Both of them were excellent today.Lots of solid performances. Hopefully a few of you who are pro Sheaf anti Eccles and vice versa, can now see the merits of both. I thought the two of them were outstanding. Probably 9 for Eccles, 8.5 Sheaf and a mix of 7s and 8s for the rest of the starters. Norman a bit below par, but worked hard.
Plymouth keeper must have taken lessons from Collins,he was awful.Dovin 7
Hard to justify higher, not much to do except for a decent save in the first half. Clean sheet, hopefully builds some confidence.
MVE 7
Control him down a couple of times but totally in tune with Tats. Good overall
Thomas 7
Easy day for him.
Lati 8
Clean sheet, defence looks far more solid and presses the midfield.
Bidwell 8
Solid. Got forward well. Better with him in the team - he’s a grown up in a young team.
Eccles 9
2 goals and should have won a pen.
Rudi 6
Thought he was quiet - not a bad performance, obviously, just quiet.
Sheaf 7
Some delightful play but I still don’t like this run-one-yard-forwards and then pass backwards thing that he does.
Tats 8
Goal and a decent display.
Bassette 7
Ran well - not much product
EMC 8
Looking better.
Subs all 6
FL needs to get hold of BTA and tell him to calm down a bit and he might be able to hold the ball better and get off better strikes at goal.Hopefully now Lampard can see what will be his first choice starting 11. Will be interesting to see what happens when Wright is back.
Eccles motm.
Bidwell great to see back.
EMC Becoming first name on the teamsheet.
BTA I would certainly try to move on
To be fair when he was called to make a save of a shot going to his left he got there including one great shot from Josh going into the top corner of the goal, when the shot was on his right he failed to make a shot.Plymouth keeper must have taken lessons from Collins,he was awful.
Looks like a Collins clone, his body double in more ways than one.Plymouth keeper must have taken lessons from Collins,he was awful.
Thought he was really good today , although should have played Tatso through in the first halfThought Eccles, Mason-Clark and Latibaudiere were really good.
Sheaf improved as well.
Can't fault Bassette's work rate and attitude, but game tends to pass him by a bit at times.
Good to see Kitching back. Would like to see him get a start soon
FL needs to get hold of BTA and tell him to calm down a bit and he might be able to hold the ball better and get off better strikes at goal.
Not a very disciplined player.BTA seemed to spend most of his game time playing so central leaving Bidwell with fewer options going forwards.
1. MotM Mason Clarke even though he went off at half time. Frightened the shit out of them. About 70% of play in the first half was in his quarter of the pitch. 4-0 when he was on, 0-0 when he wasn't. Eccles got two but their goalkeeper should have made a better fist of the first one and Eccles was just his usual self in midfield and not much more.
2. Rudoni continues to impress me. Superb ball retention - and that matters.
3. Lati - also had a good game. It is unfortunate that our best leader is not a nailed on starter.
4. Bidders is my comfort blanket. He is just so secure. No stress, no anxiety.
BUT
5. Still not enough quality output from the Tats / MVE partnership. Tats still too unwilling to go for the line, hard to believe but I think that were there a satisfactory alternative his place would be in jeopardy.
6. Sheaf too content to showboat from the uncontested deep midfield
AND
Bassette v Simms is a close call. Stormin' Norman offers massive amounts of energy but lacks the necessary finesse for this level. Simms has better brains, more control and height but lacks the pizazz. I'd probably reverse them.
Bassette v Simms is a close call. Stormin' Norman offers massive amounts of energy but lacks the necessary finesse for this level. Simms has better brains, more control and height but lacks the pizazz. I'd probably reverse them.
That's incredibly unfair on Sheaf based on today's game Got the first assist with a great left footed cross, played forward a lot in the first half, it was his long diagonal to Bidwell that started the move for Eccles first goal. And kept us ticking over sitting midfield allowing Eccles and others to bomb on. It was almost like having the old Sheaf back today.1. MotM Mason Clarke even though he went off at half time. Frightened the shit out of them. About 70% of play in the first half was in his quarter of the pitch. 4-0 when he was on, 0-0 when he wasn't. Eccles got two but their goalkeeper should have made a better fist of the first one and Eccles was just his usual self in midfield and not much more.
2. Rudoni continues to impress me. Superb ball retention - and that matters.
3. Lati - also had a good game. It is unfortunate that our best leader is not a nailed on starter.
4. Bidders is my comfort blanket. He is just so secure. No stress, no anxiety.
BUT
5. Still not enough quality output from the Tats / MVE partnership. Tats still too unwilling to go for the line, hard to believe but I think that were there a satisfactory alternative his place would be in jeopardy.
6. Sheaf too content to showboat from the uncontested deep midfield
AND
Bassette v Simms is a close call. Stormin' Norman offers massive amounts of energy but lacks the necessary finesse for this level. Simms has better brains, more control and height but lacks the pizazz. I'd probably reverse them.
Sheaf had a great game today , 145 touches today that's a hell of alot .That's incredibly unfair on Sheaf based on today's game Got the first assist with a great left footed cross, played forward a lot in the first half, it was his long diagonal to Bidwell that started the move for Eccles first goal. And kept us ticking over sitting midfield allowing Eccles and others to bomb on. It was almost like having the old Sheaf back today.
The problem with Eccles is consistency, as too with Sheaf of late, if he could raise his game to the levels he was at today he would be a great player for us, maybe his bar was raised because Sheaf performed well but a great team result against a shockingly bad Plymouth side and 3 wonderful points to bootLots of solid performances. Hopefully a few of you who are pro Sheaf anti Eccles and vice versa, can now see the merits of both. I thought the two of them were outstanding. Probably 9 for Eccles, 8.5 Sheaf and a mix of 7s and 8s for the rest of the starters. Norman a bit below par, but worked hard.
So maybe stop making judgment on young players?Not seeing it yet with Bassette…. Yet I said that about EMC.
Think he might benefit from a few less minutes and Simms from a few more.Not seeing it yet with Bassette…. Yet I said that about EMC.
Exactly.Think he might benefit from a few less minutes and Simms from a few more.
'Apparently he's a good keeper'Interesting in his post match interview that Lampard said he'd not seen much of Dovin.
I guess he has so.much on his plate he was focussing elsewhere.
Probably trusted Rhys Carr regarding Collins. Let's hope that nonsense is over....
Interesting in his post match interview that Lampard said he'd not seen much of Dovin.
I guess he has so.much on his plate he was focussing elsewhere.
Probably trusted Rhys Carr regarding Collins. Let's hope that nonsense is over....
He hasn't seen much of Dovin?Interesting in his post match interview that Lampard said he'd not seen much of Dovin.
I guess he has so.much on his plate he was focussing elsewhere.
Probably trusted Rhys Carr regarding Collins. Let's hope that nonsense is over....
Bassette is constantly on the move, pulling their defenders out of position and creating space for people like Rudoni and EMC - both of whom look better players recently.Not seeing it yet with Bassette…. Yet I said that about EMC.
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