, and much better at the base of the diamond second half Aribo: 6.5 - Very quiet an couldn't get going until last fifteen where he just dribbled about Williams: 7.5 - Buzzed about all day and looked dangerous Taylor: 8 - Missed a great chance first half when hitting bar, but finish for the third goal was top drawer Vetokele: 7.5 - Fabulous effort and his is deffo on form! Referee: 4 - Should have sent goalie off for dangerous tackle, and as Jacko said to Harford, if Williams penalty incident wasn't a foul then it was a dive so ref should have blown.
Tactically, Bow got this one bang on, and refusing to give an inch during the last ten mins was the right move.
Phillips: 7.5 kept us in it with a great save at 0-1 Solly: 7.5 Bauer: 8 Sarr: 8.5 some beautiful balls from Naby today Purrington: 7.5 Bielik: 9 even though he was clearly injured, his runs with the ball were the difference between a draw and a comprehensive victory against the league leaders Cullen: 8.5 Aribo: 7 bit anonymous esp first half. No one gets less than 7 on that second half though Williams: 7.5 better 2nd half. Taylor: 8.5 a gadfly, a nuisance to defenders glad he's ours (at least until Roland cashes in) Vetokele: 8 great to see him get a goal and his workrate was good Referee: 5 poor and inconsistent decisions, but by no means as bad as some we had. Felt he evened things up a bit more in 2nd half after being Luton's twelfth man in first. How their goalie stayed on the pitch is beyond me.
Bowyer - 10 for whatever he said or did at half time. We looked done and dusted after the first half
Phillips: 7.5 great save. Solly: 7.5 Bauer: 8 only problem with the tactics of keeping possession is that him and Sarr unnecessarily play it back to Phillips. this didn't happen so much in the second half though. otherwise defensively both were immense. Sarr: 9 edit - extra mark up for the one on one defending. Purrington: 7 - was given the ball far to often in the first half to try and run down the wing. he isn't that type of player. fortunately second half someone who is Williams got hold of the ball on that side and drove it forward. Bielik: 8.5 second half he was a rock. Cullen: 9 what an engine and such strength for a smaller bloke. won the midfield along with Bielik. Aribo: 6.5 completely off the pace until the penalty. got much better after that. needs to be pushed further forward. Williams: 8 great at running with the ball. some good challenges from him as well. little over hit on the crosses though. Taylor: 7.5 real handful after his penalty. cant believe he reached the ball for his second. Vetokele: 7.5 missed what looked to be an easy chance but didn't let it bother him too much as a few minutes later he got his goal. great celebration. Referee: 3
Phillips: 7. Some iffy kicking again Solly: 7 crosses were awful but battled hard Bauer: 8.5 imperious. Nothing got past him Sarr: 8.5 as Bauer. Got to feel sorry for Pearce but he ain’t getting in over these two Purrington: 7.5 his aerial presence is a bonus for a full back Bielik: 9. My mom and poty Cullen:8.5. Everywhere and wins possession when he has no right to Aribo: 6. Strangely subdued today. Slightly better 2nd half Williams: 7 still not much end product but got stuck in Taylor: 8 cocky shit. So glad he’s our cocky shit Vetokele: 8. Looking like a good foil for Lyle Referee: 4
Phillips: 7 One excellent save 1st half and a good diving punch from Luton's only real 2nd half attack. Noticed him calming the lads down after the 1st goal. Solly: 7.5 Good call by LB to bring him back for this game. Rose to occasion. Expect him to play most of the games from now on. Bauer: 7.5 Positionally sound. Stayed tight to the forward and kept the 2nd half line quite high. Sarr: 8 - Slightly edgy start but didn't panic and ended up up having a strong game. A couple of sliding blocks/tackles and some trademark pinpoint turns and passes. Purrington: - 7.5 Had such a good 2nd half. His starting position seemed to be much better and he nipped the ball away from the winger several times to start attacks. Bielik: - 9 Nicked the ball so many times to switch defence to attack. The the surging runs reminded me of Graham Roberts....so hard to stop. I wish he would shoot (I can only remember one this season) and was screaming at him to shoot but he passed to Igor...2-1. Cullen: - 9 Such a good player. He got in tight and won so many tackles....and then played from there. He's the new Keith Jones and that's a big compliment as far as I'm concerned. Aribo: 7.5 Poor 1st half and was out-played. But 2nd half he was involved in plenty. Helped us carry the threat and kept the ball in tight areas. Looked like he might to a Simonsen at one point and dribble through the lot! Williams: 8 - Dynamic 2nd half and was better starting his moves from wide left. Did his bit defensively too....a few clearances and tackles. Looked fit, hungry and deceptively quick. Taylor: 8.5 - Like others, grew into the game and had a major impact 2nd half. The Luton centre-backs are very good but Taylor did well against them. Vetokele: 9 - His first action early on was a superb turn and that's something we haven't seen for a while. He was always a threat on the last man and stretched Luton. Nice ball into Taylor's feet for the crossbar shot. Was getting on the end of things and the goal finally came. Then played a great cross for Taylor's 2nd. Referee: 4 - The non red was baffling. It's serious foul play and goal-scoring opportunity doesn't come into it.
