Phillips: 5.5 - looked jittery at times and his kicking was below par, but one very good tip over from Watkins Oshilaja: 6 - ok. Hope his injury isn't significant Lockyer: 8 - he seems to have an error in him in most games but he is decent on the ball and his blocking of shots is excellent Pearce: 8 - a real captain's performance Purrington: 6.5 - solid enough defensively Pratley: 7 - did well in the centre of the back 3 (or back 5, as it was for practically all of the second half) Cullen: 5.5 - lacked support and struggled to affect the game against a very slick and fluid Brentford midfield Gallagher: 7 - like most of our players, struggled to retain possession but his movement and finish for the goal was excellent Williams: 7 - flashes of class and another assist Leko: 5 - looked very leggy and unable to get in the game Taylor: 6 - no real service but worked his socks off as usual Lapslie: 6.5 - got beaten a few times early in the second half and found himself overloaded on occasions but showed a lot of character, persevered and subsequently got in some good challenges and blocks Hemed: 5 - looked understandably a little rusty and got no real service as Brentford dominated possession Referee: 6 (I would like to congratulate the 4th Official - if it was him - for only adding on 4 mins. I was sure it was going to be more)
Phillips: 4. I spend a lot of time defending him against a couple of guys in my row who spend most of every game blindly berating him. But I thought he was awful today. A couple of routine saves but pathetic distribution and looked really shaky.
Oshilaja: 6. Was doing ok before the injury.
Lockyer: 9.5. Agree with others who say he spent a lot of time fixing his own mistakes but you can’t argue with that today. Without him we’d have been handed our own arses. Immense. MOTM
Pearce: 9. Warrior. Limited but excellent fight today.
Purrington: 7. The usual Len Goodman for Ben.
Pratley: 8. Experience told. I’d prefer Field when we are trying to be the attacking force but when it’s backs to the wall it’s DP every time.
Cullen: 6.5. Not up to his usual standard but never gave up.
Gallagher: 7. Has a handy knack of scoring.
Williams: 7. Great skill. Final pass was a bit off but that may be others failing to read what he’s about to do.
Leko: 4. Useless today. But he’ll have days like this given the sort of player he is. Cut him some slack folks.
Taylor: 7. Bit of a curates egg egg performance. Ran his knackers off but often to no real effect.
Lapslie: 8. He’s not up to championship level. He’s be useless in an attacking team like Wednesday first half. But when you need a Duracell bunny to run and Harry for you then George is your man. 8 marks, 7 of them for sheer effort.
Hemed: 6. Started well but faded. Clearly has quality. Look forward to him bedding in.
At The Valleyor on a live stream your marks please:
Phillips: 8 ... he's a goalkeeper and his job is to stop the ball going into the back of the net; anything else is a bonus. Some great saves. Oshilaja: 6 ... a victim of friendly fire early on Lockyer: 9 (MOM) King of the Last-Ditch Challenge (KLDC). I'm sorry for ever doubting you. Pearce: 9 ... awesome Purrington: 8 ... put in a shift Pratley: 8.5 ... emergency centre-back in the re-shuffle following Deji's injury. Solid Cullen: 7 ... not as much scope for attacking play but helped out with the rear-guard action Gallagher: 7.5 ... another well-taken goal Williams: 7.5 ... a foul magnet. Superb tackle, recovery, and pass for the goal. Will only get one assist for that but deserves more! Leko: 5 ... flat performance, hooked at HT. Taylor: 7 ... running on empty by the end Lapslie: 8.5 ... take a bow boy. If you want a gutsy performance in an unnatural position, this was it. Hemed: 6 ... wasn't able to show off his attacking capabilities given we rarely had possession of the ball further than 30 yards from our own goal in the second half Referee: 6 ... so-so. Not the best I've ever seen but certainly not the worst.
Phillips: 6 - looked a little shaky but overall didnt have that much to do Oshilaja: 7 - a good player - will make right back his own, and be sold in the transfer window no doubt Lockyer: 9 - as Oshilaja - a cracking defender likely to be sold for much money. Pearce: 8 - very solid display,dependable. Purrington: 6 - disappointed in Ben recently, only makes backwards and sidewards passes. Pratley: 7 looked good at the back Cullen: 7.5 busy, but bogged down today. Gallagher: 6 took goal well, but fairly anonymous otherwise Williams: 7 usual Jonny performance but little support Leko: 5 - did not a lot. Taylor: 6.5 looked knackered Lapslie: 7.5 - solid determined display Hemed: 6 promising cameo Referee: 6
Comments
Oshilaja: 6 Skinned early on but dug in until going off with injury. I wonder whether he was 100% fit from the start.
Lockyer: 8 This bloke makes errors at times but he recovers and digs himself out of them. Some wonderful last ditch tackling and blocking.
