Richard_Cadette
The Realist
I havent read any of the other match reviews on here yet, I didnt want that to affect what my take on things was, but it will be interesting to see if I concur with everybody else.
Overall, I thought it was a fairly lacklustre performance, in more ways than one, and I think overall, we would have to be more than happy with getting a point from the game. I thought Barnsley caused us more problems than we did them, and had it not have been for Daryl, we would surely have still been in second spot.
I thought the midfield looked decidely off colour, and whilst im sure that was down to the two changes, I still expected more from the likes of Maher and Gutteridge. The pick of the quartet for me was Campbell Ryce, if a little too eager to crowd please at times.
Lawson lacks the pace to be a decent replacement on the left, or right, side of midfield, although in fairness, he certainly didnt let anyone down.
For me, one of the reasons we may be mis-firing a bit at the moment is the form of Captain Kev, who for me, over the last few games, has been way short of his best, and eveb Gutts didnt have a great game Saturday.... Not sure how he got voted MOTM!!
Again, difficult to be too downhearted after the start we have had, but it still feels very low key considering we have just regained top spot! We will need to perform much, much better than that at Ashton Gate on Saturday to get any kind of result out of Bristol City.
My ratings as follows:-
Daryl - 8 - Probably MOTM in my opinion, made a few very good stops and was faultless during the 90 minutes.
Hunt - 7 - Much better game than at Donny, proving that was just a bad day at the office.
Wilson - 6 - Generally ok, but still looks suspect on anything that he has to deal with in the air to me
Barrett - 6 - A more forceful performance than of late, although nowhere to be seen for there soft equaliser
Edawards - 7 - Solid, no nonsense display, doesnt take any risks when in danger
Campbell Ryce - 7.5 - Very promising full league debut for JCR, tricky, quick, and although final ball sometimes lacking, very dangerous
Lawons - 6 - Tried hard, didnt let anyone down, but not too effective
Maher - 5 - Broke things up well at times, but his passing and set pieces were again severly lacking
Gutteridge - 6 - Spent most of the afternoon trying to avoid Barnsley's bull boy tactics employed on him, he did well just to be able to jog off!!
Eastwood - 7 - Looked lively, made some very good runs and was always offering himself as an outlet.
Goater - 5 - For me he needs a rest, or to start on the bench, took the penalty very well, but apart from that, hugely ineffective.
I wont bother with the substitutions as I dont think any of them had a massive impact. Gower looked a littler ring rusty, and Gray will never be a right sided midfielder, so difficult to make any kind of educated judgement.
Overall, dissapointing not to get back to winning ways, but we didnt lose, we're top of the league, and nobody has really made any ground on us. Hopefully that will be our two game blip before we win the next 8 on the bounce!!
Overall, I thought it was a fairly lacklustre performance, in more ways than one, and I think overall, we would have to be more than happy with getting a point from the game. I thought Barnsley caused us more problems than we did them, and had it not have been for Daryl, we would surely have still been in second spot.
I thought the midfield looked decidely off colour, and whilst im sure that was down to the two changes, I still expected more from the likes of Maher and Gutteridge. The pick of the quartet for me was Campbell Ryce, if a little too eager to crowd please at times.
Lawson lacks the pace to be a decent replacement on the left, or right, side of midfield, although in fairness, he certainly didnt let anyone down.
For me, one of the reasons we may be mis-firing a bit at the moment is the form of Captain Kev, who for me, over the last few games, has been way short of his best, and eveb Gutts didnt have a great game Saturday.... Not sure how he got voted MOTM!!
Again, difficult to be too downhearted after the start we have had, but it still feels very low key considering we have just regained top spot! We will need to perform much, much better than that at Ashton Gate on Saturday to get any kind of result out of Bristol City.
My ratings as follows:-
Daryl - 8 - Probably MOTM in my opinion, made a few very good stops and was faultless during the 90 minutes.
Hunt - 7 - Much better game than at Donny, proving that was just a bad day at the office.
Wilson - 6 - Generally ok, but still looks suspect on anything that he has to deal with in the air to me
Barrett - 6 - A more forceful performance than of late, although nowhere to be seen for there soft equaliser
Edawards - 7 - Solid, no nonsense display, doesnt take any risks when in danger
Campbell Ryce - 7.5 - Very promising full league debut for JCR, tricky, quick, and although final ball sometimes lacking, very dangerous
Lawons - 6 - Tried hard, didnt let anyone down, but not too effective
Maher - 5 - Broke things up well at times, but his passing and set pieces were again severly lacking
Gutteridge - 6 - Spent most of the afternoon trying to avoid Barnsley's bull boy tactics employed on him, he did well just to be able to jog off!!
Eastwood - 7 - Looked lively, made some very good runs and was always offering himself as an outlet.
Goater - 5 - For me he needs a rest, or to start on the bench, took the penalty very well, but apart from that, hugely ineffective.
I wont bother with the substitutions as I dont think any of them had a massive impact. Gower looked a littler ring rusty, and Gray will never be a right sided midfielder, so difficult to make any kind of educated judgement.
Overall, dissapointing not to get back to winning ways, but we didnt lose, we're top of the league, and nobody has really made any ground on us. Hopefully that will be our two game blip before we win the next 8 on the bounce!!
