Phillips: 7.5 very safe, good under crosses Solly: 6.5 not his usual self first half, grew into it Fox: 8 fuck off Fox you useless c**t! Bauer: 6.5 largely redeemed after initial fuckup Teixeira: 9 an absolute monster in League One Crofts: 7.5 seems to have found his range. Brilliant assist Konsa: 8 Enormous, dominant performance Aribo: 8.5 Three assists and ran the show. Poor corners didn't matter Botaka: 7.5 showed some wonderful touches and ran all day Magennis: 9.5 MOM obviously Chicksen: 7 a quietly efficient job
Phillips: 7.5 very safe, good under crosses Solly: 6.5 not his usual self first half, grew into it Fox: 8 fuck off Fox you useless c**t! Bauer: 6.5 largely redeemed after initial fuckup Teixeira: 9 an absolute monster in League One Crofts: 7.5 seems to have found his range. Brilliant assist Konsa: 8 Enormous, dominant performance Aribo: 8.5 Three assists and ran the show. Poor corners didn't matter Botaka: 7.5 showed some wonderful touches and ran all day Magennis: 9.5 MOM obviously Chicksen: 7 a quietly efficient job
Phillips: 7.5 very safe, good under crosses Solly: 6.5 not his usual self first half, grew into it Fox: 8 fuck off Fox you useless c**t! Bauer: 6.5 largely redeemed after initial fuckup Teixeira: 9 an absolute monster in League One Crofts: 7.5 seems to have found his range. Brilliant assist Konsa: 8 Enormous, dominant performance Aribo: 8.5 Three assists and ran the show. Poor corners didn't matter Botaka: 7.5 showed some wonderful touches and ran all day Magennis: 9.5 MOM obviously Chicksen: 7 a quietly efficient job
A spot of humour. He barely did anything wrong all day (except once when he ran it out for a throw instead of crossing it). I know he did barely anything wrong because I kept hearing 'Fox you lucky boy' from the idiots behind me
A spot of humour. He barely did anything wrong all day (except once when he ran it out for a throw instead of crossing it). I know he did barely anything wrong because I kept hearing 'Fox you lucky boy' from the idiots behind me
Phillips: 6.5 not much to do, sold himself for the goal though Solly: 6.5 good defending, shit passing in the first half Fox: 6 not great, but not as bad as some nonce behind me decided he was Bauer: 6 mark off for the god awful slipping incident, should never have tried to turn on the ball in the first place Teixeira: 7.5 well taken goal and commanding at times Crofts: 7 one of his best performances for us Konsa: 8 looked a cut above in midfield Aribo: 9 outstanding Botaka: 7.5 terrible first 25 minutes, really grew into the game Magennis: 10 Super Josh Magennis Chicksen: 8 winner winner Chicksen dinner
Phillips 7 Very solid. Solly 7.5 Defended very well. Fox 7.5 As Solly. Tex 8 Positionally sound and he can sniff a chance out. Bauer 8 One mistake and then total class. First to almost everything. Botaka 6.5 Struggled early on but improved and did a good job. Aribo 7 Mainly for the dead balls. Didn't move for the first 30mins....looked a bit nonplussed. Probably nerves. Konsa 8 Took him a while but started to make runs on about 30 mins. Drove us forward in the 2nd half. Crofts 7.5 Put in a lot of work. Good ball for Josh's 3rd. Chicksen 6 Worked pretty hard 2nd half Magennis 9 Helps when the oppo don't bother to mark you but finished well. Great 2nd half.
Everyone loses 0.5 for the first 30 minutes. The first 30 was awful from everyone.