Pearce: 8 As Lockyer really. Puts his head where others fear to tread.
Purrington: 7 Usual Ben. Whoever it was (?Bowyer) said we were getting 7 out of 10 every week when he came was spot on.
Pratley: 7 The 'old git' ran himself into the ground in searing heat and encouraged others too.
Cullen: 7 Slightly below par by his own high standards maybe but still highly competent.
Gallagher: 8 Extra .5 for the clinical way he took his goal. This bloke is fast climbing the list of my favourites.
Williams: 7.5 Good assist and our rare threats involved his twinkling feet.
Leko: 6 Nothing good or bad just never really in it.
Taylor: 7.5 Ran himself to a standstill.
Lapslie: 8.5 Controversial MOM maybe but to come on and play out of position for an hour against two very strong left sided players was outstanding.
Hemed: 6 Jury out
Oshilaja: 7
Lockyer: 8.5
Pearce: 8.5
Purrington: 7.5
Pratley: 7,5
Cullen: 7.5
Gallagher: 8
Williams: 8
Leko: 6.5
Taylor: 7
Lapslie: 7.5
Hemed: 6,5
Referee: 5.5
Oshilaja: 6 - ok. Hope his injury isn't significant
Lockyer: 8 - he seems to have an error in him in most games but he is decent on the ball and his blocking of shots is excellent
Pearce: 8 - a real captain's performance
Purrington: 6.5 - solid enough defensively
Pratley: 7 - did well in the centre of the back 3 (or back 5, as it was for practically all of the second half)
Cullen: 5.5 - lacked support and struggled to affect the game against a very slick and fluid Brentford midfield
Gallagher: 7 - like most of our players, struggled to retain possession but his movement and finish for the goal was excellent
Williams: 7 - flashes of class and another assist
Leko: 5 - looked very leggy and unable to get in the game
Taylor: 6 - no real service but worked his socks off as usual
Lapslie: 6.5 - got beaten a few times early in the second half and found himself overloaded on occasions but showed a lot of character, persevered and subsequently got in some good challenges and blocks
Hemed: 5 - looked understandably a little rusty and got no real service as Brentford dominated possession
Referee: 6 (I would like to congratulate the 4th Official - if it was him - for only adding on 4 mins. I was sure it was going to be more)
Oshilaja: 6.5
Lockyer: 8
Pearce: 8
Purrington: 7
Pratley: 7
Cullen: 6.5
Gallagher: 7.5
Williams: 7
Leko: 5
Taylor: 6.5
Lapslie: 7
Hemed: 6.5
Referee: 5
Phillips: 6.5
Oshilaja: 6.5
Lockyer: 7
Pearce: 7
Purrington: 6.5
Pratley: 6.5
Cullen: 6
Gallagher: 6.5
Williams: 7
Leko: 6
Taylor: 7
Lapslie: 7
Hemed: 6.5
Ref: 6.5
Phillips: 8 ... he's a goalkeeper and his job is to stop the ball going into the back of the net; anything else is a bonus. Some great saves.
Oshilaja: 6 ... a victim of friendly fire early on
Lockyer: 9 (MOM) King of the Last-Ditch Challenge (KLDC). I'm sorry for ever doubting you.
Pearce: 9 ... awesome
Purrington: 8 ... put in a shift
Pratley: 8.5 ... emergency centre-back in the re-shuffle following Deji's injury. Solid
Cullen: 7 ... not as much scope for attacking play but helped out with the rear-guard action
Gallagher: 7.5 ... another well-taken goal
Williams: 7.5 ... a foul magnet. Superb tackle, recovery, and pass for the goal. Will only get one assist for that but deserves more!
Leko: 5 ... flat performance, hooked at HT.
Taylor: 7 ... running on empty by the end
Lapslie: 8.5 ... take a bow boy. If you want a gutsy performance in an unnatural position, this was it.
Hemed: 6 ... wasn't able to show off his attacking capabilities given we rarely had possession of the ball further than 30 yards from our own goal in the second half
Referee: 6 ... so-so. Not the best I've ever seen but certainly not the worst.
Field: n/a
Oshilaja: 7 - a good player - will make right back his own, and be sold in the transfer window no doubt
Lockyer: 9 - as Oshilaja - a cracking defender likely to be sold for much money.
Pearce: 8 - very solid display,dependable.
Purrington: 6 - disappointed in Ben recently, only makes backwards and sidewards passes.
Pratley: 7 looked good at the back
Cullen: 7.5 busy, but bogged down today.
Gallagher: 6 took goal well, but fairly anonymous otherwise
Williams: 7 usual Jonny performance but little support
Leko: 5 - did not a lot.
Taylor: 6.5 looked knackered
Lapslie: 7.5 - solid determined display
Hemed: 6 promising cameo
Referee: 6