Ratings:
O'Brien 8
Thompson 7 - looks tidy and confident
Williams 7
Hyam 7
Mason 6 (Camwell 6)
Ogogo 5 - once or twice he looked sharp and got in amongst them but just isn't up to speed most of the time
Kelly 6 - similar to Ogogo but a bit better
Hikman 6 - looks reasonably confident (Burroughs 6)
Hiwula 7 - most dangerous player but wasteful with some chances
Andreu 7 - won more tackles than Kelly and Ogogo and got us moving forwards (Walters 5)
Bakayoko 5 - needs to work much harder, show himself for the ball or get running down the channels, very disappointing
O’Brien 7 couple of bad kicks and throws, but good in the shoot out
Thompson 7 at times looked composed on the ball then next min hits a long aimless ball
Williams 6 not ready for first team
Hyam 7 usual self
Ogogo 5 still poor
Kelly 6
Hickman 7 played ok but can’t see him ever being a first team player I’m afraid
Hiwula 7 much more lively but should have scored a couple more
Andreu 6 needs to play deeper
Baka 6 think he played himself out of a starting place for sat as robins and vivash were getting annoyed with him 2nd half
O'Brien 6 good in the shootout byt stayed on his line for their goal.
Thompson 7 looked call did well.
Williams 8 Hardly troubled looks like he will be a class act in the near future.
Hyam 7 Didn't do anything wrong.
Mason 6. Bit slow and out of position a few times but it really showed what he brings to the team when he came off. Everything went through the left back area.
Hickman 6.5 Had really good first half had one crunching tackle got straight up into the next one.
Ogogo 6 started poorly but got better as the game went on. Thought he was harshly booked when he allowed their winger to bounce off him.
Kelly 6 reverse of Ogogo started fairly well went backwards just doesn't look for.
Hiwula 6.5 got in some good positions but wasted chances trying to perform tricks instead if shooting. Awful penalty.
Baka 6.5 some nice flicks should have got across the goal in the 2nd half but went for an impossible gap on the nearside into the side netting.
Andreu 6. Has so much talent but just doesn't use it. Won quite a few 50 50s but distribution was generally poor.
Canwell 4. Constantly out of position brought their right winger into the game to a point where they ran the last 20 minutes.
Walters 5 looked out of his depth at the moment.
Burroughs 6 Did ok for a debut.
Burge pulls off quality saves almost every game lately and still scores a lot of 6s or gets the blame for an occasional error. Obrien in so many ways inferior plays against FGR reserves concedes and it's 7s and 8s all round.
Burge pulls off quality saves almost every game lately and still scores a lot of 6s or gets the blame for an occasional error. Obrien in so many ways inferior plays against FGR reserves concedes and it's 7s and 8s all round.
There’s a number on here almost desperate for Burge errors every game so they can continue their onslaught of the bloke. If there isn’t an error they’ll mention a sloppy kick-out or something, pathetic. Some fans, so called, forget how young he was when he was drafted into the team and also how poor the team was at that time, he’s developing into a real asset.
I've rated burge for quite a while a now, and recently his form has been outstanding. I almost expect him to save attempts that 9 times out of 10 would nestle past other keepers. As we all know his kicking can be improved but as for shot-stopping and command of the area, he is one of, if not, the best in this league. People will be trying to take him from us soon.
Burge has been immense lately, a couple of the saves vs Sunderland wouldn't have looked out of place in the top-flight. Now that he's cutting the lapses of concentration out he has really won me round, which I'm delighted about.
Burge pulls off quality saves almost every game lately and still scores a lot of 6s or gets the blame for an occasional error. Obrien in so many ways inferior plays against FGR reserves concedes and it's 7s and 8s all round.