Phillips: 8 Made a really good save when we were 1 down. Kicking still his weakness. Solly: 7.5 Standard Bauer: 8 Commanding Sarr: 8 Typical Naby Purrington: 7 Bielik: 8.5 An excellent perfomance Cullen: 8 Aribo: 7.5 Williams: 8.5 His best performance for us Taylor: 9 Vetokele: 8.5 Referee: 4
Phillips: 8 - not too much to do but a vital save in the first half Solly: 7 - pretty solid throughout but some poor crossing in the first half (like most of his teammates) Bauer: 8 - another top class performance. The man is incredibly consistent Sarr: 8.5: excellent defending and crisp passing out from the back. He offers us important variety in our approach play. If I was an opposing left back, I'd be fearful of Naby's raking 60 yarder into the space behind me Purrington: 7 - a little overloaded in the first half (mostly due to Luton's good play) but a very good second period Bielik: 9: MoM - to borrow the great Kevin Nolan's description of Middlesbrough's Croatian international striker, Alen Bokšić, in 2001 or thereabouts, the big Pole bestrode the second half like a colossus Cullen: 8 - dominant in the second half. This guy is destined for the top level Aribo: 7 - not one of Joe's best games but still capable of manoeuvring himself out of tight positions and the occasional mesmerising dribble Williams: 7.5 - livened up in the second half when he started running past the opposition Taylor: 8.5 - an inspiration to the team and supporters alike. What a player Vetokele: 7.5 - he may have lost a little of his electric pace, but a goal, an assist and two near misses will pump up his confidence for the run in Referee: 4 - he annoyed me from the start by giving the impression that we had all turned up to watch him and not the game itself. I felt that he got the decision with their goalie wrong, and, although I'd like to see it again, I didn't think the Williams incident was a penalty
Phillips: 8 the save from deflected shot kept us in the game, kicking poor. Solly: 7 was main out let for crosses into the box in 1st half. Bauer: 8 Sarr: 9 motm for me, in 2nd half a class exhibition of defending. Purrington: 7 solid and better going forward. Bielik: 8 great in front of back 4, and some great passes. Cullen: 7 harried them all over the pitch Aribo: 7 a solid game from him. Williams: 7 best I have seen from him fought for every ball. Taylor: 8 Just a great display, and even better when you see how is continually fowled Vetokele: gets 8 for the goal, and the assist, and for the fact the keeper should have been red carded for trying to break his leg.
Phillips: 8 Nothing he could do about the goal and make a cracking save at 1-0 Solly: 7.5 The left side in the first half was their outlet better 2nd half Bauer: 7.5 The defence did look to be overrun 1st half but shut up shop 2nd Sarr: 8 Bauer with passing Purrington: 7.5 probably his best for us Bielik: 8.5 Everything through him and way too good for League 1 Cullen: 8 Says everything about Cullen when he did his job and you expect more Aribo: 7 In and out on Saturday was definitely our 'worst' midfielder Williams: 8 best I have seen from him such an outlet and keeps the ball for fun needs more end product Taylor: 9 A beast Vetokele: 8 worked hard and got his deserved goal Referee: 4 another poor one who bottled the big goalkeeper decision
Phillips: 8 the save from deflected shot kept us in the game, kicking poor. Solly: 7 was main out let for crosses into the box in 1st half. Bauer: 8 Sarr: 9 motm for me, in 2nd half a class exhibition of defending. Purrington: 7 solid and better going forward. Bielik: 8 great in front of back 4, and some great passes. Cullen: 7 harried them all over the pitch Aribo: 7 a solid game from him. Williams: 7 best I have seen from him fought for every ball. Taylor: 8 Just a great display, and even better when you see how is continually fowled Vetokele: gets 8 for the goal, and the assist, and for the fact the keeper should have been red carded for trying to break his leg.
