Cardiff blatantly a much better side that we are, they passed some long balls into the areas we should but with success in completion of passes.
Its only on a sample size of 1 but this is what I saw.
We still struggle defending, Harries looked truly awful, Gladwin for me looked leggy and slow and gave the ball away too much.
McKirdy looked like his head wasn't in the game.
Reed and Williams did ok in spells but still Williams and Gladwin cannot play together for whatever reasons.
Brynn - lost confidence early after conceding and never recovered, was at fault for the 2nd goal with poor footwork but the ball from Harries was attrocious.
Hutton - for me hes not a defender and not a left wing back, so heavily right footed looked lost and not comfortable and was exposed a few times.
Shade - probably the pick of the new signings for me, looked big and quick and confident going forwards, struggles defending but took his goal well.
Harries - very very poor today, was at fault for 2 of the goals and constantly gave the ball away.
Brennan - doesn't look match fit and did some good defending but also was at fault for one of the goals, looks a little indecisive at times on the ball and sold our players short a few times with soft passes, better than Harries though.
MacDondald - reads the game well, got in a few headers and tackles but looks woefully unfit still, I am sure he will get much better in the next few games and is a threat from corners attacking.
Reed - looked eager but up against better opposition he looked a bit lost at times, still played ok though all things considered and grew into the game.
Williams - looked good on the ball but is still not quite fully fit, made a few forrays upfield and did ok for me.
Gladwin - looked fitter than he has but still got caught in possession at least 6 times in our own half, still looks like hes running through mud and some of his passing was really poor, I am afraid we wont get a consistantly good Gladwin back again even though he has some great touches and had one good effort. Overall I thought he looked weak.
Adeloye - ran around a bit, didn't often get close to the ball, had no service, difficult to judge as he had so little of the ball.
McKirdy - looked disinterested and like his mind wasn't at the races despite having a great chance when he chose to shoot rather than pass to Wakeling who was free with an open goal, typical Harry stuff, some good some poor some not interested.
Subs:
Baudry - easily my MotM in the end, came on and settled the defence again as he has done since April, has to start next week.
Ward - looked less shakey that brynn and got his hand to one of the goals, didn't really do much wrong and cant be faulted for either goal he conceded.
Clayton - looked like he know how to head and how to tackle but wasn't really given enough time so had so few touches its difficult to tell but he looks promising.
Darcy - ran around, won a coupl eof tackles and ran with the ball, looks like a poor mans Payne, small lightweight but has some talent.
Khan - looked eager to chase everything, made one good run for a goal but didn't stamp his authority in midfield, still getting used to things and does look very promising, reminds me a lot of Amine Linganzi, I think he will do well.
Abu Kanu - came on and ran around a bit without doing much or getting much of the ball, looks like Dabre, impossible to judge on that.
Wakeling - remnds me a lot of yates, picks the ball up and runs with it, seems predominantly left footed and likes cutting inside, did well for the goal which must go down to him even though it took a huge deflection. Looks raw and not ready to start yet but a good option off the bench.
Disappointing result but with 2 obvious errors for 2 of the goals then it would have ended 2-2
No problem losing to Cardiff like that but 2nd half looked way better than the first half, I still don't like 3 CB's though but being we don't really have any fullbacks only wingbacks then I cant see the formation changing any time soon.
4/10 overall, some good, some bad, some shocking but by no means all bad.
