Thoughts from the Brentford game.

[magnum150]

Surely Evans was man of the match. Hlgate was okay, good but not great, where as Evans was magnificent all night.

I thought Jerel never look troubled and fair point about his distribution.

[kaufman]

i thought holgate was a bit of a headless chicken for about an hour then all of a sudden he got into the game and started putting himself about.
pook must be worried  

p smith - was much better than i thought and a great number two keeper who i would not be worried if ever called in to play.

ifil was excellent again, really coming into his own now as is jack smith to an extent.

if he stays fit i can see paul evans being player of the year if he keeps this up

[magnum150]

i thought holgate was a bit of a headless chicken for about an hour then all of a sudden he got into the game and started putting himself about.
 

 :agree:

[PHIL!!!!]

Meh, its only an opinion    Atleast the annoucer dude who annouced Holgate man of the match, agreed with me    (Well whoever picks the MOTM...)

[red macca]

ashan was man of the match for me tonight,the fact that he is being moulded into the position and seems to be getting better every game.imo he certainly warrants his place in the squad now.also thought shakes looked good at right back tonight,good to see our players being able to play a few positions

[reeves4england]

did evans goal take a deflection, because thats how it looked from where i was stood. I also thought that shakes looked good at right back, and caton showed some good touches.

Im sure it went straight in and I was pretty much behind it.

Although if it did deflect it would explain why nelson just watched it go in!

[kaufman]

holgate man of the match? above evans and ifil and onibuje and jack smith?

all about opinions i guess

id rather holgate got the chance again than pook though as i think if holgate stops worrying trying to look like a cool footballer and just get on with things he can do a job for us!

[RobertT]

Couldn't see a deflection on the Evans goal, it was a cracker.

Evans controlled the game going forward, from the second half onwards he was helped by Holgate playing like a man possessed, especially after he got hit in the nadgers.

P.Smith looked dodgy first half, not so much in technique, more in not controlling the 6 yard box.  Improved 2nd half onwards.

Thought Onibuje was handful but drifted out of it towards the end, as did Brownlie before being an idiot with the 2nd booking even if the first yellow was just a shambolic decision.

Caton looked very good when he got on the ball

Shakes ran all night, if afflicted as always with a poor cross

J Smith was solid, Nicholas was ok but was tasked with marking Heywood at set pieces which caused us problems for about 30 mins and Ifil was as solid as a rock.

Weston and Brown did a job

Overall, I thought the first half we were unlucky to go in behind but bad defending at the start caused us our own problems.  After that, bar the odd scare, we controlled the show and should have won.

On a personal note, I had to move seats after spending 45 minutes listening to the grumpiest bastard I have ever had the displeasure to sit near in a football ground.  He was cussing the corner we scored from before it was even taken.

[red macca]

oh and for arribas benefit i didnt see alot of difference between monkhouse and brown tbh,wouldnt bother me which one we played

[Rossi]

Just got back, obviously I'm disapointed about the result, but we should never had gone 2-0 down in the first place, we were dominating possession and both their goals were against the run of play. Evans goal was stunning.
After we got back to 2-2 we were the only team that looked like scoring and we had so many chances that could have gone in on another day.
I was very impressed with Ifil at the back, he won everything in the air and did ok under pressure, he has improved on last season big time!
Also well done to the fans, they were great, particuarly during extra time, I particuarly liked the "Heywood, give us a hoof!" song

[sonic youth]

i think i might have gone to the wrong ground tonight.

overall, i thought the game was fairly even but brentford looked more threatening than us and created the more clear-cut chances. we dominated in patches and so did they, most of the time we cancelled each other out.

P Smith - did alright, not terribly convincing though. looks no better than number two's we've had previously.

J Smith - steady. crap boots.
Ifil - solid in the air, on the ground, improving with each game.
Nicholas - faultless, his first goal at the cg?
Vincent - rubbish, totally at fault for brentford's second as he missed the ball and let his man waltz past him. drop him for saturday and move nicho to left-back.

Shakes - crossing abysmal, otherwise worked hard and looked capable at right-back.
Holgate - woeful first-half, the game passed him by and he looked lost. improved in the second-half and showed some good touches. lacks the size, strength, work ethic to be a central midfielder.
Evans - superb, by far the best signing we've made this season. MOTM.
Brown - impressed me, good crosses, got back, worked hard. wipe the slate clean and all that.

Brownlie - threatened at times, created opportunities and is very inventive. however, he tries to run with the ball into hordes of defenders and often gives away posession as a result.
Onibuje - fucking awful, he's got pace and strength but fuck all else.

Weston - better crosser of the ball than shakes but doesn't stay out wide enough. looked very good when he came on.
Caton - bulked up a bit by the looks of it and was unlucky not to score.

if we'd had a full-strength side out, we'd have pissed that. sadly our forwards let us down far too often.

[STFC Village]

To be fair SY, i completely agree with all of that, except for the bit about Fola

[RobertT]

You must have been looking the wrong way Sonic!  We had two efforts cleared off the line and Fola had a little game of back heels with a defender on the line.

Caton just popped one over, Evans nearly scored direct from a corner (twice, one at either end) and Brownlie was almost straight through on goal before "allegedly" fouling the player who was behind him, although I think the bloke got a lovely smack in the face from Brownlie's heel on is way down.

Brentford threatened at every set piece in the first half but drifted into half chances after that.

[PHIL!!!!]

i think i might have gone to the wrong ground tonight.

overall, i thought the game was fairly even but brentford looked more threatening than us and created the more clear-cut chances. we dominated in patches and so did they, most of the time we cancelled each other out.

P Smith - did alright, not terribly convincing though. looks no better than number two's we've had previously.

J Smith - steady. crap boots.
Ifil - solid in the air, on the ground, improving with each game.
Nicholas - faultless, his first goal at the cg?
Vincent - rubbish, totally at fault for brentford's second as he missed the ball and let his man waltz past him. drop him for saturday and move nicho to left-back.

Shakes - crossing abysmal, otherwise worked hard and looked capable at right-back.
Holgate - woeful first-half, the game passed him by and he looked lost. improved in the second-half and showed some good touches. lacks the size, strength, work ethic to be a central midfielder.
Evans - superb, by far the best signing we've made this season. MOTM.
Brown - impressed me, good crosses, got back, worked hard. wipe the slate clean and all that.

Brownlie - threatened at times, created opportunities and is very inventive. however, he tries to run with the ball into hordes of defenders and often gives away posession as a result.
Onibuje - fucking awful, he's got pace and strength but fuck all else.

Weston - better crosser of the ball than shakes but doesn't stay out wide enough. looked very good when he came on.
Caton - bulked up a bit by the looks of it and was unlucky not to score.

if we'd had a full-strength side out, we'd have pissed that. sadly our forwards let us down far too often.

Jeeeez!? One of us were at the wrong game.....What chances did Brentford have? I can name three...Two were goals and one was well saved by Paul Smith, in the second half.
Our build up play was brilliant and we moved the ball around really well.
We just couldnt quite manage to finish off our chances in the final third.
Most impressed by Holgate and Fola.

[sonic youth]

the efforts cleared off the line were barely half-chances, one was a goalmouth scramble and the other was when the keeper went walkabout, even so brentford had two defenders on the line.