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Decent enough performance, still lacking penetration in the final third despite the pace but better than it has been prior to Oxford.
Thought the two centre halves did very well today and liked the look of Murphy when he came on.
Didnt the goal come from Murphy ?
He made a couple of good runs into the box and came very close to scoring from a lay off from Fred certainly had more of an impact in his appearance than Loza did 2nd half and thought he looked our biggest threat.
Just had a look at the league two scores, all but 2 were 1-0/or 0-0, not a day for goals galore then :smile:
LozaLovehim 8, all action, another great display, lucky handball in goal build up.
Not quite sure how Sokolik managed to get the ball over from a yard out and could have cost us had Freddy not scored.
Not quite sure how Sokolik managed to get the ball over from a yard out and could have cost us had Freddy not scored.
Performance wasn't great but managed to get the result we needed. I wasn't that impressed by Murphy who looked like he didn't want to be there at times. He needs to actually run and put a bit more effort in. Not quite sure how Sokolik managed to get the ball over from a yard out and could have cost us had Freddy not scored. On a positive note, it is nice to see that both Barnard and Eastwood have scored this week, which may lead to a few more from the pair. Three very important points indeed.
A laboured performance and possibly not what we were expecting after Monday, but against a side fighting for their lives at the bottom of the table it's never going to be easy. Results elsewhere seem to have gone our way and it was great to see Barney improving and Freddy get a goal. Defensively yet another clean sheet and another very solid performance.
Bentley 7 Did what he had to do, not a lot to do but when called upon he did the job
White 7 Solid and defended well, did well going forward too
Sokolik 9 MOTM Won every header and every tackle, we're very lucky to have him
Egan 8 Like Sokolik, solid and defended well
Coker 7 Got forward well and no problems at the back
Atkinson 6 As usual, worked hard, but didn't really make much happen
Timlin 5 Nothing came off for him, every pass went to a yellow shirt
Leonard 8 Battled hard and was in the wars but did his role well
Hurst 6.5 Looked tired/lazy at times but his delivery was good
Loza 7 Not as effective as Monday night, got kicked around a lot and dominated in the air but used pace well
Barnard 6.5 Showed glimpses of the old Barnard, getting sharper with every game
Subs
Murphy 6.5 Pace, didn't know when to pass and too determined to get forward, potential is there
Eastwood 7 Didn't do too much but got the winning goal, it was all he had to do
Laird 6 Not his usual self but hard to impose himself in such a short time
Have to say that the ref today was one of the best we've seen at this level in a long time, other than the wrestling affair with White on the halfway line, he had an almost faultless performance, as we're often the first to criticise it's only fair to praise too.
Torquay look pretty destined to go down now, and you could tell it today, especially after going down they looked desperate and frustrated.