Ratings

[magic8ball]

Nice to hear that Williams had another good game, yet you still get some idiots saying he's past it.  :nuts:

Its no surprise that Jerel is playing like the player we all knew he could be this season. He has an experienced head to help him through, and we've seen far less Jerel-esque nightmare episodes.

If only for that benefit, Ady is well worth his place in the team.

[Amir]

I personally thought Roberts and Pook had been getting some slightly unfair critisism recently, until yesterday when in truth they were both pretty dire.

Re: Williams and Ifil's partnership, there was one brilliant moment where Williams told Jerel exactly when to stop so that there player was caught offside, then gave him a little nod for a job well done

[mexico red]

amir that was a defining moment for me, at that point, half way through the first half, i knew we had the better of them, phil smith and the back four were immense yesterday. very very well organised, throwing themselves at everything. top class defending.

brilliant stuff.

[mattboyslim]

Agreed mex, there was some big balled defending out there, a couple of cock-ups that we got away with, especially when it looked like mcleod would have an open goal. I think Williams just galvanises the unit, and even vincent looked good yesterday.

[Panda Paws]

Agreed mex, there was some big balled defending out there, a couple of cock-ups that we got away with, especially when it looked like mcleod would have an open goal. I think Williams just galvanises the unit, and even vincent looked good yesterday.

There was lots of last ditch, throw your body in front, never say die, type defending yesterday - and we did get away with quite a few chances where Dons should have scored.

The thing I can't help asking is why on Earth can't we defend like this every week?

Moreover, during Christmas, we lost to relatively shit sides in Macclesfield and Notts County but beat MK, Rovers and Walsall.

We don't seem to be able to raise ourselves for the dregs of this league which is a worrying pattern.

[mattboyslim]

The adver ratings are again a joke, Pook and Timlin both on 7!!! wtf, their relative performances were so vastly different I don't think a 1-10 scale can do it justice.

[Northern Red]

Liking the Shakes ratings  

Compare the playing style of Roberts (attacking, zero defence) against Wycombe and Shakes against Franchise. He's a hard working little imp isn't he, and I'm glad he's quite prepared to get back and get defensive. You can see why he was chosen for this game.

Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes, Shakes  

[fatbury]

leave Pook alone .. we won didnt we ?  

[red macca]

Fatbury only last week i was sticking up for pook,yesterday though i think i witnessed the worst performance i have ever seen from a town player

[DiV]

Macca's control of the mini football in some random car park we stopped in was better than anything pook contributed yesterday!

[Simon Pieman]

P. Smith - 8. Brilliant penalty save, some other important stops. Only let down was him rushing off his line/not rushing off his line at the right moments in the second half.

J. Smith - 6.5 Put the recent poor performance behind him and produced a competent display. Did get dragged into the middle a little too much though.

Ifil - 8. Some good recovery work and made some important tackles.

Williams - 9. Led the line well, communication was good and kept the defence cool under pressure.

Vincent - 7. Had a good game. Probably not as effect going forward as could have been but the game was all about the defence.

Shakes - 7.

Timlin - 7.5. Got stuck in and was made to work harder for Pook's crap display.

Pook - 3. Oh dear lord, closing down and passing was poor. Bad decision making. Didn't know which part of the pitch to cover.

Sofi - 8. If we can keep this player we will have one of the best left wingers in the division. Performance showed this, although should have done better with a couple of chances.

Peacock 8. - Worked his socks off. Cared so much about the 3 points. Good hold up play and passing.

Roberts - 5.5. - I've defended him but this performance wasn't very good. Started off brightly but became disinterested.

[adje]

Roberts was adjudged Man of the Match in the Sun today

[Bogus Dave]

Agreed mex, there was some big balled defending out there, a couple of cock-ups that we got away with, especially when it looked like mcleod would have an open goal. I think Williams just galvanises the unit, and even vincent looked good yesterday.

There was lots of last ditch, throw your body in front, never say die, type defending yesterday - and we did get away with quite a few chances where Dons should have scored.

The thing I can't help asking is why on Earth can't we defend like this every week?

Moreover, during Christmas, we lost to relatively shit sides in Macclesfield and Notts County but beat MK, Rovers and Walsall.

We don't seem to be able to raise ourselves for the dregs of this league which is a worrying pattern.

To be fair, we did draw with notts county, who are just outside the playoffs, and a good away record.

[sonic youth]

Roberts was adjudged Man of the Match in the Sun today

ritson gave pook a 7 in today's adver, saying that he "worked hard".

he was fucking awful and anybody who couldn't see that doesn't deserve the right to see.

[janaage]

I don't think you can call Macclesfield shit, they have just won 6 in a row, Ince seems to have sorted them out now.  As for Notts County, what Dave said.