Match ratings v Woking

[Warnocks Legends]

Ok so here goes my humble assessment -

McDonell - 7 Commanded his box well under lots of high balls and set pieces. Didn't really do anything wrong.

Kelly-Evans - 7 - Never seen him have a bad game. Full of energy, tough tackling, willing to run forward.

Brindley - 6.5 Reasonable going forward and always made himself available but a little shaky in defence and tired towards end.

Rawlinson - 6.5 Not quite up to his usual standards with poor ball control on a couple of occasions that almost let Woking in. Would also like to see him put the ball forward a little more.

Bird - 7.5 Best defender today, nothing got past him and is the most positive defender, always looking for forward pass with one exceptional cross field ball.

Rose - 6 Ummmm rose, rose, rose. Tough tackling, tons of heart, never gives up. However lots of sideways and backward passing, some poor decision making and wayward passes hence lower rating.

O'Brien - 8 1st half/ 6 2nd Lots of running and aggression as per expected, never afraid to receive the ball but tired badly in second half and should of been replaced by Osborne or Crawford.

Boldewijn - 6 Continues to frustrate me, he is virtually unstoppable when in full flow but so few times was he really in the game today and couple of poor crosses when in good positions.

Roberts MoM 8.5 - That lad can run with the ball at his feet and scared the hell out of their number 3. Also lots of intelligent crosses and positive energy to the very end. Was denied a stonewall penalty. Would of been a 9 if not missed the sitter in box.Very excited about his future.

Dennis - 7 Never gives up a lost cause and won couple of those today, good in midfield, scored the goal. Does drop too deep sometimes though.

Wooton - 5 saw very little of the ball, very tame effort for his one good chance, was out muscled in the air. Though there defender had better if him.

Overall - 7 - Good workmanlike performance with plenty of promise. Woking better than expected but out in niggly tackles, wasted lots of time and should of had a player sent off plus the penalty incident! I really wish Notts would put more balls in the box , drive forward with pace ( our goal came from that ) and stop the tippy reply fun into trouble midfield passing and backwards passing.

Ardley - 6 Set the team up well today very vocal but let himself down by reluctance to use subs. The game screamed for fresh legs in midfield and the positive running of an Osborne.

Officials 2 Terrible decisions, let Woking waste time over and over, lost control at times, some bizarre bookings or non bookings! Stonewall penalty missed.

[Warnocks Legends]

Edit - Should ready Tippy-Tappy stuff playing us into trouble

[navypie]

FFS, why do people always beat me to it!

[Elite_Pie]

McDonell 7 - Stood up well to being crowded by their big men at corners, really good low save second half.
Kelly-Evans 6 - Didn't get forward a lot, but did his job defensively.
Brindley 5.5 - Some poor touches, not one of his better games.
Rawlinson 6 - Did ok in the conditions, average game.
Bird 6.5 - Slotted in well, played a few decent balls out of defence.
Rose 5.5 - Battled hard but his passing was generally poor.
O'Brien 6 - Hit and miss, at least he was prepared to try a few creative balls.
Boldewijn 5.5 - Seemed to be double marked all game, struggled to find space to cross or shoot.
Roberts 8* - Enjoyed a bit more space than Enzio and made the most of it. Always willing to take a player on and created most of our best moments. Unfortunately he missed our best chance of the game.
Dennis 6 - Did as much as could be expected with the service he was given, typical poacher's goal.
Wooton 4 - Awful. Missed a good chance early on hitting a weak shot straight at the keeper and contributed very little after that.

On balance I think we were a bit unfortunate not to take the 3 points. Woking had lots of possession and put plenty of balls in our box, but didn't really create much in the way of chances. We had enough good opportunities to have scored more than once.

The referee - where do you start with this bloke? We had been warned about awful officials in this league, but so far I think the standard has been at least as good as League 2. Not yesterday though, because Mr Samuel Barrott gave a masterclass in incompetence. I suspect he's a rookie, because he seemed to approach the game with the mindset he wouldn't be swayed into favouring the 'big club'. Instead he did the opposite - nearly all borderline decisions went Woking's way, and a few blatant fouls on our players also went Woking's way. His job was simply to apply the laws of the game, and he failed to do that big time. I hope he gets the very low mark he deserves from the assessor, because he is nowhere near the standard required.

