I thought he had his best game since his bad injury last season, and he’s hopefully getting back to the player who excited us all last .Really surprised no one bigging up Sakamoto. Thought he was unreal tonight and that little ball to release EMC. If every player had his attitude and work rate we’d be alright.
I counted 11 fouls against him!Best game Saka has had for a long time, mainly second half but still, great work rate and troubled them going forwards. couple of quality passes
Good ball to set up that EMC chanceNot sure why Rudoni is getting high marks tonight. He worked hard, but nothing worked for him except 1 cross. His passing was off, as was his control, as was his crossing, mostly. Looked tired to me.
i like him, but he was a 5 tonight.
Grimes 7.5 Quietly excellent, will be a big player.
Ye still need a dynamic presence in midfield for me.Glad I'm not the only one that noticed .
Grimes definitely needs a more mobile partner in a midfield two .
Maybe because Saito was playing and didn't feel quite so homesick and raised his game to try and be the best Japanese player there, but yes he played very well got stuck in and showed some skillsBest game Saka has had for a long time, mainly second half but still, great work rate and troubled them going forwards. couple of quality passes
Fair play to Kitching for navigating the early booking. Last season there's no way he stays on the pitch till the end but he seems to really have wised up under FL
Running is the bare minimum requirement for a footballer. He had one good run with the ball when he shinned it past their Centre-half, before a good left foot cross. Other than that he was completely reactive, jumped underneath every header and failed to control the ball and bring the midfield into play.Simms was the best plyer first half. Chased everything
Was played in the wrong position if that’s the formation Eccles plays ahead of himGenuinely struggling to see why Torp is getting in the starting 11.
Grimes 6 is the single most catastrophic ever mark in the history of marksDovin 8
MVE 6
Thomas 7
Binks 6
Kitching 6
JDS 5
Grimes 6
Torp 5
Rudoni 6
Sakamoto 5
Simms 5
The most catastrophic mark was 2/50 for my bottom set Year 10s but this 6/10 for Grimes is closeGrimes 6 is the single most catastrophic ever mark in the history of marks
One misplaced pass all night
Didn’t get caught on the ball
Always available
Protected back line
6
Ffs
I think he's going to do for us what Liam Kelly did in League 1 when we won the league. But obviously to a higher Championship standard. Although I'd take 2nd place next seasonQuietly excellent is how I would describe him.
it’s early days but he strikes me as one of those players who just gets on with his job, does it well and makes us tick.
Grimes 6 is the single most catastrophic ever mark in the history of marks
One misplaced pass all night
Didn’t get caught on the ball
Always available
Protected back line
6
Ffs
Grimes 6 is the single most catastrophic ever mark in the history of marks
One misplaced pass all night
Didn’t get caught on the ball
Always available
Protected back line
6
Ffs
If he can him and sheaf play together with Rudoni in front imoCan Lamps unlock the best version of Sheaf is the big question.
Maybe he deserved more but our shape didn’t suit him at all until we swapped. He was obviously looking to pass through the lines a lot but couldn’t.Grimes 6 is the single most catastrophic ever mark in the history of marks
One misplaced pass all night
Didn’t get caught on the ball
Always available
Protected back line
6
Ffs
He gave one of the most confident and comfortable midfield performances for us since Sheaf was last fully fit.Maybe he deserved more but our shape didn’t suit him at all until we swapped. He was obviously looking to pass through the lines a lot but couldn’t.
NonsenseHe misplaced 10 passes.
Protected back line? He made 0 tackles and 0 interceptions and Chair went by him regularly like he wasn’t there.
We saw that version last season, I'd say Sheaf needs to unlock that version back himself.
Wow 7 for EMC, he only touched the ball 7 times. 1 shot, 2 passes, 1 header, 1 dispossessed, 1 unsuccessful touch, 1 unsuccessful cross. And was offside.WRT ratings:
Dovin 7
Good stops but needs to learn to be on his toes to spot potential breaks.
MVE 7
Always 100% effort and will do well if Tats pulls a bit more central and then he can work on overlaps.
Kitching 6
Some poor passing
Thomas 8
Plus 1 for goal and plus 1 for the blatant shove over of Cook to get to the ball. Is that Cook that shoved Gus and got him sent off when we first came up? I think it is. He’s a tugger. Tbf the goal should have been disallowed, but F’em.
Binks 6
Did ok - didn’t see anything brilliant from him.
JDS 6
Same as above.
Grimes 7
Remember the Damned United and Taylor saying to Clough that he needed to sign Dave McKay to sit in front of the defence to pull the strings. Grimes is our Dave McKay. Still settling in but I can already see how he will make us tick. Someone needs to be his stuntman for when he’s out or we will end up being lost without him. Eccles or Toro need to watch him and play exactly like him.
Rudoni 7
Needs to pull centre rather than sit wide. Not too bad last night.
Tats 6
Same as above.
Torp 5
Off the pace. Lost a lot of 50/50s and was easily pressed back. Just a bad day at the office.
Sims 6
Getting better - should have scored. Needs to come deep now and again to provide an outlet from midfield.
Subs
EMC 7
Like the way he puts himself about. Most wide-men / wingers are slight and intricate. EMC shoves 6 ft 3 defenders about. Like it.
Eccles 6
Ok.
Serious question - is it your intention to run vendettas on all of our players. Last week Dovin, this week Grimes. Don't entirely see what you are getting out of it.He misplaced 10 passes.
Protected back line? He made 0 tackles and 0 interceptions and Chair went by him regularly like he wasn’t there.
A Kick??? in the right placesSerious question - is it your intention to run vendettas on all of our players. Last week Dovin, this week Grimes. Don't entirely see what you are getting out of it.
Yes but he put their big lunk of a defender in his place. Gets a plus one. Fed up of our players getting bullied and none of them having the minerals to stand up.Wow 7 for EMC, he only touched the ball 7 times. 1 shot, 2 passes, 1 header, 1 dispossessed, 1 unsuccessful touch, 1 unsuccessful cross. And was offside.
Fair play to Kitching for navigating the early booking. Last season there's no way he stays on the pitch till the end but he seems to really have wised up under FL
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