Player Ratings

[big_orme]

as the titile says.

[Guest BarmyBetto]

grant: 7 : Had hardly anything to do apart from the one save which were a good save

Buxton: 7 : getting better and better, solid today

Purse : 7 : Purse is getting better and better, solid today, looked like a captain

Beevers : 6 : Won his headers but gives away too much fouls, their is no need to climb on their back

Spurr: 6 : Better game today although still not same tommy spurr as last season

Soares : 6 : Alright game, lacked abit,

Potter : 9 : Class today and showed what he is capable of. In Tight spaces this guy can show us what he can do

o`conner : 6 : Battled like usual

Gray : 6 : Steady gray once again.

Clarke : 8 : played very well today, alot of times he was in the corner on his own and made something out of it, well played leon!

Tudgay : 7 : glad to see him get 2 goals, decent game

SUBS:

Varney - 5- Didnt do nothing

[big_orme]

grant: 7 : Had hardly anything to do apart from the one save which were a good save

Buxton: 7 : getting better and better, solid today

Purse : 7 : Purse is getting better and better, solid today, looked like a captain

Beevers : 6 : Won his headers but gives away too much fouls, their is no need to climb on their back

Spurr: 6 : Better game today although still not same tommy spurr as last season

Soares : 6 : Alright game, lacked abit,

Potter : 9 : Class today and showed what he is capable of. In Tight spaces this guy can show us what he can do

o`conner : 6 : Battled like usual

Gray : 6 : Steady gray once again.

Clarke : 8 : played very well today, alot of times he was in the corner on his own and made something out of it, well played leon!

Tudgay : 7 : glad to see him get 2 goals, decent game

SUBS:

Varney - 5- Didnt do nothing

Cheers Bud

[Last_Great_Hope]

grant: 7 : Had hardly anything to do apart from the one save which were a good save

Buxton: 7 : getting better and better, solid today

Purse : 7 : Purse is getting better and better, solid today, looked like a captain

Beevers : 6 : Won his headers but gives away too much fouls, their is no need to climb on their back

Spurr: 6 : Better game today although still not same tommy spurr as last season

Soares : 6 : Alright game, lacked abit,

Potter : 9 : Class today and showed what he is capable of. In Tight spaces this guy can show us what he can do

o`conner : 6 : Battled like usual

Gray : 6 : Steady gray once again.

Clarke : 8 : played very well today, alot of times he was in the corner on his own and made something out of it, well played leon!

Tudgay : 7 : glad to see him get 2 goals, decent game

SUBS:

Varney - 5- Didnt do nothing

Soooo, he did something then? Bit harsh to give a 5 if you thought he did something!

[ccswfc]

grant :7: solid not much to do but made one good save best keeper in league

buxton :6: solid never sets the world alight but does a job

purse :8: best defensive display

beevers :7: good defensivly would be 8 if he dint poo poo himself everytime he got the ball and smashing out of play

spurr :7: much improved kept there right winger very quiet

gray :7: worked hard and still has the quality on the ball still valuable player

potter :9: tremendous kept the ball superbly incisive 1 touch passes and silky skills and even the occasional crunching tackle had a real hunger and desire MOM

Joc :7: good display worked extremely hard gave potter the freedom to play

soares :6: just doesnt do it for me looks to be carrying to much weight but occasional some good glimpses

tudgay :8: deserved his two goals and i still dont understand how he wins all the headers for not the tallest person

clarke :6: caused occasional problems but he cant finish for poo poo

[Lincowl]

Grant: 7 : Had the one good save when needed

Buxton: 7.5 : Very solid display and good going forward. Put in some decent crosses.

Purse : 6.5 : Looking much fitter, quicker and stronger now but still has a habit of making dangerous errors.

Beevers : 6.5 : Started poorly I thought but got much better as the game went on.

Spurr: 6 : Looks a weak link.

Soares : 6 : Not a great wide outlet, lacking fitness as he is. Looked better bursting through the centre. Struggled in the air.

Potter : 8.5 : Best I've seen him since the Cardiff game last season. Keep it up now, please.

O'Connor : 7 : Good battling display

Gray : 6.5 : He's good on the ball but seems sluggish off it.

Clarke : 8 : Full of energy, the problems started when he was replaced. Forms a very decent partnership with Tudgay.

Tudgay : 9 : MOTM - Goals aside even, he was superb. The first half display was near perfect.

