Parrot
23rd November 2008, 11:55 AM
MY Ratings;
Gk Evans 8.5 MOTM great save just before we sealed the game with 2nd goal.
RB Moncur 6 Got forward well but his crosses were abysmal.
LB O'Brien 8.5 Great show of defence & attack play by the youngster, brilliant run and finish into bottom corner for goaljump:
CD Lee 6 Looks back to the form he showed at the start of the season.
CD Clarke 5 Usual shaky display from the clumsy clogger!
RM Daley 7 Great runs and looked our only attacking threat until Conlon came on.
LM Osbourne 5 Looked out of his depth and even their full back was beating him at times....Doesn't look ready yet on this showing!
CM Mclaren 5 Struggled to make any impact, came off injured which probably helped the side TBH.
CM Law 7 Great game from the loanee and he got stronger as the game went on scoring a goal similar to Lukes.
CF Thorne 5 Poor yet again but visibly improved when Baz was introduced.
CF Boulding 4 Really poor display from the lad, really looks like his confidence has took an hammering.
Subs;
Conlon 7 Soon as he was Introduced the ball starting sticking more upfront, bringing Thorne and others into play.
Clarke 6 Did a better job than Mclaren in the holding role.
Nix 6 Looked back to his bustling best and added more balance on the left in the little time he was on.
1st Half;
First things first, it was fcuking FREEZING!....despite this the turnout was great again from the City faithful.
Despite what had been said about the Don Valey, I thought the facilities were good and the view wasn't as bad as made out.
Onto the game, we started off on the back foot with Rotherham doing all the attacking for the first 20 mins or so, at this stage i told my mate i couldn't see Rotherham scoring as they looked toothless and i thought we'd grind them down and nick a goal or two ;)
The rest of the first half was more even with attacking play at a premium from both sides, who's players were more busy kicking each other probably to keep warm in the freezing conditions! lol.....City only looked dangerous from Daleys attacking play on the right or young OBs foraging runs from left back.
HT
2nd half;
City started the game on the attack this time and started to get more ball in the Rotherham half, something we had struggled to do in the 1st.
Thorne & Boulding were inefective though and you couldn't see where the breakthrough was gonna come from?....Cue the introduction of Baz and a minute later a great strike from OB! :)
The young full back picked up the ball on the half way line, got his head down and beat a few challenges from the Rotherham defenders before placing a perfectly placed low shot into the far corner beyond the keepers outstretched hand!....This resulted in a mini pitch (track?) invasion by about 50 overjoyed City fans jump:jump:
Before the fans had much time to settle down the main turning point in the game occured, at the other end Rhys Evans pulled off what can only be described as a Gordon Banks type save!.....It was hard to see through all the players bodies at the other end but i'll never know how he kept the ball out as he looked to be on the floor when he made the save and the Rotherham fans were already celebrating!.....That didn't seem to bother the City players as in the same move they moved the ball up the pitch and this time it was Law who went on a similar run as OB and this time curled a shot low into the same corner as the first goal, although im sure the Rotherham keeper on loan from Fulham(?) should have done better!....Cue yet more jump:jump:jump: from the City fans.
Rotherham huffed and puffed but they were never gonna beat Rhys in this type of form, he was excellent throughout, catching every cross put into the box and commanding his area well.....The save he made was top drawer and earns him my MOTM just over young OB!
While the performance wasn't great by any standards it was another win against a Rotherham team who many say is the best team in the division.
We struggled all game to get Thorne and Boulding involved and it wasn't until the introduction of Conlon until we started holding the ball up and began to look a threat....Tom Clarke also had more of an impact when he replaced the dissapointing Mclaren and these subs certainly tilted the game in our favour!
Im sure they will be some City fans who will like to moan that we didn't play like Brazil for 90 mins or that we were lucky as Rotherham didn't do more with their chances, but i'll take plenty more away performances like this if it means more 3 points on our travels.
