Exeter City vs BWFC Match Thread

Is it just me or is Gills distribution getting worse every week. He’s been awful tonight either out into touch or to players under pressure? He started off so well but seems to have lost it.

fairly even. holding our own.
1 good claim by Gilks..awkward one falling backwards... other smart save from the Matt Jay free kick. fast hands !

Sarce quiet. need more from him. been a bit below par for several games now.

Poor, poor first half, yet again absolutely no composure when attacking, headless and chicken come to mind with Isgrove, can’t beat a man, doesn’t get crosses in and regularly out tackled. We seem to have absolutely no idea how to break down a defence, nothing looks planned or practised it’s all just so scrappy and with little end product. These are a poor team and there for the taking but I just don’t think we have either the ability or quality to beat these teams. I still find it unbelievable that Darcy can’t get in this team, he surely must add a touch of creativity which we don’t get from anyone else. Take Delfouneso, or Isgrove off or both for me, neither contribute much yet again.

Neither deserved to win tonight but really, how bad are we? Considering Evatt is supposed to be all about quick attacking football, you could have fooled me. Yet again tonight, absolutely toothless up front, no penetration at all and until Gnahoua came on, nobody who looked to just run at defenders and go forward. This rolling the ball to either of Santos or Delaney produces nothing but panic. The opposition are brought right to the edge of our penalty area, just what is it supposed to produce. So many under performers tonight it’s hard to single anybody out but Sarcevic, Doyle, Isgrove and Delfouneso were awful. We have no chance of getting up the table with this set up and without somebody who can take a man on and get through defenders. This team were there for the taking tonight but in the end we were lucky to come out with a point. Yet again I have to ask, how can Darcy not get on the pitch tonight with the game crying out for someone with his ability and creativity?

A good point but what a poor poor game that was.

Our passing and ball control was abysmal, as was Exeter's.

We improved after the substitutions and could have won but we wouldn’t have deserve to.




Marks:-

Gilks - 5 Some flapping including the last minute and poor kicking but he saved a goal when we went to sleep at the back

Jones - 5 Steady but no good passing or linking with Isgrove

Santos - 6 A couple of scares but overall OK. The goal was not his fault

Delaney - 4 Poor. Very weak for their goal – we have seen that before. Terrible passing up the left. I can’t see him starting on Saturday

Brockbank - 6 OK – he tackled well and got forward well

Sarcevic - 5 Great assist for the goal. He looked to be involved but was always 1 or 2 seconds behind everything and lost possession too often

Tutte - 6 Steady. Hard to notice but he held the midfield defensively

Lee - 6 A decent first game

Isgrove - 5 Not really good enough. Poor corners and hit the first man so often with his crosses

Doyle - 5 Very anonymous apart from one good first half chance that he put wide

Delfouneso - 3 Left winger? Out of position and pretty poor

Crawford - 5 Got involved well when he came on

Gnahoua - 7 Immediately involved. Scored and involved up until the end

I take little pleasure in the confirmation of diagnosis. Better management, more subs and competing with ten rather than eleven players both saved yet nearly lost the game.

Take the subs first if he uses Thomason and Darcy for Isgrove and Doyle in the last fifteen I think we win. Letting them use more meant that they finsished on top and but for Gilks and the crossbar they win.

The game as a whole led me to the camp that we might just hold steady in mid to lower mid table. But it was a scrappy, unimpressive show. My thoughts on strengths and glaring deficiencies were
Strengths
Gilks was steady. Santos clumsy og not withstanding did well and again we had a glimpse of the force he could be moving forward. Lee impressed. Tutte also and it could easily escape notice but he is really good sweeping forward and carrying. Crawford had a good ten minutes of 20. Sarcevic did indeed have his moment and did well defensively stupid foul apart. Isgrove kept going. Jones did too. Gnahoua had a good cameo, was a much better fit on the left than his anonymous predecessor. And his goal showed energy to get there and skill staying offside again in contrast to Delfouneso a few games ago

Weaknesses
Sarcevic and Isgrove were always being dispossessed, Isgrove just fluffy.
Brockbank just isn't good enough to play full back. Too slow. Cost us one goal and nearly the game. Alas he isn't going to make it, I fear unless centrally. Delaney's distribution. Odear me! Doyle and Delfouneso in everything

Gilks 7 Jones 6 Santos 7 Delaney 5 Lee 6 Tutte 7 Sarcevic 5 Isgrove 4 Brockbank 3 Doyle 4 Delfouneso 0 Gnahouha 6 Crawford 5