10-08-2022, 12:18
I know a few at the club albeit in the lower levels of it, don't like bromby, they say he's smarmy and intrusive. Also been told that Clem the keeping coach is a nice guy overall, but won't hesitate to stab someone in the back for more power...keep watching him Ds.
Anyway seeing as yesterday was the first game I've been able to go to, here's my player rating.
Nicholls- 5. He's not hit the heights of last season, but last night he was not helped by a defence that felt like it parted quicker than the red sea with Moses...my Bible knowledge is a little lacking it could have been somewhere or someone else. Could he have done better on any of them? Meh wouldn't have mattered, but possibly yeah.
Spencer- 4. Baptism of fire for the kid, didn't look awful, but also didn't look ready for the championship. Heaven help him and us if he ends up against better wingers like sarr at Watford. Physically he's fine but technically and his reading of the game is still not there. Needs a loan.
Lees- 4. He's also struggled this season, being in a back 4 I don't this has helped him and I don't think covering everyone else in the back line does either. Yesterday he was covering Spencer and Boyle, which is impossible to do.
Boyle- 3. Looked every bit a league 1/2 defender. Slow, technically not great, but okay in the air. Cheap option when we should have stuck with naby.
Yuta- 4. Struggled at times with the physicality and pace of the game, but this is his first game since leaving Holland having not been able to play in preseason. Looks better than ruffells and at times looked to have good technique on the ball.
Camara- 5. Another young lad on debut and looked like there was definitely a good player in there and looked assured on the ball at times, might have been helped if he had Hogg alongside him rather than Russell. Probably one of the only bright spots of last night
Russell- 2. Looks completely out of sorts. Looks immobile and needing too much time on the ball, sometimes tries to make things too fancy ala bacuna, when his best moments last year came when he kept it simple. He's obviously missing the energy of O'Brien alongside him, but aren't we all. There's definitely a good midfielder in their, but we have to find the right partner(s) and system, atm he doesn't warrant a selection.
Holmes- 3. Looked to get frustrated and when he does he makes stupid and reckless fouls. He shouldn't be a starter and is probably a league one player, made the first real tackle of note from a town player and that was it really. He's not creative enough for me and his final ball is often lacking. Think he's an impact sub sort of player.
Koroma- 1. He gets that for turning up because he did sweet fa else. Passes when he should shoot, shoots when he should pass and can't cross, looks completely devoid of confidence when he's playing but still has that arrogance of look at me I'm a footballer, when he should really be figuring out what's gone wrong. One of the worst performances I've seen for a long while and I've seen diakhaby and half arsed mbenza.
Mahoney- 3. Some nice set piece deliveries and not a lot else really. Needed the game time so 80 mins will have done him good. There might be something there, well there must be for Blackburn and Bournemouth to have wanted him right? Think it's about unlocking it because he could be a very creative player, probably out on the left.
Rhodes- 5.5. Thought he was one of the better players on the pitch for town. Took both his chances well, only one stood. Had no service and won a few headers only for noone to be anywhere near him. At one point in the first half he ventured back to the edge of our area to defend because Holmes and koroma wasn't going to. Needs service and a partner and he'll score a handy amount of goals.
Subs
Rudoni- looked bright as a central midfielder but tried to be too intricate at times. Needs time to develop and adjust to the higher level, but there's a player there.
Anjorin- another bright display and seems like he's going to be one of the only players that create for us this season. You sense something could happen when he's on the ball.
Thomas- another who has had a bad start to the season and feels like he's lost that grounded attitude and is believing his own hype now. Set pieces were poor and his overall performance was too, ran into his man more than past him, which wasn't happening last season.
Edmonds green- wanted to carry the ball out of defence and help get the team going forward but I do feel he's needing a loan again, I don't think he's ready, but I do think there's potential there.
Jackson- pointless sub really and it should have been grant who came on instead. Don't think he did anything other than make a slide tackle when the ball and man weren't in the same postcode.
I'm hoping we see a far better performance on Saturday. Not that I'll be there, otherwise it's going to be very toxic already especially towards Mr Hoyle and bromby and I reckon we wouldn't be far off having a thread predicting who would be the next coach.
