OldBlueLady
Junior Blues Coordinator⭐⭐
Not defending the indefensible but I do want to comment on the awful mauling Laurent was getting from whoever the Gills player was who was marking him. Guy almost twisted his head off his body at one point, and the ref was giving him nothing, he was a blatant homer. The linesman to our left was also terrible, giving clear decisions the wrong way.
Just a comment too on changing the defensive line up yet again, how are they expected to play as a unit if they keep getting chopped and changed. I'd have left Franno at RB and started O'Keefe on the wing, I didn't really understand the need to bring Sankofa in. Yes Barrett worked hard, but I still have a concern that he unsettles everyone else, surely it's no coincidence that the only game we've won this year he didn't play in?
Finally, when are we going to risk having Paterson, Vernon and Spencer up top together considering we HAVE to go for wins now? Then you just bring Crawford on for any one of them when necessary.
Mildy - 5, 2 very good saves, but I question a keeper who concedes 3 again, very slow off his line
Sankofa - 5, got forward a lot, overlapping with Franno but there's no benefit if he can't do anything with it on the edge of the box
Baldwin - 5, him and Barrett seemed to get pulled out of position far too often, normally solid but didn't look it yesterday, maybe it's getting to him now
Barrett - 6.5, almost wanted to see him in CM as that seems to be where he's been playing a lot lately! Some very good defensive blocks
Herd - 5, didn't really notice him much, had his hands full with the runners I think
Franno - 6, did ok here and covered Sankofa
Grant - 6.5 (MotM...just), 1st half was not good but decided to try and get to grips in the 2nd, made some forays, fell over a few times and won some free kicks. Almost earned another booking though as well
JFC - 4, him and Grant didn't click at all, didn't bring anything that O'Keefe couldn't have done better
Laurent - 4, sorry Franny, love you normally but this was shocking although he was being physically manhandled and constantly fouled
Vernon - 6, worked very hard, also subjected to some quite physical "handling"
Spencer - 5, ok, who's told Screech to play a game that is not in his nature? That's two games now where his style of play has changed and he and we are missing out on his natural ability as a result. Give him back his free rein and let him terrorise defences.
Subs:
Paterson (Spencer); O'Keefe (Christophe); Crawford (Laurent) all 6s, all did well when they came on, let's give them more of a go. At least they played with something approaching passion.
Officials - 3, blatant homers, far too few bookings for the dirty cynical tackles coming in from Gills players.
Ground - big fat zero, what a **** hole it is for away fans. How the hell it passes h&s standards I'll never know, my dad nearly went arse over tit on the way down at the end and I saw several other, much younger, people also slip. And why couldn't we sit anywhere? Ridiculous.
Just a comment too on changing the defensive line up yet again, how are they expected to play as a unit if they keep getting chopped and changed. I'd have left Franno at RB and started O'Keefe on the wing, I didn't really understand the need to bring Sankofa in. Yes Barrett worked hard, but I still have a concern that he unsettles everyone else, surely it's no coincidence that the only game we've won this year he didn't play in?
Finally, when are we going to risk having Paterson, Vernon and Spencer up top together considering we HAVE to go for wins now? Then you just bring Crawford on for any one of them when necessary.
Mildy - 5, 2 very good saves, but I question a keeper who concedes 3 again, very slow off his line
Sankofa - 5, got forward a lot, overlapping with Franno but there's no benefit if he can't do anything with it on the edge of the box
Baldwin - 5, him and Barrett seemed to get pulled out of position far too often, normally solid but didn't look it yesterday, maybe it's getting to him now
Barrett - 6.5, almost wanted to see him in CM as that seems to be where he's been playing a lot lately! Some very good defensive blocks
Herd - 5, didn't really notice him much, had his hands full with the runners I think
Franno - 6, did ok here and covered Sankofa
Grant - 6.5 (MotM...just), 1st half was not good but decided to try and get to grips in the 2nd, made some forays, fell over a few times and won some free kicks. Almost earned another booking though as well
JFC - 4, him and Grant didn't click at all, didn't bring anything that O'Keefe couldn't have done better
Laurent - 4, sorry Franny, love you normally but this was shocking although he was being physically manhandled and constantly fouled
Vernon - 6, worked very hard, also subjected to some quite physical "handling"
Spencer - 5, ok, who's told Screech to play a game that is not in his nature? That's two games now where his style of play has changed and he and we are missing out on his natural ability as a result. Give him back his free rein and let him terrorise defences.
Subs:
Paterson (Spencer); O'Keefe (Christophe); Crawford (Laurent) all 6s, all did well when they came on, let's give them more of a go. At least they played with something approaching passion.
Officials - 3, blatant homers, far too few bookings for the dirty cynical tackles coming in from Gills players.
Ground - big fat zero, what a **** hole it is for away fans. How the hell it passes h&s standards I'll never know, my dad nearly went arse over tit on the way down at the end and I saw several other, much younger, people also slip. And why couldn't we sit anywhere? Ridiculous.
