reaction from todays game...

[DV]

I also agree

Migz pulls the strings, we do better with him, results wise and performance wise thats a FACT! doesnt get any credit outside of our own fans, which is a good thing for us really

[sonicyouth]

we got a good point at chesterfield without stef...

[DV]

we got a good point at chesterfield without stef...

but we played awful football during the first half, we didnt start playing football till Holgate came on

[my-velocity]

well done. good performance held on well under 2nd half pressure and should have come away with all the points having wasted two great chances. having said that they did hit the bar and had a lot of pressure in the second half. but to come away with a point is a good result and hopefully we can build on it

evans 9 - some great saves kept us in it espec. the one he tipped over the bard IMO, an improvement on heaton

smith 6 - average nothing really to report before he went off

nicholas 7 - did well, had a few decent runs forward and pressured his man well

ifil 6- good tackler but can someone please tell him how to pass??

o'hanlon 7 - solid led from the back

shakes 6- ok, his lack of close control really lets him down. good pace took in the defenders but serious lack of ball control

brown 6- ok again nothing great. seems to be lacking a bit of fitness and bite

migz 10- MOM our only real decent passer and holder of the ball. when he looks like he'll lose it he always recovers, great composure, vision and spreads the play well. we need him every game

gurney 7- typical gurney always diving in and conceding free kicks. but on the whole he did well and IMO is better than pook hope he stays

holgate 6- nothing special i think its too early for him to be playing

fallon 7- seems to have gone off the boil a bit recently excellent in the air but sometimes i feel thats not an asset, it encourages everyone else to just hoof and hope up to fallon

subs

jenkins 7- better than smith should be starting ahead of him really

bouazza 6- dont think we'll miss him much

CPlatt 6- didnt really have time to assert himself, but we know hes a good player so should be up for it at h'pool

Evans was MOTM by far you wrong.

[Johno]

Evans was MOTM for me, blinding saves to get us a draw. Migs played well. Ifil?? what was his clearing all about? Pretty much everyone was solid. I liked brown and shakes today.

[Tails]

Brown and Shakes did well today, Ifil was rubbish while Migs and Evans were immense.

[Melksham Red]

Shakes is shite. I'm sorry to disagree but he is crap. He bottles out of tackles, can't cross and has no vision or reading of the game. He only has pace which is pretty fucking useless if you have no idea what to do with the ball.

[DV]

Shakes is shite. I'm sorry to disagree but he is crap. He bottles out of tackles, can't cross and has no vision or reading of the game. He only has pace which is pretty fucking useless if you have no idea what to do with the ball.

He is getting better by each game though....

I'd give him a bit of a run in the team to see if he improves. He works bloody hard though....

[yeo]

I thought Brown was Shakes on more than one occasion.

Bloody Darkies

Ifil was decent today,hes bigger than the last time I was in the TE as well.

[STFCere]

yea, ok evans did v well but without migz we'd be screwed. evans and migz joint MOM

[reeves4england]

Sounds like Evans was brilliant.

I agree that Migs is the centre point of our team and we do much better when he is there. I think its incredible how he can track back to defend, pick up the ball, hold it, pass it and also attack. What a star!

All I can say is we held the best attack in the league today, and could have come away with more than a point deservedly or not. That is a bug step that would not have happened 3 months ago.

[Tails]

Shakes is shite. I'm sorry to disagree but he is crap. He bottles out of tackles, can't cross and has no vision or reading of the game. He only has pace which is pretty fucking useless if you have no idea what to do with the ball.

Shakes is shite compared to who?!

He's improving, that touch he did to bring down the hoofball was world class.

[Reg Smeeton]

I thought Ricky had just about his best game for us today....he's starting to improve, and that's as much as you can ask.

  Brown offers some defensive strength....we should sign him.

[santini]

that touch he did to bring down the hoofball was world class.

It was a great touch by Shakes.

That particular "hoofball" was described by Phil King on the radio as outstanding. Perhaps it takes an old pro to tell the difference between a "hoof" and an  inch perfect 40 yard cross field pass.

[Tails]

Fair enough, just looked like another ball lumped upfield to me.

We need to improve our strikeforce. With that defence, Rhys in goal and a decent strikeforce we'd be challenging for the playoffs