Time for my view
I have read back through this thread an fuck me there is some wierd stuff in here, someone typed get Ritchie off....WTF he was the best player on the pitch by a country mile, he drifted in and out of the game as normal but when he had the ball the guy is class, has a few shots one saved well by their keeper who is one of ths shitest keepers I have ever witnessed in 40 years of watching football! atrocious keeping.
We kept the ball well and played with some style when the ball was on the ground and not hoofed up front by Lanzano, who had a good game, if a little theatrical at times and he does have woeful kicking, almost every kick went right through to their keeper, otherwise pretty solid, they scored an unstoppable goal that would have beaten any keeper.
Lanzano, surprisingly solid, came out and caught the ball a few times, juggled the ball a few times but didnt do a lot wrong, he just scares the bejesus out of me at times!
Caddis, god leader, played really solidly, barely missed a pass and his distribution was very good, even though most of the game he had no one in front of him as Ritchie was wandering all over the pitch looking for the ball.
Cibocchi looked very solid, got forward a couple of times and linked up well with Gabilondo on the left, defended well and was only caught out of position a couple of times, which was covered by Gabilondo and Devera.
Devera looked solid too, didnt give their strikers any time on the ball and nearly scored with a cracking header in the second half, solid.
McCormack looked like hes always played at centre back, reminded me a bit of Calderwood, got beat in the air a couple of times but looked excellent at CB and barely put a foot wrong.
Gabilondo, the guy is an enigma, does the simple things quite badly at times but when he has the ball at his feet man can he shift, and beat his man for speed every time, looked very good on the wing, just wasnt given the ball quite enough.
Ritchie played excellent, passed theball well, ran with the ball and had a few rasping shots, hes a class act and probably overall MOM for me.
Smith, good a bit of pace tracking back, made some good tackles, found a Town shirt with almost every pass he made, looked a little reckless in the tackle at times, will come good if he can time his tackles better.
Abdulla, brilliant, pressed Ritchie for MOM, ran around and has a great engine, can pass the ball well, can tackle, always looking up for options, played in quite a defensive role sat in front of the back 4 but never put a foot wrong all night, worth playing alongside Ferry any day.
Connell, wasnt too bad first half early on, set up the first goal with a good head back to Jervis but otherwise was totally lost and out of his depth, was the poorest player on our side, should have gone off at half time.
Jervis, excellent all round play, led the line well, has bags of pace to burn but just isnt quite that good in the air despite his size, the first goal he took well the second was a brilliant tackle on the keeper, absolutely brilliant, pressed Ritchie as MOM as well.
Kerrouche, looked lost apart from one pretty average freekick that was on target but soft which their keeper almost fumbled into the net, otherwise wasnt at the races.
Risser, fucking terrible, rifled every pass as hard as he could, dived, argued with the ref, utterly shit, get rid of him ASAP.
Thompson, did ok when he was on, slotted in at left back and didnt do anything wrong at all.
Running through our side.
Overall we played well, very well first half, not so well second but Exeter never even looked like scoring, their goal was so out of the blue, no one saw that coming!
Good game, good night, good turn out byt Town fans.
