Amos: 6.5, I always think keepers should do better with range efforts, but that was a sweet/flukey goal. Distribution as usual lacking, made some great saves too.
Solly: 5.5, Typical 2017 Solly, on this performance I'd be hoping Barnes or one of the youth can step up soon.
DaSilva: 7, Solid, they tried to target him and he didn't back down.
Konsa: 6.5, not his greatest performance. Not awful though, his lack of concentration could be argued that it helped with their second... He will learn from these games. Was good to have some pace at the back.
Bauer: 6, as Konsa, however he was doing some tidying up too.
Kashi: 6 Warmed into the game, un-needed booking.
Fosu-Henry: 7 decent goal. Good moves, worked well with Clarke, Holmes and Mag.
Clarke: 7 usual Clarke performance. connected play up really well and created chances with his interplay. Just wish the players receiving his passes could get some more goals!
Holmes: 7.5 nearly rescued us, typical no nonsense, must won attitude. Fantastic to see.
Magennis: 6 gets in the right positions but wasted a few chances. Really unlucky with that header but post is technically not on target. Wish he was a bit more composed at times.
Ahearne-Grant n/a: 5.5 ineffectual but does try, he seems to either tire or give up early.
Overall I think we're in desperate need to bring in a sports psychologist to give the team a boost...
They could be amazing but either concentration or composure lets us down again.
Amos: 8 MOTM - Didn't deserve to concede two tonight. Nothing he could have done about either one. Had a couple excellent saves, and a couple excellent punches.
Solly: 3.5 - The lowest mark I can remember giving on here. I may be biased because he was so bad positionally and so bad 1-v-1, two things that are usually his strong suits. But he was awful. He was really poor in possession, just lumping it forward or pinging it vaguely at a midfielder.
DaSilva: 7.5 - Was let down twice, first for the goal and then again right after it by Holmes just refusing to close his man down. But in the first half they tried to target him and they had no joy. Quick and solid in possession. Lost out on the header for the second.
Konsa: 8 - Good on the ball. Good passing. Nearly scored a really nice left-footed volley on the turn. Has great recovery pace that the rest of our center backs don't have. Won some important headers. Probably backed off on the second goal a little too much, but to be fair to him a runner made a run in front of him and then just stood in front of him, and there was no one to help him with cover.
Bauer: 6.5 - Looked uncomfortable playing on the left. It was as though he felt he had to always pass it with his left foot. His left foot isn't bad, but it's not nearly as good as his right. Was one of many players not to pick up the runner for the first goal.
Kashi: 6.5 - Thought he looked tired or took a knock from about 20 minutes in. He still worked very hard in a very open game to close the ball down. One of many players to not pick up the runner for the first goal.
Fosu-Henry: 8 - Took the first goal really well with a well timed run. Looked really dangerous in the first half. He is so good at drawing fouls. Looked very dangerous when interchanging with Holmes and Magennis, and it showed a real blueprint of how good our attack can be. He also did a noble effort of tracking back in the second half to help protect Solly.
Forster-Caskey: 8 - Great ball over the top to assist the first goal. Sprayed the ball around well. A lot of what he does, either in retaining possession or in breaking up play, is very subtle, but he can hold his head high tonight.
Clarke: 6 - Tracked back well in the first half to protect Solly. Was playing as a Wingback at times. Struggled to get into the game as a result, and seemed to tire in the second half. Played a great cross in that Josh headed well that Gillespie tipped on to the post.
Holmes: 7.5 - A really spirited second half performance made up for a lackluster first half one. Was wasteful or caught on his heels at times in the first half. Looked to drive at them in the second. His defending lead to the shot from 20 yards that went wide early on, the cross for the goal from Devlin, then another cross from Devlin a couple minutes later that was very good and headed wide.
Magennis: 7 - His is a joyless job, but his movement and ability to drag defenders out of position really helps create space for the other attackers. Unlucky not to score at 1-0. Was that kind of night.
