Originally Posted by
freemuzzy
it’d be interesting to see what the original few sets of ratings would’ve looked like had we got the goal and/or penalty denied to us by a truly woeful set of match officials.
Given the level of the opposition, talk of bottling it, everyone being rubbish, letting us down etc is ridiculous even if it was a deserved 1-0 loss, let alone after a game that was the definition of a smash and grab and after being robbed by a combination of poor finishing and said bad officiating.
I’m actually more optimistic about our promotion chances after that - if that’s the best League Two has to offer, we should be right up there. They can’t have the ref playing for them every week.
Bass - 7
Macari - 6.5
Platt - 7
Bedaeu - 6.5
Jones - 7
Crowley - 7.5*
Palmer - 6.5
Tsaroulla - 6
Abbott - 5.5
Grant - 4.5
McGoldrick - 5.5
Brown - 5.5
Austin - 6.5
Gordon - 7
Cundy - N/A
The issue for me was the two attacking midfielders; we offered a threat from out wide throughout the game, but the two number 10s were Abbott - clearly out of position as nowhere near the level as when he was deeper - and Grant, who offered next to nothing. McGoldrick was then isolated and well shackled.
Brown didn’t really get into it either when he came on against a strong defence, but thought it was a bizarre decision to take off Tsaroulla who while missing chances was offering a threat and move Grant out wide, meaning they could put even more defensive onus on stopping Jones as they only had one wing to think about.
Gordon showed some promise when he was on, and it may be that we need him if Jones’ injury is as bad as it looked, but he needs to be on the right where he’s always played. Then when Jatta’s back would consider moving McGoldrick to where he played last season, as we need something in those areas if Crowley’s playing deeper.
