I just have a feeling that Doyle may now be struggling with fitness given his age. Dominant in the first half v both Doncaster and Accrington, always all on and demanding the ball, even if at times his distribution wasn't great. Much more subdued and less influential in the second half of both games, even though he got the goal yesterday. No criticism this though of Doyle, who has been magnificent for us since returning to the club.
Yep - I'd take him and StockleyExeter’s Hiram Boateng would be top of my list. I’d raid Exeter if I’m honest.
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Yep - I'd take him and Stockley
One or both would really add something to the side.
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Unsure of his contract situation after the summer but Stockley would command a hell of a fee. Have a feeling Boateng's contract expires in the summer however...
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 harsh
Other points
· Davies has finally had a dud game – is that twice Accrington got the better of him?
· The central midfield is still weak Doyle 5.9, Ogogo 5.5 – for those who felt in another thread that we have strength in depth. We don’t. Even though Bayliss has not set the world on fire with his player ratings, it is clear he is the only genuinely creative player we have in central midfield, so we missed him.
· The steady decline in approval for Chaplin continues – 5.8 this week.
· Doyle – just under 90% of you thought he had a poor game
If this sounds depressing, there is evidence in the trends over a number of matches that new players improve – Thomas, Sterling and now Brown (although less so) are all more appreciated
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 harsh
Other points
· Davies has finally had a dud game – is that twice Accrington got the better of him?
· The central midfield is still weak Doyle 5.9, Ogogo 5.5 – for those who felt in another thread that we have strength in depth. We don’t. Even though Bayliss has not set the world on fire with his player ratings, it is clear he is the only genuinely creative player we have in central midfield, so we missed him.
· The steady decline in approval for Chaplin continues – 5.8 this week.
· Doyle – just under 90% of you thought he had a poor game
If this sounds depressing, there is evidence in the trends over a number of matches that new players improve – Thomas, Sterling and now Brown (although less so) are all more appreciated
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.Not sure why you say Hiwula as dud of the week is no surprise. He's been one of our better players in recent weeks and before the weekend had scored 4 in his past 5 appearances.
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 monthsBe nice to see Chaplin in and around the box more not dropping deep, he’s ineffective otherwise.
Bayliss is very effective at bringing the ball forwards but is still adapting to League one.
Saturday was the first time Tom Davies has faced Accrington for Coventry.....?
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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
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 9 7.23
2 Hyam 12 6.92
3 Willis 15 6.82
4 Burge 13 6.80
5 Mason 5 6.55
6 Chaplin 10 6.53
7 Thomas 14 6.47
8 Clarke-Harris 13 6.45
Average all players all games = 6.31
9 Sterling 13 6.13
10 Grimmer 3 6.12
11 Bayliss 15 6.11
12 Hiwula 8 6.09
13 Brown 10 5.99
14 Ogogo 5 5.95
15 Doyle 17 5.92
16 Bakayoko 4 5.75
17 Andreu 6 5.61
18 O'Brien 4 5.32
19 Shipley 8 4.96
Each individual rating for each game added up and divided by the number of people providing a rating, then the sum of those divided by the number of games. Pretty simple compared with Philosorapter
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