Sub:

Varney : 5 : When he came on the ball no longer stuck up front. Nowhere near as beneficial to Tudgay's game as Clarke is.

[TheBoyBeevers]

Grant- 7 (Couple of good saves, and didn't have a chance with the goal.)

Buxton- 7 (Struggled a little bit after Batt came on but was largely fine today and put in a couple of dangerous crosses as well.)

Purse- 8 (Excellent, this is the man we wanted- he would have put his face in the way off a bus today if it had meant 3 points.)

Beevers- 8 (I said in the academy section that this would happen. He was great again- only made one proper error when he let Mcloud get in behind him, but he recovered brilliantly.)

Spurr- 7 (Much more like the Tommy of old- he looks so, so, so much better with Gray in front of him.)

Soares- 7 (Adds good balance to the team and shows quality on the ball- definitely try and keep him for this season if Stoke will let us.)

Potter- 8 (Great on the ball today, and was very unlucky not to gt a goal as reward.)

JoC- 7 (Continued his good form- on another note he's also hard as flip. )

Gray- 8 (Impressive today- UNBELIEVABLE fitness, his sprint at the end of the game when Lewis was out of his goal was awesome! Can't think of a better rolemodel for the younger players to have.)

Clarke- 8 (I thought he'd bottle it today against a 6 foot 8 giant, but he dominated that battle and laid the foundations for the win with reallt good link up play.. worked hard and would be a very handy player for us if he could play like this more often.)

Tudgay-9 (Tuggy is back- goals to come in the next few weeks, he was oozing confidence by the end.)

General observations:

1) Our corners are 20x better now than when Laws was in charge- no flipping about with short corner routines- just whipping the ball in at pace around the 6 yard box and allowing our lads to attack it.

2) I really can't see Varney fitting in to how Irvine sets out the team- he's poor at holding the ball and has got a poo first touch which mean's he loses the ball too often. (Not that this is a shock- we know what Varney brings to the team and what he doesn't.)

3) It was nice to see the players battle at the end and not give in- very much like the Barnsley game in how the spine of the team stayed strong when previously it would have collapsed.

4) We defended the long throws brilliantly- i'd hazard a guess that this could be because of better preparation?

5) It was nice to go into a game expecting to win, and to actually win.

[Benjani]

Grant - 7

Buxton - 6

Beevers - 8

Purse - 8

Spurr - 6

Gray - 6

O'Connor - 6

Potter - 7

Soares - 7

Tudgay - 8

Clarke - 7

[shandypants]

Grant - 7

Buxton - 6

Beevers - 10 Absolutely faultless display MOM

Purse - 8

Spurr - 6

Gray - 7

O'Connor - 7

Potter - 8

Soares - 7

Tudgay - 7

Clarke - 8

[the gaffer]

Grant-7 made 2 very good saves, decent kicking, bit hesitant coming off his line to command area

Buxton-7 booked early on, but did everything asked of him, got forward occasionally

Spurr 7- see Buxton

Purse 8- best game in an owls shirt, getting better by the game

Beevers 8- MOM for me, not quite as good as Barnsley, but won every header, good clearances, distribution not always the best

Soares-7 Did a job, covered the full back, worked hard, few surging runs when he cut inside

Gray- few good diagonal balls, calm on ball, worked well with Spurr

Oconnor- terrier performance, covered some grass, and got foot in

Potter-8 best game in ages, joy to watch, very close MOM contender, just overdid it at times on edge of box

Tudgay-8 the tudders of old, 2 well taken goals, linked the play, put a shift in.

Clarke-7 did well, holding ball up, finishing when clean through, left alot to be desired

varney-5 ball didnt stick when clarke went off, huff n puff but nothing of real note in his 20 min cameo

Father Ted-9 very animated, tactics were spot on again, always taking notes on sidelines, the incident where he slammed the ball down , 3 in 3-keep em coming!

Crowd-8 i was sat in south because took my two lil cousins (5), (7) so thought id avoid kop, north which sounded in very good voice from where i was, 24,800 fantastic turnout!

Uto wtid!

[gweimo]

Grant: 7 : Good as always. looked 10 years older than when I saw him last, must be playing behind purse.

Buxton: 7.5 :Looking good, great crosses.

Purse : 6.5 : Looking better but still makes worrying mistakes, not MOTM standard quite yet! Nice to hear a few praises in the crowd and less grumbles.

