Ratings v Newport

[MapperleyMagpie]

Thought I'd get it out the way early so as not to dwell on what should have been !

Bass - 7 Nothing really to, 1 decent save, 2 scary moment.

Tsaroulla - 6 Tried all match but just couldn't put in that killer cross and doesn't seem able to take the shot himself.

Macari - 7 Solid as ever at the back.

Platt 6.5 - Good at the back but not his usual threat going forward on a day when we should have thrown more men forward.

Ness - 7 looks like a good player. Neat touches, reads the game well, broke up their attacks and turned it around to us going forward.

Palmer - 5.5 Disappointing, too many safe short passes, cannot hit the target and should stay away from shooting. Corners and set pieces very average. Will not be in the side when all midfielders fit.

Abbott - 7 Just shades man of the match. Some great touches, tough tackling, always looking to go forward and breaks up the play really well

Austin - 6 Huffed and Puffed his way through the game, 1 decent shot but largely ineffective.

Brown - 5 Continues to disappoint me. Much more effort today and some nice touches, but NEVER a striker. His touch in the box is often clumsy and shot shy with no power behind them. Doesn't add anything to current set up.

McGoldrick - 6 Covered more ground than anyone BUT that's not always a positive he is after all a striker. Today his shooting boots never even made the locker room.

Jatta -5.5 lots of running and effort but hardly touched the ball and missed couple of tap ins. Not helped by poor set pieces and passing from midfielders.

Subs - Gordon - 5 Largely ineffective and made very little impact on the game.

Scott - 5 Feel for the lad but doesn't look fully fit and again didn't have any influence on the game. His chances of redemption are running out.

Cisse - 7 Best of the bunch, one great block in box to deny a possible goal, few attacking moments of quality and looks tricky.

BOSS - 5 Way too much emphasis on pretty possession play and not enough on actually troubling opposition goal. Yes not helped by injuries but we are just dour and toothless at home.

Recruitment Team - 3 Wake up and smell the coffee !! If you do not deliver a top class striker in January please leave! Lack of depth and fire power is becoming very telling.

[marky]

Thought I'd get it out the way early so as not to dwell on what should have been !

Bass - 7 Nothing really to, 1 decent save, 2 scary moment.

Tsaroulla - 6 Tried all match but just couldn't put in that killer cross and doesn't seem able to take the shot himself.

Macari - 7 Solid as ever at the back.

Platt 6.5 - Good at the back but not his usual threat going forward on a day when we should have thrown more men forward.

Ness - 7 looks like a good player. Neat touches, reads the game well, broke up their attacks and turned it around to us going forward.

Palmer - 5.5 Disappointing, too many safe short passes, cannot hit the target and should stay away from shooting. Corners and set pieces very average. Will not be in the side when all midfielders fit.

Abbott - 7 Just shades man of the match. Some great touches, tough tackling, always looking to go forward and breaks up the play really well

Austin - 6 Huffed and Puffed his way through the game, 1 decent shot but largely ineffective.

Brown - 5 Continues to disappoint me. Much more effort today and some nice touches, but NEVER a striker. His touch in the box is often clumsy and shot shy with no power behind them. Doesn't add anything to current set up.

McGoldrick - 6 Covered more ground than anyone BUT that's not always a positive he is after all a striker. Today his shooting boots never even made the locker room.

Jatta -5.5 lots of running and effort but hardly touched the ball and missed couple of tap ins. Not helped by poor set pieces and passing from midfielders.

Subs - Gordon - 5 Largely ineffective and made very little impact on the game.

Scott - 5 Feel for the lad but doesn't look fully fit and again didn't have any influence on the game. His chances of redemption are running out.

Cisse - 7 Best of the bunch, one great block in box to deny a possible goal, few attacking moments of quality and looks tricky.

BOSS - 5 Way too much emphasis on pretty possession play and not enough on actually troubling opposition goal. Yes not helped by injuries but we are just dour and toothless at home.

