old_eastender Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Strange game, City looked a bit flat and the crowd was fairly quiet too. Vale worked hard, closed us down and won most loose balls unless near Korey. My ratings: Fielding 7 - Great first half save and did everything well, except for the punch/flap that gifted Vale their goal. Tavernier 5 - Very poor first half, looked better in the second but not a patch on Little at his best. Williams 7 - Solid all round performance. Flint 8 - Immense in defence, saved a goal. Ayling 7 - Usual very assured performance. Korey Smith 9 - Man of the match for me, so important to us. Elliot 6 - A bit slow and some dodgy cross field passing which put our defenders under pressure. Freeman 7 - Great ball retention, should have scored just before HT. JET 7 - Great goal, so nearly a second towards the end. Matt Smith 7 - Got bullied out of it a bit, but took his goal neatly. Bryan 8 - Played well, even if goal was a fluke. Subs - Pack & Cunningham looked solid when came on, can't recall Agard hardly having a touch in the few minutes he was on. Will need to play with much more intensity against Sheff. Utd, but can't knock another 3 points! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CITYAREREDANDWHITE Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Strange game, City looked a bit flat and the crowd was fairly quiet too. Vale worked hard, closed us down and won most loose balls unless near Korey. My ratings: Fielding 7 - Great first half save and did everything well, except for the punch/flap that gifted Vale their goal. Tavernier 5 - Very poor first half, looked better in the second but not a patch on Little at his best. Williams 7 - Solid all round performance. Flint 8 - Immense in defence, saved a goal. Ayling 7 - Usual very assured performance. Korey Smith 9 - Man of the match for me, so important to us. Elliot 6 - A bit slow and some dodgy cross field passing which put our defenders under pressure. Freeman 7 - Great ball retention, should have scored just before HT. JET 7 - Great goal, so nearly a second towards the end. Matt Smith 7 - Got bullied out of it a bit, but took his goal neatly. Bryan 8 - Played well, even if goal was a fluke. Subs - Pack & Cunningham looked solid when came on, can't recall Agard hardly having a touch in the few minutes he was on. Will need to play with much more intensity against Sheff. Utd, but can't knock another 3 points! Tavernier was impressive in my opinion. Used the ball well and defended well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Tavernier was impressive in my opinion. Used the ball well and defended well Definitely improved second half. Looked scared to run at the defence in the first half but after his half-time grilling played much better, supplied some great balls into JET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Tavernier had a poor first half but improved a lot 2nd half. Hopefully that was more his game as looked decent. JET was MOTM for me but Freeman also quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Elliott does not seem to be quite at his pre injury form yet? Might be unfair but just following the ratings. Obviously making a contribution to all those wins, without a doubt, but just wondered if I am picking it up wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exAtyeoMax Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Elliott does not seem to be quite at his pre injury form yet? Might be unfair but just following the ratings. Obviously making a contribution to all those wins, without a doubt, but just wondered if I am picking it up wrong? I thought Wade played really well tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cider Queen Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Heard someone say he suffered Dolmanitus in the first half! Which pretty much summed him up.. looked scared to death in front of the Dolman. Better in 2nd half but that wouldn't be difficult. Good win thats all that counts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 I thought Wade played really well tonight. Well, that is good to hear. Saw him more this season early on, where he was our stand out player more often than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CITYAREREDANDWHITE Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Wade seemed to be deployed in a more attacking role than usual, I thought he played well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lack of Action Man Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Mine would be as follows : Fielding - 7: actually played very well until the Phillips like punch. Still, if ever there was a game to get a gaffe out of the system this was it. Williams - 7: mostly solid and a moment of outrageous skill in the first half. Flint - 7: he did what he does, win the headers and keep it tight Ayling - 6: Felt he was looking leggy and not helped by tavernier leaving him exposed to often Bryan - 8: Excellent work rate and surging runs. Only a few minor mistakes. Tavernier - 5: Not sold with this guy. Good going forward but very lacking in defensive positional sense. Need to see more from him. Elliot: 5 - Performance riddled with sloppy passes, weird decision making and lacking a yard of pace. Can't help but feel time is running out. Having said that, he did make one excellent surging run in the second half but that was an isolated moment of excellence. K Smith - 7: As with Flint, he did his role for the team excellently. JET - 9: quite simply, when he turns it on, he is unplayable. His strength and skill were on point tonight and he closed down the opposition well at times. Freeman - 9: As with JET, Freeman can be unstoppable. Another exciting and scintillating performance from him. M smith - 7: Thought he was quiet before and after his goal but did a lot of off the ball work hassling and dragging the opposition out of play to make room for JET and Freeman. COYR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakoe Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Difficult to split Korey, Freeman and Bryan for me. Probably give it to Freeman though for his sheer desire to possess the ball. You know it's good when you leave the Gate after scoring 3 but still a bit pissed off that we let 1 in!! Happy days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Tavernier was impressive in my opinion. Used the ball well and defended well I thought he was poor in the first half and adequate in the second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 It's interesting to read the conflicting views on Tavernier. Obviously a Marmite player. Personally, I don't think he's any improvement on Wagstaff as a back up to Little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 I thought Tavernier was poor. I though FF had a good game, flap aside. Korey Smith is possibly the best City player I've ever seen. And Flinty wins so much in the air, I can forgive him for the odd occasion where he thinks he's David Beckham. Also, Joe Bryan is a ******* Salmon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Has Tavernier ever played as a Wing Back anywhere before? Might explain why he doesn't look particulary comfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 It's interesting to read the conflicting views on Tavernier. Obviously a Marmite player. Personally, I don't think he's any improvement on Wagstaff as a back up to Little. Not suggesting the lad is lacking in ability, just that he could have been more positive. That's more positive in defence and attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Has Korey Smith ever had a bad game for us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Exile Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Has Tavernier ever played as a Wing Back anywhere before? Might explain why he doesn't look particulary comfortable. This. Looked much better in the second half. I think he can do a job for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC_Mushroom Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Tavernier brings a different attacking style to City. All we see with Little is knock it past the defender and run. Tavernier run with the ball at his feet and sometimes cut inside wanting to bring others into play. That is basically how JET got his chance to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 So Flinty IS human, made one awful passing rick (vintage Flint 2013-4 ) nearly cost a goal ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelRobartes Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Tavernier was much better second half but I think we played better second half as a whole until the very end. For me Korey was the best player on the pitch by some distance. Freeman and Bryan played really well too but I think Korey only gave the ball away once all game and he always found time and space to wriggle away from challenges and retain possession, winning a lot of ball on the way as usual. He really is some player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Fielding - 7 Williams - 7 Flint - 8 Ayling - 7 Bryan - 7 Tavernier - 6 Elliot: 6 K Smith - 8 JET - 8 Freeman - 9 M smith - 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 I did state my concerns about Tavernier after the Gills paint pot game but have to say he was much, much, improved tonight, so there might be hope. Saying that though I much prefer Little to play there but as it seems he has to be rested occasionally then I fully appreciate why Tavernier is being used in certain matches. Fielding had to make quite a few crucial saves as Port Vale attacked in numbers and we had to concentrate hard. Bryan had a good game, Freeman never stopped, and Jet was more involved than I had seen him in a long time. Matt Smith looked quite isolated, winning lots of knock down headers but heading them to no one for large periods of the game. Looked like we really lacked a quick striker to get on the end of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipdawg Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 A bit sad to hear the comments about Tavernier- away at Rotherham last season I thought he was the best player I saw all season last year, so I was expecting big things from him Onwards and upwards. Looking forward to possibly seeing him for myself at Donny away in a couple of weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 I did state my concerns about Tavernier after the Gills paint pot game but have to say he was much, much, improved tonight, so there might be hope. Saying that though I much prefer Little to play there but as it seems he has to be rested occasionally then I fully appreciate why Tavernier is being used in certain matches. Fielding had to make quite a few crucial saves as Port Vale attacked in numbers and we had to concentrate hard. Bryan had a good game, Freeman never stopped, and Jet was more involved than I had seen him in a long time. Matt Smith looked quite isolated, winning lots of knock down headers but heading them to no one for large periods of the game. Looked like we really lacked a quick striker to get on the end of them. Interesting you should say about Smith. One of the funniest moments last night was one of JET's many runs and he decided to slot a through ball past the defender for Smith to chase. I had to laugh; no JET, thats not what Matt Smith is here for! Incidentally if Flint had to mark Smith, I'd back Flinty all day long. He really does win everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Interesting you should say about Smith. One of the funniest moments last night was one of JET's many runs and he decided to slot a through ball past the defender for Smith to chase. I had to laugh; no JET, thats not what Matt Smith is here for! Incidentally if Flint had to mark Smith, I'd back Flinty all day long. He really does win everything. I remember that ball. If Smith had gone the opposite direction to the one he chose it was actually a pretty good ball which should have resulted in a Smith goal and a Jet assist. Yes it was nearly that simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedRobin Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 To be fair Tavernier has only played 4 games for Wigan and when he gets more game time he should improve hopefully. Last night in the first half, there were two players on him so he was isolated but in the second half the game opened up, thought he looked much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Fielding had to make quite a few crucial saves as Port Vale attacked in numbers and we had to concentrate hard. Yes but our defenders weren't concentrating hard for a good 20 - 30 minutes at the beginning of the game. I am grateful Port Vale are such a poor side, otherwise we would have been turned over in that early spell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fordy62 Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Yes but our defenders weren't concentrating hard for a good 20 - 30 minutes at the beginning of the game. I am grateful Port Vale are such a poor side, otherwise we would have been turned over in that early spell. They weren't that poor. I actually though they did the long ball reasonably well. If I were looking back as a Vale fan, i'd have thought that the first goal should have been saved, Bryan's deflected effort was hideously unlucky. Smith's third was horrendous defending. Going forward, i genuinely though they were OK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 They weren't that poor. I actually though they did the long ball reasonably well. If I were looking back as a Vale fan, i'd have thought that the first goal should have been saved, Bryan's deflected effort was hideously unlucky. Smith's third was horrendous defending. Going forward, i genuinely though they were OK. I thought they played well in spells too, And it could of been a nervy finish had Fielding not made that save with his legs in the 85th min. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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