Gillingham ratings

[i961pie]

Absolutely, it was an OK performance against a good team and it's bewildering how we didn't get anything at all.

Bass 7 - Solid throughout, can't be blamed for the goal. Pros should be expected to finish 1-on-1s
Macari 6 - Fine, never looks out of place there
Platt 6 - I didn't enjoy seeing him outpaced for the goal (Balders would've caught him ) No way sponsors MoM. OK apart from that.
Bedeau 6 - Probably the pick of the backline, but do you always have to be unlucky in the opposing box?
Palmer 6 - We can certainly say he hasn't lost his passing due to the injury
Abbott 5 - At least this will calm down those fans that love their new toys too much
Jones 6 - I think we shouldn't overlook those days JJ wastes a lot of good possession. Why is he never moved inside?
Crowley 7 MoM - Impish as ever. Needed those in front of and around him to do their part more
Grant 4 - Waste of a shirt, especially today. Didzy got all his goals from inside-left why not start him there and Brown up top?
Tsaroulla 6 - I blame SM, never take off a player who keeps getting in on goal, it's a precious thing that will come good
McGoldrick 5 - Didn't give us what we need today, would've given more in last season's position in a game like today's

Subs
Brown 6 - Started horribly then got into it
Austin 6 - Sorry for him, but di Brown get a touch making him offside?
Gordon 7 - No shortage of decent balls into the box. Good option to have, allow JJ to play No10 the opposition would hate that.
Cundy N/A

That's more like it.

[Elite_Pie]

Must admit I didn't envy whoever had to pick the MOM today. Nobody stood out, we had too many 6/10 performers. Our crossing was generally poor, but we still created enough clear chances to get at least a draw. They were hard to break down, but we did it a few times but just couldn't apply the finish. No reason to get downhearted, but we need 3 points at Morecambe.

[hissingdwarf]

Massive off day from everyone today. Can't rank anyone above a 6.

Bass 5 - Distribution was poor and should've done with better with their goal, didn't even attempt to go for the ball as their player rounded him with ease.

Macari 5 - Poor as well, looked shaky whenever put under pressure.

Platt 6 - Did okay.

Bedeau 5.5 - See Platt. Marked down for another miss at the end.

Tsaroulla 4 - Missed two huge chances.

Jones 6 - Wasn't his usual self, certainly wasn't through a lack of effort but, as with everyone, wasn't on it today. Hope he isn't seriously injured.

Palmer 5 - Looked a shadow of the player he was before his injury. Looked slow, ponderous, and rarely got stuck in.

Abbott 4.5 - Looked like a 19 year old youth player today. Got stuck in early and was booked and then was totally anonymous after that, other than missing another massive chance.

Crowley 5 - Got on the ball a lot but was very ineffective with it, especially from set pieces.

Grant 3 - Woeful. Completely anonymous going forward and so weak and lacklustre defensively. God knows how he's still in the starting 11.

McGoldrick 5 - Needs to remember that he's own lone striker and stop dropping into midfield when we're attacking. So many times the ball went into the box and he was nowhere near it. And when he was we missed yet another chance.

Austin - 5 Did nothing other than give the ball away when he came on. Still think he'd offer a hell of a lot more than Grant.

Gordon 5 - Got into good positions but his final ball was usually poor.

Brown 5 - Gave the ball away a lot.

Cundy N/A

Really poor and disappointing day today. For once I thought we'd turned a corner with our early season form but yet again notts let everyone down again with our worst performance thus far.

First set of ratings put up and im on board with them. Maybe downgrade Jones a little as I thought he wasn’t coping with the double team at all. Seemed slightly disinterested tbh.

[Notsohumblepie]

First set of ratings put up and im on board with them. Maybe downgrade Jones a little as I thought he wasn’t coping with the double team at all. Seemed slightly disinterested tbh.

Judging by what happened to him in the end , perhaps his slight disinterest was motivated by fear of serious injury . He wasn't wrong was he.

[hissingdwarf]

Judging by what happened to him in the end , perhaps his slight disinterest was motivated by fear of serious injury . He wasn't wrong was he.

Not at all. He’s been kicked from pillar to post every game. Refs need to do better imo. I just thought he looked off it and didn’t have the spark.

The injury fear is an issue for us, especially when you’ve got a couple of skilled players like Jones and Crowley. Teams will set up to kick 7 shades of ****e out of them.

Thought Palmer looked scared of the challenges as well today, again understandable after his injury though. Must be a tough hill to climb after such a long injury…always thinking the next challenge could do similar damage then I’m out for another season.

[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.

[SinceSept1959]

That's more like it.

A sensible and logical assessment and post.
I thought Notts played well today and had the two early chances been taken , the result could well have been 4 or 5 nil .
Certainly a case of 1-0 to the officials , much like the FA Cup replay at Ilson v Hereford last Tuesday.

With regards to criticisms of Bass with the offside winner what was he supposed to do clatter the bloke and get a red or risk a needless injury ?
Platt certainly deserved MOM and Bass and the back three did all that was expected of them.
Gills will be thereabouts at the end of the season and the performance from Notts deserved more than defeat.
Unfair criticism too for George Abbott , a first tackle victim of inconsistent refereeing . Both deserved yellow cards but Clark got off.
Abbott , thrrefore ,treading a fine line afterwards.
The lad was played further forward in the first half with Crowley playing too deep to accommodate Palmer. A goal threat nullified really.
A shame that the two early chances fell to the " wrong player" otherwise they would have been praised on here !
Jodi and Didzy were stiffled continually fouled and double marked which reduced their effectiveness.
No Jatta so why so many deep crosses.

A setback but far from disastrous.

[Thordardaughter]

Astonishingly low ratings above, obviously clouded by the result rather than the performance. Aside from a very flat 20 minutes after half time I thought we played fairly well but just couldn't finish our chances.

We do need a conversation about Conor Grant, though. I've yet to really see what he offers us. Reminds me a bi o Ian Hamilton many years ago, where you know his name was on the team sheet but you struggle to remember him contributing anything of note, good or bad.

Not one to scapegoat but before anyone does Grant cannot be in any future starting line up.
In my anger I described him as a statue but I think that’s being kind !

[queenslandpie]

A sensible and logical assessment and post.
I thought Notts played well today and had the two early chances been taken , the result could well have been 4 or 5 nil .
Certainly a case of 1-0 to the officials , much like the FA Cup replay at Ilson v Hereford last Tuesday.

With regards to criticisms of Bass with the offside winner what was he supposed to do clatter the bloke and get a red or risk a needless injury ?
Platt certainly deserved MOM and Bass and the back three did all that was expected of them.
Gills will be thereabouts at the end of the season and the performance from Notts deserved more than defeat.
Unfair criticism too for George Abbott , a first tackle victim of inconsistent refereeing . Both deserved yellow cards but Clark got off.
Abbott , thrrefore ,treading a fine line afterwards.
The lad was played further forward in the first half with Crowley playing too deep to accommodate Palmer. A goal threat nullified really.
A shame that the two early chances fell to the " wrong player" otherwise they would have been praised on here !
Jodi and Didzy were stiffled continually fouled and double marked which reduced their effectiveness.
No Jatta so why so many deep crosses.

A setback but far from disastrous.

If Platt had done his job properly and slid into the goal he would have cleared the tame shot for their winner. He was too busy appealing for offside with Bedau. Minus 1-2 points for that from me. needs to play to the whistle.

[TSANHO]

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.

Best post on the thread.