Phillips: 7 no chance with their goal. Few comfortable saves and done well at crosses. Solly: 7 good to have him back. Understandably rusty to start with but then looked comfortable. Fox: 7 good game from Fox. Helped by protection in front from Chicksen but worked well. Bauer: 7 slipped for their goal but solid for the est of the game. Teixeira: 7.5 solid. Took his goal well (although would've been harder to miss) Crofts: 7.5 stunning ball over the top for Magennis' third. He's like the cog in the middle that keeps things moving. Nothing spectacular but allows others to play. Konsa: 7 extra 0.5 for carrying the ball about 70 yards up the pitch when we were under a lot of pressure. Thought he played well in midfield. Wouldn't be happy with him there every week though. Aribo: 9 three assists and ran the show. So nice to see a dead ball beat the first man or beat the wall. Very neat player for the U23s and now settling in well for the 1st team. Botaka: 6.5 very frustrating player. When they stood off him, he'd beat his man. Panics under pressure. Can't fault his work rate without the ball. Magennis: 9.5 MOM. Hat trick hero. Great work for his 3rd goal. To bring it down and place it where he did was superb. Chicksen: 7 efficient. Works hard and covers Fox well.
Phillips: 8 ... Couldnt do anything about the goal, did well to come out quickly for the first Easter one-on-one Solly: 8 ... Classic Solly, hopefully his performance says that Swindon was because of injury Fox: 8 ... Booked for a late tackle yet worked well with Chicksen... Amazing what can be done with protection Bauer: 7 ... Him and Tex got ran ragged at first by Easter - Silly rare mistake for their goal, sort of thing happens once in a blue moon Teixeira: 8 ... Same as Bauer (let Easter waltz past him prior to the goal) yet gets a mark for his goal Crofts: 8 ... Doesnt know a lost cause; excellent interception to give away a corner just after 2-1 as a Rovers player was waiting with a tap in Konsa: 8 ... Won two of the free-kicks that made it 2-1 / 3-1 Aribo: 9 ... Looked shaky to begin with (hence missing out on the 10 and MOTM) but three assists, cant do much more Botaka: 8 ... Another player who was slow to begin with but lethal on the counter attack Magennis: 10 ... Hat-Trick with all three goals brilliantly taken, another player who didnt know what a lost cause was Chicksen: 8 ... Worked really well with Fox
Phillips: 8 ... Couldnt do anything about the goal, did well to come out quickly for the first Easter one-on-one Solly: 8 ... Classic Solly, hopefully his performance says that Swindon was because of injury Fox: 8 ... Booked for a late tackle yet worked well with Chicksen... Amazing what can be done with protection Bauer: 7 ... Him and Tex got ran ragged at first by Easter - Silly rare mistake for their goal, sort of thing happens once in a blue moon Teixeira: 8 ... Same as Bauer (let Easter waltz past him prior to the goal) yet gets a mark for his goal Crofts: 8 ... Doesnt know a lost cause; excellent interception to give away a corner just after 2-1 as a Rovers player was waiting with a tap in Konsa: 8 ... Won two of the free-kicks that made it 2-1 / 3-1 Aribo: 9 ... Looked shaky to begin with (hence missing out on the 10 and MOTM) but three assists, cant do much more Botaka: 8 ... Another player who was slow to begin with but lethal on the counter attack Magennis: 10 ... Hat-Trick with all three goals brilliantly taken, another player who didnt know what a lost cause was Chicksen: 8 ... Worked really well with Fox
Phillips: 8 ... Couldnt do anything about the goal, did well to come out quickly for the first Easter one-on-one Solly: 8 ... Classic Solly, hopefully his performance says that Swindon was because of injury Fox: 8 ... Booked for a late tackle yet worked well with Chicksen... Amazing what can be done with protection Bauer: 7 ... Him and Tex got ran ragged at first by Easter - Silly rare mistake for their goal, sort of thing happens once in a blue moon Teixeira: 8 ... Same as Bauer (let Easter waltz past him prior to the goal) yet gets a mark for his goal Crofts: 8 ... Doesnt know a lost cause; excellent interception to give away a corner just after 2-1 as a Rovers player was waiting with a tap in Konsa: 8 ... Won two of the free-kicks that made it 2-1 / 3-1 Aribo: 9 ... Looked shaky to begin with (hence missing out on the 10 and MOTM) but three assists, cant do much more Botaka: 8 ... Another player who was slow to begin with but lethal on the counter attack Magennis: 10 ... Hat-Trick with all three goals brilliantly taken, another player who didnt know what a lost cause was Chicksen: 8 ... Worked really well with Fox
Wow, big shout with the 10/10 !
