Player Ratings: Plymouth Argyle vs Bristol Rovers (RESULTS)

Slocombe 6.5
Partington 6.5
J Clarke 6.5
Lockyer 5.5
Craig 6.5
Bennett 7
Lines 6.5
O Clarke 6
Sinclair 6.5
Harrison MOM 8
Sercombe 7

Bola 6
Nicholls Nole
Gaffney Nole

Ref 2
Muff 6
D.C. 8
Crowd 5

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Slocombe 6

Partington 6
Lockyer 5
Craig 5
J. Clarke 5

Lines 6.5
O. Clarke 6

Sercombe 6.5
Sinclair 5
Bennett 5

Harrison 7.5

Subs: Bola 5
Gaffney
Nichols

Crowd 3 Low mark because of bellends
Ref 3 Another bellend
Plymouth 5 Not good enough for promotion

Slocombe 7 Couldn't do much about the goals but did save a penalty.

Partington 7 Think that he's starting to make up a nice partnership with Sercombe. Plymouth didn't know how to cope with them for a while.
Lockyer 6 If only he hadn't scuffed the ball that fell to him near the end.
Craig 6 Solid. Starting to see what the fuss is about.
J. Clarke 6 A right footed player playing LB is always going to difficult and it showed, did have some nice moments where he pushed on before cutting inside with the shot but largely got ganged up on along with Bennett.

Lines 5 When Lines scored our opener I turned to the person stood next to me and said "Great Lines always plays well when he scores" but was then proven wrong in a game where he seemed to slow down our attacks, also seemed to give away the ball a lot by trying fancy flicks where simpler passes were on.
O. Clarke 7 I don't tend to rate Ollie Clarke (Admittedly I didn't see many games last season when he was supposedly superb) but he really impressed me in this game. Broke up attacks and kept the play ticking over. Unlucky with the deflected goal.

Sercombe 7 After a dodgy opening 10 minutes, he kicked on and oozed class whenever he got the ball. The type of player that will help us push on in this division next season.
Sinclair 7 They had no idea how to deal with his energy and so resorted to kicking him all over the place. Seemed to work as he faded towards the end, which helped Plymouth when breaking.
Bennett 6 Mixed afternoon. Points where he was unplayable and other points where his refusal to go with the simpler option hurt us. The best example being when he broke 2 tackles and charged forward only to lose the ball by trying to take on one too many when Sercombe was completely unmarked with a fairly straight forward through ball.

Harrison 8 Superb. Playing as the lone striker is a tough job but he showed all the requirements of playing the role yesterday. Strong, Quick with an eye for goal. Plymouth were just another team who had no idea how to deal with him which led to the goalkeeper pulling him down twice.

Subs: Bola 6 Thought playing a left footed player on the left side gave us some options on that side and allowed Bennett to cut in more as their defenders had to be wary of the overlap.
Gaffney NOLE
Nichols NOLE

Crowd 90% of fans 8 10% of fans 1
Ref 4 Would've probably got a decent mark for the majority of the game but the fact that he got most of the major decisions wrong is inexcusable.
Plymouth 5 Going forward one of the better teams we've seen this forward, although they seemed to lack much cutting edge (Odd to write that in a game where they scored 3) but at the back they were all over the place. No communication between the defence and keeper allowed Ellis to run all of them ragged.