Player Ratings: Bristol Rovers vs Forest Green Rovers

Mildenhall - 6 good shop stopping today but poor with crosses


Leadbitter - 6  better than Lockyer at full back but still needs to concentrate more - unlucky with the sending off
Trotman - 6    Solid as normal shame about the miss
Parkes - 4   needs to man up against the big boys

Brown - 7   my man of the match up to his normal standard


Monkhouse -  3  Waste of space the time he was on
Mansell - 5  hard working trying to do 2 peoples jobs 
Clarke - 3  Dire and easily bullied of the ball  
Gosling - 3  One dimensional and to predictable


Cunnington - 3 bambie on ice today to much time complaining not enough getting stuck in  

Taylor - 5 ran them ragged at times but that don't score goals


Subs: Martin - 3 Another waste of space today
Harrison - 5 did ok with the very little service today
White - 5 Again not enough time to impose himself on the team 


DC-  Was he there today
Ref(s) both did not have a clue with FGR's antics
Forest Green - better than some teams but very poor at the back

Mildenhall 6
Leadbitter 5
Trotman 6
Parkes 5
Brown 5
Monkhouse 3
Mansell 5
Clarke 2
Gosling 2
Cunnington 4
Taylor 2

Martin 2
Harrison 2
White not on long enough to score
DC. 5 Until I heard his aftermatch interview, downgraded to 2!
Forest Green. 6. Very professional streetwise performance with Parkin and Coles making all our signings look like Downs league quality.
Men against boys I have to say. Our players are so green it is embarassing to watch.

Mildenhall 6 Some good saves, why kick most of the balls upfield to no effect

Leadbitter 4 Good going forward, defensive play could be better
Trotman 7 Solid game, should have scored
Parkes 5 Can do better
Brown 6 Good game

Monkhouse 2 Not good enough
Mansell 6 Hard on your own in midfield
Clarke 2 Not good enough
Gosling 2 Not good enough

Cunnington 3 Did not have a good game, but needs the correct service
Taylor 2 Runs and runs, should have scored, not up to it

Subs: Martin 2 Not good enough
Harrison 3 No effect
White ?

DC 4 Must have known FGR would try and rough us up, we were powderpuff in midfield and up front, DC needs Sinclair back ASAP
Ref(s) 1 & 1 Played into FGR hands, not strong enough,
Forest Green Played exactly how I thought they would,took advantage of weak officials

Blimey haven't seen such low marks for a long time

I just thought aside from Brown everyone was poor.

Not a disaster yet but a bad day at the office. We've flirted with being that bad all season imo and we are lucky to be as high as we are. Prior to yesterday we have played poorly and still won or drawn. Yesterday we got exactly what our performance deserved.

Mildenhall 5.5

Leadbitter 6
Trotman 5
Parkes 5
Brown 6.5

Monkhouse 3
Mansell 5
Clarke 2
Gosling 4

Cunnington 4
Taylor 3

Subs: Martin 4
Harrison 3

DC 4
Ref(s) 1
Forest Green 6

Mildenhall - 5 - At fault for the goal for me. Should have held the initial free kick then not the best punch from the resulting corner that they scored from. Distribution was average but he did still make some crucial stops. Especially from Norwood.
Leadbitter - 6 - Still not sure about him as a defender but he looked one of our better attacking players until the red card.
Trotman - 6 - Did well against a physical FGR attacking threat and he wins 90% of the aerial challeneges he goes up for. Distrubution still lets him down at times though and he missed a sitter from a corner towards the end.
Parkes - 6 - Battled well and made a couple of good runs forward once he got moved to the right side of central defence following Leadbitter's red. 
Brown  - 7 (MOTM) - Can't really remember his man beating him and he supported the attack well.
Monkhouse - 2 - I appreciate he picked up a knock very early on but I thought he was awful. Far too often he seemed very central leaving Brown to do the work of 2 men both offensivley and defensivley and his work rate seemed non exsistent, although that may have been to do with the injury. When he did get in a good position to cross, I don't think one found their target.
Mansell - 5 - A quiet game from him in the middle where FGR seemed to have a lot more of the ball. Did put a few good tackles in though and a couple of decent set pieces. 
Clarke - 4 - I know he is a young local lad who is come up through the ranks but this season, I don't think he has been up to scratch. If he is to play in central midfield, I think he needs to be 1 of 3 in there. Still tried to get forward when he could though although I can't remember a meaningful contribution from him.
Gosling - 4 - Lot's of effort but doesn't seem to have a right foot on him. Got into lots of good crossing positions but every time he cut back in and the defender seemed to deal with it. 
Cunnington - 4 - Probably his worst game I have seen him play for us. Okay, the balls up to him weren't great at times but nothing seemed to stick. Probably should have done better with his header at goal (was that his only effort??) 
Taylor - 4 - Continues to work hard but continues to fail to deliver as a striker. That 1 on 1 that he skied could have changed the game. He seems a really nice guy but his lack of goals is really costing us.


Martin - 4 - I was really pleased when Monkhouse came off and Martin on but he didn't improve us that much. He kept the natural width and led a couple of break outs with his pace but his crossing was not up to scratch and he should have at least got that diving header on target.
Harrison - 5 - Offered us something different up front when he came on but wasn't too effective against the big centre backs. Seemed to worry them a couple of times with his pace and running at them but was largely quiet.
White - N/A - Not on long enough to get a rating but I seem to remember him having a decent left footed effort that forced a svae and won us a corner.

DC - 6 - Didn't agree with his decision to start Monkhouse or Taylor but was brave when we went down to 10 men and were playing 3-3-3 by the end I think. To be fair, that team seemed well set up for the second half and it isn't the managers fault that players can't tuck away the chances created.
Ref(s) - 3 - Probably the worst ones yet. Lot's of bad decisions.
Forest Green - 5 - A pyshical side who play to their strengths. Didn't look great in the secnd hald though.