Player Ratings: Ipswich Town vs Bristol Rovers (RESULTS)

Jaakkola 8 magnificent.

Menayese 9 m o m magnificentest.
Craig 8.5 magnificentskip.
Kilgour 9 magnificenter.

Rodman 8 malnificient wing play.
Upson 7 magnet in defence mid.
Clarke 6.5 malignant.
Sercombe 7.5 magnum.
Leahy 7 magnifico.

Nichols 8 Magnus Magnusson enigma.
Smith 7.5 magic pick eeee out the stingers.

Subs: Adeboyejo 7.
Tomlinson 6.5.

Crowd 10 never gave up, made some noise.
Ref 2 from a different planet ffs.
Ipswich 6.5 but we matched them.

Jaakkola 8
Menayese 8
Craig 8

Kilgour 7



Rodman 7

Upson 6

Clarke 5
Sercombe 6
Leahy 7


Nichols 7

Smith 8



Subs: Adeboyejo 6
Tomlinson N/A



Crowd Gas 9 Ipswich 4

Ref 4
Ipswich 6

Jaakkola 7

Menayese 9 Commanding won everything in the air that came his way and showed good skill on the ground
Craig 8.5 Led the back line well and won everything in the air
Kilgour 8.5 Very solid and good in the air

Rodman 8 very good all round performance
Upson 7.5
Clarke 7
Sercombe 7.5
Leahy 8 great defensively

Nichols 7.5 took his goal well and battled very hard. Still slightly out-muscled but no complaints over his performance
Smith 7.5 showed great pace and troubled their centre backs constantly. Good finish with his goal and unlucky to have a header saved

Subs: Adeboyejo 6.5 battled well
Tomlinson battled well

Crowd 9 - great noise throughout from the Gasheads
Ref 4
Ipswich 6 very disappointing in the final third and looked slow and vulnerable in the middle of the defence

At the end of the game with players and GC celebrating with the fans, for the first time, I was starting to believe that GC could get us promotion. Then as the news re GC filtered through to fans in the Punch and Judy pub after the game it felt very flat, the possible disruption of a new management team and possibly dire financial news to come out of the club, it felt like a typical Bristol Rovers fan experience of being let-down

Jaakkola 8.5

Menayese 9
Craig 8
Kilgour 8

Rodman 8
Upson 7.5
Clarke 7
Sercombe 7.5
Leahy 8

Nichols 8
Smith 7.5

Subs: Adeboyejo 7.5
Tomlinson 7

Crowd: Gas 9.5 Home 4
Ref 1
Ipswich Team: 7.5

Referee
Never seen such a one-sided home supporting ref for a very long time. The number of times Rovers players appealed / complained about his decisions en masse was incredible for a Rovers team that usually do not question refereeing decisions. The handball shout was the only Ipswich claim that he turned down; I think most if not all referees would have turned it down.

Sending off was a joke; looks like complete “balls up” between referee and 4th official. Referee was not initially going to book Clarke but only finally did it after Ipswich sideline urging! Clarke should not have touched ball as it was also going out and was on yellow?

Rovers did not deserve to lose and would have done better with a better referee?

Match Officials
Ipswich Town v Bristol Rovers
JAMES ADCOCK
Kevin Howick and Paul Yates
Fourth Official : Ryan Whitaker

The referee is in the select Group 2 of EFL referees.
No wonder most referees and linesmen in this country are regarded as a joke?

Referee: 1 (handball appeal turned down awarded 1 point)