Before hand these are the type of games we must be winning to stay in this league and at 2-1 its disappointing that we came away with a single point at home. Will we ever win again? Not going to have too many better chances. But in truth a draw was probably the right result. The second half was entertaining, end to end stuff. definitely good value for my free ticket with pie and pint(thanks to Kazooki)
After Charlton, Cardiff and now Fulham its plain to see that there's more on offer up front but ultimately we're still no where nearer finding out who our best XI.
Amos 6 - Kept us in the game with a good one on one stop, he did roll and throw a few balls out yesterday which was good to see. Marc Iles described the free kick that beta him as a wonder strike. I can't agree with that. 35 yards out with no height and not so much pace. I'm still wondering how it ended up in the net
Holding 7 - Strong performance. I'm hoping in time he may venture further up the field and help out a bit more attacking wise but with confidence low it was basics first, which he did well.
Prince 3 - As bad a performance ive seen from a centre back. He looked visible rocked by his horrendous mistake. Never looked comfortable.
Wheater 6 - He did look to hit some early longer passes to turn defence into attack. Probably the first name on the teamsheet after Amos. Who can partner him though, so far all failed miserably. Holding or Taylor might be worth a shot. Again makes me wonder why we signed Osede?
Moxey 7 - Never really exposed defensively, Fulham rarely attacked down the right but he did get up in the 2nd half and whipped a few decent balls in. Should have won the game when Feeney did, well what did he do? I'm still not sure.
Spearing 6 - Passing and shooting isn't really his game. Odd that from a midfielder. Unsure why he was subbed off because it shouldn't be fitness and it wasn't really tactical. Like for like, if Lennon thought Danns would be better at protecting the lead obviously doesn't bode well for Jay.
Pratley 5 - Took over the Danns, clumsy fouls breaking up the play. Not sure which of the 11 picked were there "on form" but Captain Pratley is definitely not. Also when we went 1-0 there was no organising, no communication, no rallying. No captain basically. We need a leader on the pitch and its not Darren at the moment.
Davies 6 - Called for him to play on the wing, after an anonymous first half Davies finally showed what he could do in the second. He and Clough need to be linking up. Great pass for the goal, did the same to create a good chance for Danns. In the 2nd half there was definitely a reason for optimism and it mainly stemmed from Davies and Moxey on the left.
Feeney 4 - If you watched the highlights you probably saw an energetic winger picking the ball up, taking on his man getting a cross in and Zack knocking in his second. You might thin Feeney has turned into Alan Thompson. What you won't have seen is Feeney over hitting 8 or 9 crosses that went out for goal kicks and throw ins or easily collected. I hate his technique of softly floating balls high, wide and with little pace. Sometimes its like he turns the ball into a balloon. Its so slow, defenders can group, the goalkeeper can see it coming and how is Gary Madine supposed to head it in like that.
Madine 5 - just isn't working for the guy. Defenders find him quite easy to deal with.
Clough 8 - Like Davies, came alive in the 2nd. A great finish for the first and a scuff for the 2nd. Finally we have a a fans favourite again.
Subs - none made any real impact, Heskey should have done better with his finish but seriously what is the point of Stephen Dobbie? We need to be using Woolery more. At least giving him game time will improve him for next year, Dobbies not improving.
Lennon 6 - Not his fault we conceded, looked ok until then and it was probably good man management to leave Prince on (i wouldn't have)his subs were ineffective Danns actually conceded the free kick but it was a very wet pitch at this point so i'll not judge him too harshly. His half time team talk must have been decent too because we ended the first half absolutely on the ropes and very despondent and came out in the second all guns blazing. Not judging him on taking Clough off, I would have liked ti give him the chance to complete a hat trick but a lot of important games coming up and we need to prepare the best we can. How match fit Clough is none of us can know.
Thought the ref had a very good game to be fair, let them game flow. Didn't give us much but we dived a fair bit. Kept his cards in his pocket all but once. If all refs were like this I wouldn't complain.