Recruitment Team - 3 Wake up and smell the coffee !! If you do not deliver a top class striker in January please leave! Lack of depth and fire power is becoming very telling.

Think we need to beat Peterborough next week in order to generate the money needed to get a striker in January.

[i961pie]

Missing the creativity and badly need a striker. Abbotts best game by far today.

[drillerpie]

Thought I'd get it out the way early so as not to dwell on what should have been !

Bass - 7 Nothing really to, 1 decent save, 2 scary moment.

Tsaroulla - 6 Tried all match but just couldn't put in that killer cross and doesn't seem able to take the shot himself.

Macari - 7 Solid as ever at the back.

Platt 6.5 - Good at the back but not his usual threat going forward on a day when we should have thrown more men forward.

Ness - 7 looks like a good player. Neat touches, reads the game well, broke up their attacks and turned it around to us going forward.

Palmer - 5.5 Disappointing, too many safe short passes, cannot hit the target and should stay away from shooting. Corners and set pieces very average. Will not be in the side when all midfielders fit.

Abbott - 7 Just shades man of the match. Some great touches, tough tackling, always looking to go forward and breaks up the play really well

Austin - 6 Huffed and Puffed his way through the game, 1 decent shot but largely ineffective.

Brown - 5 Continues to disappoint me. Much more effort today and some nice touches, but NEVER a striker. His touch in the box is often clumsy and shot shy with no power behind them. Doesn't add anything to current set up.

McGoldrick - 6 Covered more ground than anyone BUT that's not always a positive he is after all a striker. Today his shooting boots never even made the locker room.

Jatta -5.5 lots of running and effort but hardly touched the ball and missed couple of tap ins. Not helped by poor set pieces and passing from midfielders.

Subs - Gordon - 5 Largely ineffective and made very little impact on the game.

Scott - 5 Feel for the lad but doesn't look fully fit and again didn't have any influence on the game. His chances of redemption are running out.

Cisse - 7 Best of the bunch, one great block in box to deny a possible goal, few attacking moments of quality and looks tricky.

BOSS - 5 Way too much emphasis on pretty possession play and not enough on actually troubling opposition goal. Yes not helped by injuries but we are just dour and toothless at home.

Recruitment Team - 3 Wake up and smell the coffee !! If you do not deliver a top class striker in January please leave! Lack of depth and fire power is becoming very telling.

Agree with almost all of those. Ness and Abbott were our best two - I'd say Abbot did more than shade MoM though - he was everywhere, great performance, 7.5 or 8 for me. Cisse looked very interesting and I hope to see more of him. He looks a good bet to break down physically imposing defences.

Jatta would get a 6 from me. Not much service but don't remember him missing 2 sitters.

Brown unfortunately I agree. There's a player in there somewhere but he's just not really getting into games. I had a look at his YouTube reel when he first joined and he looked great but I did notice he was often playing on the counter - running, taking players on, shooting from anywhere. Not sure if it's confidence or he doesn't suit our style of play, but we need more from him on days like today.

5 is a bit harsh for Maynard I think. He put pretty much the most attacking team possible out and we created enough chances to win the game, without ever really being troubled by Newport.

All the rest I think you're spot on.

[TSANHO]

Not understanding the disdain towards Matty Palmer lately. Apart from one wayward pass and weak shot (but at least he did have a shot!) he totally ran the show and popped up everywhere. Breaking up play, recycling the ball, reading the game?.he was my MOTM along with Ness and Platt. How you can give him the same rating as Brown and Gordon is something I can?t get my head around, who look way way short of the standard we require if we want to finish in the top 7. Palmer really isn?t the problem.

I?d like to see more of Cisse, especially as we?re lacking any energy and creativity.

[MapperleyMagpie]

Agree with almost all of those. Ness and Abbott were our best two - I'd say Abbot did more than shade MoM though - he was everywhere, great performance, 7.5 or 8 for me. Cisse looked very interesting and I hope to see more of him. He looks a good bet to break down physically imposing defences.

