Ratings

[Stillclem4england]

Palmer 6  bad mistake for the goal but made up for it with the penalty save 

Furlong 5 struggled most of the night wasteful on the ball 

Kipre 7 never gives up and a great save 

Pieters as furlong

Reach 5 had his hands full with chair 

Johnston 7 wonder goal 

Yok  5 struggled 

Mowett 6 tried hard but nothing worked 

Grady 6 just for the finish 

Fellows 5 one decent cross but very leggy 

Wallace 5  very poor 

Subs 

Chalobah  4 very poor when he came on 

Andy .......none existent when he came on 

Pipa  5 did OK. 

Ajayi 7 did some great runs .

Swift 4 awful

Chair played on their left. Smith was on their right against Reach.

[Baggeridgebaggy]

Really surprised more teams haven’t worked out how to play against us. Got no one to hold the ball up, link play or win any kind of ball in the air in our final third

Other than Fellows (to some degree) we haven’t got any pace either, so the opposition can play from the half way line without worrying about balls over the top

We have to pass out from the back, so all teams have to do is press & get more of their players higher up the pitch. Effectively squeeze the game & pin us in

If teams did the same ar home we’d have more problems. Southampton did it first half against us

It’s why the Plymouth game looks so easy for us - they sat back, gave us time to pass it out & around the midfield & it played right into our hands

QPR were excellent & can see why they went away to beat Leicester.

Any decent coach should be able to see limitations of our squad & football. Wallace 3 or 4 yrs ago might have been able to run a defender. Now he can’t even do that.

Ajayi should start against Huddersfield, if nothing else for much needed pace & athleticism