jist a few comments from fans who went yesterday
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Ward (5) - Had very little to do. Made a good stop from ex-red Michael Blackwood, but distribution as poor as ever.
Baynes (7) - Very solid display. He's probably the best hitter of a dead-ball since Graham Whittle. Excellent corner for our first goal. He's definitely better as an attacking full-back than as either a wing-back or right winger.
Westwood (7) - Good positional play and didn't tire. Stallard isn't the quickest guy in the world, but he can be a handful. Ashley had him in his pocket. looks like a good signing, but will be interesting to see what he's like against quicker strikers, although he again held his own against the other Mansfield strikers.
Mike Williams (7) - Good footballer, and good, powerful header for his goal. He is a bit slow, and sometimes switches off to give his man too much space. But definitely improving.
Tremarco (7) - Again solid until he took an injury to his right ankle. Think he turned it when landing from an awkward challenge. Hope it's not too serious.
Sam Brown (2) - Hardly anything went right for him, and certainly our weakest link today. Must try harder!
Allen (7) - First time I've seen him and was quite impressed. He's quick, has good feet and a good brain. He's still far from perfect, but at his age, he can but get better.
Mackin (7) - Mostly very good, with the occasional stupid pass or move. But ran his heart out, and closed down the midfield well. Allen and Mackin is a better combination than Kearney and Mackin, but I still think we are missing that creativity in the midfield.
Taylor (6) - He isn't a winger; but looked more comfortable when he had to replace Carl at left-back.
Marc Williams (
- Ran his socks off and battled for everything. He may lack the necessary pace to become a good forward, but he has so many other good attributes that make up for that deficiency. Excellent poacher's goal. My MOTM.
Proctor (6) - Bags of movement and almost scored in the second half, but for a superb save from Gamble - you couldn't make it up! However, a combination of Marc and Michael lacks pace.
Subs:
Spann (7) - We saw the devil and the angel in Silvio, today. Did well to cover for their goal, but then failed to pass it back. Afterwards, we saw the footballer in him coming out. So, considering his trans-Atlantic midweek journeys, we can forgive him; but that stupid mistake could have cost us 3 points.
Aiston (3) - Admittedly he didn't have much time to influence the game, but what little he did he buggered up. Simply not good enough.
S Evans (6) - No howlers and looked okay alongside Westwood, although that pairing is possibly a bit too slow and similar.
All in all, a hard fought for 3 points, but we thoroughly deserved to win. There is still much for DS Mk 2 and TD to do; but the morale is climbing, and we are mostly playing it on the floor. But I'm a happy bunny!
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#2 Yesterday, 19:32
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ratings v Mansfield
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not brilliant - but stuck in there and a third successive win - brilliant
Ward - 7 - sound !!
Baynes - 7 - good all round and some excellent delivery
Westwood - 8 - MoM - great debut, more stretched when they went long later on
Mike W. -6 - solid again - lack of a right foot showed him up more today
Tremarco - (6) -
Simon B - 4 - just - effort was there, but nothing came off, except him eventually!
Allen - 6 - worked away and came into play more as game went on
Mackin - 5 - just, as 2nd half was a slight improvement on a woeful 1st 45
Taylor - 6 - based on late covering really, 4+ bad (sloppy) slips, including start of their goal
Proctor - 6 - not a lot of threat, but held it up increasingly well and showed his (footballing) intelligence
Marc W - 8 - confidence showed in an impressive all round game
Spann - 6 - great to hear him supported... awful mistake for their goal, but worked past it, and has a lot of class - intermittently!
Evans -(6) - came on to do a job with Jason lee - did it!!
and the ref - pillock!! - some fussy to awful decisions led him to book Wes for nothing, and his one lino was a pratt too
8th - a jump to next layer - but still trying for proper football (last week's session on hooking it forward into the channels seemed to have stuck in Levi's mind - sort of!!) so Deano - 10 -
thought I'd join you on one thread PD
think you may be overly kind to the central midfield ... and Aiston was so poor I forgot the man came on !!
do I take it you were on the positive side of your Proctor debate
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#3 Yesterday, 19:48
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Ward 6 - Didnt have alot to do.
Baynes 7 - I much prefer him as a right back, good in the tackle
Williams 7 - Lost quite a few headers but was pretty solid
Westwood 7 - Neat and tidy, no the biggest but was decent in the air. Doesnt seem slow to me?
Tremarco 7 - Was looking steady until hin injury
Brown 5 - Looked up for it, just couldnt get in the game
Allen 7 - Looks to get the ball down and play football
Mackin 7 - Not a fan of him but didnt do alot wrong today.
Taylor 6 - Not convinced he's a winger, if only he was a couple of inches taller. But didnt put a foot wrong
Proctor 7 - Some reall nice touches and he put a good shift in, he's just sooooooo slow.
Williams 8 - Coming of age, really impressed with him and didnt he do well for his goal, and you could tell how much it meant to him.
Spann 6- I cant give him any higher because of his howler, but he has got something, he just needs confidence, so everyone has got to stay off his back, which is what the fans did today, when it would have been so easy to slag him.