Amos: 6 Punches the ball too much, just catch some of them Solly: 5.5 DaSilva: 6.5 Konsa: 7 Bauer: 6 Kashi: 5.5 Running out of steam Fosu-Henry: 6.5 Forster-Caskey: 6 Clarke: 6 Holmes: 6.5 Fantastic goal, Managed to get his shirt for Choices little boy after the game aswell. Top bloke Magennis 6 No way he should have missed that chance in the first half.
Amos: 7 made a string of good saves. No chance for either goal. Solly: 6 has definitely lost a bit of pace. Got best 1v1 at times but think the low marks are harsh. DaSilva: 7.5 our best player (apart from Holmes). Won a number of tackles and tried to get things moving forward. Konsa: 6 solid enough. Not amazing Bauer: 5 playing on the left side unsettled him and unsettled out defence I thought. Should've played Sarr instead of Konsa. Kashi: 5.5 great little player but not his game. Very flat. Eveeything was sidewards and backwards. Fosu-Henry: 6.5 faded with the rest of the team after 25 minutes. Good goal. Forster-Caskey: 5.5 flat. Clarke: 5.5 flat. Had a knock. Holmes: 8 tries hard to get things working but nobody is on his level. Wonderful goal. Magennis: 6 needs someone next to him.
Ahearne-Grant 5.5 I think he's lacking confidence... so what doesn't Robbo do? Throws him in out of position when we are under the cosh. Needs a goal
Robinson - he's to blame for the result today. Should've taken Kashi off when on a yellow card. It was very negative. He should've gone 4-4-2 and it took a wonder strike to almost nick a win. No wins in 4 now. Not good enough if we want to go up. We were very flat and he should've recognised that on about 50 minutes.
Amos: 7 seems to be growing in confidence. Solly: 6 just didn't have the usual spark, too many games for him we need stronger back up from the squad. DaSilva: 7.5 great first half defending causing problems down the wing. I think he was tiring 2nd half. Konsa: 6.5 we missed Peirces self assurance but did ok job, I think midfield is a better role for him. Bauer: 6.5 I felt it was a fairly solid performance. Kashi: 6.5 Walsall managed to keep our central midfield very quiet. Fosu-Henry: 7 good first half, faded. Forster-Caskey: 6. Clarke: 6 Holmes: 8 put in a great effort, great goal, but he didn't get many chances to run at their defence. Magennis: 6.5 worked hard, just the sort of passes that he needs were not happening.
Amos: 7 Aside from one or two dodgy punches I thought he had a good game. One Solly: 6 Didn't get forward enough and his defending wasn't the best. DaSilva: 8 Great little player. Was left exposed at times. Konsa: 6.5 An agile player but doesn't close down defenders quickly enough. Bauer: 7 Solid Kashi: 6 I was very disappointed with Kashi. Thought he was playing centre half at one stage. Needs to pass forward sometimes! Fosu-Henry: 7.5 Worked hard and has a lot of skill. Won a lot of free kicks. Needs consistency to be a great player. Forster-Caskey: 6.5 Average game I thought but worked tirelessly Clarke: 6.5 Same as F-C Holmes: 8.5 Everything good came through him. Wonderful strike for the goal. Magennis: 8 Worked so hard and kept their centre backs busy all night. Shame about the header that he should have buried.
Amos: 6 Solly: 6 DaSilva: 6 Konsa: 7 Bauer: 5.5 Kashi: 6.5 Fosu-Henry: 6.5 Forster-Caskey: 6 Clarke: 6.5 not a right wing Holmes: 6.5 not a number 10 Magennis: 7
Amos: 6.5, I always think keepers should do better with range efforts, but that was a sweet/flukey goal. Distribution as usual lacking, made some great saves too.
Solly: 5.5, Typical 2017 Solly, on this performance I'd be hoping Barnes or one of the youth can step up soon.
DaSilva: 7, Solid, they tried to target him and he didn't back down.
Konsa: 6.5, not his greatest performance. Not awful though, his lack of concentration could be argued that it helped with their second... He will learn from these games. Was good to have some pace at the back.
Bauer: 6, as Konsa, however he was doing some tidying up too.
