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Davies goal disallowed because our guy (Hiwula?) on the goal line and offside? He comes back, but may have been offside at the point Davies headed it It was a solo run by Hooper, he had no support, there was no need for Davies to hang back once Willis had to check his stride.

If you go by the amalgamated Player Ratings on this blog (excluding today) - so a "wisdom of the crowds" Davies 6.95 from 6 Burge 6.75 from 9 Hyam 6.72 from 12 Willis 6.69 from 12 Chaplin 6.63 from 6

At this level ( Division 1 upper-mid table) clubs like Southend tend not to have runs of form, as they have currently had beyond 5 games, . You need bigger resources than they have. A law of chance creeps in. Therefore I think there is a good possibility of us getting something out of this, not...

As we seem to do things back to front. Draw against Southend, loss to Bradford, followed up by a win against Donny. I would love six points out of nine, the most likely combo to get that is a loss to Southend, wins against Bradford and Donny

Doyle is the problem, nothing personal, just that his age must count against him, and neither Kelly or Ogogo have stood up to be counted in terms of skill or leadership. Given the fanfare over Ogogo when we finally managed to persuade him to join, that is a particular disappointment. We need to...

Right, here's the summary of everybody's ratings against Wycombe Man of the Match Sterling (very narrowly over Davies) Dud of the Match Doyle (equally narrowly over Bayliss) By total ratings awarded, second best performance after Barnsley, marginally better than Gillingham. This seems generous...

Hiwula should have placed his shot better - went for power. I remain really impressed by Sterling's cool. He looks up twice and checks what his options are. The guy tracking him was knackered at the end which helped

Those favoring 3 points can only mean losing to Southend and beating Bradford. It is worth noting that there is a bonus in beating Southend in that the clubs around us have difficult fixtures so a win would push us up the table even to 8th. But the key point is not our position, but the number...

The polls haven't closed yet on this week's player ratings but the "exit poll" indicates that the two weakest players yesterday were Doyle and Bayliss (Doyle just shaded it as the worst) So we don't have a midfield problem so much as a central midfield one. To re-enforce that, since the season...

But this outcome was predicted by several (including me). He's 37, and was never that good. But he clearly has leadership qualities that nobody else in the team has - altho' Davies might do

and a cool brain - twice he looked up to see what was what before carrying on.

Except the winning move at Charlton was begun by a classic big man knock down. Both goals involved sharp crossing from the wing and a big man getting in there. Only JCH and Bayaoko fit that brief). Who is going to fight for Doyle's inevitable hoof balls?

I would still start with the Charlton starting lineup. We have to because MR will always pick Doyle, and that and Bayliss's poor form reduces the room for change. So Burge Sterling Davies Willis Brown (I'd prefer Mason but see point above) Thomas Kelly Doyle Bayliss (I'd prefer Bayliss instead...

Isn't that the method we used to get promoted?

Here are the totals for the above ratings. Man of the Match Bayaoko 8.5/10 (Davies @ 7.4 was MoM from the players who started) Dud of the Match Clarke-Harris 4.6 Clarke-Harris’s score only narrowly worse than Bayliss's and both worse than Brown, despite him giving away the penalty...

Baka does really well both times, to get into the right body position to score. The second goal he got himself ahead of their man Would JCH have done that or just loitered on the penalty spot?

On the subject of backtracking, do the highlights show Sterling doing a very neat little lobbed clip forwards in the second half? Bit better than the Div 1 norm

Oops typo Sunderland was JCH / Doyle

Headline conclusions 1. Robins has gradually worked towards a team made up of the most highly rated players on this forum! Against Rochdale and Gillingham had he picked Ogogo rather than Shipley, it would have been exactly the “best eleven” at that point. With the exception of Shipley, the...