Interesting thread, wouldn’t massively disagree with anything that’s been said. In terms of individual ratings, it’s completely different to Tuesday night where there were probably half-a-dozen strong candidates for MOTM.

Slocombe - 7 - Couldn’t do anything with the goal, distribution and handling good. Deserves to keep his place next week.

Richardson - 6 - Needed to do more to stop the cross for the goal. Strong outlet but looked absolutely miles above this level when he came in December, could argue this is no longer the case.

Lacey - 6 - Not his best game but didn’t think he did a huge amount wrong, bar missing the header that then enabled Wootton to miss an even easier one.

Rawlinson - 8* - Needs to stay in the team now, badly missed his no-nonsense defending abilities when he wasn’t playing.

Chicksen - 7 - Consistently good and an excellent outlet in that position. Be interesting to see if he moves to LWB or comes out of the team altogether when Cameron returns.

Kelly-Evans - 6 - Always 100% effort but this was more the (limited) performance I expected on Tuesday night, when he turned into prime Phillip Lahm. Do feel his bite is needed so a strong argument to keep him in the team.

Vincent - 6.5 - Boundless energy but just lacks that quality on the ball at times. Provided the excellent cross which should’ve led to the winner.

Arter - 6 - Didn’t stand out in the same way he did in his first two games. Broke play up well but not really above what you’d expect from a NL holding midfielder for this one.

Palmer - 6.5 - Played all three midfield positions but from what I’ve seen his best position is the holding role now being filled by Arter. Didn’t offer a massive amount creatively.

Rodrigues - 7 - Was everywhere and won the penalty, comfortably our most dangerous attacker. Clearly not an orthodox striker though so with a back 3/5 and a solid midfield 3, thought it would have made sense to have thrown Sam on for the last 10/15, and moved him deeper, where he was essentially playing anyway.

Wootton - 5.5 - Usual non-stop effort and great hold-up play, and feared the worst when he stepped up to take the pen, which he took well. But clearly has to be scoring his chance from a couple of yards out, so cost us two points.

O’Brien - 5.5 - Like him as a player so glad to see him back, but most memorable moments of his cameo were him bundling someone over in the box, which should’ve resulted in a penalty, and then needlessly giving the ball away near the corner flag, which should’ve resulted in a goal.