Player Ratings: Bristol Rovers vs Torquay United

Puddy 5
Leadbitter 5
Parkes 6
Trottman 5
Lockyer 6
Sinclair 6 wasted out wide
Clarke 4
Mansell 5
Monkhouse 6
Blisset 4
Taylor 5

Subs McChrystal 6
Gosling 5
Harrison 6
DC got it wrong today imo,the team came out flat and formation didn't work
Torquay 7 the better team on the day
Fans 6 not a lot to get behind today

Puddy 5 nothing to do
Leadbitter 3 shocking game.
Parkes 5 did ok. Nothing more.
Trotman/McCrystal 5 both did ok.
Lockyer 5 average game.

Mansell. 5 Game passed him by a bit
Sinclair 7 wasted 1st half.
Clarke 3 gave the ball away far too much.
Monkhouse 5 average game.


Blissett 5 on his own all game.
Taylor 3 poor all game missed the best chance. Again

Saw with my own eyes that were crying out for a striker, Taylor in the first half should have hit the target no less than 3 times on the same move, a striker pounces, really poor today the whole squad, to many roast spuds for chrimbo i dont know, but today it showed how shocking we were compared to previous games, ill take the point as that was as good as it was going to get, penalty i need to see as i was so far away

What is the average age of posters on here ?

African or European???

Puddy 5
Leadbitter 6
Trotman 6
Parkes 7
Lockyer 6
Monkhouse 5
Clarke 2
Sinclair 6
Mansell 6
Taylor 4
Blisset 4

Gosling 5
McChrystal 7
Harrison 5

DC 3
Ref 3
Torquay 6

Puddy 6

Leadbitter 6
Trotman 5
Parkes 6.5
Lockyer 6

Sinclair 7
Mansell 6
Clarke 4
Monkhoue 5

Taylor 6.5
Blissett 6

Subs: McChrystal 6
Gosling 6
Harrison 6

DC 5
Ref 4
Torquay 6

My opinions

Puddy 6 Not much to say.

Leadbitter 7 Decent game but may not be enough to keep his place.
Trotman 6.5 
Parkes 7 More and more assured with every game.
Lockyer 8 My MotM, he cut out everything that came his way. Distribution could have been better, but he needed more options from midfield a lot of the time.

Sinclair 6.5 Not as effective out wide. Energy levels may have dropped during the busy Christmas period.
Mansell 6 A quiet game, couldn't be the creative spark in midfield.
Clarke 4 Game passed him by. Needed to want the ball more.
Monkhouse 4 Anonymous for long spells.

Taylor 5 worked hard and good hold up play. Should have tested the keeper more.
Blissett 4 First touch isn't great.

Subs: McChrystal 7.5 Slotted in well into a back three.
Gosling 6 Couldn't influence the game.
Harrison 5.5 Short on confidence he shot too early on his main chance instead of driving towards goal more.

DC 5 Not sure why Gosling was rested when others have played far more games. Sinclair has to play centrally whether that's in a two or slightly further forward. Liked the back three though.
Ref 6 Started well actually, but got worse as the game went on. Unfairly penalised Taylor repeatedly in the second half. Top marks to the lino who saw a penalty few in the stands saw.
Torquay 5 Clearly improved since the last game, impressive given the short amount of time.

Puddy 5 Did what he had to do, even though distribution was below his previous standard.

Leadbitter 5 Not as good as two previous games
Parkes 7 Now playing more consistentcy
Trotman 5 Don't think he was fit
Lockyer 5 If only he could pass to someone in Blue and White

Sinclair 5 Wasted out wide
Mansell 5 Not up to his usual standard
Clarke 2 Why did he start
Monkhouse 5 Was not in the game much

Taylor 6 Typical game from him
Blissett 4 Disappointing

Subs
MacChrystal 6.5 Can't understand why, one minute he plays and the next he doesn't, same as Trotmam if fit
Gosling 5 Should have started on wing
Harrison 4 Headless chicken

DC I have always said back him, but could not understand team selection/ formation, I think he got it wrong
Ref 5 Typical Conference ref good at times then utterly baffling
Torquay 6 Done a job on us in this game, however with team selection played into their hands