WolfOfWestStreet Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Fielding 7 - good game, some good saves and punched well. Little 6 - great energy but never really got behind good game though Ayling 6 - Unremarkable but solid Flint 8 - just a boss, scored a good header led the defence excellently. Williams 7 - tackled hard and got forward regularly, had a few good shots Bryan 7 - worked hard down his wing and nice interplay with agard, deserved standing ovation when subbed Smith 9 - just everywhere, covers so much ground and is fast becoming my favourite player in the squad Elliot 7 - did his best work in defence today but is always available and got city out of trouble a few times Freeman 8 - played really well ran at S****horpe and they kept fouling him Wilbraham 8 - the best target man I've seen for some time, top player played really well Agard 6 - nothing fell for him today but could have scored with left footed shot that was brilliantly saved. Ref 3 - had a stinker Crowd 6 - unusually nervous but very noisy towards the end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pikeysrobins Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 'Unusually' nervous crowd? Been like that for some time at the Gate. Hope continued success will encourage more vocal support. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strawberry2157. Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Thought Smith was outstanding as was btyan, definitely his best game yet. Flint a rock as we're beginning to expect and Elliott shows what a great football brain he had in ever game. Thoroughly enjoyed the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Smith is a top player, we should tie him down to a longer contract now, he could easily play at Championship level, and possibly higher. Makes the game look easy by always playing the simple pass, a cut above everyone else on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted September 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Smith is a top player, we should tie him down to a longer contract now, he could easily play at Championship level, and possibly higher. Makes the game look easy by always playing the simple pass, a cut above everyone else on the pitch. Can't agree more Smith is an outstanding player (so far) the things he does are often unremarkable but absolutely essential. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UK0wnag3 Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Mine unfortunately have to come from D block, so I'll preface my ratings with that. Fielding - 7 It's a results business. He kept a clean sheet. Looked much better than Olejnik. Little - 6 Not the swashbuckling standards we've come to expect, but solid nonetheless. Ayling - 8 Thought he was fantastic today. Loves to bring he ball out from the back and get us moving. Flint - 7 Not his *best* game defensively, though that is a high standard. Got his goal. Williams - 7 A strong performance after being doubted by some recently. Bryan - 8 One of his best games for us. Provided an outlet, had his fullback on toast and got the ball in the box. Smith - 8 Energetic, enterprising, enigma. A fantastic ninety minutes. Freeman - 7 Took some lumps and had clearly been identified as someone who would cause them problems. Elliott - 7 Could dribble through a fag paper blindfolded. Fantastic on the ball and worked hard. Wilbraham - 7 Didn't give the defenders a moments peace, though found chances hard to come by. Agard - 7 The talent is there, the partnership with Wilbraham will hopefully develop. Impressive for someone with such little football under his belt. Cotterill - 8 His substitutions were spot on. As soon as they came on, the energy of Wagstaff and Cunningham was too much for the tiring S****horpe. Cunningham took his goal superbly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 The ref a 3? Don't tell me we should of had two pens, the first one Wilbraham was out the box the second one Little took a swan dive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 The ref did pretty much have a shocker though, for example stopping the game shortly after the non freekick/penalty for the Scunny 'injury' when we were in a great position. He was also very inconsistent with when he let the game go, few times he gave us a freekick when the advantage was there to be played, also buying stuff that scunny did to get fouls and doing nothing about the constant timewasting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted September 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 The ref did pretty much have a shocker though, for example stopping the game shortly after the non freekick/penalty for the Scunny 'injury' when we were in a great position. He was also very inconsistent with when he let the game go, few times he gave us a freekick when the advantage was there to be played, also buying stuff that scunny did to get fouls and doing nothing about the constant timewasting. This. My rating had nothing to do with the 'incidents' he was just generally shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 His substitutions were spot on. As soon as they came on, the energy of Wagstaff and Cunningham was too much for the tiring S****horpe. Cunningham took his goal superbly. Totally agree with the above. Cotts has been spot on with the way he has set the side up this season and also with the use of the substitutes in adding energy to the side and closing out games. Everything seems to be going to plan at present. Just enjoy it while it lasts. 14 points from 6 games is a great effort from the whole club and I'm sure we can improve too which has to be good. COYR's !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderbeans Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Wilbraham actually rarely won a header today. We were actually beaten on most occasions challenging for a ball in the air and given the size of some of our lads it was a little frustrating but at least we were on to most second balls Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Had quite a few good flick ons today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol_South_End Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Thought Ayling was our best CB today, brilliant at taking the ball out of defence and made some very important last-ditch blocks when we gave their players too much time to shoot around the edge of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS13 Robin Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 I thought ailing had his best game for us today !