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Ward (7) - Did nothing wrong really, could have come for more but solid.
Baynes (7) - His delivery in general was pretty exceptional, got caught at the back once or twice though.
Tremarco (6) - Didn't really do much before he came off but did ok.
Mike Williams (7) - Thought he played really well and looks the part as a centre-back. Did well for the goal but its a shame he got injured.
Westwood (
- Thought he was outstanding, read the game superbly and didn't put a foot wrong. My MoM
Simon Brown (4) - Was poor again. In fairness to him, he had to play on the left but didn't beat their full back all game.
Taylor (6) - Battled hard but it didn't quite happen for him today.
Mackin (6) - Useless first half, improved in the second.
Allen (7) - Showed flashes of brilliance and there was some superb passing.
Proctor (7) - Poor in the first half, we really looked like we were missing Louis aas there was no one to hold the ball up front but played better after half time and was unlucky not to score.
Marc Williams (
- Outstanding! He's such a gutsy little F*cker! Great work rate and a nice finish!
Subs:
Spann (7) - Huge blunder for the first goal and was running around like a headless chicken before half time. I was very impressed with him in the 2nd half though, looked a class act!
Aiston (5) - Looked weak again.
S.Evans (7) - Thought it was imperetive to bring him on to mark Jason Lee the target man and he kept him quiet
Fans (10) - Magnificent!
Deano (10) - Love this guy!
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I'd pretty much agree with LWR ratings. The Silvio Spann 'situation' was pleasing for me personally. Last season had he made that mistake I would say that a section of supporters would have booed him and got on his back. Of all the people to make a mistake i'd have had Spann at the bottom of the list as he is all about confidence and I thought he would hide away. But he didn't, he put in a solid shift and looked a threat so credit to him for that. You can see it means a lot to him and the fans support can only help him in his time here.
Silvio, Silvio ! Spann up !
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#6 Yesterday, 21:33
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Psycho has got it pretty much spot on. We looked really good going down the right in the second half. Allen and Spann really tied them in knots with Baynes overlapping well. The ref was officious in the extreme. Thought their No 2 was a good player. The lad who scored their goal reminded me of Malongo; pace to burn but couldnt hit a cows arse with a banjo- yes I know he scored but even I could have slotted that one!
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After listening to the Podcast I think Ill change my Taylor rating to a 7. I forgot about the 2 vital challenges he made and I didnt see him give Brown a rollicking. Well done Neil.
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Thought officials were poor, first half gave them a corner and Tremarco didnt touch it.
He seemed to give them alot of dubious free kicks , and he played over the 5 mins added time
I thought Taylor was great today, Westwood was very cool and decisive also
would have preffered Whalley to Simon Brown on the wing, anyone know why he wasnt in the squad ?
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Ward - 6. Was a bit slow to come out for the goal but probably didn't want to risk getting sent off so I suppose you can't blame him. Don't know why people criticise his distribution - only one went out of play and the rest were fine.
Baynes - 6. Got done a couple of times out wide but generally solid and tidy in possession. A good player.
Tremarco - 6. Didn't do much of note wrong before having to go off. Doesn't really ever have bad games, just some quieter than others.
Mike Williams - 7. Up against a real experienced handful in Stallard and a big speed demon in Sinclair. They didn't cause too many problems. Did well and scored at a very important time.
Westwood - 8. As above but read the game brilliantly and showed a lot of composure. Probably had the more to do out of him and Williams.
Taylor - 7. A quiet game but a match winning captain's challenge at the end, where he risked injury. Great right footed cross for Proctor's header first half. Great attitude and a good player.
Brown - 4. Not helped by being put out on the left, didn't get into it at all. Partly to blame for their goal for taking an unnecessary risk.
Allen - 6/7. A very good player but got out muscled a number of ocassions. Silly booking. Nice touches, nice passing but didn't really stamp his authority on the game.
Mackin - 6. Didn't really notice him, which I think is a good thing for one of the centre mids as it means positionally he was sound, which has not always been the case. A quiet job done ok.
Marc Williams - 7. Worked hard as always. Got a good goal. The boy is coming into his own. Deano is bringing him on to be the player I thought he could be.
Proctor - 6. Neat and tidy. Should probably have had a couple of goals and but for one great save, he would have had one. Intelligent play at times and has the ability to unlock defences, which others in the squad possibly don't.
Spann - 6. If he hadn't made that mistake it would have been a 7. Quality is undeniable, application has been found wanting since he has been here. Not yesterday. Good touches, plenty of effort. Nice to see the fans get behind him as he is a player that needs to be loved, which is probably why Deano is getting more out of him than Little.
Evans - 6/7. As has been said he was brought on to do a job. Did it.
Aiston - 5/6. Had a couple of chances to work the full back and failed to get beyond him but worked reasonably hard and made no great mistakes.
Overall: 7.
Not faultless but without having a full strength squad and suffering injuries the lads played well and certainly deserved the win. If we keep working hard and keep believing that even if we go one down we have the ability to score 2, we will continue to climb the table. A very good 3 points against a side with a decent home record, albeit on a poor run.
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