For me Magennis is a Striker, its his job to score goals and today he got three of them... to top it off he was closing down their Defenders, making them uncomfortable and giving them no space - Didnt know what more he could have done today.
Phillips: 8 ... Couldnt do anything about the goal, did well to come out quickly for the first Easter one-on-one Solly: 8 ... Classic Solly, hopefully his performance says that Swindon was because of injury Fox: 8 ... Booked for a late tackle yet worked well with Chicksen... Amazing what can be done with protection Bauer: 7 ... Him and Tex got ran ragged at first by Easter - Silly rare mistake for their goal, sort of thing happens once in a blue moon Teixeira: 8 ... Same as Bauer (let Easter waltz past him prior to the goal) yet gets a mark for his goal Crofts: 8 ... Doesnt know a lost cause; excellent interception to give away a corner just after 2-1 as a Rovers player was waiting with a tap in Konsa: 8 ... Won two of the free-kicks that made it 2-1 / 3-1 Aribo: 9 ... Looked shaky to begin with (hence missing out on the 10 and MOTM) but three assists, cant do much more Botaka: 8 ... Another player who was slow to begin with but lethal on the counter attack Magennis: 10 ... Hat-Trick with all three goals brilliantly taken, another player who didnt know what a lost cause was Chicksen: 8 ... Worked really well with Fox
Wow, big shout with the 10/10 !
For me Magennis is a Striker, its his job to score goals and today he got three of them... to top it off he was closing down their Defenders, making them uncomfortable and giving them no space - Didnt know what more he could have done today.
Phillips: 6.5. Average game; conceded a goal; but then made a decent save and tidied a few things up nicely, so just above average for me (6), but not quite good (7). Solly: 6.5. See Phillips basically. Solid, but not... "good", as they weren't really much opposition. Fox: 6.5. Average-to-poor first half, much better second half. Didn't do a load wrong. Bauer: 6. Standard, decent performance; not much wrong other than the slip. Teixeira: 7. Scored (so +1), but made several incriminating passes, and then made up for them with a few good bits of defensive work. Averages out to a decent performance all told Crofts: 6. Couldn't always find the pass - but to his eternal credit, he never hides. Konsa: 6.5. Average-to-good, and worked very hard. Looked knackered after about 55 minutes though. Aribo: 8. Three assists, good touches, but missing a lot of the time - but three really really good assists to get! (They're worth 0.5pts each to me) Botaka: 6 - looked like Bambi, then got hyped after he was tripped over, then looked fairly average again. Average. Magennis: 10. Three goals and didn't do anything wrong. MOTM by a mile. Chicksen: 6.5, just about - didn't do much wrong; did some good stuff.
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My marks do look a little stingy on the surface ("we won 4-1, you Scrooge!"), but... Gas were pretty gash tbh
Phillips: 7.5 I missed the goal (having a wee, having drunk too much before the game) but I understand he couldn't have done much about it; dealt competently with what little he had to do Solly: 7.5 a little off the pace but great to see him back. Will he be the latter day Peter Reeves, never the same after coming back from injury? (c) RedLaneRed Fox: 7 generally OK Bauer: 6 I hear he screwed up royally for the goal, otherwise OK Teixeira: 8 Crofts: 7 too many negative impacts on our forward play but kept making himself available and did try Konsa: 8 I wasn't convinced at first but he got better as the game went on Aribo: 8 always trying to drive us on, even when he got it wrong. Two sweet deliveries. Botaka: 8 kept the ball a bit too long a couple of times Magennis: can I give him 11? Can I? Can I? OK, 10 Chicksen: 7 still not convinced that's his best position but he put in a shift.
Phillips: 7 in the right place to stop 2 or 3 headers straight at him. Solly: 7 Solid comeback for the Captain. Fox: 7 Solid and worked well with Chicksen. Bauer: 7 gifted Brizzle with Easters goal. Teixeira: 7 nice finish for third but what in Hades were the Brizzle defence doing giving Aribo the freedom to waltz into the box! Crofts: 7 quality pass for Mags 3rd and also had a hand in the lead up to third goal. Konsa: 7 Ran his nuts off in the middle. Aribo: 9. 3 is the magic number for assists. Botaka: 7 Some nifty footwork and cynically fouled in 1st half by Brown. Magennis: 10 Big Josh "boom batty bye bye" Magennis was unplayable and the trap and finish for the third goal was heavenly. Chicksen: 7 worked well down the left.
