Rudd: 7 didn't have much to do. Foley: 7 decent performance at right back against a tricky Thomas Fox:8 Two assists and did some good attacking today. MOM. Bauer:7.5 solid Pearce:7 decent today. Lookman:7 he was double marked the whole game. worked hard to win ball back. Crofts:7 steady. Ulvestad:7 puts in a shift with the slow legs around him Jackson:6.5 played ok but always looks laboured. great captain. Magennis:7.5 big josh is so important to this team. great team player. Ajose:7 much better today, but needs to keep improving. took goal well. Botaka:6 looks like a luxury player in League 1.
Rudd: 6.5 Decent game; without much to do first half, but one important save in the second Foley: 6 Periods where he did well, laced with the odd stupid pass Fox: 7 Much better game and two assists Bauer: 8 Rock solid Pearce: 7 Did well but still not sure if he is fully fit Lookman: 5 Lost the ball far too many times, often in potentially dangerous positions. Also lucky not to be sent off.... Crofts: 6.5 Some good work, but still dragged out of position too regularly Ulvestad: 6.5 Kept trying to push forwards without much luck; rightly booked for a tug-back. Jackson: 6 A better game from the skipper Magennis: 6.5 Obviously not fully fit, but gave a good display and a terrific header for his goal Ajose: 5.5 Despite his goal, a pretty awful game Botaka: 5 Tried with little end result
Ref: 5.5 Some strange calls, or non-calls Nugent: 6.5 Got the subs mainly right (I would have taken off Lookman 15 minutes earlier to protect him and Fox!)
Rudd: 7 Solid presence Foley: 7 Better by him this week Fox: 8.5 All round excellent performance, especially considering the pressure he is always under Bauer:8 Non stop powerhouse performance. Great in the air Pearce: 8 Non stop powerhouse performance. Also great in the air Lookman: 7 Never underestimate that he takes two players out of the game to stop him. Relentlessly fouled too. Crofts: 6.5 Ulvestad: 6.5 Jackson: 6.5 Magennis: 7.5 Great header for the goal. Working better with Ajose Ajose: 6.5 Needs to score regularly to get his confidence going. 1st touch still a bit poor. Botaka: 6.5 Has strength to hold ball up. You could see the defense didn't want him to get the ball. Will improve. Hanlan also needs regular matches. Powerful and quick.
(Just realised, I'm writing post match notes like my grandad did - you can see these notes in the excellent museum folks, if you haven't already. I'm probably more generous in my comments than he was!)
Rudd: 6.5 one good save, few dodgy kicks but I think something was wrong. Foley: 7.5 very good performance. Fox: 8.5 seeing some people still giving him 6s is hilarious. Absolute idiots, if you can't acknowledge a good performance when you see one why bother going? Bauer: 7.5 solid with Pearce Pearce: 7.5 ^ Lookman: 7 was surrounded by the time he took his first touch, still put in a decent performance. Crofts: 7 bit iffy at times but put in some solid tackles. Ulvestad: 6.5 forgot he was playing if I'm honest. Nothing came off for him. Jackson: 6.5 pedestrian as usual, seemed to cover Fox ok though. Magennis: 8 as you'd expect. Great header for the goal. Ajose: 8 much more like it, looked like he had a weight off his shoulders, even when he wasn't in front of goal put in some great crosses and was always threatening. Was in west lower so couldn't really say much about the disallowed goal. Didn't look like it was going in from where I was. Botaka: 6 don't know why he was brought on if we were only planning on defending for half hour, never got a chance to get in to the game.
Rudd: 7 Played well, some decent saves. Foley: 6 Solid and one of his best games. Fox: 8 I'll be generous, as I'm not a fan. 2 very good assists, chested a goal bound shot away. Great game. MOM (possibly) Bauer: 7.5 Played really well, better than Fox, but without the assists and shot block. Pearce: 7 Really got stuck in. Lookman: 7 Started looking like he wasn't interested, but got better and better. Crofts: 6.5 Decent. He even had a good shot on target. Ulvestad: 7 Good game got forward a bit more. Jackson: 5.5 Hardly noticed him touch the ball all game. Magennis: 7.5 Another strong performance & so pleased that he scored with a header. MOM contender with Bauer & Fox. Ajose: 7 Best game yet, he had more of the ball and got more involved and ran a lot. Botaka: 5.5 Did little wrong, but like Jackson didn't get involved.