[60YearsAPie]

McDonell 7 - Stood up well to being crowded by their big men at corners, really good low save second half.
Kelly-Evans 6 - Didn't get forward a lot, but did his job defensively.
Brindley 5.5 - Some poor touches, not one of his better games.
Rawlinson 6 - Did ok in the conditions, average game.
Bird 6.5 - Slotted in well, played a few decent balls out of defence.
Rose 5.5 - Battled hard but his passing was generally poor.
O'Brien 6 - Hit and miss, at least he was prepared to try a few creative balls.
Boldewijn 5.5 - Seemed to be double marked all game, struggled to find space to cross or shoot.
Roberts 8* - Enjoyed a bit more space than Enzio and made the most of it. Always willing to take a player on and created most of our best moments. Unfortunately he missed our best chance of the game.
Dennis 6 - Did as much as could be expected with the service he was given, typical poacher's goal.
Wooton 4 - Awful. Missed a good chance early on hitting a weak shot straight at the keeper and contributed very little after that.

On balance I think we were a bit unfortunate not to take the 3 points. Woking had lots of possession and put plenty of balls in our box, but didn't really create much in the way of chances. We had enough good opportunities to have scored more than once.

The referee - where do you start with this bloke? We had been warned about awful officials in this league, but so far I think the standard has been at least as good as League 2. Not yesterday though, because Mr Samuel Barrott gave a masterclass in incompetence. I suspect he's a rookie, because he seemed to approach the game with the mindset he wouldn't be swayed into favouring the 'big club'. Instead he did the opposite - nearly all borderline decisions went Woking's way, and a few blatant fouls on our players also went Woking's way. His job was simply to apply the laws of the game, and he failed to do that big time. I hope he gets the very low mark he deserves from the assessor, because he is nowhere near the standard required.

It seems that we both went to the same game, as by and large, I'd agree not only with the ratings but the comments on the game and the referee, as well.

[pingu_pie]

It seems that we both went to the same game, as by and large, I'd agree not only with the ratings but the comments on the game and the referee, as well.

I was of this impression too, I have to say. We weren't fantastic after the first ten minutes, but I thought we could have had all three points without too much complaint for the game as a whole. Those three headers they had in the second half though could have seen them take it too.

I don't know how this resolves itself. There appears to be a large group of fans who don't like Ardley and this style of football, and, unless the only thing that has ever made Notts fans collectively happy - running away with a division - happens, it's just going to go up and down based on the last result. The problem is, Notts fans to my mind only ever really like the opposite of what we have. If we have a long ball merchant it's boring and gives you neckache, if it's passing football it's boring and we need to "gerritforwardyoof".

From what I've seen of us, the style works to a certain degree; you could see at the start that with a bit of patience we would create a little bit of space in the middle, and often this led to a run with the ball up the middle from JOB, Rawlinson or Bird and I thought Woking looked terrified and we made chances from that. Combined with Roberts' work on the wing, and Enzio when he is having a better game than he did Saturday, we are dangerous like that. If Wootton and JOB took those two good chances in the first half, we could have had four again as we did at their place. I certainly disagree with those saying the weather conditions meant playing out from the back was the wrong idea - with the wind as it was, and Wootton winning nothing in the air, every time someone whacked it long it came straight back. It was definitely a ball on the ground game for me.

The downside, of course, is being able to maintain that when a team comes at us. I don't think we need to abandon the passing game, but we need to be able to vary it at that point to get the space to build from. I'd like to see the occasional random use of something different to try and back teams off when they do this - Bird is useful for this, as he looks like a reliable passer of longer balls out from the back every time I see him. Then there's always the silly mistakes with the passing, but that's part and parcel of being in the fifth tier I suppose.

I still think playing like that we will win more than we draw, and draw more than we lose, and we should end up in the playoffs. On our day we ought to be able to go toe to toe with anyone else in the playoffs, so let's get in there and get confident and hopefully get it done.

PS The ref was abysmal. Another game that could easily have had a very different result if officiated competently.

[nw6pie]

I was of this impression too, I have to say. We weren't fantastic after the first ten minutes, but I thought we could have had all three points without too much complaint for the game as a whole. Those three headers they had in the second half though could have seen them take it too.

I don't know how this resolves itself. There appears to be a large group of fans who don't like Ardley and this style of football, and, unless the only thing that has ever made Notts fans collectively happy - running away with a division - happens, it's just going to go up and down based on the last result. The problem is, Notts fans to my mind only ever really like the opposite of what we have. If we have a long ball merchant it's boring and gives you neckache, if it's passing football it's boring and we need to "gerritforwardyoof".

