Bakajack's brutally honest ratings

[bakajack]

Fisher: Nothing wrong with his performance, no chance with either goal - 6
Christie: Silly booking when he knew he was against a winger giving him a rough night, failed to cut out cross for equaliser. Hit post for Oba's second - 5
Naughton: An unfortunate slip when clearing the ball directly led to Posh's 2nd, otherwise a good game - 6
Cabango: The real culprit for the second goal and consistently giving the ball away, overrated and imo shouldn't be in the team - 4
Wolfe: Full of energy as usual, got assist for winner and looked dangerous throughout - 7
Downes: Does what Downes does, solid and dependable - 7
Grimes: Too often guilty of turning back into the safe pass and not turning into space to attack slowing down attacks - 5
Smith: Anonymous for about 90% of the time he was on the pitch, sometimes wondered if we had 10 men - 4
Paterson: Assist and looked dangerous when we sped up the play - 7
Piroe: Still not sure left wing is the solution to play him and Oba together, got the winner and a few shots with good saves - 7
Obafemi: Two goals and is bang in form, still feel he has the first touch of a sledgehammer but if he scores who cares? - 8

Ntcham: Difference between him and Smith was obvious with less than five minutes on the clock. More of this needed - 7
Joseph: Ran and closed down hard, never really got a chance to get into the game - 6
Fulton: Don't think he touched the ball - N/A

RM: Against a team low in confidence who are shipping goals for fun we play a midfield with zero pace and creativity in it. Why he keeps taking Obafemi off with two goals and the game in the balance is anyone's guess. Got the shape right but the lineup wrong, we needed tempo and were playing walking football in the first half, I feel he was hugely fortunate to walk away from this one with a win - 4

 

[Jacket]

Not having that second goal pinned on Cabango sorry. The fact he's had his pass blocked lead to the pressure on goal, but it's the mindset of always looking to play the ball that's lead to Naughton 'passing' the ball right into the path of an opponent in the danger area. This is what Cooper would refer to as a non-negotiable and he'd be right - it's something that should be instlled in players from under 6 that you never do what he did. OK, we don't know where it would have gone if Naughton doesn't slip, but at that point wanting to look for a pass inside the box was the completely wrong decision, and it's somewhere Martin will have to compromise on his 'process' if he is to make anything of it as a manager. If you set yourself up as a passing team, it doesn't mean that there are no occasions where you can deviate from that process. To succeed with his style of play, you have to have a bit of pragmatism and from time to time revert to hoofing the fackin ball out of the bleeding way.

However, agree with the general thrust of your post, it was a win that didn't feel like a win.

 

[Badlands]

The only reason I can see to attack Cabamgo is because he is the new whipping boy.
The second goal was down to the dreadful pitch. Players from both sides were slipping and finding it difficult to turn.
87% pass completion rate is not giving the ball away especially as a number of failed passes were trying to thread the ball through a crowded defence. Brought the ball forward, took care of his players.
Another game where Grimes brought things to a halt and Piroe, Wolf and Paterson turned up only occasionally.
A good win.

 

[Risc]

The only reason I can see to attack Cabamgo is because he is the new whipping boy.
The second goal was down to the dreadful pitch. Players from both sides were slipping and finding it difficult to turn.
87% pass completion rate is not giving the ball away especially as a number of failed passes were trying to thread the ball through a crowded defence. Brought the ball forward, took care of his players.
Another game where Grimes brought things to a halt and Piroe, Wolf and Paterson turned up only occasionally.
A good win.

Agree about Cabango, thought he was excellent last night the way he strided out of defence. Made a small mistake for the goal but it should never have resulted in a goal.

Not sure how you are saying Grimes brought things to a halt though, he was head and shoulders above anyone in our midfield, and theirs.

 

[bakajack]

Not having that second goal pinned on Cabango sorry. The fact he's had his pass blocked lead to the pressure on goal, but it's the mindset of always looking to play the ball that's lead to Naughton 'passing' the ball right into the path of an opponent in the danger area. This is what Cooper would refer to as a non-negotiable and he'd be right - it's something that should be instlled in players from under 6 that you never do what he did. OK, we don't know where it would have gone if Naughton doesn't slip, but at that point wanting to look for a pass inside the box was the completely wrong decision, and it's somewhere Martin will have to compromise on his 'process' if he is to make anything of it as a manager. If you set yourself up as a passing team, it doesn't mean that there are no occasions where you can deviate from that process. To succeed with his style of play, you have to have a bit of pragmatism and from time to time revert to hoofing the fackin ball out of the bleeding way.

