I think Thompson deserves a lot more credit than people are giving him for dealing with Zavon Hines, who has to be one of the most annoying little pricks I've ever seen on a football pitch! Loved it when Lenny tipped him up over the sideline late on in the 2nd half!
Fantastic support, as usual at Dagenham, shame about the mix up by their officials, not letting some of us in the supporters' bar but telling us to go round to the away end when it wasn't open. Get your act together when you've got a bit away support please. And no shepherds pies unfortunately :sad:
Bentley - 7, did ok, ball was skidding about on the surface and he coped with it fairly well
Thompson - 7, did alright considering he had Hines to deal with
Phillips - 6, he's not our POTY of a couple of seasons ago but dealt with things reasonably well
Prosser - 7, yet another head injury, not sure how much more he can take!
Coker - 7, worked hard and gave options
Hurst - 6, didn't do terribly much apart from the goal
Timlin - 6, a quiet game for Tims, that long range shot apart
Leonard - 8, MOTM....again. Just never stops, strong, committed and getting forward lots
Atkinson - 7, did some great things, couple of really important defensive challenges in particular, under-rated by some
Straker - 5, he's related to JCR isn't he? Some absolutely brilliant stuff followed by some absolutely dire....and last night there was a higher percentage of dire. Thought he should have been booked for grabbing the ball when he was laying down
Corr - 6, poor game, but must be dead on his feet. Looked to be running through treacle. Time for a rest, at least dropping to the bench.
Subs:
Woodrow and Barnard for Timlin and Corr - 7 for Cauley, 6 for Barney who I hardly remember touching the ball. Cauley put himself about a bit and showed a lot of energy which we badly needed at that stage
Clifford for Straker - 7, did more in his short appearance than some had done all match. Great free kick, very unlucky. Would like to see him feature more on Friday night
Officials - have definitely seen worse, just was extremely frustrated at the constant mugging off by Hines which the ref bought every time. Thought we had one decent penalty shout, and there were a couple of handballs I thought, that weren't given.