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DAV007 · 21-09-2013, 19:35

I'm finding it really hard to not discuss our managers ability, but I promised him 10 league games before I make my judgement so I will bite my lip for now.

Today

Bettinelli - 6/10 didn't have a lot to do in all honesty, but did concede 2 goals
Aldred - 7/10 best defender, mopped up a lot of their attacks alone with no midfield support
Winnard - 5/10 not great, very limited with the ball at his feet
Hunt - 5/10 though he was poor going forward as was his crossing, looked knackered with 15 minutes to go
Naylor 6/10 - shaky at first but grew into the game, lacked fitness but promising
Murphy 2/10 - utterly useless yet again, the game passed him by. The guy has no positional sense and is slow to get back to support the defence. Has no footballing brain whatsoever, cant read anything.
Joyce 4/10 - better than murphy but he has no invention, is not great defensivly. Strange he is the captain as he does not influence the game or his fellow players. Was caught out ball watching in the 1st half.
Naismith 4/10 - some effort and to be fair to him he does try to beat his man and show some invention, but the second he goes past them its as if he is waiting to get tackled.
Physically weak and does not impose himself, comes inside to often. Not sure he is football league standard?
Mahoney 4/10 - to early for him to be thrown into the first team, he had nice ball control but produced little.
McCartan 2/10 - other than some neat touchs, the guy is a waste of space as a football league player. Very disappointed with him in the first half when he had the advantage over the keeper to run onto a through ball and didn't fancy getting involved in a tackle so slowed down to avoid contact.
Bit of a pre-madonna
Odejayi 7/10 - won a good number of the long balls upto him, took his goal well. Only criticism was his decision making at times with the ball at his feet. On at least 2 occasions he tried a through ball which was played well ahead of the runner despite having time on the ball and having better options.
Other than his goal, I can only think of one other good ball he received all day. Felt sorry for him, getting such rubbish service from the wings and no good passes or support from the midfield donkeys of Joyce and Murphy.

Gray - 5/10 - probably not a criticism of Gray but the manager as when he came on for Naylor we looked less effective as the team was unbalanced. Did little of note, had no effect on the game.
Hatfield - 5/10 not enough time to make an impact, did nothing of note.
Richardson - 5/10 not enough time to make an impact, did nothing of note.

Beattie - 1/10 - some major flaws in tactics, team selection and ability to change a game and react to events in a game.
No further comment

One last thing, I arrived 5 minutes late. In the town centre at 2.50PM where plenty of people and youngsters wearing Man Utd, Burnley, Barcelona, man city shirts.
Real shame.
The town of Accrington probably doesn't realise how blessed it is to have a football league club.
It puts the town on the map.

21-09-2013, 19:35	#3
DAV007 Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3,877 Liked: 808 times Rep Power: 6048	Re: Rochdale Game I'm finding it really hard to not discuss our managers ability, but I promised him 10 league games before I make my judgement so I will bite my lip for now. Today Bettinelli - 6/10 didn't have a lot to do in all honesty, but did concede 2 goals Aldred - 7/10 best defender, mopped up a lot of their attacks alone with no midfield support Winnard - 5/10 not great, very limited with the ball at his feet Hunt - 5/10 though he was poor going forward as was his crossing, looked knackered with 15 minutes to go Naylor 6/10 - shaky at first but grew into the game, lacked fitness but promising Murphy 2/10 - utterly useless yet again, the game passed him by. The guy has no positional sense and is slow to get back to support the defence. Has no footballing brain whatsoever, cant read anything. Joyce 4/10 - better than murphy but he has no invention, is not great defensivly. Strange he is the captain as he does not influence the game or his fellow players. Was caught out ball watching in the 1st half. Naismith 4/10 - some effort and to be fair to him he does try to beat his man and show some invention, but the second he goes past them its as if he is waiting to get tackled. Physically weak and does not impose himself, comes inside to often. Not sure he is football league standard? Mahoney 4/10 - to early for him to be thrown into the first team, he had nice ball control but produced little. McCartan 2/10 - other than some neat touchs, the guy is a waste of space as a football league player. Very disappointed with him in the first half when he had the advantage over the keeper to run onto a through ball and didn't fancy getting involved in a tackle so slowed down to avoid contact. Bit of a pre-madonna Odejayi 7/10 - won a good number of the long balls upto him, took his goal well. Only criticism was his decision making at times with the ball at his feet. On at least 2 occasions he tried a through ball which was played well ahead of the runner despite having time on the ball and having better options. Other than his goal, I can only think of one other good ball he received all day. Felt sorry for him, getting such rubbish service from the wings and no good passes or support from the midfield donkeys of Joyce and Murphy. Gray - 5/10 - probably not a criticism of Gray but the manager as when he came on for Naylor we looked less effective as the team was unbalanced. Did little of note, had no effect on the game. Hatfield - 5/10 not enough time to make an impact, did nothing of note. Richardson - 5/10 not enough time to make an impact, did nothing of note. Beattie - 1/10 - some major flaws in tactics, team selection and ability to change a game and react to events in a game. No further comment One last thing, I arrived 5 minutes late. In the town centre at 2.50PM where plenty of people and youngsters wearing Man Utd, Burnley, Barcelona, man city shirts. Real shame. The town of Accrington probably doesn't realise how blessed it is to have a football league club. It puts the town on the map. Last edited by DAV007; 21-09-2013 at 19:39.