Rudd: 7 Played well, some decent saves. Foley: 6 Solid and one of his best games. Fox: 8 I'll be generous, as I'm not a fan. 2 very good assists, chested a goal bound shot away. Great game. MOM (possibly) Bauer: 7.5 Played really well, better than Fox, but without the assists and shot block. Pearce: 7 Really got stuck in. Lookman: 7 Started looking like he wasn't interested, but got better and better. Crofts: 6.5 Decent. He even had a good shot on target. Ulvestad: 7 Good game got forward a bit more. Jackson: 5.5 Hardly noticed him touch the ball all game. Magennis: 7.5 Another strong performance & so pleased that he scored with a header. MOM contender with Bauer & Fox. Ajose: 7 Best game yet, he had more of the ball and got more involved and ran a lot. Botaka: 5.5 Did little wrong, but like Jackson didn't get involved.
Hanlon put himself about when he came on.
Agree with all above other than Jacko. Not seen posted prior ( maybe just me that thought it) but after he was subbed, it seemed to me that we lost our shape and lost possession/ momentum?
Forgot about Fox chesting the ball away 2 foot off the ground as shot went goal bound, very impressive.
Rudd: 6.5 Played well Foley: 7. played well Fox: 7.5 played well Bauer: 8 Solid best player Pearce: 7 Played well Lookman: 6 thought a little disappointing I think he tried to do to much Crofts: 6 worked hard Ulvestad: 6.5 battled and showed some nice touches Jackson: 6.5 Battled and always gives his best Magennis: 7.5 Handful and a battler Ajose: 6.5 took his goal well --looks very lightweight Botaka: 5 no chance to shine
Rudd: 7 Foley: 6.5 Fox: 7 underrated attacker who should trust his crossing ability more Bauer: 7 Pearce: 6.5 Lookman: 6.5 needs mentoring and should accept it Crofts: 6 Ulvestad: 6.5 has quality to do better Jackson: 6 Magennis: 7 brave and protecting his injury Ajose: 6.5 scored a lot of goals in L1. Might score more. This is his level.
Rudd:6 had little to do, only one bad back pass for him to deal with. Foley: 6 Fox:7 extra point for the assists. Bauer:6 Pearce: 6 Lookman: 6 Crofts: 5 Ulvestad:7 Jackson: 5 Magennis:8 Ajose:6 Botaka: 5
Rudd: 7 Foley: 6.5 Fox: 7 underrated attacker who should trust his crossing ability more Bauer: 7 Pearce: 6.5 Lookman: 6.5 needs mentoring and should accept it Crofts: 6 Ulvestad: 6.5 has quality to do better Jackson: 6 Magennis: 7 brave and protecting his injury Ajose: 6.5 scored a lot of goals in L1. Might score more. This is his level.
Rudd: 7 Good handling, just one dodgy clearance Foley: 7 Steady Fox: 8 2 very good assists Bauer: 9 Absolute rock reckon he took their forward home with him in his pocket Pearce: 8 Center defense pairing looked solid Saturday Lookman: 7 In and out picked the wrong option on occasions Crofts: 7 Nothing fancy but did hes job Ulvestad: 7 Same as Crofts Jackson: 6 Forgot he was playing later half of the 1st half just didnt get into the game Magennis: 8 Leads the line superb Ajose: 7.5 Give Ajose chances over the top and he will get goals Botaka: 6 Had a chance to show with 25 minutes but took over from Jackson and was pretty non existent
Comments
Foley: 6.5 Probably the best I've seen from him. Kept Jerome Thomas quiet most of the time.
Fox: 7.5 Two assists and generally solid defensively. My MOM
Bauer: 7 Untroubled
Pearce: 7.5 Like Foley probably the best I've seen from him.
Lookman: 7 Some lovely flashes of skill. Enjoy him while we can.
Crofts: 6.5 One wicked dipping shot. Otherwise did his job
Ulvestad: 6.5 A few good moments without anything outstanding.
Jackson: 6 Competent. Didn't look as exposed as he has on occasions this season.
Magennis: 7.5 Put a lot in for a man reported injured before the game and took his goal well.