Like I said earlier, during the game i said we'd soak up the pressure and nick the game with a goal or two....looks like I called it right eh?tup:
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Gk Evans 8.5 MOTM great save just before we sealed the game with 2nd goal.
RB Moncur 6 Got forward well but his crosses were abysmal.
LB O'Brien 8.5 Great show of defence & attack play by the youngster, brilliant run and finish into bottom corner for goaljump:
CD Lee 6 Looks back to the form he showed at the start of the season.
CD Clarke 5 Usual shaky display from the clumsy clogger!
RM Daley 7 Great runs and looked our only attacking threat until Conlon came on.
LM Osbourne 5 Looked out of his depth and even their full back was beating him at times....Doesn't look ready yet on this showing!
CM Mclaren 5 Struggled to make any impact, came off injured which probably helped the side TBH.
CM Law 7 Great game from the loanee and he got stronger as the game went on scoring a goal similar to Lukes.
CF Thorne 5 Poor yet again but visibly improved when Baz was introduced.
CF Boulding 4 Really poor display from the lad, really looks like his confidence has took an hammering.
Subs;
Conlon 7 Soon as he was Introduced the ball starting sticking more upfront, bringing Thorne and others into play.
Clarke 6 Did a better job than Mclaren in the holding role.
Nix 6 Looked back to his bustling best and added more balance on the left in the little time he was on.
1st Half;
First things first, it was fcuking FREEZING!....despite this the turnout was great again from the City faithful.
Despite what had been said about the Don Valey, I thought the facilities were good and the view wasn't as bad as made out.
Onto the game, we started off on the back foot with Rotherham doing all the attacking for the first 20 mins or so, at this stage i told my mate i couldn't see Rotherham scoring as they looked toothless and i thought we'd grind them down and nick a goal or two ;)
The rest of the first half was more even with attacking play at a premium from both sides, who's players were more busy kicking each other probably to keep warm in the freezing conditions! lol.....City only looked dangerous from Daleys attacking play on the right or young OBs foraging runs from left back.
HT
2nd half;
City started the game on the attack this time and started to get more ball in the Rotherham half, something we had struggled to do in the 1st.
Thorne & Boulding were inefective though and you couldn't see where the breakthrough was gonna come from?....Cue the introduction of Baz and a minute later a great strike from OB! :)
The young full back picked up the ball on the half way line, got his head down and beat a few challenges from the Rotherham defenders before placing a perfectly placed low shot into the far corner beyond the keepers outstretched hand!....This resulted in a mini pitch (track?) invasion by about 50 overjoyed City fans jump:jump:
Before the fans had much time to settle down the main turning point in the game occured, at the other end Rhys Evans pulled off what can only be described as a Gordon Banks type save!.....It was hard to see through all the players bodies at the other end but i'll never know how he kept the ball out as he looked to be on the floor when he made the save and the Rotherham fans were already celebrating!.....That didn't seem to bother the City players as in the same move they moved the ball up the pitch and this time it was Law who went on a similar run as OB and this time curled a shot low into the same corner as the first goal, although im sure the Rotherham keeper on loan from Fulham(?) should have done better!....Cue yet more jump:jump:jump: from the City fans.
Rotherham huffed and puffed but they were never gonna beat Rhys in this type of form, he was excellent throughout, catching every cross put into the box and commanding his area well.....The save he made was top drawer and earns him my MOTM just over young OB!
While the performance wasn't great by any standards it was another win against a Rotherham team who many say is the best team in the division.
We struggled all game to get Thorne and Boulding involved and it wasn't until the introduction of Conlon until we started holding the ball up and began to look a threat....Tom Clarke also had more of an impact when he replaced the dissapointing Mclaren and these subs certainly tilted the game in our favour!
Im sure they will be some City fans who will like to moan that we didn't play like Brazil for 90 mins or that we were lucky as Rotherham didn't do more with their chances, but i'll take plenty more away performances like this if it means more 3 points on our travels.
Like I said earlier, during the game i said we'd soak up the pressure and nick the game with a goal or two....looks like I called it right eh?tup:
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