All players would've been higher if it wasn't for the diabolical opening 30 minutes - worst I've seen us play all season.
Phillips: 6.5 - didn't have much to do but solid Solly: 6.5 - clearly a bit rusty on his return but solid Fox: 7 - showed great commitment and some nice passing in the second half Bauer: 6.5 - awful mistake for the goal and was shaky throughout the first half, got i back together in the second. Teixeira: 7 - some good passes and defensive moments, solid Crofts: 7.5 - best I can remember him for us - some great passing and an absolutely vital interception near the start of the second half in our penalty area Konsa: 7 - looked to pass the ball about - assured Aribo: 7.5 - showed he has a lot of potential, fantastic ball for the first goal. thought generally his set pieces weren't that great with his other two assists themselves being assisted by shocking defending, but still made them count. Botaka: 7 - made a lot of mistakes in the first half but also posed a threat throughout the game. really put himself about too, good showing Magennis: 9.5 - would've been a ten without the first half hour, in which he made a few mistakes as well. perfect performance otherwise - already easily signing of the season Chicksen: 7.5 - really like him, very efficient player in defence and attack
Phillips: 7 Another excellent display Solly: 6.5 Not bad for first game back Fox: 7.5 Best I've seen him play Bauer: 6.5 Docked half a point for the slip which cost us a goal. Otherwise, good performance. Teixeira: 7 mostly solid, with the odd "mad" moment! Crofts: 8 Worked really hard and performed well. Konsa: 7 Good game considering his age Aribo: 7 Not quite up to his performance at Southend, but still good. Botaka: 7 Works hard and troubles defenders - usually! Magennis: 9 A classic striker's performance today Chicksen: 7 A decent game
Comments
Phillips: 8
Solly: 6
Fox: 6
Bauer: 5
Teixeira: 7
Crofts:6
Konsa: 6.5
Aribo: 8
Botaka: 6.5
Magennis: 9
Chicksen: 6
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Solly: 5
Fox: 5
Bauer: 5
Teixeira: 6
Crofts:6
Konsa: 5
Aribo: 8
Botaka: 6
Magennis: 9
Chicksen: 6
Solly: 6
Fox: 6.5
Bauer: 5
Teixeira: 7.5
Crofts: 7
Konsa: 8
Aribo: 8
Botaka: 7
Magennis: 9.5
Chicksen: 6.5
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Solly: 6.5 not his usual self first half, grew into it
Fox: 8 fuck off Fox you useless c**t!
Bauer: 6.5 largely redeemed after initial fuckup
Teixeira: 9 an absolute monster in League One
Crofts: 7.5 seems to have found his range. Brilliant assist
Konsa: 8 Enormous, dominant performance
Aribo: 8.5 Three assists and ran the show. Poor corners didn't matter
Botaka: 7.5 showed some wonderful touches and ran all day
Magennis: 9.5 MOM obviously
Chicksen: 7 a quietly efficient job
Solly 7.5 Defended very well.
Fox 7.5 As Solly.
Tex 8 Positionally sound and he can sniff a chance out.
Bauer 8 One mistake and then total class. First to almost everything.
Botaka 6.5 Struggled early on but improved and did a good job.
Aribo 7 Mainly for the dead balls. Didn't move for the first 30mins....looked a bit nonplussed. Probably nerves.
Konsa 8 Took him a while but started to make runs on about 30 mins. Drove us forward in the 2nd half.
Crofts 7.5 Put in a lot of work. Good ball for Josh's 3rd.
Chicksen 6 Worked pretty hard 2nd half
Magennis 9 Helps when the oppo don't bother to mark you but finished well. Great 2nd half.
Phillips: 7 no chance with their goal. Few comfortable saves and done well at crosses.
Solly: 7 good to have him back. Understandably rusty to start with but then looked comfortable.