Ajose: 7 Took his goal well. Shame about the offside. Worked harder than usual generally too.
Botaka: 6 Little impact either positively or negatively
Foley: 6
Fox: 7.5
Bauer: 7
Pearce: 6.5
Lookman: 6.5
Crofts: 6
Ulvestad: 6.5
Jackson: 6
Magennis: 7.5
Ajose: 6.5
Botaka: 6
Rudd: 6.5
Foley: 6.5
Fox: 8
Bauer: 7
Pearce: 7
Lookman: 7.5
Crofts: 6
Ulvestad: 6
Jackson: 7.5
Magennis: 8
Ajose: 7.5
Botaka: 5
Foley: 6 Periods where he did well, laced with the odd stupid pass
Fox: 7 Much better game and two assists
Bauer: 8 Rock solid
Pearce: 7 Did well but still not sure if he is fully fit
Lookman: 5 Lost the ball far too many times, often in potentially dangerous positions. Also lucky not to be sent off....
Crofts: 6.5 Some good work, but still dragged out of position too regularly
Ulvestad: 6.5 Kept trying to push forwards without much luck; rightly booked for a tug-back.
Jackson: 6 A better game from the skipper
Magennis: 6.5 Obviously not fully fit, but gave a good display and a terrific header for his goal
Ajose: 5.5 Despite his goal, a pretty awful game
Botaka: 5 Tried with little end result
Ref: 5.5 Some strange calls, or non-calls
Nugent: 6.5 Got the subs mainly right (I would have taken off Lookman 15 minutes earlier to protect him and Fox!)
Foley: 7.5
Fox: 7
Bauer: 9
Pearce: 7.5
Lookman: 5.5
Crofts: 7
Ulvestad: 7
Jackson: 6
Maggenis: 7.5
Ajose: 7
Botaka: 6
Foley 7
Fox 8
Bauer 7
Pearce 7
Lookman 7
Crofts 7
Ulvested 6.5
Jackson 6
Ajose 7
Magennis 7
Botaka 6
Foley: 7
Fox: 8
Bauer: 7.5
Pearce: 7
Lookman 6.5
Crofts: 7
Ulvastaed 7
Jackson: 6
Magennis 8
Ajose 7
Botaka 5
Foley: 7
Fox: 8
Bauer: 7.5
Pearce: 6.5
Lookman: 6
Crofts: 6
Ulvestad: 7
Jackson: 5
Magennis: 7.5
Ajose: 7
Botaka: 6
Foley: 7.5
Fox: 7.5
Bauer: 8
Pearce: 7
Lookman: 6
Crofts: 6.5
Ulvestad: 7
Jackson: 6.5
Magennis: 7.5
Ajose: 7
Botaka: 6
Foley: 7 Better by him this week
Fox: 8.5 All round excellent performance, especially considering the pressure he is always under
Bauer:8 Non stop powerhouse performance. Great in the air
Pearce: 8 Non stop powerhouse performance. Also great in the air
Lookman: 7 Never underestimate that he takes two players out of the game to stop him. Relentlessly fouled too.
Crofts: 6.5
Ulvestad: 6.5
Jackson: 6.5
Magennis: 7.5 Great header for the goal. Working better with Ajose
Ajose: 6.5 Needs to score regularly to get his confidence going. 1st touch still a bit poor.
Botaka: 6.5 Has strength to hold ball up. You could see the defense didn't want him to get the ball. Will improve.
Hanlan also needs regular matches. Powerful and quick.
(Just realised, I'm writing post match notes like my grandad did - you can see these notes in the excellent museum folks, if you haven't already. I'm probably more generous in my comments than he was!)
Foley: 7.5 very good performance.
Fox: 8.5 seeing some people still giving him 6s is hilarious. Absolute idiots, if you can't acknowledge a good performance when you see one why bother going?
Bauer: 7.5 solid with Pearce
Pearce: 7.5 ^
Lookman: 7 was surrounded by the time he took his first touch, still put in a decent performance.
Crofts: 7 bit iffy at times but put in some solid tackles.
Ulvestad: 6.5 forgot he was playing if I'm honest. Nothing came off for him.
Jackson: 6.5 pedestrian as usual, seemed to cover Fox ok though.
Magennis: 8 as you'd expect. Great header for the goal.
