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I am buggered if I can see Chaplin's ability. He is endlessly cross with other players for not putting the ball where he says he wanted it, when he was not in a good position in the first place. He lacks the basic speed over 5-6 yards you need and seems rarely to think of going to the near post...

Chaplin has not got either the speed of brain, or speed over the ground to score the goals we need. McNulty had a good football brain

Bearing in mind 6 is average, and we scraped a draw at home Burge 6.5 - two very good saves, not at fault for the goal or the the two easy chances they fluffed Grimmer 7 - good going forward, but their main threat came from his side Hyam 6.5 - steady, but they should have scored twice and both...

What has Brown done to offend you, I thought he had an almost faultless game. Chaplin on the other hand was dire - to slow over the ground and in the head.

Not a good enough crosser and tends to lose his man - but 10/10 for enthusiasm and committment

It has to be the side that has 5 wins and a draw playing 4-4-2. The doubts are Davies's fitness - Hyam is more than capable Bayliss's form - I'd still play him ahead of Ogogo From what seemed to me an over-sized squad at the start of the season has been whittled down by form and fitness to a...

Messages from the last two games - which were worth losing as a way of finding out. Play offs are all that matters 4-3-3 doesn't work - midfield too thin. Stick to 4-4-2 Yoof needs to be brought in gradually. None of the promising names are really beating down the door Shipley is having a shit...

IF Davies is out we need to wrap Hyam and Willis in cotton wool. I'd find another partner for Thompson

The average score per player per game this season is around 6. It has drifted up with the winning run to 6.3. I don't include Cup games but had I done so the average would have definitely dropped !!

Poorest of the four

It's the risk as much as anything. Injury picked up in an FA cup game would be stupid

Doyle & Andreu together = a central midfield made up of two elderly gents. You could play Andreu with Doyle if the latter was 15 years younger

Bakayoko - clearance by Burge, knock down by Baka to Chaplin to Hirwula, neat feed back to Chaplin, cross and diving header by Baka wins game late on and starts the winning run

is Mason fit?

Rest key players where possible L O'B Thompson Hyam Davies Brown Thomas (if allowed) Doyle Kelly Shipley Chaplin Bakayoko IF one of the under 23's looks up to it, put them in instead of Kelly As JCH is our only genuine target man, he should definitely be rested

This work all started with Bayliss - we all rate him, yet his player ratings are pretty average. His absence against Stanley indicates that the player-raters are undervaluing what he provides.

I thought he played in the 2-0 last year and was given the run around by Kee, my mistake if that was not the case. But even so it was a surprisingly dud performance by him. I hope he is not suffering from MacDonald syndrome - Concrete Rod to Waxworks Rod in 5 months

Only in the sense that the comments alongside the rating for Stanley (just Stanley) were pretty damning. Before Sat he has been on the rise.

The Wisdom of the Crowds: I was going to post this at 23 games, but lost patience. This is the average “player rating” for every player (minimum 3 starts) up until Accrington Stanley. Substitutions excluded except in exceptional circumstances. Rank Player Games Ave/game 1 Davies...

Big response this week, biggest of the season – key game and a patchy performance. Man of the Match – Thomas – 2nd week in succession, nobody has done that yet Dud of the Match – Hirwula – no surprise there. Overall performance score 6.3/10 which is fractionally below average, which seemed...