[madsteve]

I'm a little surprised at your ratings MS, I thought we were excellent against Brentford, they are in good form and are chasing a play off spot whereas we have no real goal other than professionalism and as high a finish as possible.
We were always going to have to defend, but we countered and used the ball very well at times and had we used the final ball better we could've scored more,
The way we went at the job, had it finished 0-0 I would've come away thinking what a great game despite no goals, in reality it could've been 4-4, I was buoyed by our performance and the win was a massive bonus,
I hope we play the same v Bournemouth, granted they will probably be more clinical than Brentford, but I saw some good things Tuesday.

Westwood - 7- couple of good saves
Buxton - 7- best full back performance of the season, if fit still our best RB
Lees - 7 - individually solid
Zayatte - 8- Absolute rock, if he could pass we'd have a cracking player
Helan - 6 - Sublime to the ridiculous in the blink of an eye
Lee - 7 - bright & inventive
McGugan - 6-one of those nights where the effort was there if not the form
Melo - 8- oozed quality and a real composure about him
Isgrove - 7- worked tirelessly
May - 6-better than of late
Lavery - 7-on the front foot and always looking to get involved
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Maguire - 8-  unsure why he didn't start. Excellent Saturday and same Tuesday
Bus - 7-proper centre forward , held the ball up really well and linked play, needs to be fitter
Maghoma - 6 - came on and looked to get involved

SG -8- got it right, we were always gonna be pushed back so we countered, spot on.

My average performance rating is 6. I gave more above six than below it so I rate the players overall as above average.

Brentford had ten really good opportunities but only got one on target. On another day, we could have lost 5-1. If Brentford had taken the lead, the match would have changed with them defending in numbers and we would have faced our usual problems. As it was, it was an entertaining match but our defence was cut apart so easily that it bodes badly for next season unless we can improve the defence.