Fox: 7 good game from Fox. Helped by protection in front from Chicksen but worked well.
Bauer: 7 slipped for their goal but solid for the est of the game.
Teixeira: 7.5 solid. Took his goal well (although would've been harder to miss)
Crofts: 7.5 stunning ball over the top for Magennis' third. He's like the cog in the middle that keeps things moving. Nothing spectacular but allows others to play.
Konsa: 7 extra 0.5 for carrying the ball about 70 yards up the pitch when we were under a lot of pressure. Thought he played well in midfield. Wouldn't be happy with him there every week though.
Aribo: 9 three assists and ran the show. So nice to see a dead ball beat the first man or beat the wall. Very neat player for the U23s and now settling in well for the 1st team.
Botaka: 6.5 very frustrating player. When they stood off him, he'd beat his man. Panics under pressure. Can't fault his work rate without the ball.
Magennis: 9.5 MOM. Hat trick hero. Great work for his 3rd goal. To bring it down and place it where he did was superb.
Chicksen: 7 efficient. Works hard and covers Fox well.
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Solly: 7
Fox: 7
Bauer: 5.5
Teixeira: 8
Crofts: 6.5
Konsa: 8
Aribo: 7
Botaka: 7.5
Magennis: 9
Chicksen: 7
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Solly: 8 ... Classic Solly, hopefully his performance says that Swindon was because of injury
Fox: 8 ... Booked for a late tackle yet worked well with Chicksen... Amazing what can be done with protection
Bauer: 7 ... Him and Tex got ran ragged at first by Easter - Silly rare mistake for their goal, sort of thing happens once in a blue moon
Teixeira: 8 ... Same as Bauer (let Easter waltz past him prior to the goal) yet gets a mark for his goal
Crofts: 8 ... Doesnt know a lost cause; excellent interception to give away a corner just after 2-1 as a Rovers player was waiting with a tap in
Konsa: 8 ... Won two of the free-kicks that made it 2-1 / 3-1
Aribo: 9 ... Looked shaky to begin with (hence missing out on the 10 and MOTM) but three assists, cant do much more
Botaka: 8 ... Another player who was slow to begin with but lethal on the counter attack
Magennis: 10 ... Hat-Trick with all three goals brilliantly taken, another player who didnt know what a lost cause was
Chicksen: 8 ... Worked really well with Fox
Solly: 6.5
Fox: 6
Bauer: 7
Teixeira: 7
Crofts:6
Konsa: 7
Aribo: 8.5
Botaka: 6
Magennis: 9
Chicksen: 6
Solly: 6.5. See Phillips basically. Solid, but not... "good", as they weren't really much opposition.
Fox: 6.5. Average-to-poor first half, much better second half. Didn't do a load wrong.
Bauer: 6. Standard, decent performance; not much wrong other than the slip.
Teixeira: 7. Scored (so +1), but made several incriminating passes, and then made up for them with a few good bits of defensive work. Averages out to a decent performance all told
Crofts: 6. Couldn't always find the pass - but to his eternal credit, he never hides.
Konsa: 6.5. Average-to-good, and worked very hard. Looked knackered after about 55 minutes though.
Aribo: 8. Three assists, good touches, but missing a lot of the time - but three really really good assists to get! (They're worth 0.5pts each to me)
Botaka: 6 - looked like Bambi, then got hyped after he was tripped over, then looked fairly average again. Average.
Magennis: 10. Three goals and didn't do anything wrong. MOTM by a mile.
Chicksen: 6.5, just about - didn't do much wrong; did some good stuff.
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My marks do look a little stingy on the surface ("we won 4-1, you Scrooge!"), but... Gas were pretty gash tbh
EDIT: for the wrong CB slipping.