Comments
Solly: 7.5 - Good solid game
Bauer: 8 - Immense
Sarr: 8.5 - Other than a couple of misplaced passes, he was fantastic
Purrington: 7.5 - Weakest link at the back but did OK today
Bielik: 9 - The h/t switch of pushing him ahead in the midfield diamond was brilliant tactically, and won the game for us
Cullen: 8 - Very good, and much better at the base of the diamond second half
Aribo: 6.5 - Very quiet an couldn't get going until last fifteen where he just dribbled about
Williams: 7.5 - Buzzed about all day and looked dangerous
Taylor: 8 - Missed a great chance first half when hitting bar, but finish for the third goal was top drawer
Vetokele: 7.5 - Fabulous effort and his is deffo on form!
Referee: 4 - Should have sent goalie off for dangerous tackle, and as Jacko said to Harford, if Williams penalty incident wasn't a foul then it was a dive so ref should have blown.
Tactically, Bow got this one bang on, and refusing to give an inch during the last ten mins was the right move.
Phillips: 7.5 kept us in it with a great save at 0-1
Solly: 7.5
Bauer: 8
Sarr: 8.5 some beautiful balls from Naby today
Purrington: 7.5
Bielik: 9 even though he was clearly injured, his runs with the ball were the difference between a draw and a comprehensive victory against the league leaders
Cullen: 8.5
Aribo: 7 bit anonymous esp first half. No one gets less than 7 on that second half though
Williams: 7.5 better 2nd half.
Taylor: 8.5 a gadfly, a nuisance to defenders glad he's ours (at least until Roland cashes in)
Vetokele: 8 great to see him get a goal and his workrate was good
Referee: 5 poor and inconsistent decisions, but by no means as bad as some we had. Felt he evened things up a bit more in 2nd half after being Luton's twelfth man in first. How their goalie stayed on the pitch is beyond me.
Bowyer - 10 for whatever he said or did at half time. We looked done and dusted after the first half
Solly: 7.5
Bauer: 8 only problem with the tactics of keeping possession is that him and Sarr unnecessarily play it back to Phillips. this didn't happen so much in the second half though. otherwise defensively both were immense.
Sarr: 9 edit - extra mark up for the one on one defending.
Purrington: 7 - was given the ball far to often in the first half to try and run down the wing. he isn't that type of player. fortunately second half someone who is Williams got hold of the ball on that side and drove it forward.
Bielik: 8.5 second half he was a rock.
Cullen: 9 what an engine and such strength for a smaller bloke. won the midfield along with Bielik.
Aribo: 6.5 completely off the pace until the penalty. got much better after that. needs to be pushed further forward.
Williams: 8 great at running with the ball. some good challenges from him as well. little over hit on the crosses though.
Taylor: 7.5 real handful after his penalty. cant believe he reached the ball for his second.
Vetokele: 7.5 missed what looked to be an easy chance but didn't let it bother him too much as a few minutes later he got his goal. great celebration.
