Player Ratings: Bristol Rovers vs Newport County

Nicholls 1. worse goalkeeping mistake I have ever seen.Needs to be dropped

Leadbitter 6, Had a decent game.

Lockyer 6, Must have wondered what the hell was going on alongside him.
Parkes 2, Had a shove in the back for the own goal,otherwise had a shocking game.

Brown 6, Same as Leadbitter.


Gosling 5, Didn't do much wrong,come to think of it, he didn't do much right either.
Mansell 6, Got through a lot of work.
Sinclair 6, Same as Manse.
Bodin 6, Super super strike for the goal,otherwise anonymous.



Easter 3, Didn't do a lot.
Taylor 1, Chance after chance went begging once again.This guy is useless beyond belief.

Nicholls 3 Shocker

Leadbitter 7 MOTM Solid performance, needs to run at defenders more though.
Lockyer 6 Another solid performance at the back.
Parkes 1 Nothing needs to be said.
Brown 6 Did what he had to do right, but didn't catch the eye.

Bodin 6 Scored a screamer.
Mansell 6 Decent.
Sinclair 6 Decent, almost scored a beauty of a solo goal in the 1st half.
Gosling 6 Decent.

Taylor 5 Missed a sitter, won a lot in the air.
Easter 6 Played well without scoring.

Subs: Lines 5
Montano 4 What's the point in this guy?
Harrison 4 Didn't do anything while he was on.

Crowd 4 Very quiet and many left early, but who can blame them with our home form.
Ref 6
Newport 6 They weren't outstanding, we handed them 3 goals.

Nicholls 3 costly error that changed the match.

Leadbitter 6 decent going forward.
Lockyer 5 did ok.
Parkes 2 looks unfit. Had a stinker.
Brown 4 not his best performance.

Bodin 4 worldy goal did little else notable.
Mansell 6 reasonable game.
Sinclair 5 not penetrating enough apart from 1 first half run.
Gosling 4 over hit a lot of passes into strikers.

Taylor 3 cant score under pressure at home.
Easter 4 didn't look like scoring.

Subs: Lines 5 good corners
Montano 4
Harrison 4

Crowd 4
Ref 6
Newport 5

Nicholls 3

Leadbitter 7 The only player in the team with any attacking intent and with pace at the back
Lockyer 6 Let down by other players, Solid performance as always, won individual battles with there no 10
Parkes 1
Brown 2 Most overrated player, Opposition teams have sussed out he is our weak point.

Mansell 5 Average game, Tried to drive team on with no luck
Sinclair 3 Average game But lot's of poor passes to wide players.

Bodin 4  Apart from goal did little else
Gosling 2 Like Lines sees plenty of the ball but no end product, Slow the game down and is not a winger

Easter 6 Tried his best to do things and was the only player on the team who wanted the ball needs another player on the same wavelength as him
Taylor 1 Walked around looking clueless and again missed easy chances a CF is not going to score goals out on the wing perhaps there is a coaching problem 

Subs
Montano 4
Lines 3
Harrison 5 Should be starting instead of Taylor 

Felt sorry for Leadbetter,Lockyer and Easter today

Darrell Clarke: Doesn't inspire confidence, changes the team around to much and always makes the same rubbish subs each game. Suprised he didn't mention his favourite Taylor in the pre and post game interviews

Nichols 2 -Shocking nervous performance, started with his near fatal slip early on and never recovered, not helped by Parkes.
Leadbitter 7 Our best footballer by a country mile, won't be here much longer.
Parkes 1 Terrible all round sleepwalking display, his constant back passes continually put our keeper under pressure.
Lockyer 6 Steady display not helped by his centreback partners no show display.
Brown 5 Steady but not his uaual confident display
Gosling 5 Nothing to get excited about, some terrible defensive headers and too lightweight at times.
Sinclair 5 Plenty of effort as usual but zero creativity.
Mansell 5 Steady but should have buried his headed chance.
Bodin 6 Definately our only frontman who can beat his man, great goal, faded as the game went on.
Easter 6 Plenty of effort and skill but not helped on iota but his fellow frontman who did not want to get close to him and help.
Taylor 1 What more can I say. Plenty of chances yet again spurned, won a few headers, should have scored with one. Did not touch the ball for the first fifteen minutes. Useless, should have been taken off but must definately be the managers favourite.

Lines 2 Did he even come on?
Montano 3 As the other night an immediate impact for first five minutes then disappeared.
Harrison 2 Did he come on?

Crowd 5 Tried but eventually gave up having been totally let down by DC and his team.
Ref 7 Nothing to complain about, competent performance.
Newport 7 Far better all over the field, what more can I say

My own opinions from the game:

Nicholls 3.5 I didn't see him make the howler as I'd already started looking downfield but I can't fathom how he lost it as I'd seen him pick it up.

Leadbitter 7 Our best player, solid in defence and a threat on the attack. Put in two lovely crosses that deserved better and ended up taking on the right left side of Newport's team on his own as the rest of the team drifted infield.
Lockyer 5 Made a couple of early mistakes but recovered himself both times. Struggled to get to grips with John-Lewis who beat Lockyer in the air to set up the third. Missed a great chance at the other end as well.
Parkes 2 No way to soften the fact that he had a really poor game. Own goal and let the ball bounce for third.
Brown 6 Even in a heavy defeat, Brown gave a consistent performance. 

Bodin 6.5 Started brightly but drifted out of the game after half-time.
Mansell 5.5 Seemed to be controlling the game in the first half, but then was swamped in the second.
Sinclair 5 A good run in the first half, but his passing really let him down today. His workrate couldn't make up for the fact that he couldn't match the raw athleticism of many of Newport's players.
Gosling 5 Some good link-up play in the first half, but disappeared after half-time

Taylor 3.5 Good play in the final third but had two clear cut chances and didn't take them. 
Easter 5 Probably contributed the same as Taylor, yet didn't have the same chances Taylor did.

Subs: Lines 4.5 Added nothing when he came on.
Montano 4.5 Played centrally, when he could have been more effective on the wing.
Harrison 5 On too late to make a difference really, but tried to get involved.

Crowd 3 Really flat from start to finish. At least there weren't many boos.
Ref 7 Didn't have too many decisions to make. Slightly overzealous on the positioning of free kicks and throw-ins.
Newport 6 Certainly didn't seem like a team who were bottom. 

Taylor 1? What a joker?!

And you don't notice Lines come on?! I can only assume you are one of the many that left early. Having said that you see the chances Taylor missed that Lines had delivered to him? So a bit confused to say the least.

You know exactly what I mean by my comments about Harrison and Lines. They did bu..er all!
No I did not leave early for my 100 mile trip home, stayed till the bitter end thankyou very much.
Would suggest you stop acting like a little kid every week about my ratings and your rating of Taylor today confirms it for me, you do act like a little kid.