Player Ratings Scunthorpe vs Bristol Rovers (RESULTS)

I was not there but cannot agree with your comments that DC did the right thing today as far as I am concerned and my opinion is lack of experience cost us a point today by not wasting time bringing on substitutes at the very end and breaking up play

Smith 4 - Just doesn’t seem to communicate or command his backline.

Leadbitter 6 - got forward a lot but final ball was lacking
Menayese - 6 solid other than one or two moments but would put the blame on Smith as above
Broadbent - 6 solid other than one or two moments but would put the blame on Smith as above
Brown 6 - beaten a bit too much but two viral clearances

Lines 4 - poor passes and often caught in posession.
Sercombe 6 - not the best of games but wasn’t quite as bad as Lines
Sinclair 6 - did what he did, and you need someone like him when we plan to try and soak up pressure

Nichols 6 - looked bright but stupid booking and who knows what would have happened had he stayed on

Gaffney
Harrison

Ellis and Gaffers 8 - Both non stop running and getting back and helping out defensively. Not their fault the midfield wasn’t up to standard.

Sub: Partington 6 -

Crowd 3 - dead quiet crowd and we were louder although its nothing to shout about as we were quiet ourselves. no noise from scunny until their goal

Ref 6 - couple of questionable decisions both way; such as their penalty appeal concerning Ellis and their goal with the push on Lines.

Scunthorpe 6 - didn’t look particularly good, we invited them to attack all game and handled it pretty solidly up until the last minute.

Smith 5 failed to communicate or command, and some poor decisions on positioning.

Leadbitter 6 defensively fine but offers nothing in an attacking sense

Menayese 7.5 solid, not helped by Smith's indecision on a few occasions, but kept his head.

Broadbent 6.5, one big mistake, but generally did a good job

Brown 6, a mix of good, bad and ugly.

Lines 5.5 mixed, gave the ball away in some dangerous positions, as captain I'm not sure he rallied the troops in the way needed

Sercombe 6 didn't create much or get a sniff

Sinclair 6 worked, but struggled to impact

Nichols 5.5 game/position didn't suit him, tried but fell short, created nothing when he went off, didn't really create anything whilst he was on either, but at least we had an outlet, even if ineffective

Gaffney 6 didn't get in the positions where he might of threatened

Harrison 7.5, marked him down because he could easily have cost us a pen, but put in a shift defensively, unfortunately wasn't able to get opportunities at the other end

Sub:
Partington 5.5

Can't help but feel we could of done with a fresh outlet, perhaps Telford for Gaffney, but DC very nearly got the point that would of been a very good result.

Crowd 5

Ref 6, could of given a foul for a push on Lines for the goal, but generally not too many complaints

Scunthorpe 4 for attacking, 9 for defending, so 6.5.

Smith 5.0

Leadbittèr 6.5
Broadbent 7.0
Menayese 7.0
Brown 5.5

Lines 5.5
Sercombe 6.0
Sinclair 6.5

Gaffney 6.5
Nicholls 5.5
Harrison 7.5

Sub
Partington 6.0

Ref 6.5
Crowd 5.0
Scunthorpe 6.0

A devastating result to concede so late.Overaĺl I think Scunthorpe just about edged it because of their sustained effort late in the game. We had too few chances that I can recall (Free kick ingood position over the top by Lines in first half /Shot by Sinclair straight at keeper in second half and Harrison thwarted at near post by keeper from cross by Leadbitter).The effort was there from most of the team personified by Harrison clearing from corners and frequently popping up at left back to assist the defence and reasonably solid performances by both centre backs considering their lack of league experience.Good to see the reaction from most of the players at end of the game.The devastation on some of their faces at least showed they cared.

So your criticism of DC is that he's not Alex Ferguson?

Ok, that's reasonable.