Referee: 3
Solly: 7
Bauer: 8
Sarr: 9.5
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 9
Cullen: 8
Aribo: 6.5
Williams: 7.5
Taylor: 8
Vetokele: 8
Referee : 6
Solly: 7
Bauer: 7
Sarr: 8.5
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 8
Cullen:8
Aribo: 7.5
Williams: 8
Taylor: 8.5
Vetokele: 8.5 (Motm)
Referee: 3.5
Solly: 7
Bauer: 7.5
Sarr: 7.5
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 8.5
Cullen: 8.5
Aribo: 7.5
Williams: 7.5
Taylor: 9
Vetokele: 9 - best game ive seen from him, superb all round
Referee: 4
Solly: 7 crosses were awful but battled hard
Bauer: 8.5 imperious. Nothing got past him
Sarr: 8.5 as Bauer. Got to feel sorry for Pearce but he ain’t getting in over these two
Purrington: 7.5 his aerial presence is a bonus for a full back
Bielik: 9. My mom and poty
Cullen:8.5. Everywhere and wins possession when he has no right to
Aribo: 6. Strangely subdued today. Slightly better 2nd half
Williams: 7 still not much end product but got stuck in
Taylor: 8 cocky shit. So glad he’s our cocky shit
Vetokele: 8. Looking like a good foil for Lyle
Referee: 4
Solly: 7.5 Good call by LB to bring him back for this game. Rose to occasion. Expect him to play most of the games from now on.
Bauer: 7.5 Positionally sound. Stayed tight to the forward and kept the 2nd half line quite high.
Sarr: 8 - Slightly edgy start but didn't panic and ended up up having a strong game. A couple of sliding blocks/tackles and some trademark pinpoint turns and passes.
Purrington: - 7.5 Had such a good 2nd half. His starting position seemed to be much better and he nipped the ball away from the winger several times to start attacks.
Bielik: - 9 Nicked the ball so many times to switch defence to attack. The the surging runs reminded me of Graham Roberts....so hard to stop. I wish he would shoot (I can only remember one this season) and was screaming at him to shoot but he passed to Igor...2-1.
Cullen: - 9 Such a good player. He got in tight and won so many tackles....and then played from there. He's the new Keith Jones and that's a big compliment as far as I'm concerned.
Aribo: 7.5 Poor 1st half and was out-played. But 2nd half he was involved in plenty. Helped us carry the threat and kept the ball in tight areas. Looked like he might to a Simonsen at one point and dribble through the lot!
Williams: 8 - Dynamic 2nd half and was better starting his moves from wide left. Did his bit defensively too....a few clearances and tackles. Looked fit, hungry and deceptively quick.
Taylor: 8.5 - Like others, grew into the game and had a major impact 2nd half. The Luton centre-backs are very good but Taylor did well against them.
Vetokele: 9 - His first action early on was a superb turn and that's something we haven't seen for a while. He was always a threat on the last man and stretched Luton. Nice ball into Taylor's feet for the crossbar shot. Was getting on the end of things and the goal finally came. Then played a great cross for Taylor's 2nd.
Referee: 4 - The non red was baffling. It's serious foul play and goal-scoring opportunity doesn't come into it.
Solly: 7.5 Standard
Bauer: 8 Commanding
Sarr: 8 Typical Naby
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 8.5 An excellent perfomance
Cullen: 8
Aribo: 7.5
Williams: 8.5 His best performance for us
Taylor: 9
Vetokele: 8.5
Referee: 4
Solly: 7
Bauer: 8
Sarr: 7.5
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 8
Cullen: 8
Aribo: 7
Williams: 9
Taylor: 8.5
Vetokele: 8
Referee: 5
Solly: 7
Bauer: 8
Sarr: 8
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 8
Cullen: 8
Aribo: 7.5
Williams: 7
Taylor: 8.5
Vetokele: 8.5
Solly: 7
Bauer: 7.5
Sarr: 8
Purrington: 7
Bielik:7
Cullen: 7
Aribo: 7
Williams: 6.5
Taylor: 8
Vetokele: 8.5
Referee: 3
Solly: 7.5
Bauer: 7.5
Sarr: 8
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 8
Cullen: 8
Aribo: 7
Williams: 7.5
Taylor: 8.5
Vetokele: 8
Referee: 4
Solly: 7.5
Bauer: 8
Sarr: 8
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 8.5
