Great result with 10 men second half. No one below a 7. They didn’t look like scoring and had it not been for the rightful sending off we win at a canter.
Well they gave Southampton very little in the first half as well. Not that it is relevant at all to the ratings thread based on the actual rather than hypothetical match that took place.
"Really difficult to score. Wolf and Lati did really well in the second half. But it sometimes easier when you only have to concentrate defending the 6 yard box. I'm not sure they would have scored so highly has it remained 11v11 and the game more open."
Re the above we will never know. But what we do know is Lati and Wolfenden were really solid in both halves. They also did it for a 100 minutes. You couldn't ask for more from them today..
Thought Dasilva was good until his red. Had a comment in draft that I never posted praising him for the way he aggressively presses his man when the balls coming into their feet - he’s won a few of them this year but unfortunately got that one wrong
Hoping Brau can step up because it’s so important we have confident ball players
There was one point where he was one v two, they were in if they got past and he made absolutely the right move to send them inside instead. Definitely some work been going on with him on that front.
100% he is very good on the ball but needs to bulk up a bit and get the positional side of his game right. He may get a few games now so we will see more.
MVE 7 Looked like our biggest threat going forward in the first half
Latibeaudiere 7
Woolfenden 7
Dasilva 6 Played really well in the first half, didn’t see the red card but looked like a stupid challenge
Grimes 7
Torp 7 Wonderful assist, surprised he came off
Eccles 6
Rudoni 6 Floated around in a way that hindered us going forward, it’s ok when he’s playing as a 10 but not so much as a Tats replacement
Wright 7 Held the ball up very well
EMC 7
Bidwell 7
Brau 7 Maybe there’s something here after all but not sure how he’d do at LB
Allen 6
KKH 6
Simms 6