Ajose: 8 much more like it, looked like he had a weight off his shoulders, even when he wasn't in front of goal put in some great crosses and was always threatening. Was in west lower so couldn't really say much about the disallowed goal. Didn't look like it was going in from where I was.
Botaka: 6 don't know why he was brought on if we were only planning on defending for half hour, never got a chance to get in to the game.
Foley: 7
Fox: 7
Bauer: 8
Pearce: 7
Lookman: 7.5
Crofts: 7
Ulvestad: 7
Jackson: 7
Magennis: 7.5
Ajose: 7
Botaka: 6
Foley: 6 Solid and one of his best games.
Fox: 8 I'll be generous, as I'm not a fan. 2 very good assists, chested a goal bound shot away. Great game. MOM (possibly)
Bauer: 7.5 Played really well, better than Fox, but without the assists and shot block.
Pearce: 7 Really got stuck in.
Lookman: 7 Started looking like he wasn't interested, but got better and better.
Crofts: 6.5 Decent. He even had a good shot on target.
Ulvestad: 7 Good game got forward a bit more.
Jackson: 5.5 Hardly noticed him touch the ball all game.
Magennis: 7.5 Another strong performance & so pleased that he scored with a header. MOM contender with Bauer & Fox.
Ajose: 7 Best game yet, he had more of the ball and got more involved and ran a lot.
Botaka: 5.5 Did little wrong, but like Jackson didn't get involved.
Hanlon put himself about when he came on.
Forgot about Fox chesting the ball away 2 foot off the ground as shot went goal bound, very impressive.
Foley: 7. played well
Fox: 7.5 played well
Bauer: 8 Solid best player
Pearce: 7 Played well
Lookman: 6 thought a little disappointing I think he tried to do to much
Crofts: 6 worked hard
Ulvestad: 6.5 battled and showed some nice touches
Jackson: 6.5 Battled and always gives his best
Magennis: 7.5 Handful and a battler
Ajose: 6.5 took his goal well --looks very lightweight
Botaka: 5 no chance to shine
Rudd: 7
Foley: 6.5
Fox: 7 underrated attacker who should trust his crossing ability more
Bauer: 7
Pearce: 6.5
Lookman: 6.5 needs mentoring and should accept it
Crofts: 6
Ulvestad: 6.5 has quality to do better
Jackson: 6
Magennis: 7 brave and protecting his injury
Ajose: 6.5 scored a lot of goals in L1. Might score more. This is his level.
Foley: 6
Fox:7 extra point for the assists.
Bauer:6
Pearce: 6
Lookman: 6
Crofts: 5
Ulvestad:7
Jackson: 5
Magennis:8
Ajose:6
Botaka: 5
Foley: - 6.5
Fox: 9
Bauer: 8
Pearce: 7
Lookman: 7
Crofts: 6.5
Ulvestad: 7
Jackson: 6.5
Magennis: 8
Ajose: 8
Botaka: 6.5
Foley: 6.5
Fox: 8.5
Bauer: 8
Pearce: 7
Lookman: 7.5
Crofts: 6.5
Ulvestad: 6
Jackson: 6
Magennis: 7.5
Ajose: 7
Botaka: 6
Foley: 7 Steady
Fox: 8 2 very good assists
Bauer: 9 Absolute rock reckon he took their forward home with him in his pocket
Pearce: 8 Center defense pairing looked solid Saturday
Lookman: 7 In and out picked the wrong option on occasions
Crofts: 7 Nothing fancy but did hes job
Ulvestad: 7 Same as Crofts
Jackson: 6 Forgot he was playing later half of the 1st half just didnt get into the game
Magennis: 8 Leads the line superb
Ajose: 7.5 Give Ajose chances over the top and he will get goals
Botaka: 6 Had a chance to show with 25 minutes but took over from Jackson and was pretty non existent
Foley: 5
Fox: 7
Bauer: 6
Pearce: 6
Lookman: 6
Crofts: 5
Ulvestad: 7
Jackson: 4
Magennis: 7
Ajose: 6
Botaka: 4
Foley: 7.5
Fox: 8
Bauer: 7.5
Pearce: 7
Lookman: 6.5
Crofts: 7
Ulvestad: 6.5
Jackson: 6.5
Magennis: 7.5
Ajose: 7
Botaka: 6