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Red Planet Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Fielding 7 - good game, some good saves and punched well. Little 6 - great energy but never really got behind good game though Ayling 6 - Unremarkable but solid Flint 8 - just a boss, scored a good header led the defence excellently. Williams 7 - tackled hard and got forward regularly, had a few good shots Bryan 7 - worked hard down his wing and nice interplay with agard, deserved standing ovation when subbed Smith 9 - just everywhere, covers so much ground and is fast becoming my favourite player in the squad Elliot 7 - did his best work in defence today but is always available and got city out of trouble a few times Freeman 8 - played really well ran at S****horpe and they kept fouling him Wilbraham 8 - the best target man I've seen for some time, top player played really well Agard 6 - nothing fell for him today but could have scored with left footed shot that was brilliantly saved. Ref 3 - had a stinker Crowd 6 - unusually nervous but very noisy towards the end Good summary overall but just one disagree. "Ayling- unremarkable". In fact, first half he delivered two extraordinary lofted passes from deep in right side defence - both delivered with pin-point accuracy to the feet of Joe Bryan - way out up front on the left wing. One of those awesome cross field passes nearly lead to a goal. This talented player is another excellent signing by SC and can only get better, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted September 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Good summary overall but just one disagree. "Ayling- unremarkable". In fact, first half he delivered two extraordinary lofted passes from deep in right side defence - both delivered with pin-point accuracy to the feet of Joe Bryan - way out up front on the left wing. One of those awesome cross field passes nearly lead to a goal. This talented player is another excellent signing by SC and can only get better, Fair enough not hammering the guy, he's never been in a losing city team (forget the sham gnat was oxford!) I think he's great! Just out if the three CB I'd say the other tie were better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted September 6, 2014 Admin Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Did JET look a little trimmer when he came on today? Seemed it to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Mine unfortunately have to come from D block, so I'll preface my ratings with that. Fielding - 7 It's a results business. He kept a clean sheet. Looked much better than Olejnik. Little - 6 Not the swashbuckling standards we've come to expect, but solid nonetheless. Ayling - 8 Thought he was fantastic today. Loves to bring he ball out from the back and get us moving. Flint - 7 Not his *best* game defensively, though that is a high standard. Got his goal. Williams - 7 A strong performance after being doubted by some recently. Bryan - 8 One of his best games for us. Provided an outlet, had his fullback on toast and got the ball in the box. Smith - 8 Energetic, enterprising, enigma. A fantastic ninety minutes. Freeman - 7 Took some lumps and had clearly been identified as someone who would cause them problems. Elliott - 7 Could dribble through a fag paper blindfolded. Fantastic on the ball and worked hard. Wilbraham - 7 Didn't give the defenders a moments peace, though found chances hard to come by. Agard - 7 The talent is there, the partnership with Wilbraham will hopefully develop. Impressive for someone with such little football under his belt. Cotterill - 8 His substitutions were spot on. As soon as they came on, the energy of Wagstaff and Cunningham was too much for the tiring S****horpe. Cunningham took his goal superbly. Pretty much agree here. Might be tempted to put Little up to 7, bearing in mind that he was being man marked by two players. Didn't help him much, but gave the rest of the forward line more space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pickle Rick Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 Was Bryan really any good enough for over a 6? Some nice bits of work, but gave the ball to the goalie when crossing. Didn't track back well either. Smith a solid 8 at least though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789000 Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 I want to emphasise how good Bryan was today. His marker couldn't contain him and JB left him behind almost every time, although his crossing did let him down a bit. There was one touch in particular from a cross field ball from ayling / little which left his marker standing still and was fantastic. Also, all goals still in the shed end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Red Hat Posted September 6, 2014 Report Share Posted September 6, 2014 For me, Korey Smith is one of the best footballers I've seen in a City shirt for some time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray White Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 I want to emphasise how good Bryan was today. His marker couldn't contain him and JB left him behind almost every time, although his crossing did let him down a bit. There was one touch in particular from a cross field ball from ayling / little which left his marker standing still and was fantastic. Also, all goals still in the shed end! Anybody else think that this could be down to the fact that Scunny had two players marking Little? Not taking anything away from JB as I rate the boy highly but surely us playing 5 across the middle and them employing this tactic would mean he was bound to get more space as they would be stretched? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 Did JET look a little trimmer when he came on today? Seemed it to me. indeed....noticed last week at notts county,..starting to earn his place,maybe cotts playing the long game with him. still think he will have a massive say in this season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marina's Rolls Royce Posted September 7, 2014 Report Share Posted September 7, 2014 Ayling had his best game for City so far. I had previously thought him unremarkable to the point of disappointing. Yesterday he showed why SC/Burt brought him in- very encouraging. Korey is class- just class. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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