Kashi: 6 Warmed into the game, un-needed booking.
Fosu-Henry: 7 decent goal. Good moves, worked well with Clarke, Holmes and Mag.
Clarke: 7 usual Clarke performance. connected play up really well and created chances with his interplay. Just wish the players receiving his passes could get some more goals!
Holmes: 7.5 nearly rescued us, typical no nonsense, must won attitude. Fantastic to see.
Magennis: 5.5 gets in the right positions but wasted a few chances. Really unlucky with that header but post is technically not on target. Wish he was a bit more composed at times.
Ahearne-Grant n/a: 5.5 ineffectual but does try, he seems to either tire or give up early.
Overall I think we're in desperate need to bring in a sports psychologist to give the team a boost...
They could be amazing but either concentration or composure lets us down again.
Having seen it back it was actually a good save from the keeper. He got hand on it and pushed it on the post.
Amos: 6.5, I always think keepers should do better with range efforts, but that was a sweet/flukey goal. Distribution as usual lacking, made some great saves too.
Solly: 5.5, Typical 2017 Solly, on this performance I'd be hoping Barnes or one of the youth can step up soon.
DaSilva: 7, Solid, they tried to target him and he didn't back down.
Konsa: 6.5, not his greatest performance. Not awful though, his lack of concentration could be argued that it helped with their second... He will learn from these games. Was good to have some pace at the back.
Bauer: 6, as Konsa, however he was doing some tidying up too.
Kashi: 6 Warmed into the game, un-needed booking.
Fosu-Henry: 7 decent goal. Good moves, worked well with Clarke, Holmes and Mag.
Clarke: 7 usual Clarke performance. connected play up really well and created chances with his interplay. Just wish the players receiving his passes could get some more goals!
Holmes: 7.5 nearly rescued us, typical no nonsense, must won attitude. Fantastic to see.
Magennis: 6 gets in the right positions but wasted a few chances. Really unlucky with that header but post is technically not on target. Wish he was a bit more composed at times.
Ahearne-Grant n/a: 5.5 ineffectual but does try, he seems to either tire or give up early.
Overall I think we're in desperate need to bring in a sports psychologist to give the team a boost...
They could be amazing but either concentration or composure lets us down again.
Having seen it back it was actually a good save from the keeper. He got hand on it and pushed it on the post.
Fair shout will amend to the above having now re-seen it too.
Amos: 6.5, I always think keepers should do better with range efforts, but that was a sweet/flukey goal. Distribution as usual lacking, made some great saves too.
Solly: 5.5, Typical 2017 Solly, on this performance I'd be hoping Barnes or one of the youth can step up soon.
DaSilva: 7, Solid, they tried to target him and he didn't back down.
Konsa: 6.5, not his greatest performance. Not awful though, his lack of concentration could be argued that it helped with their second... He will learn from these games. Was good to have some pace at the back.
Bauer: 6, as Konsa, however he was doing some tidying up too.
Kashi: 6 Warmed into the game, un-needed booking.
Fosu-Henry: 7 decent goal. Good moves, worked well with Clarke, Holmes and Mag.
Clarke: 7 usual Clarke performance. connected play up really well and created chances with his interplay. Just wish the players receiving his passes could get some more goals!
Holmes: 7.5 nearly rescued us, typical no nonsense, must won attitude. Fantastic to see.
Magennis: 6 gets in the right positions but wasted a few chances. Really unlucky with that header but post is technically not on target. Wish he was a bit more composed at times.
Ahearne-Grant n/a: 5.5 ineffectual but does try, he seems to either tire or give up early.
Overall I think we're in desperate need to bring in a sports psychologist to give the team a boost...
They could be amazing but either concentration or composure lets us down again.
Having seen it back it was actually a good save from the keeper. He got hand on it and pushed it on the post.
Fair shout will amend to the above having now re-seen it too.
Yeah watching it at home and thus having the benefit of replaying it four or five times it's a really bloody good save. Think Magennis does everything right there. Not a lot of pace on the ball so he heads it into the ground across the goalkeeper. He's averaging 1/2 but some still think he's not prolific enough, and fair play to them, but we're being harsh if we're going to start saying he's "missed" chances like that when the keeper has actually pulled out a magnificent save.
