Player ratings

Plodder 6 Did his job and saved our bacon after one long throw

Dodd 7 Apart from the long throws, did very well

ODor 5 Showed heaps of guts battling on with injuries

Lockhead 8 Back to his best

Johnno 6 Worked hard and shut them down

Lia 7 A bit reckless in the challenges, but covered heaps of territory

Brown 7 Lovely pass for the goal, great leadership

Daniel 6 What a sweet finish. What dumb yellow cards he gets

Elrich 6 I'm still waiting...

Schchchcmeltz 9 What a leader by example this guy is. Should have had a penalty.

Covs 8 did exactly the right thing, kept the ball,  went into the corners, won the free kicks, did it again.

Brownlie 4 hmmm

Old 5 No mistakes that I saw.

Ricki 8 Got his subs right

The ref 6 Did a fine job APART from not giving Smelt a penalty when he was obviously pulled back from the ball. Players should NOT have to go down in the box to earn pens. You can see why Daniel falls over.

Well done Nix, a lucky first 15 min, but well done from there on.

Plodder 8 I though Plodder played very well considering how shaky the defence has been.

Dodd 7 Positioning sometimes a bit of a worry

ODor 6 How many times can one bloke get hit on the nose?

Lockhead 7 When caught out and Dodd comes across to cover, doesnt drop in the centre like he should

Johnno 7 I thought he played very well, I'd like to see him at CB though.

Lia 8 His cross field passes are awesome, real asset.

Brown 8 I thought he played very well, definete starter

Daniel 6 Wasn't involved at all but took the opportunity well.

Elrich 6 Nothing to note off, but we need to be patirnt.

God 8 Didnt have a goal tonight but the way he jinks when 1 on 1 is magical, especially  for a tall bloke. Good in the air and with his feet.

Covs 8 The word experience pretty much summed up his performance

Brownlie 6 Nothing really to note, 1 pass astray.

Old 10 I'm giving Old a 10 simply because he didnt f**k anything up, which is a massive achievement for him

Ricki 8 Subs were perfect, I almost died when I saw Old coming on, but he did OK

Christie 6 slow did his job a bit shaky

Dodd 8 did great considering the whole defence was under a lot of pressure saved our necks countless time

O'Dor 6.5 did good considering his injuries

Lochhead 7 slow but did a great job up that flank

Johnson 6.5 didnt get too involved hardly noticeed him but a good performance

Lia 7 bad tackler good game otherwise

Brown 7 great pass earned his spot

Elrich 6 just not presenting enough or creating he gets thje ball he loses it

Daniel 6 much like elrich the only real good build up of the game was the goal

Smeltz 7 did his best shouldve at least made the keeper work for the first shot

Coveny 6.5 fast for an old bloke

Brownlie 6.5 i thought he was good of the bench

Old 6.5 good defence near the death

 

overall the midfield need to give each other more space they were tackling themselves in the first half but they came out with great enthuisiasm great win.

 

loved the chant "the linsemans a ranga"

 

sh*t, never heard that one. Think i would of pmsl if i did

 

where u at the game if so where were you sitting

 

He is overrated quite a bit

 

im just trying to think of times when he was exposed due to lack of pace. Cant really (could be completely wrong). I think the real thing is his positioning, which should improve with time.

 

Agree- the most noticeable thing I see with his game is that he gives the opposition to much time and width on the ball. Think he played pretty well in Perth. I reckon he gets to much stick- largely put dwn to his defensive stuff up against CCM. Good game overall by the boys- Smeltz, Brown, Lia and in particular Mossy and Lochead (great overlapping runs) top ratings for me.

Christie 6 Average, but he's all we have.

Dodd 8 Without him i hate to think what would happen.

O'Dor 6.5 Give him time.Can see him improving

Lochhead 7 Dont be scared tony. So much more passive going forward than he was at the start.

Johnson 7 tough as nails.

Lia 6.5 Did a pretty good job

Brown 7.5 held us together. we needed him

Elrich 6 hopefully hits his straps

Daniel 6 Average, but won us the game.

Smeltz 7.5 So consistent.

Coveny 6.5 Showed his experience. earned his place in the squad.

Brownlie 6 Average. Replace him with Felipe.

Old 6 Better than last week.

 

I've made similar comments on other threads.  However, I thought against Perth he did better in this respect as the game went on.  I also think that at times you can see that he has a nice touch and composure on the ball (perhaps when he's a bit further from our penalty area), and a good pass, suggesting he is a midfielder playing as a fullback.  Of course we would like a right sided equivalent of Lochhead but as present Christie is the best option at right back unless perhaps Johnson or Ferrante was to drop back there.