Bartosz Bialkowski - 7, Looked solid and composed. Made 2 outstanding saves 2nd half Frazer Richardson - 6, Had an average game but did nothing wrong Jose Fonte - 6, Not the composed self he has been but did okay Aaron Martin - 6, Had a good game mostly, but got skinned by the Millwall player for the equalizer Dan Harding - 6, Couldn't cope with Henry but did well attacking Steve De Ridder - 6, Some exciting moments but no end product Dean Hammond - 7 MOTM, Outstanding in the centre of midfield I thought Richard Chaplow - 6, Lacked match fitness Adam Lallana - 7, A great goal and had a overall good game Guly do Prado - 5, Wasn't really in the game Tadanari Lee - 6, Should have scored but looked lively Ben Reeves - 7, Looked excellent when he came on Rickie Lambert - 7, A good goal Lee Barnard - 6, Energetic but lacking match fitness Post your ratings below and of course the usual slating!
Bartosz Bialkowski - 7 Frazer Richardson - 6 Jose Fonte - 7 Aaron Martin - 6 Dan Harding - 4 Steve De Ridder - 7 Dean Hammond - 8 MOTM Richard Chaplow - 6 Adam Lallana - 8 Guly do Prado - 4 (didn't like him going straight down the tunnel!) Tadanari Lee - 6 Ben Reeves - 7 Rickie Lambert - 7 Lee Barnard - 6
I am normally a Harding fan, but todays performance was simply not good enough, no more than a 4, yes he got forward well and on a couple of occasions got down the left wing but there was absolutely no support and no one to pass it to, losing the ball and the break caught us out every time. You are right about De Ridder all flash and no bang 5, should have been a more defensive player replacing him at that time. Only 5 for Jose, he pushed up too far too often leaving the rest of the defence exposed. Guly 6 but he had to leave before he was sent off. Otherwise the same except that Bart made three superb saves. I give the weather conditions -1.
Yeah, someone tried to pull him back but he still went down... It was sensible to bring him off because he looked like he was about to get a second yellow.
Although, I agree that Bart was pretty solid and made 3 good saves, he was a bit shaky with his kicking
Bartosz Bialkowski - 7 Frazer Richardson - 5 Jose Fonte - 6 Aaron Martin - 6 Dan Harding - 5 Steve De Ridder - 7 Dean Hammond - 6 Richard Chaplow - 6 Adam Lallana - 7 Guly do Prado - 4 Tadanari Lee - 7.5 MOTM Ben Reeves - 7 Rickie Lambert - 7 Lee Barnard - 6
Sorry, I can't give a keeper above a 5 when he can't kick for ****. Not once did he find our player so was just like handing back and inviting more pressure on us! We looked desperatly venerable down the left, Martin and Harding and I'm not a Harding basher...were shocking! Lee worked his socks off, reeves looked promising, and Adam showed signs of being back to his best.
Bart's distribution was absolutely woeful and borderline stupid at times, though he made 3 outstanding saves. He is a good keeper, the guys behind me were slating him all game and it's just irritating that such 'fans' base their opinion on him on a single high-profile mistake. Martin was quite dodgy as well, but overall we played quite well so it was strange to lose. I was most impressed by Lee (should have scored 1 or 2 but ran all night long and his off the ball movement looks second to none) and Ben Reeves, who looked like Xavi in a blonde wig for the first 10 minutes after his introduction. Sprayed the ball everywhere and looked extremely composed, I was very very impressed.
Ref saved Guly from getting a red, he had a word with Deano about him. Deano then had a word with Guly. On another day Guly would have walked, as for him storming off in a strop what a knob.
Yeah his work rate was good and you can see signs of promise but he is not anywhere near the english type player we need!
As for Guly going straight down the tunnel, it was bloody freezing out there, no point waiting until his nuts dropped off.
Venerable ha ha quite apt, but I think you mean vulnerable and I agree with you 100%. That was the weakest link.
There was a disallowed goal but I thought Barney had finished it, Solent said it was for offside, that would be wrong because the pass was not forward, more likely the Lino flagged for a tenuous foul, which was a posibilty.