However, agree with the general thrust of your post, it was a win that didn't feel like a win.

Cabango's error was trying to clear infield with his right foot rather than turning to clear down the line with his left, as a kid you are always taught not to turn into your man. If the attacker closes down the ball when he clears to the left 19 times out of 20 that goes out for a throw to us.

Looked to me like Naughton tried to clear the ball but slipped resulting instead in a gentle pass to the penalty spot instead.

 

[bakajack]

The only reason I can see to attack Cabamgo is because he is the new whipping boy.
The second goal was down to the dreadful pitch. Players from both sides were slipping and finding it difficult to turn.
87% pass completion rate is not giving the ball away especially as a number of failed passes were trying to thread the ball through a crowded defence. Brought the ball forward, took care of his players.
Another game where Grimes brought things to a halt and Piroe, Wolf and Paterson turned up only occasionally.
A good win.

Agree about Cabango, thought he was excellent last night the way he strided out of defence. Made a small mistake for the goal but it should never have resulted in a goal.

Not sure how you are saying Grimes brought things to a halt though, he was head and shoulders above anyone in our midfield, and theirs.

Even the Swans TV commentators had a groan about passing the ball back rather than turning into space and Grimes was the biggest culprit of that in the first half. I lost count of how many times he slowed the ball down and passed it backwards or sideways rather than looking for an attacking pass. Other players were also guilty of this but Grimes is supposed to be our midfield metronome, he sets the pace that everything else happens at.

 

[STID2017]

The only reason I can see to attack Cabamgo is because he is the new whipping boy.
The second goal was down to the dreadful pitch. Players from both sides were slipping and finding it difficult to turn.
87% pass completion rate is not giving the ball away especially as a number of failed passes were trying to thread the ball through a crowded defence. Brought the ball forward, took care of his players.
Another game where Grimes brought things to a halt and Piroe, Wolf and Paterson turned up only occasionally.
A good win.

Agree about Cabango, thought he was excellent last night the way he strided out of defence. Made a small mistake for the goal but it should never have resulted in a goal.

Not sure how you are saying Grimes brought things to a halt though, he was head and shoulders above anyone in our midfield, and theirs.

Agree about Cabango. Excellent game
Wolf I felt was poor last night, so strange Baka game him a 7

 

[Darran]

Agree about Cabango, thought he was excellent last night the way he strided out of defence. Made a small mistake for the goal but it should never have resulted in a goal.

Not sure how you are saying Grimes brought things to a halt though, he was head and shoulders above anyone in our midfield, and theirs.

Agree about Cabango. Excellent game
Wolf I felt was poor last night, so strange Baka game him a 7

I think people in the 21st century have lost all understanding of the English language.
He had a decent game,excellent he wasn’t.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excellent

 

[Neath_Jack]

Cabango was okay, but it was his fault/mistake, which put Naughton under pressure and led to their goal.

 

[STID2017]

Agree about Cabango. Excellent game
Wolf I felt was poor last night, so strange Baka game him a 7

I think people in the 21st century have lost all understanding of the English language.
He had a decent game,excellent he wasn’t.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excellent

Whatever

 

[Risc]

Cabango was okay, but it was his fault/mistake, which put Naughton under pressure and led to their goal.

Naughton wasn’t exactly under pressure it was a relatively easy clearance. Cabango had no options, and tried playing it the only place he could, channel. Got blocked, it happens.

 

[Darran]

I think people in the 21st century have lost all understanding of the English language.
He had a decent game,excellent he wasn’t.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/excellent

Whatever

Apology accepted.

 

[J_B]

Cabango was okay, but it was his fault/mistake, which put Naughton under pressure and led to their goal.

Naughton wasn’t exactly under pressure it was a relatively easy clearance. Cabango had no options, and tried playing it the only place he could, channel. Got blocked, it happens.

Cabango could have done what countless defenders have done over the years and knocked it out for a throw to them and regroup. Probably wouldn’t have gone down well with the manager though.

 

[Blackpooljack]

I personally can't understand the love in for Downes, he spends half his time on the ball looking for Grimes ( who is usually only 10 ft away ) so he can pass the ball back to him, both are guilty of seeking out the simple backward/sidewards pass instead of driving the ball forwards.

 

[Darran]

I personally can't understand the love in for Downes, he spends half his time on the ball looking for Grimes ( who is usually only 10 ft away ) so he can pass the ball back to him, both are guilty of seeking out the simple backward/sidewards pass instead of driving the ball forwards.

Nearly every player in our squad is overrated by someone.
It’s weird as f*ck to be honest.