Listening to VP the commentator always pronounces Amos with a hard 'a', as in 'hammer', rather than a soft 'a', as in Hamer. He's not correct is he? Who is the commentator btw?
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Solly: 5.5, Typical 2017 Solly, on this performance I'd be hoping Barnes or one of the youth can step up soon.
DaSilva: 7, Solid, they tried to target him and he didn't back down.
Konsa: 6.5, not his greatest performance. Not awful though, his lack of concentration could be argued that it helped with their second... He will learn from these games. Was good to have some pace at the back.
Bauer: 6, as Konsa, however he was doing some tidying up too.
Kashi: 6 Warmed into the game, un-needed booking.
Fosu-Henry: 7 decent goal. Good moves, worked well with Clarke, Holmes and Mag.
Forster-Caskey: 6.5 decent assist, decent enough performance.
Clarke: 7 usual Clarke performance. connected play up really well and created chances with his interplay. Just wish the players receiving his passes could get some more goals!
Holmes: 7.5 nearly rescued us, typical no nonsense, must won attitude. Fantastic to see.
Magennis: 6 gets in the right positions but wasted a few chances. Really unlucky with that header but post is technically not on target. Wish he was a bit more composed at times.
Ahearne-Grant n/a: 5.5 ineffectual but does try, he seems to either tire or give up early.
Overall I think we're in desperate need to bring in a sports psychologist to give the team a boost...
They could be amazing but either concentration or composure lets us down again.
Amos: 7
Solly: 5.5
DaSilva: 6
Konsa: 8
Bauer: 6.5
Kashi: 6
Fosu-Henry: 6.5
Forster-Caskey: 7
Clarke: 6
Holmes: 7
Magennis: 6
Ahearne-Grant n/a
Solly: 3.5 - The lowest mark I can remember giving on here. I may be biased because he was so bad positionally and so bad 1-v-1, two things that are usually his strong suits. But he was awful. He was really poor in possession, just lumping it forward or pinging it vaguely at a midfielder.
DaSilva: 7.5 - Was let down twice, first for the goal and then again right after it by Holmes just refusing to close his man down. But in the first half they tried to target him and they had no joy. Quick and solid in possession. Lost out on the header for the second.
Konsa: 8 - Good on the ball. Good passing. Nearly scored a really nice left-footed volley on the turn. Has great recovery pace that the rest of our center backs don't have. Won some important headers. Probably backed off on the second goal a little too much, but to be fair to him a runner made a run in front of him and then just stood in front of him, and there was no one to help him with cover.
Bauer: 6.5 - Looked uncomfortable playing on the left. It was as though he felt he had to always pass it with his left foot. His left foot isn't bad, but it's not nearly as good as his right. Was one of many players not to pick up the runner for the first goal.
Kashi: 6.5 - Thought he looked tired or took a knock from about 20 minutes in. He still worked very hard in a very open game to close the ball down. One of many players to not pick up the runner for the first goal.
Fosu-Henry: 8 - Took the first goal really well with a well timed run. Looked really dangerous in the first half. He is so good at drawing fouls. Looked very dangerous when interchanging with Holmes and Magennis, and it showed a real blueprint of how good our attack can be. He also did a noble effort of tracking back in the second half to help protect Solly.
Forster-Caskey: 8 - Great ball over the top to assist the first goal. Sprayed the ball around well. A lot of what he does, either in retaining possession or in breaking up play, is very subtle, but he can hold his head high tonight.
Clarke: 6 - Tracked back well in the first half to protect Solly. Was playing as a Wingback at times. Struggled to get into the game as a result, and seemed to tire in the second half. Played a great cross in that Josh headed well that Gillespie tipped on to the post.
Holmes: 7.5 - A really spirited second half performance made up for a lackluster first half one. Was wasteful or caught on his heels at times in the first half. Looked to drive at them in the second. His defending lead to the shot from 20 yards that went wide early on, the cross for the goal from Devlin, then another cross from Devlin a couple minutes later that was very good and headed wide.
