Player Ratings: Bristol Rovers vs Oxford United (RESULTS)

Grant 10 for that back heel off his studs

Belshaw 9

Anderson 7
Taylor 8
Harries 6
Anderton 7

Coutts 7
Finley 7
Westbrooke 6

Thomas 7
Evans 8
Nicholson 7

Subs: Grant 8
Collins 8
Spence 9
Jones 7
Martinez 7

Ref 6
Oxford 6

Belshaw 9 m o m anyone that runs the length of the pitch to jump into the Thatcher's End to celebrate gets m o m automatically.....but, look back on highlights, some great saves and punching out (not 🐍 unfortunately) getting better and better.

Anderson 5 apart from a fab assist for winner, I thought his game was off and was the culprit on pen concession.
Taylor 6.5 their 19 robbed him and beat him to the ball a few times. Ok game.
Harries 7.5 best of the defence
Anderton 7 decent match.

Coutts 7.5 nice captaincy and one great through ball that cut their defence in half.
Finley 8 nice play getting the ball rolling and fortunate first goal of the night that set things up.
Westbrooke 4.5 I can remember one tackle, but Westbrook does what Westbrook is....a ball watcher.

Thomas 7.5 nice tempo in attack.
Evans 6.5 quieter match by his standards. Created some chances second half.
Nicholson 8 ran his heart out.

Subs: Grant 8 another decent defensive game and brilliant set up of winner he had no right getting there.
Collins 8 shaping up. Like his work rate and bit like me in papillions....scored a scorcher!
Spence 8 all he blinking well does is score goals!? What use is that?
Jones 6 I thought it was him missed 1 on 1 but hey it didn't matter.
Martinez 5 can't remember what he done.

Ref 7 decent match, let a lot go (which I like) but word about the East Terrace lino.....how many offside decisions did he miss because didn't keep up with play? One Oxford move had THREE players offside that wasn't flagged, he was well behind the play and one move led to the Belshaw double save in first half injury time... Grrrrr...
Oxford 7 one of the better teams especially after triple sub, but they'll kick themselves (I'll help them!) they didn't progress....over the two ties, they have created many chances to get through.

I had a window of opportunity to have a few beers at this game (kids/career means these are few and far between these days) and I was on 5 pints at kick off, so here’s my view of the game:

Belshaw played well.
I can’t even remember Coutts playing. It’s all a bit hazy. I remember westbroke as he has grown his hair.
Matt Taylor - TAYLOR YOU *****$ you JUDAS. BOOOO. Oh, ah, he’s scored.
Evans. Played OK, he has orange boots. Collins also has orange boots and so does someone else. Therefore I can’t comment much, if could have been one of three people.
Collins - amazing goal.
Spence…who’s he again! He’s scored! Twice!
TAYLOR YOU *******
You’ve run out of pasties? That’s ridiculous.

As you can see, alcohol did not enhance the experience.

As an aside, I find too much beer kind of ruins the game. It’s hard to focus. I think 2 pints is the ultimate level of intoxication for a game.

I’ve added literally nothing of value to this thread. Carry on.

Belshaw 8.25

Anderson 7.75
Taylor 8.0
Harries 6.25
Anderton 8.25

Coutts 8.5
Finley 8.0
Westbrooke 6.5

Thomas 6.75
Evans 7.5
Nicholson 7.75

Subs: Grant 7.25
Collins 7.0
Spence 8.25
Jones 7.25
Martinez 6.5

Ref 6.0
Oxford 5.75

Belshaw 7


Anderson 6
Taylor 6
Harries 5
Anderton 5


Coutts 6
Finley 6
Westbrooke 5


Thomas 5
Evans 6
Nicholson 6 


Subs: Grant 7
Collins 7
Spence 7
Jones 5
Martinez 5


Ref 7
Oxford 5