Andy_S
Member of the Barry Corr Fan Club
That was the cry from someone behind me after Grimsby fluffed another chance, and how true it was. Pathetic sums up last nights performance from us. It showed that Tilly is kidding himself if he thinks he doesn't need to strengthen certain areas to get us promoted. Hunt got showed up completely that he's not a midfielder, Pettefer gave us nothing going forward again, whilst the full backs were abysmal yet again. We made a very poor team look alright last night, and if it wasn't for their finishing looking like the calibre of our early season finishing, we'd have been hammered. Nobody seemed as if they wanted to be there, the crowd were subdued, and it just seemed as if everyone would've rather been in the warm and preferred to have been able to have the game on the Saturday afternoon instead of another evening one.
My ratings for what it's worth:
Griemink 7.5: Still not comfortable with him but I'll accept when players I'm not keen on have good games and that was the best I've seen him play. For once he looked confident. Didn't make any outstanding stops and it wasn't what you'd call a masterclass in goalkeeping, as it was the sort of game where chances were missed rather than saved by either keeper.
Jupp 5: Poor again. The moment when he and Che were left back on the halfway line and he managed to lob it over Che's head and put us in the mire was ridiculous. Has to be replaced. Is he really leaving, or was it just a malicious rumour?
Prior 6: Doesn't concentrate enough for me, lets the ball bounce far too often and had another one of those games where he never really looked comfortable.
Barrett 7: The best of the backline yet again. Had no chance of getting out of the way of Gray's backpass. Fully committed to the cause unlike a lot of the others.
Wilson 5: Shabby yet again, and it's time for Nicky to get another chance. Mad bad passes, could barely head the ball and his anticipation was woeful.
Pettefer 5: What does he have to do to get dropped!? He runs around a lot but that's all he does. Lawson could've done that and probably more besides. Needs to be replaced by someone who actually has some attacking prowess.
Hunt 4.5: Absolutely appalling. When he and Pettefer play in midfield together, we lack so much cutting edge. It's frightening that someone playing there has so little ability when it comes to shooting or any other attribute needed in the final third. Whenever it drops to him on the edge of the box you just know nothing's going to happen. Dwelt on the ball far to often and didn't look like he could be bothered at times.
Bentley 6.5: Was pretty anonymous really. Missed three really good chances but missed having Maher next to him, especially with the way he knew how Hunt was playing. Never gave up though.
Gower 7: Huffed and puffed but always tried to beat his man once too often. Grimsby knew of his threat and doubled up on him everytime he got the ball. Still vital to any hope of us getting anything from the game though.
Eastwood 6: Was pretty quiet again. Why does he want to come deep all the time!? He very rarely darts into the box as he did when he first arrived and was all too often trotting around 30 yards out when Gray had the ball at the byline. Scored a goal out of nothing, although my first impression was that the keeper should have saved it. Has anyone seen it on tv yet?
Gray 7.5: Never stopped running, always putting the defenders under pressure. Never got any kind of service from an inept midfield though.
Subs:
Bramble 6: Should've been brought on much, much earlier. Yet again Tilly didn't use his subs right when we were struggling. Tes gave us a bit more impetus, but why was he put on the left wing for the last 5 minutes?
I suppose the bright spot is that even though we were a shambles, we didn't lose. Grimsby are the sort of teams we need to beat if we want to stay in the top 7 though, especially at home.
My ratings for what it's worth:
Griemink 7.5: Still not comfortable with him but I'll accept when players I'm not keen on have good games and that was the best I've seen him play. For once he looked confident. Didn't make any outstanding stops and it wasn't what you'd call a masterclass in goalkeeping, as it was the sort of game where chances were missed rather than saved by either keeper.
Jupp 5: Poor again. The moment when he and Che were left back on the halfway line and he managed to lob it over Che's head and put us in the mire was ridiculous. Has to be replaced. Is he really leaving, or was it just a malicious rumour?
Prior 6: Doesn't concentrate enough for me, lets the ball bounce far too often and had another one of those games where he never really looked comfortable.
Barrett 7: The best of the backline yet again. Had no chance of getting out of the way of Gray's backpass. Fully committed to the cause unlike a lot of the others.
Wilson 5: Shabby yet again, and it's time for Nicky to get another chance. Mad bad passes, could barely head the ball and his anticipation was woeful.
Pettefer 5: What does he have to do to get dropped!? He runs around a lot but that's all he does. Lawson could've done that and probably more besides. Needs to be replaced by someone who actually has some attacking prowess.
Hunt 4.5: Absolutely appalling. When he and Pettefer play in midfield together, we lack so much cutting edge. It's frightening that someone playing there has so little ability when it comes to shooting or any other attribute needed in the final third. Whenever it drops to him on the edge of the box you just know nothing's going to happen. Dwelt on the ball far to often and didn't look like he could be bothered at times.
Bentley 6.5: Was pretty anonymous really. Missed three really good chances but missed having Maher next to him, especially with the way he knew how Hunt was playing. Never gave up though.
Gower 7: Huffed and puffed but always tried to beat his man once too often. Grimsby knew of his threat and doubled up on him everytime he got the ball. Still vital to any hope of us getting anything from the game though.
Eastwood 6: Was pretty quiet again. Why does he want to come deep all the time!? He very rarely darts into the box as he did when he first arrived and was all too often trotting around 30 yards out when Gray had the ball at the byline. Scored a goal out of nothing, although my first impression was that the keeper should have saved it. Has anyone seen it on tv yet?
Gray 7.5: Never stopped running, always putting the defenders under pressure. Never got any kind of service from an inept midfield though.
Subs:
Bramble 6: Should've been brought on much, much earlier. Yet again Tilly didn't use his subs right when we were struggling. Tes gave us a bit more impetus, but why was he put on the left wing for the last 5 minutes?
I suppose the bright spot is that even though we were a shambles, we didn't lose. Grimsby are the sort of teams we need to beat if we want to stay in the top 7 though, especially at home.