From what I've seen of us, the style works to a certain degree; you could see at the start that with a bit of patience we would create a little bit of space in the middle, and often this led to a run with the ball up the middle from JOB, Rawlinson or Bird and I thought Woking looked terrified and we made chances from that. Combined with Roberts' work on the wing, and Enzio when he is having a better game than he did Saturday, we are dangerous like that. If Wootton and JOB took those two good chances in the first half, we could have had four again as we did at their place. I certainly disagree with those saying the weather conditions meant playing out from the back was the wrong idea - with the wind as it was, and Wootton winning nothing in the air, every time someone whacked it long it came straight back. It was definitely a ball on the ground game for me.

The downside, of course, is being able to maintain that when a team comes at us. I don't think we need to abandon the passing game, but we need to be able to vary it at that point to get the space to build from. I'd like to see the occasional random use of something different to try and back teams off when they do this - Bird is useful for this, as he looks like a reliable passer of longer balls out from the back every time I see him. Then there's always the silly mistakes with the passing, but that's part and parcel of being in the fifth tier I suppose.

I still think playing like that we will win more than we draw, and draw more than we lose, and we should end up in the playoffs. On our day we ought to be able to go toe to toe with anyone else in the playoffs, so let's get in there and get confident and hopefully get it done.

PS The ref was abysmal. Another game that could easily have had a very different result if officiated competently.

I’m afraid I’m from the Warnock school of thought - you play your football in the opposition’s half and not your own. The way we were constantly trying to play out on Saturday bordered on suicidal at times and a better team would have taken advantage. The chance for Wootton came from playing out from the back; the JOB chance came from playing the ball into the corner and winning the ball back in their half. Mix it up and don’t become so predictable.

[i961pie]

McDonell 7 - Stood up well to being crowded by their big men at corners, really good low save second half.
Kelly-Evans 6 - Didn't get forward a lot, but did his job defensively.
Brindley 5.5 - Some poor touches, not one of his better games.
Rawlinson 6 - Did ok in the conditions, average game.
Bird 6.5 - Slotted in well, played a few decent balls out of defence.
Rose 5.5 - Battled hard but his passing was generally poor.
O'Brien 6 - Hit and miss, at least he was prepared to try a few creative balls.
Boldewijn 5.5 - Seemed to be double marked all game, struggled to find space to cross or shoot.
Roberts 8* - Enjoyed a bit more space than Enzio and made the most of it. Always willing to take a player on and created most of our best moments. Unfortunately he missed our best chance of the game.
Dennis 6 - Did as much as could be expected with the service he was given, typical poacher's goal.
Wooton 4 - Awful. Missed a good chance early on hitting a weak shot straight at the keeper and contributed very little after that.

On balance I think we were a bit unfortunate not to take the 3 points. Woking had lots of possession and put plenty of balls in our box, but didn't really create much in the way of chances. We had enough good opportunities to have scored more than once.

The referee - where do you start with this bloke? We had been warned about awful officials in this league, but so far I think the standard has been at least as good as League 2. Not yesterday though, because Mr Samuel Barrott gave a masterclass in incompetence. I suspect he's a rookie, because he seemed to approach the game with the mindset he wouldn't be swayed into favouring the 'big club'. Instead he did the opposite - nearly all borderline decisions went Woking's way, and a few blatant fouls on our players also went Woking's way. His job was simply to apply the laws of the game, and he failed to do that big time. I hope he gets the very low mark he deserves from the assessor, because he is nowhere near the standard required.

Those marks are more accurate imo.

[navypie]

New keeper...........looks a dodgy one to me..5
Bill...............looks disinterested at times..5
Rawlinson.....apart from when he played right back, worse game for Notts..5
Bird........gets an extra point for rolling that tw@t off the pitch..6
Dion.......not his best game..6
Jim.........the good and the downright ugly at times..6
Rose......why didn't he take any long throws today, it's not like he offers much else..5
Enzio.....poor, very poor, lost the ball in the middle that led to their goal..4
Bertie......missing that chance summed up his afternoon..4
Dennis.......scored and put Bertie in but little else..6
Robbo.....wow, this kid is good..9

The ref...I give him fcuk all but I'm sure a Woking fan would give him a ..9

[navypie]

New keeper...........looks a dodgy one to me..5
Bill...............looks disinterested at times..5
Rawlinson.....apart from when he played right back, worse game for Notts..5
Bird........gets an extra point for rolling that tw@t off the pitch..6
Dion.......not his best game..6
Jim.........the good and the downright ugly at times..6
Rose......why didn't he take any long throws today, it's not like he offers much else..5
Enzio.....poor, very poor, lost the ball in the middle that led to their goal..4
Bertie......missing that chance summed up his afternoon..4
Dennis.......scored and put Bertie in but little else..6
Robbo.....wow, this kid is good..9

The ref...I give him fcuk all but I'm sure a Woking fan would give him a ..9

Can you shift this please Swale?