Went to the game, what a crazy crazy game. Very good first half, then for some reason, the players swapped shirts in the tunnel and hoped we hadn't noticed as we were garbage second half, England v Iceland garbage. So;
Green - Decent signing by the looks of it, could have done nothing with the goals, two cracking strikes out of nothing. - 6
Purver - Not up to standard, Coyle would of have been better - 5
Bartley - Won everything in the air, defended well and could be a good signing - 6
Bamba - Likely Bartley, defended well and looked sharp - 6
Taylor - Solid, would be a shame to lose him - 6
Roofe - Lively, got fouled constantly and did well for the goal, annoying that he had to come off as that killed any creativity we had - 6
Mowatt - Superb first half, dreadful second. Deserved a goal - 6
Murphy - Same old really, nowhere second half - 5
Grimes - Showed glimpses, decent feet, chasing shadows second half though - 6
Sacko - Had a bungee cord attached for some reason, he barely beat the full back despite getting to the ball quickly initially, just couldn't get his pace down. Defo got something about him though and he did try to get involved constantly - 6
Antonsson - One to forget, first half he did ok, had a few efforts, second half has to go down as a horror show. Was given very poor service but still he was weak and had a poor touch on a couple of occations - 5
Monk should have brought some senior subs along. Diagoraga could have helped get a foothold in the game for the final 15, Dallas, wood and Doukara could have made an impact possibly as we were dreadful in the air in the opposition box. We couldn't change the game as we had no subs avalible to do so. Overall, we showed first half that we can do it, we made them look daft, second half, we ran out of steam and got physically beaten and outclassed in every sense of the word.
The fans were superb, the conditions were very hot and it was uncomfortable in the first half despite us bossing it. Fans were having a party first half, outnumbering and outsinging a silent home crowd, but the mood dropped BIG time in the second, a lot of disgruntled fans leaving the ground at FT. Cellino and Monk, you've got 2 weeks to fix it
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posted on 23/7/16
Good report
posted on 23/7/16
A lot of senior players played against Guiseley remember.
Coyle, Diagouraga, Botaka, Wood, Doukara, Philips
posted on 23/7/16
Thanks for the report, but don't get how our best performances were a 6 and the worst were 5s.
posted on 23/7/16
Wondered that myself Stelmerland.
Thanks Shaun!
posted on 24/7/16
Monk did say he was mixing it about and making sure the player's get 90mins play time under their belts, he said these teams are not his first team line ups and he wanted to give some a chance of impressing him, so, we'll have to wait a bit before judging, because the team hasn't been finalised yet!..
posted on 24/7/16
90 mins play time is not enough to prepare first teamers.
posted on 24/7/16
Its also not enough to be impressed, but he swopped them about in Ireland and said the last games he was going to mix the teams about giving them 90mins and let some have a go at changing his mind!..
I think he knows who his first team are and I think he's seen what he wants to see, the thread says two weeks, so I'd say fitness would be main priority now!..