Jatta would get a 6 from me. Not much service but don't remember him missing 2 sitters.

Brown unfortunately I agree. There's a player in there somewhere but he's just not really getting into games. I had a look at his YouTube reel when he first joined and he looked great but I did notice he was often playing on the counter - running, taking players on, shooting from anywhere. Not sure if it's confidence or he doesn't suit our style of play, but we need more from him on days like today.

5 is a bit harsh for Maynard I think. He put pretty much the most attacking team possible out and we created enough chances to win the game, without ever really being troubled by Newport.

All the rest I think you're spot on.

I concede to your score for Maynard and perhaps emotion got the better of me. Jatta. I'll happily go 6

[NottsNotCounty]

Bass - 6 didn’t have a great deal to do
Mess - 8 looked very competent on the ground and tried to offer an attack threat first half but Tsaroulla never fed him on the overlap
Platt - 7 dealt with what came his way calmly
Macari - 7.5 out of position on the left but didn’t drop his standards
Tsaroulla - 5, he isn’t JJ, doesn’t have his pace, trickery or guile so stop playing him on the right, first half time and time again the full back was there for the taking on the outside but he cut inside with no end product . Yet to be convinced by him.
Palmer - 6.5 take him off free kicks and corners and just allow him to knit play which was all he used to do before injury in an effective way.
Abbott - 8 all over the pitch, just lacking a goal at the moment but leads the midfield well.
McGoldrick - comfortable on the ball, would have liked to see Maynard throw him up lomgside Jatta in a 2 man attack though to try and get Jatta more involved.
Brown - 5 we must have missed out on somebody on deadline day to end up with him. Send him back, offers nothing.
Austin - 6.5 - typical Austin display for me, hard working and had a willingness at taking his man on at wing back.
Jatta - 6 not involved, needs to get across his man and hit the front post more, hoping a keeper doesn’t claim a cross at the back stick far too often.
Gordon - 5 a downgrade on TAR
Scott - 5 not up to pace yet
Cisse - too little time to score him.
Maynard - 5 tactics were found wanting today, he’s been badly let down by the recruitment. team I believe, but I maintain he isn’t the answer, forward play is far too slow and predictable now under him, crowds were entertained, not anymore and starting to dwindle. I think the board will have a decision to make around Christmas.

[NottsNotCounty]

Dam predictive text, Ness not Mess!

[OchPie]

For me Abbott was playing the types of balls I desperately wanted Palmer to be playing. Palmer's distribution was ok but I don't remember him actually starting all that much dangerous.

I really liked the look of what Cisse brought.

[the_anticlough]

Good ratings here, but mine would be a bit different/harsher

Bass 6 - typical game, very little to do, but did what he had to do well
Ness 7 - Like him. Real candidate for a regular starting spot
Platt 7 - Love how he reads the game to snuff things out early and put us back on the attack. Deserves to have better ahead of him.
Macari 7 MoM - Does so much good work, not only with the ball, but is growing as a one-v-one defender too.
Abbott 6 - Took him too long to get into his game. Was great when he did apart from being more clinical in the final third
Palmer 5 - Opposite of Abbott, started great and then got as scrappy as the game. We were desperate for real impact from his position.
Tsaroulla 6 - Consistently positive, a good outlet, but he's going to have to convert that into end product at some point.
McGoldrick 6 - the pick of our frontline. Will have regrets when he looks back at this game
Brown 4 - real off day, had a right to ask SM why he was subbed, but there's an easy answer to that
Austin 4 - a regular place in our starting XI needs to be backed up by real impact, goals, assists, and posing a constant threat.
Jatta 6 - Improved as the game went on, showed nice composure in the box at times. Good to have him back

Subs
Gordon 5 - tried, but not much came off for him
Scott 5 - OK, needs more confidence
Cisse 6 - doesn't look out of place as a L2 player