Cullen: 8.5
Aribo: 8
Williams: 8
Taylor: 8
Vetokele: 9 MOM
Solly: 7.5
Bauer: 8
Sarr: 8
Purrington: 6.5
Bielik: 7.5
Cullen: 8
Aribo: 7
Williams: 8
Taylor: 8
Vetokele: 8
Solly: 7
Bauer: 8.5
Sarr: 8
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 8.5
Cullen: 7.5
Aribo: 7
Williams: 7.5
Taylor: 8
Vetokele: 9
Referee: 4
Solly: 7 - pretty solid throughout but some poor crossing in the first half (like most of his teammates)
Bauer: 8 - another top class performance. The man is incredibly consistent
Sarr: 8.5: excellent defending and crisp passing out from the back. He offers us important variety in our approach play. If I was an opposing left back, I'd be fearful of Naby's raking 60 yarder into the space behind me
Purrington: 7 - a little overloaded in the first half (mostly due to Luton's good play) but a very good second period
Bielik: 9: MoM - to borrow the great Kevin Nolan's description of Middlesbrough's Croatian international striker, Alen Bokšić, in 2001 or thereabouts, the big Pole bestrode the second half like a colossus
Cullen: 8 - dominant in the second half. This guy is destined for the top level
Aribo: 7 - not one of Joe's best games but still capable of manoeuvring himself out of tight positions and the occasional mesmerising dribble
Williams: 7.5 - livened up in the second half when he started running past the opposition
Taylor: 8.5 - an inspiration to the team and supporters alike. What a player
Vetokele: 7.5 - he may have lost a little of his electric pace, but a goal, an assist and two near misses will pump up his confidence for the run in
Referee: 4 - he annoyed me from the start by giving the impression that we had all turned up to watch him and not the game itself. I felt that he got the decision with their goalie wrong, and, although I'd like to see it again, I didn't think the Williams incident was a penalty
Solly: 9
Bauer: 9
Sarr: 9
Puurington: 8
Bielik: 10
Cullen: 9
Aribo: 8
Williams: 9
Taylor: 10
Vetokele: 9.5
Referee: 6.5
Solly: 7 was main out let for crosses into the box in 1st half.
Bauer: 8
Sarr: 9 motm for me, in 2nd half a class exhibition of defending.
Purrington: 7 solid and better going forward.
Bielik: 8 great in front of back 4, and some great passes.
Cullen: 7 harried them all over the pitch
Aribo: 7 a solid game from him.
Williams: 7 best I have seen from him fought for every ball.
Taylor: 8 Just a great display, and even better when you see how is continually fowled
Vetokele: gets 8 for the goal, and the assist, and for the fact the keeper should have been red carded for trying to break his leg.
Solly: 7.5
Bauer: 7
Sarr: 8
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 8.5
Cullen:9
Aribo: 7
Williams: 8.5
Taylor: 8
Vetokele: 8
Solly: 7.5
Bauer: 8
Sarr: 9
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 9
Cullen: 8
Aribo: 7
Williams: 7.5
Taylor: 8.5
Vetokele: 9
Referee : 5
Phillips: 7.5
Solly: 7
Bauer: 7
Sarr: 7
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 8.5
Cullen: 8.5
Aribo: 7
Williams: 7.5
Taylor: 8.5
Vetokele: 8.5
Referee: 6
Solly: 7.5 The left side in the first half was their outlet better 2nd half
Bauer: 7.5 The defence did look to be overrun 1st half but shut up shop 2nd
Sarr: 8 Bauer with passing
Purrington: 7.5 probably his best for us
Bielik: 8.5 Everything through him and way too good for League 1
Cullen: 8 Says everything about Cullen when he did his job and you expect more
Aribo: 7 In and out on Saturday was definitely our 'worst' midfielder
Williams: 8 best I have seen from him such an outlet and keeps the ball for fun needs more end product
Taylor: 9 A beast
Vetokele: 8 worked hard and got his deserved goal
Referee: 4 another poor one who bottled the big goalkeeper decision
Solly: 7.5
Bauer: 7.5
Sarr: 8
Purrington: 7
Bielik: 9
Cullen: 9
Aribo: 7
Williams: 8
Taylor: 9
Vetokele: 9
Ref: 3
Solly: 7.5
Bauer: 8
Sarr: 8.5
Puurington: 7
Bielik: 8.5
Cullen: 8.5
Aribo: 8
Williams: 8.5
Taylor: 8.5
Vetokele: 9
Referee: 6