Ratings v Barrow

[MapperleyMagpie]

I'm so incensed by our terrible first half, average second half and poor refereeing I'm kicking off the ratings straight away.

Bass - 5 - Let 2 sloppy goals in, some poor distribution and slow like everyone else .

Gordon - 4 so afraid to take his man on and not enough crosses in.

Bedeau - 6 Best of a bad bunch at the back, did at least try to get things moving forward.

Platt - 5 - sluggish, not on his A game.

Macari - 3 - Totally lost our there and why oh why was he brought back so early? When others are protected !!

Abbott - 7 MoM - Not much of an accolade on tonights team performance, but lots of energy, kept driving forward, without him we look relegation fodder currently

Palmer - 5 My gran moves faster than him. Slows it down, shocking corner taker, not the Palmer of old

Jarvis. - 4 - Poor start to his time with us. Rarely beats his man, lightweight, looks unfit, where are the goals promised by his highlights reel? We've been conned.

Whitaker - 4 - Utter garbage tonight, lost the ball or got knocked off it so many times, if he doesn't score he contributed nothing to the side.

Traore - 3 - Was he even on the pitch? Can't actually remember anything of note except him getting beaten in the air for their second goal.

Jatta - 5 - I say again without DIDZY looks lost up top. Been off his game for a few weeks now. Missed an easy header , did put effort in but to no avail.

Subs Grant - 6 Well taken goal and momentum changed when he came on did try to drive the ball forward at least

Tsaroulla - 6 Again tried to drive forward but tries to take 1 to many on with his dribbling and fit god sake man take a shot!!

Maynard - 1 - Players out of position, chopping and changing side, Macari brought back too early, no passion or direction. Looks even worse without the brothers input.This man is not going to get us promotion.

Recruitment Team - We reached a crossroads this January - strengthen and we go up, take on more cheap kid options ( the model ) and we continue the status quo. Sadly after last few matches and seeing new signings we went for option 2.

Officials - Connect by Barrow and gutless .

[MapperleyMagpie]

Oh and don't even get me started on our coaches and training regime? How many bloody injuries do we get?

[irish_pie]

Excellent ratings Map.. have to totally agree with them... especially with Gordon... what does he really offer... doesn't take on his man even though he is rapid...just constantly passes it backwards... Jarvis has been an absolute horror show... I know him from playing over here in Ireland and was so excited we got him... he has not been at the races at all, doesn't look bothered most of the time... the only 2 who looked bothered tonight were Bedeau and once again Georgie... even Platt was off it. .. very worrying performance.. we are in huge trouble unless JJ, Austin and Didzy come back ASAP....Depressed as hell after that shambles 😪

[hissingdwarf]

Agree with all of Maps ratings and comments. I’d maybe drop Palmer down another point as I thought he was slow, it was ridiculous.

[the_anticlough]

Ratings can't be argued with

Tonight also brings home that this team are a bunch of strangers to each other. There's been an enormous amount of turnover and it shows.

[Devon Pie]

I'm on the same bus with those ratings but was pleased that Grant and Tsaroulla shook off some poor recent contributions. It's been very apparent lately that when oppositions pass they aim for moving targets while we go for stationary ones.

[kill_the_drum]

You could see inside the first 60 seconds that Barrow were going to sit deep which makes for a low intensity game.
When we had Macca up top we had to remain patient and wait for Jones/Nemane to get in behind.
We don?t have that pace out wide at the moment but we do have a 6?4 striker. Why didn?t we look to throw the ball in the box from deep and create a bit of havoc?
The disappointing thing for me is our January business looks underwhelming at present. Jarvis doesn?t seem to have any idea how to show for the ball. He?s constantly hiding.
Whitaker has moments but Traore seems to be along the lines of Cedwyn Scott at this point. I can?t see what his main strength is.

[jackal2]

Subs Grant - 6 Well taken goal and momentum changed when he came on did try to drive the ball forward at least.

Literally the one positive to take from this evening. I groaned when he replaced Jarvis, thinking one invisible man for another, but tonight we saw just a glimpse of what we must hope is the real Conor Grant. At least he was noticeable.

[LeftPeg_Pie]

Bass - 6 - Dont really see what he can do for either goal. Had basically nothing else to do.

Macari - 5 - Offered a bit going forward, but a very first game back performance.

Platt - 5.5 - Played the big lad pretty well. Slow in possession.

Bedeau - 6 - Pretty standard Bedeau all round. Slightly questionable choice of movement for their first goal.

Gordon - 4.5 - Only looked to be positive in the last 15. Really want him to back himself and try and take people on.

Palmer - 5.5 - Too often slow in possession, but zero movement in front of him.

Abbott - 6.5 - MOTM. Time to build a solid midfield behind him and let him roam.

Jarvis - 4 - Not a wing back. Again, would love him to back himself more and be more direct.

Whitaker - 4 - Bad, bad day at the office. Too weak. Fair play he keeps going, but struggled to cope with no space.

Jatta - 5.5 - No service. Should have scored. Willing as ever.

Traore - 4 - Again, no service. Not great but still very, very early days. He will come good.

Grant - 5.5 - Good goal. Some good movement but did little else.

Johnson - 6 - Absolutely fine. Just passed it basically.

Tsaroulla - 5.5 - Looked dangerous. Needs more end product.

[nw6pie]

Hard to disagree with those ratings. Until Tsaroulla came on and started holding the ball up and making things happen, we were woeful.

The three new players - Jarvis, Traore and Whitaker - contributed next to nothing. Please tell me we’re playing Jarvis out of position, because he was completely lost out there. Same with Traore. Whitaker, meanwhile, looked like a kid struggling to adjust to men’s football.

Even though we had more than enough chances to take at least a point, we deserved none for that lethargic first 60 minutes. A chance missed to go back into the top 3, but we really are miles away from being a promotion side based on that performance. Particularly galling against that bunch of cheats.