Player Ratings Bristol Rovers vs Accrington Stanley

Nichols 7
J Clarke 6
Lockyer 6.5
Parkes 5.5
Brown 6.5
Sinclair 6.5
O Clarke 7.5
Mansell 6
Lines 6.5
Taylor 4
Harrison 5

Gosling 5
Easter 4.5
Boden 6

Ref 5
Crowd 4
DC 4
Stanley 7

Nicholls 6

J. Clarke 6
Lockyer 6.5
Parkes 4
Brown 6

O. Clarke 4
Mansell 4
Lines4
Sinclair 7 (MOM)

Harrison 5
Taylor 5

Subs: Gosling 5
Easter 5
Bodin 6

Crowd 4
Ref 6
Accrington 6

Nicholls.6.Rarely tested.
J Clarke 7
Lockyer 7
Parks.5
Brown6
O Clarke 5
Mansell.Conference player 3.
Lines.Only real quality on view for us 7.5 (MOTM)
Sinclair 7.5.Made up for limited ability with 100% effort.Played up front first half and right wing second half??
Harrison.Nearly lost his cool.Conference standard display.3
Taylor.Not good enough for the football league.No presence up front to worry defenders.Falls over when there's any sort of challenge.3

Subs.Bodin 6.Looked good but lost possession late on when the visitors will wonder how they didn't make it 2-0
Gosling.5Nice touches but too deep and too slow.
Easter5.A late one on one with their Goalie saw him chicken out of any challenge at all.Something not right.
REF.7
Accrington 6.(why was their keeper 10 minutes late taking the field for the second half?)

Nicholls 6 Must be wondering if Parkes is colour blind,

J. Clarke 5.5 Not up to his usual standard
Lockyer 7 MoM
Parkes 4 Did not have a good game, his passing was abysmal and rarely found a blue and white shirt,
Brown 5 Defended ok but some of his crosses were off the mark

O. Clarke 4 Not good enough, slipping back to his usual performances after showing some promise a few games ago
Mansell 4 Did not play well and nowhere near the standard he has produced
Lines 6 Tried to get things going but it was made difficult by team mates devoid of any ideal or movement
Sinclair 6 Full of running as usual, without getting anywhere

Harrison 3 Useless, moans a better game to officials and opponents, than actually producing anything worthwhile,

Taylor 3 Useless, goes to ground far to easily, have always backed him but this is now wearing thin, but he still requires service of which is very poor

Subs: Gosling 3 No impact on game
Easter 3 Useless, no pace, did not do much other than avoid Stanley's keeper when a chance was there.
Bodin 5 Must be worth a start, can't be worse than players marked 3

DC 3 He must know by now we have no physical presence up front, not a good day for him.
Crowd 5 Deserve more than the rubbish played today
Ref 5 Some strange decisions aided by one incompetent assistant
Accrington 6 Deserved the three points looked the better team throughout the game.

Nicholls 7

J. Clarke 5
Lockyer 7
Parkes 7
Brown 4

O. Clarke 4
Mansell 4
Lines 6
Sinclair 5

Harrison 4
Taylor 5

Subs: Gosling 4
Easter 4
Bodin 6

Crowd 3
Ref 5
Accrington 7

My own opinions on yesterday's game.

Nicholls 6.5 Hard to assess. Untroubled for most of the game but stopped a one-on-one late on. Couple of moments of miscommunication with Lockyer.

J. Clarke 6.5 Defensively solid, but wasn't trusted enough to get down the right wing. Not his fault as we seemed to decide that without Leadbitter, we could only attack the wings with Brown on the left. He presented himself numerous times especially in the second half, but didn't get the ball.
Lockyer 7 Dealt well with their strikers and didn't hoof the ball too much.
Parkes 4.5 Seems harsh to criticise a League 2 defender for missing a chance, but that's three games in a row where he's missed a good opportunity. Too many floated long balls that the strikers has no chance with.
Brown 5.5 His attacks down the wings are becoming so predictable and we rely on it too much.

O. Clarke 7 Did his job in shielding the defence and used some good close control to go past opposition players, something that was too rarely done yesterday as we tried to pass in front of and around the opposition.
Mansell 4 I don't think he's back up to the pace of the game yet this season. Struggled to have any kind of incisive impact.
Lines 4.5 Couldn't influence the game and was crowded out by the Accrington players. Too many balls over the top that were floaty.
Sinclair 5 Harried the defenders and gave a committed performance as always but ultimately didn't link the midfield and attack as his role demanded. Like Lines, he came too deep when we were chasing the game second half.

Harrison 3.5 Couldn't get in the game and became more and more frustrated as the game went on. 
Taylor 4 Not helped by the service he received, but he was physically overpowered by the Accrington defenders.

Subs: Gosling 5 Stuck on the right wing, he received little service and when he did looked to cut in exacerbating the lack of width
Easter 4 Offered exactly the same as Taylor had been.
Bodin 6 Lively on the ball and made runs that no-one else had been making all afternoon. 

Crowd 5 Flat for the most part and took out unfairly aimed the anger at the ref
Ref 7.5 Thought he did well, most decisions right. We were fortunate to get a foul on Gosling when he gave the ball away for them to counter-attack.
Accrington 6 They are clearly limited in their ability but they stuck to their tasks and definitely deserved at least a point. Took the one half-chance that they got.

I found it hard to mark individual players as the overall play was so poor, but no-one stood out. The style and formation didn't work and I'm surprised that Darrell didn't change it. It's alright if one player lacks creativity, but yesterday the whole team seemed to lack it. We needed a spark like a Della Verde or Dawson from last year. I'd have thrown on Kilgour or Lyttle just to try something different. 

Nicholls 7

J. Clarke 7
Lockyer 7
Parkes 5
Brown 6.5

O. Clarke 6
Mansell 4
Lines 7
Sinclair 6.5

Harrison 3
Taylor 3

Subs: Gosling 4
Easter 5
Bodin 7

Crowd 5
Ref 5
Accrington 7
DC 3

Keep up the good work.