Solly: 7.5
Fox: 7
Bauer: 6.5
Teixeira: 6.5
Crofts:8.5
Konsa: 7.5
Aribo: 8.5
Botaka: 6
Magennis: 9.5
Chicksen: 5
Phillips: 7
Solly: 7.5
Fox: 6.5
Bauer: 7
Teixeira: 8
Crofts: 7
Konsa: 8
Aribo: 9
Botaka: 7
Magennis: 9.5
Chicksen: 7
Solly: 7.5 a little off the pace but great to see him back. Will he be the latter day Peter Reeves, never the same after coming back from injury? (c) RedLaneRed
Fox: 7 generally OK
Bauer: 6 I hear he screwed up royally for the goal, otherwise OK
Teixeira: 8
Crofts: 7 too many negative impacts on our forward play but kept making himself available and did try
Konsa: 8 I wasn't convinced at first but he got better as the game went on
Aribo: 8 always trying to drive us on, even when he got it wrong. Two sweet deliveries.
Botaka: 8 kept the ball a bit too long a couple of times
Magennis: can I give him 11? Can I? Can I? OK, 10
Chicksen: 7 still not convinced that's his best position but he put in a shift.
Solly: 7
Fox: 6
Bauer: 6
Teixeira: 7
Crofts:7
Konsa: 8
Aribo: 8
Botaka: 6
Magennis: 9
Chicksen: 7
Solly: 7 Solid comeback for the Captain.
Fox: 7 Solid and worked well with Chicksen.
Bauer: 7 gifted Brizzle with Easters goal.
Teixeira: 7 nice finish for third but what in Hades were the Brizzle defence doing giving Aribo the freedom to waltz into the box!
Crofts: 7 quality pass for Mags 3rd and also had a hand in the lead up to third goal.
Konsa: 7 Ran his nuts off in the middle.
Aribo: 9. 3 is the magic number for assists.
Botaka: 7 Some nifty footwork and cynically fouled in 1st half by Brown.
Magennis: 10 Big Josh "boom batty bye bye" Magennis was unplayable and the trap and finish for the third goal was heavenly.
Chicksen: 7 worked well down the left.
Solly: 8
Fox: 7
Bauer: 6
Teixeira: 8
Crofts:6.5
Konsa: 6
Aribo: 7.5
Botaka: 7
Magennis: 9
Chicksen: 7
Solly: 7.5
Fox: 7.5
Bauer: 6.5
Teixeira: 7.5
Crofts: 5.5
Konsa: 7.5
Aribo: 8.5
Botaka: 7
Magennis: 9
Chicksen: 7.5
Ulvestad n/a
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Foley n/a
Phillips: 6.5 - didn't have much to do but solid
Solly: 6.5 - clearly a bit rusty on his return but solid
Fox: 7 - showed great commitment and some nice passing in the second half
Bauer: 6.5 - awful mistake for the goal and was shaky throughout the first half, got i back together in the second.
Teixeira: 7 - some good passes and defensive moments, solid
Crofts: 7.5 - best I can remember him for us - some great passing and an absolutely vital interception near the start of the second half in our penalty area
Konsa: 7 - looked to pass the ball about - assured
Aribo: 7.5 - showed he has a lot of potential, fantastic ball for the first goal. thought generally his set pieces weren't that great with his other two assists themselves being assisted by shocking defending, but still made them count.
Botaka: 7 - made a lot of mistakes in the first half but also posed a threat throughout the game. really put himself about too, good showing
Magennis: 9.5 - would've been a ten without the first half hour, in which he made a few mistakes as well. perfect performance otherwise - already easily signing of the season
Chicksen: 7.5 - really like him, very efficient player in defence and attack
Solly: 6.5 Not bad for first game back
Fox: 7.5 Best I've seen him play
Bauer: 6.5 Docked half a point for the slip which cost us a goal. Otherwise, good performance.
Teixeira: 7 mostly solid, with the odd "mad" moment!
Crofts: 8 Worked really hard and performed well.
Konsa: 7 Good game considering his age
Aribo: 7 Not quite up to his performance at Southend, but still good.
Botaka: 7 Works hard and troubles defenders - usually!
Magennis: 9 A classic striker's performance today
Chicksen: 7 A decent game
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Phillips: 7
Solly: 7.5
Fox: 7.5
Bauer: 7
Teixeira: 7
Crofts:7
Konsa: 7.5
Aribo: 7.5
Botaka: 7
Magennis: 9
Chicksen: 7.5