Beevers : 6.5 : Slow initially but looked much better towards the end.

Spurr: 6.5 : Not the best display seen from him.

Soares : 6 : Lots of little mistakes,seemed to struggle with fitness and didn't seem to be giving all.

Potter : 8.75 : Fantastic! Joint MOTM with Tudders.

O'Connor : 7.5: Kept going, did well.

Gray : 7: Odd to keep switching sides,he's much better on the left. Good as always, never stops.

Clarke : 8 : Great partnership with Tudders, kept the ball up front, problems started when he went off.

Tudgay : 8.75 : Joint MOTM with Potter, great to finally see him get the goals he has deserved for games.

Sub:

Varney : 5 : He doesn't keep the ball like Clarke. Didn't really help the game.

Other:

Father Ted-9 sat very close to him and could see every expression, he seems a damn hard manager to please and it's obviously good for the boys.

He noted every little point, wrote everything down and seemed really respected by the players already.

Crowd-9 What a great atmosphere and what a turnout! Brilliant day out!

[sheriwozgod]

Grant - 7 - Did what he had to do well

Buxton - 6 - Still not a fan im afraid , but an improvement on recent displays

Purse - 7 - Started shakily first 20 mins , but much better after that.

Beevers - 7 - Defensively solid but poor distribution today

Spurr - 7 - Nothing special , but once again a big improvement on recent displays

Soares - 6 - Shows glimpses of what hes capable of........admittedly playing out of position but would like him to get involved more

O,Connor - 7 - Grafted really hard without catching the eye

Potter - 8 - About time..............when you see a performance like this it makes you doubly annoyed at how inept hes been all season.........hope he keeps this up as we look a far better side when hes ticking

Gray - 7 - Not one of his vintage displays but we do look a much better team when he plays

Clarke - 7 - One appalling miss apart he looked very impressive

Tudgay - 8 - Back to something like...........hope his goals kick start his season again

Overall

Wasnt very pretty at times , but given the situation that we are in its a case of as needs must , and another very welcome 3 points

[Guest wilkotheowl]

grant: 7 : Had hardly anything to do apart from the one save which were a good save

Buxton: 7 : getting better and better, solid today

Purse : 7 : Purse is getting better and better, solid today, looked like a captain

Beevers : 6 : Won his headers but gives away too much fouls, their is no need to climb on their back

Spurr: 6 : Better game today although still not same tommy spurr as last season

Soares : 6 : Alright game, lacked abit,

Potter : 9 : Class today and showed what he is capable of. In Tight spaces this guy can show us what he can do

o`conner : 6 : Battled like usual

Gray : 6 : Steady gray once again.

Clarke : 8 : played very well today, alot of times he was in the corner on his own and made something out of it, well played leon!

Tudgay : 7 : glad to see him get 2 goals, decent game

SUBS:

Varney - 5- Didnt do nothing

Agree with most of the above. Special mention for Lewis Buxton & Leon Clarke who both played very well (never thought I'd say that) !!

Keep it up lads.................................

[Imre Varadi's Conker]

Grant - 8 Amazing save to his left. Great shot stopper.

Buxton - 6 Getting more confident.

Beevers - 8 Really strong display, better use of ball than of late.

Purse - 9 Excellent today. Won most headers. Fantasic tackle running towards cop. Leaders job.

Spurr - 7 Solid.

Gray - 8 Never stopped running, great quality again.

O'Connor - 7 Worked well with Potter.

Potter - 8 Much better use of the ball than recently, great tackling too.

Soares - 7 Worked hard to close down.

Tudgay - 7 Clinical headers, caused defenders a lot of problems.

Clarke - 6 Good foil for Tudgay but apart from one piece of skill in 1st half was lacking again. Poor finishing.

Varney - 6 Never got into the game as midfield tired towards the end.

[edinburghowl]

Grant - 7

Buxton - 7

Beevers - 8

Purse - 8

Spurr - 6

Gray - 7

O'Connor - 7

Potter - 9 MOTM

Soares - 6

Tudgay - 8

Clarke - 7

[Guest samswfc23]

Grant - 7

Buxton - 7

Beevers - 8

Purse - 9 MOTM

Spurr - 7

Gray - 7

O'Connor - 7

Potter - 8

Soares - 6

Tudgay - 9

Clarke - 8

Overall happy with the win. impressed with our defensive work in the final 10.