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1 minute ago, Emerson Thome said:

MoM = Odubajo

 

Wildsmith = 7 - didn't actually have much to do. One fumble from a looping header, but otherwise fine.

Odubajo = 7, great work-rate, pace to snuff out some threats, one of his best games for us

Palmer = 7, dogged, determined defending

Iorfa = 7, pace helped get us out of trouble, mis-read a couple of crosses

Borner = 7, calm on the ball, back to somewhere near his best

Harris = 7, the usual mix of one good cross, two bad - but solid in defence and tenacious. Think the red card was a little unlucky but won't be overturned. In a funny way it helped us, as stopped their counter-attack.

Pelupessy = 8, MoM, his type of game - lots of running and blocking, Bournemouth not too clinical and he was able to snuff out many of theri good positions. Still a bit sloppy on the ball

Bannan = 8, Worked hard, bit subdued at time, but gets extra point for clutch penalty

Reach = 7, his running helped to stretch the game and make a decent midfield battle

Kachunga = 7, put a couple of decent crosses in - still looks far from clinical with the ball at his feet

Windass = 7, it looked very much like a dive, at least as much as the Rotherham one last week, but put himself about well to good effect. Wish he would stay onside more

 

Subs

Brown = 6, his sloppy backheel led to the Harris red card

Paterson = 7, did a good job holding it up at the end

Marriott = N/A - not on for long enough to judge, almost got in

 

 

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There wasn't a bad performance from any of our players tonight.  I thought Harris had a good game but then blotted his copy book towards the end.  Borner did well but nearly cost us when he ventured upfield and was caught stranded and was lucky that Harris bailed him out. Maybe one of Palmer, Pelupessy or Odebajo.  Fvvck it! I'll go for Odebajo as MoM.  

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Could it be that Joey getting a run of games is turning him into a proper player. You never know it’s a strange game .

 

I would give Moses man of match, from Bannan and Joey 

 

Iorfa missed 3 balls in the air that could have cost us and 3 times passed straight to their man.

 

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Not wanting to poo on the folk who have picked Reach out as having a good game but one thing annoyed me with him in the first half. A low cross into the 6yd box was met by the defender and Reach together and Reach neshed it by hopping up in the air allowing the defender to clear. And this was 5yds out and if the ball had hit him it would have gone in. We all know its not his game but its letting down the rest of the lads who put there bodies on the line. 

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Wildsmith - 6 - Clean sheet, but couple of really worrying moments. Dropping the simple header right in the six yard box, and bottling the tackle when Iorfa tackled King when clean through, before Borner's heroic stop from Brooks. 

 

Palmer - 7 - Decent defensively, and provided good support going forward at times. But, what a sitter. Another piece of cowardly play...more concerned about getting clattered than making sure he sticks the header away.

 

Iorfa - 7  - Typical Iorfa display. From the sublime to the ridiculous in the space of seconds. Lost the ball in dangerous areas too many times...but recovered some hopeless situations when he had no right to.

 

Borner - 8 - Man of the Match - Thought he was fantastic tonight. Looked back to the form he showed early on last season. Seemed to real enjoy defending, put in some key tackles, subdued the threat of Brooks and produced a match-winning save/block.

 

Odubajo - 7 - Another player who has struggled at times, but turned up and put in a brilliant performance today. Nothing flashy, but worked tirelessly down the right flank.

 

Harris - 5 - It would've been a "6" but for the stupid sending off. Not sure whether he was sent off for the tackle or reacting...but both of them were reckless and stupid. Before that, worked hard, but I'm reaching boiling point with his constant lack of a final ball. Three games off could be a blessing...for both the team and Harris. 

 

Pelupessy - 7 - Nothing fancy, but sat, protected and broke up play the way you'd expect him to. 

 

Bannan - 8 - Another Captain's Display. The heartbeat. And although a number of things didn't come off for him tonight, it's his quality that makes us bearable to watch and even remotely dangerous. His through-ball lead to Windass' run for the penalty, he stuck Paterson through late on, produced the free kick for Palmer's sitter, and the corner which flashed past the six yard box....oh, and he scored the winner.

 

Reach - 7 - Decent performance tonight I thought. Got in some dangerous positions in the 1st half and was unfortunate not to score, and showed his versatility to move to his more natural wide left position in the 2nd half when we switched to a 3-4-3 to match Bournemouth up.

 

Windass - 6 - Worked hard, and won the penalty...although it was the correct decison, I'm not convinced Windass would've ended up finishing the move! 

 

Kachunga - 6 - Like Windass....works hard...but just lacks quality. Needs to change his boots...forever falling down.

 

Overall...

 

It was an encouraging performance, and one we should take a lot of positives out of, but it's also another game which highlights why it's going to be such a slog this season. 

 

All the positives were what we should absolutely expect as a minimum...worked hard, hunted in packs, dug deep, seem well-organised. Those things should be present week in, week out...and the fact I'm complimenting them, shows how abysmal the last week has been.

 

But it goes to show, how small the margins are. Bournemouth are supposedly the team to beat in the division...but by showing those qualities above, we've nullified their threat and nicked a game we weren't fancied to.

 

That said...from open play, we've looked pretty toothless again. Our three big chances came via set pieces or a penalty, and our two of the few other chances we created came directly through Bannan. We need to find a more efficient way of attacking, otherwise we're going to be putting huge pressure on our back line to keep clean sheets. I'm hoping three games that'll force Monk to play Reach in the LWB position and Brown in the number 10, might be the way to get more quality footballers into those attacking areas. Fingers crossed.

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Wildsmith - 5 dodgy, got away with a bad kick and a bad throw in the first half, then a fumble in the second and bottled the one off his line

 

Palmer - 7 thought he was solid, but bottled his big chance. Saw the keeper

 

Iorfa - 6 rusty

 

Börner - 8 looked more comfortable in that role, makes us much better on the ball too

 

Odubajo - 6 worked hard

 

Harris - 6 worked hard

 

Pelupessy - 7 did his job mostly we’ll, a few bits of rickety play, but probably the best we can expect

 

Bannan 9 virtuoso 

 

Reach 7 - some good delivery and passing

 

Windass 8 just gives another dimension in behind, and brings a bit of swagger

 

Kachunga 7 his best performance by far 

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