Full time scores for me:
Vigouroux - 7
Couldn't do much about the goal. Hardly had anything to do today, almost played a stunning assist from a goal kick
Naughton - 7
Solid, tried to encourage Abdulai to attack but couldn't get him to. Right side stalled a lot, not Naughts fault
Cabango - 6
At fault for the cross that they scored from. The only real opportunity they had and he let himself get outfought
Pedersen - 7
Hardly any defending to do but did it well. Kept the ball moving
Tjoe-A-On - 7
Linked well with Ronald, very good audition to stay on as backup for Tymon
Grimes - 6
Still guilty of dropping too deep between the centre halves, combined with Fulton's lack of positional awareness left monstrous gaps in midfield with no out ball on offer
Fulton - 3
The biggest weak link in the side right now. Goes missing for huge periods, when he shows up its always a one touch pass backwards without even looking up. Once there was a striker between him and Cabango and 20 yards of open space behind him if he even bothered to look, instead he worked an angle to pass it back to Cabango
Abdulai - 6
Might feel harsh to score him a 6 as he scored a goal, but a less generous referee would have sent him off before then. Ineffective in an attacking sense, a pointless yellow stopping a free kick when we had tons of people back and then could have easily had a second yellow booting the ball away after the ref had blown because it had gone out of play already. Wing is not his position but even so his footballing IQ right now is pretty worrying
Cooper - 7
Buzzed around the top part of midfield, some really eye pleasing link play with Ronald and Tjoe-A-On. Never really had an opportunity to shoot or put a dangerous ball in to Zan who despite all the possession was still criminally starved of service
Ronald - 9
My man of the match. Was hungry, attacking, exciting and got a well deserved goal and unfortunate to slip when also put clean through in the second half. That right back would have been glad to see him leave the pitch...until Eom replaced him and continued the torture.
Vipotnik - 7
One half chance aside from a cross/shot curler from Ronald in the first half, the lack of service into Zan was criminal. There were so many times he played on the shoulder of the defender looking for either a slide rule pass or a cross to attack, or even just a ball to feet to invite runners to play it into and we offered him none of those. Not his fault but that must have been an incredibly frustrating night for him, especially since we brought on crossers galore and brought him off at the same time.
Eom - 9
After Ronald there was Eom, he came on and tormented that full back some more. Other than their keeper who also had an amazing game that full back will definitely be the Gillingham player who most felt that he had been in a game. Got himself an assist and could have got more. Also an unfortunate slip in the box when 1 v 1 with the keeper
Key - 8
One way to fix Abdulai's lack of attacking instincts is to force him into it. Key underlapped him over and over demanding the ball down the line and we got immediate joy out of it. Got an assist within minutes of coming on the pitch and could have easily had 1 or 2 more
Tymon - 7
Not quite the impact as Key but still a strong performance. Showing better link play with Eom with each game they play together
Cullen - 7
Got his goal, could have got another one or two. Helped that service was coming in to him compared to Zan.
Franco - 7
Broke up a couple of counters, buzzed around and helped the ball move around. Still not convinced he is an offensive player at heart, he feels more like a play breaker than a play maker and we wont see his best until he play him as such