I know my candidates.
Anyway seeing as yesterday was the first game I've been able to go to, here's my player rating.
Nicholls- 5. He's not hit the heights of last season, but last night he was not helped by a defence that felt like it parted quicker than the red sea with Moses...my Bible knowledge is a little lacking it could have been somewhere or someone else. Could he have done better on any of them? Meh wouldn't have mattered, but possibly yeah.
Spencer- 4. Baptism of fire for the kid, didn't look awful, but also didn't look ready for the championship. Heaven help him and us if he ends up against better wingers like sarr at Watford. Physically he's fine but technically and his reading of the game is still not there. Needs a loan.
Lees- 4. He's also struggled this season, being in a back 4 I don't this has helped him and I don't think covering everyone else in the back line does either. Yesterday he was covering Spencer and Boyle, which is impossible to do.
Boyle- 3. Looked every bit a league 1/2 defender. Slow, technically not great, but okay in the air. Cheap option when we should have stuck with naby.
Yuta- 4. Struggled at times with the physicality and pace of the game, but this is his first game since leaving Holland having not been able to play in preseason. Looks better than ruffells and at times looked to have good technique on the ball.
Camara- 5. Another young lad on debut and looked like there was definitely a good player in there and looked assured on the ball at times, might have been helped if he had Hogg alongside him rather than Russell. Probably one of the only bright spots of last night
Russell- 2. Looks completely out of sorts. Looks immobile and needing too much time on the ball, sometimes tries to make things too fancy ala bacuna, when his best moments last year came when he kept it simple. He's obviously missing the energy of O'Brien alongside him, but aren't we all. There's definitely a good midfielder in their, but we have to find the right partner(s) and system, atm he doesn't warrant a selection.
Holmes- 3. Looked to get frustrated and when he does he makes stupid and reckless fouls. He shouldn't be a starter and is probably a league one player, made the first real tackle of note from a town player and that was it really. He's not creative enough for me and his final ball is often lacking. Think he's an impact sub sort of player.
Koroma- 1. He gets that for turning up because he did sweet fa else. Passes when he should shoot, shoots when he should pass and can't cross, looks completely devoid of confidence when he's playing but still has that arrogance of look at me I'm a footballer, when he should really be figuring out what's gone wrong. One of the worst performances I've seen for a long while and I've seen diakhaby and half arsed mbenza.
Mahoney- 3. Some nice set piece deliveries and not a lot else really. Needed the game time so 80 mins will have done him good. There might be something there, well there must be for Blackburn and Bournemouth to have wanted him right? Think it's about unlocking it because he could be a very creative player, probably out on the left.
Rhodes- 5.5. Thought he was one of the better players on the pitch for town. Took both his chances well, only one stood. Had no service and won a few headers only for noone to be anywhere near him. At one point in the first half he ventured back to the edge of our area to defend because Holmes and koroma wasn't going to. Needs service and a partner and he'll score a handy amount of goals.
Subs
Rudoni- looked bright as a central midfielder but tried to be too intricate at times. Needs time to develop and adjust to the higher level, but there's a player there.
Anjorin- another bright display and seems like he's going to be one of the only players that create for us this season. You sense something could happen when he's on the ball.
Thomas- another who has had a bad start to the season and feels like he's lost that grounded attitude and is believing his own hype now. Set pieces were poor and his overall performance was too, ran into his man more than past him, which wasn't happening last season.
Edmonds green- wanted to carry the ball out of defence and help get the team going forward but I do feel he's needing a loan again, I don't think he's ready, but I do think there's potential there.
Jackson- pointless sub really and it should have been grant who came on instead. Don't think he did anything other than make a slide tackle when the ball and man weren't in the same postcode.
I'm hoping we see a far better performance on Saturday. Not that I'll be there, otherwise it's going to be very toxic already especially towards Mr Hoyle and bromby and I reckon we wouldn't be far off having a thread predicting who would be the next coach.
I know my candidates.
Another day, another door, another high, another low