Ratings

[11amstart]

J. Griffiths 6
C. Styles 6
C. Mepham 6
N. Phillips 6
G. Campbell 6
A. Mowatt 6 substituted for T. Collyer 6
O. Diakité 5 substituted for J. Maja 6
I. Price 6
J. Molumby 6
J. Wallace 6 substituted for M. Johnston 7
A. Heggebø 6

5=poor; 6=average; 7=good; 8=very good and 9=outstanding

Not a bad performance last night - just bang-average!

[Josh1873]

That's not a bad assessment.

[Stillclem4england]

7 for Mepham and 5 for Price and Wallace, otherwise agree.

[Shabby Russian]

7 for Mepham and 5 for Price and Wallace, otherwise agree.

Although they combined to produce our most coherent move of the game.

Price didn't have his best game, not played in his best position. But it is telling that he still  tried to make things happen in the first half, even if his shooting was wild and wayward. Plus he got on the end of that Wallace cross, not anyone else. 

Not sure I am on board with the Wallace criticism either. He was never as good as some said he was, but certainly not as bad as many are saying he is currently.

[Mickyfudge]

Wallace wasn’t too bad last night but he is certainly not a long term solution.thought price was really poor

[richbaggie]

Not a chance Wallace was a 5 and therefore our worst player. My group were saying during the game last night that he was the best of the attacking players last night without being excellent. The ball in for Price was the best pass of the night. However, the fact that we all thought he was our best attacker was a concern to us. Jed should be merely bench back up, nothing more.

[Stillclem4england]

Not a chance Wallace was a 5 and therefore our worst player. My group were saying during the game last night that he was the best of the attacking players last night without being excellent.  The ball in for Price was the best pass of the night. However, the fact that we all thought he was our best attacker was a concern to us. Jed should be merely bench back up, nothing more.

That was a superb ball Tbf Rich, however every other time he cut back. You compare that to the replacement wing back they had and you see the pace and drive we sadly lack.

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Wallace wasn’t too bad last night but he is certainly not a long term solution.thought price was really poor

I don’t think Price had a clue where he was meant to be playing and we missed him terribly in the pockets. It also meant poor Styles was completely overloaded.

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Heggebo was a five too. His level has dropped in the last two games albeit the system left him isolated.

[Jerry]

Not ratings as such but comments: Campbell at fullback is not working, he’s playing like a CH at fullback and we have no attacking play from him(plus his crossing is woeful). If the fullback purchased is no better then we are in trouble. The other side Styles has started poorly and makes me think he doesn’t want to play there this season and wants back in the midfield, is the left back purchased any good?

[SW4Baggie]

Not ratings as such but comments: Campbell at fullback is not working, he’s playing like a CH at fullback and we have no attacking play from him(plus his crossing is woeful). If the fullback purchased is no better then we are in trouble. The other side Styles has started poorly and makes me think he doesn’t want to play there this season and wants back in the midfield, is the left back purchased any good?

Really don’t get this Styles has started poorly line - he’s been one of our strongest players in attacking output (admittedly a low bar) and defensively he’s been fine. LB is one of the few positions we don’t have an issue in currently - the right side is the bigger problem. 

Styles’ issue is that he plays very well for Hungary in the middle and he could offer that energy and composure on the ball we lack there.

[Josh1873]

Styles has been very good in these first few games. I said on another Fred, I'd like to see him in CM, he has the attributes to be a great CM, but his playing so well at LB, and does a lot of good work for us there, I don't think we should be changing that, just for the sake of it.

I also believe Mowatt and Molumby are fin in CM, we're controlling games, stopping the opposition from creating many chances against us, and we are creating some chances (I'd like to see us be more creative, but to say we create nothing is incorrect), so they're obviously doing something well!

If we were getting overrun, conceeding the possession battle, and allowed the opposition chance after chance, whilst creating nothing, then I'd be saying the midfield needs changing. But that's not the case.