Andy_S
Member of the Barry Corr Fan Club
As I'm pretty fed up on the whole tonight I might as well get it out of my system!
How did the players let themselves get stage fright yet again? For the first 10 minutes or so we looked a very good outfit, we played it around well and then the first goal killed us completely. Once again we've been pretty much embarassed on national T.V. All 3 goals were down to our players, which is frightening. Yes Luton looked a useful side, but the fact is we gave them all 3 goals. I'd hold my hands up if they'd ripped us to shreads and scored some good goals, but they didn't.
First goal, Bart showed why so many people have reservations about him. In fact most of the game showed that, I really don't want to say it, but if Flahavan had of let that first goal in there would've been uproar. He shouldn't have gone down so quickly in the first place, then he should've dealt with it instead of letting Che wrestle with Howard, and then finally he should've kept it out anyway but he flapped and it went in off his chest. Prior certainly let him know what he thought of it.
Second goal, Jupp and Prior p*ss around between each other, and let me tell you as it was right in front of me, there was no communication whatsoever. No "Spinners!", no "Juppy's!". Nothing, absolute silence. Then the shot has gone through Barts hands, which he'll probably look back on and say he should've saved.
Third goal, well straight away it looked a mile offside, but having seen it on Sky, Jupp has been caught out completely. He got left in when the rest of the defence has gone forward and he's clearly played Brkovic onside.
Ratings:
Griemink 5: There is genuine concern in most of the crowd around me when the ball gets near him now, which is worrying to say the least. Looks a bag of nerves and his kicking can be quite frankly atrocious. I lost count of the number of times the ball flew over our forwards into the Luton keepers hands. Made a couple of good claims, but worries more than inspires.
Jupp 7: Apart from his part in the 2nd goal and his poor positioning for the 3rd, he had a decent game. I'm not a fan of his but I'll hold my hands up when he plays well, and tonight he did.
Barrett 7.5: Pretty solid. Is the strongest link in the back four.
Prior 6.5: Distribution pretty lousy as usual, did win a lot in the air though.
Wilson 6.5: Not great, not bad. Didn't have to contend with a flying winger which helped. Got forward when possible but it doesn't come naturally to him.
Pettefer 6.5: I admire his effort I really do, but we need an attacking threat down the right and he just isn't that. Whenever he gets the ball in an attacking area you just know he's going to have to spin round and knock it back to Jupp or Maher.
Maher 7: Never gave up and tried his best to motivate the rest of the lads. Got stuck in although his passing wasn't up to his usual standard.
Hunt 7: We missed Bentley once again, and we really miss him in games like this. Hunt got stuck in although he's not as good at it as Bentley, although Hunt was involved in a couple of nice interchanges around the box.
Gower 6: Started well then somehow managed to miss control every ball that came his way for the rest of the first half. When he doesn't play well, we don't play well.
Eastwood 5.5: His poorest performance yet. Can someone please tell him he doesn't need to come deep all the time!? Marshalled well by a couple of decent, physical centre halves. Never gave up though.
Gray 6: Wasn't great either. Starved of service but he didn't put in as much effort as he has been doing. Needs a rest perhaps?
Bentley 6.5: Added more physical presence and got stuck in.
Bramble 6: Looked bright, yet slightly lost on the left.
Edwards: Only made 2 or 3 touches.
Two last complaints on the night. Firstly, why didn't Tilly change it earlier? 3-0 down at home in the cup and yet we left it till the 80th minute to bring on another striker! Strange.
Lastly, the attendance. 6,683 was the official attendance, where was everybody? I take it most people decided it was too cold and they might as well stay him and watch it on the tele. Disappointing to say the least.
How did the players let themselves get stage fright yet again? For the first 10 minutes or so we looked a very good outfit, we played it around well and then the first goal killed us completely. Once again we've been pretty much embarassed on national T.V. All 3 goals were down to our players, which is frightening. Yes Luton looked a useful side, but the fact is we gave them all 3 goals. I'd hold my hands up if they'd ripped us to shreads and scored some good goals, but they didn't.
First goal, Bart showed why so many people have reservations about him. In fact most of the game showed that, I really don't want to say it, but if Flahavan had of let that first goal in there would've been uproar. He shouldn't have gone down so quickly in the first place, then he should've dealt with it instead of letting Che wrestle with Howard, and then finally he should've kept it out anyway but he flapped and it went in off his chest. Prior certainly let him know what he thought of it.
Second goal, Jupp and Prior p*ss around between each other, and let me tell you as it was right in front of me, there was no communication whatsoever. No "Spinners!", no "Juppy's!". Nothing, absolute silence. Then the shot has gone through Barts hands, which he'll probably look back on and say he should've saved.
Third goal, well straight away it looked a mile offside, but having seen it on Sky, Jupp has been caught out completely. He got left in when the rest of the defence has gone forward and he's clearly played Brkovic onside.
Ratings:
Griemink 5: There is genuine concern in most of the crowd around me when the ball gets near him now, which is worrying to say the least. Looks a bag of nerves and his kicking can be quite frankly atrocious. I lost count of the number of times the ball flew over our forwards into the Luton keepers hands. Made a couple of good claims, but worries more than inspires.
Jupp 7: Apart from his part in the 2nd goal and his poor positioning for the 3rd, he had a decent game. I'm not a fan of his but I'll hold my hands up when he plays well, and tonight he did.
Barrett 7.5: Pretty solid. Is the strongest link in the back four.
Prior 6.5: Distribution pretty lousy as usual, did win a lot in the air though.
Wilson 6.5: Not great, not bad. Didn't have to contend with a flying winger which helped. Got forward when possible but it doesn't come naturally to him.
Pettefer 6.5: I admire his effort I really do, but we need an attacking threat down the right and he just isn't that. Whenever he gets the ball in an attacking area you just know he's going to have to spin round and knock it back to Jupp or Maher.
Maher 7: Never gave up and tried his best to motivate the rest of the lads. Got stuck in although his passing wasn't up to his usual standard.
Hunt 7: We missed Bentley once again, and we really miss him in games like this. Hunt got stuck in although he's not as good at it as Bentley, although Hunt was involved in a couple of nice interchanges around the box.
Gower 6: Started well then somehow managed to miss control every ball that came his way for the rest of the first half. When he doesn't play well, we don't play well.
Eastwood 5.5: His poorest performance yet. Can someone please tell him he doesn't need to come deep all the time!? Marshalled well by a couple of decent, physical centre halves. Never gave up though.
Gray 6: Wasn't great either. Starved of service but he didn't put in as much effort as he has been doing. Needs a rest perhaps?
Bentley 6.5: Added more physical presence and got stuck in.
Bramble 6: Looked bright, yet slightly lost on the left.
Edwards: Only made 2 or 3 touches.
Two last complaints on the night. Firstly, why didn't Tilly change it earlier? 3-0 down at home in the cup and yet we left it till the 80th minute to bring on another striker! Strange.
Lastly, the attendance. 6,683 was the official attendance, where was everybody? I take it most people decided it was too cold and they might as well stay him and watch it on the tele. Disappointing to say the least.