Magennis: 7 - His is a joyless job, but his movement and ability to drag defenders out of position really helps create space for the other attackers. Unlucky not to score at 1-0. Was that kind of night.
Ahearne-Grant n/a
Solly: 5.5
DaSilva: 6.5
Konsa: 7
Bauer: 6
Kashi: 5.5 Running out of steam
Fosu-Henry: 6.5
Forster-Caskey: 6
Clarke: 6
Holmes: 6.5 Fantastic goal, Managed to get his shirt for Choices little boy after the game aswell. Top bloke
Magennis 6 No way he should have missed that chance in the first half.
Solly: 6 has definitely lost a bit of pace. Got best 1v1 at times but think the low marks are harsh.
DaSilva: 7.5 our best player (apart from Holmes). Won a number of tackles and tried to get things moving forward.
Konsa: 6 solid enough. Not amazing
Bauer: 5 playing on the left side unsettled him and unsettled out defence I thought. Should've played Sarr instead of Konsa.
Kashi: 5.5 great little player but not his game. Very flat. Eveeything was sidewards and backwards.
Fosu-Henry: 6.5 faded with the rest of the team after 25 minutes. Good goal.
Forster-Caskey: 5.5 flat.
Clarke: 5.5 flat. Had a knock.
Holmes: 8 tries hard to get things working but nobody is on his level. Wonderful goal.
Magennis: 6 needs someone next to him.
Ahearne-Grant 5.5 I think he's lacking confidence... so what doesn't Robbo do? Throws him in out of position when we are under the cosh. Needs a goal
Robinson - he's to blame for the result today. Should've taken Kashi off when on a yellow card. It was very negative. He should've gone 4-4-2 and it took a wonder strike to almost nick a win. No wins in 4 now. Not good enough if we want to go up. We were very flat and he should've recognised that on about 50 minutes.
Solly: 6 just didn't have the usual spark, too many games for him we need stronger back up from the squad.
DaSilva: 7.5 great first half defending causing problems down the wing. I think he was tiring 2nd half.
Konsa: 6.5 we missed Peirces self assurance but did ok job, I think midfield is a better role for him.
Bauer: 6.5 I felt it was a fairly solid performance.
Kashi: 6.5 Walsall managed to keep our central midfield very quiet.
Fosu-Henry: 7 good first half, faded.
Forster-Caskey: 6.
Clarke: 6
Holmes: 8 put in a great effort, great goal, but he didn't get many chances to run at their defence.
Magennis: 6.5 worked hard, just the sort of passes that he needs were not happening.
Ahearne-Grant 5.5
Solly: 6.5
DaSilva: 7
Konsa: 7
Bauer: 7
Kashi: 7
Fosu-Henry: 7
Forster-Caskey: 7
Clarke: 7
Holmes: 8
Magennis: 7
Solly: 6 Didn't get forward enough and his defending wasn't the best.
DaSilva: 8 Great little player. Was left exposed at times.
Konsa: 6.5 An agile player but doesn't close down defenders quickly enough.
Bauer: 7 Solid
Kashi: 6 I was very disappointed with Kashi. Thought he was playing centre half at one stage. Needs to pass forward sometimes!
Fosu-Henry: 7.5 Worked hard and has a lot of skill. Won a lot of free kicks. Needs consistency to be a great player.
Forster-Caskey: 6.5 Average game I thought but worked tirelessly
Clarke: 6.5 Same as F-C
Holmes: 8.5 Everything good came through him. Wonderful strike for the goal.
Magennis: 8 Worked so hard and kept their centre backs busy all night. Shame about the header that he should have buried.
Solly: 6
DaSilva: 6
Konsa: 7
Bauer: 5.5
Kashi: 6.5
Fosu-Henry: 6.5
Forster-Caskey: 6
Clarke: 6.5 not a right wing
Holmes: 6.5 not a number 10
Magennis: 7
He's not correct is he?
Who is the commentator btw?