- Jul 28, 2010
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1) Ness injury meant a reshuffle in defence with no other midfielder available and a stubborn refusal to drop Carey into a more central role, Songo'o took the midfield defensive role alongside Fox, with Sarcevic further forward. The line up looked negative. Edwards took Songo'o's place in defence. Tom Purrington came onto the bench alongside Sawyer making his comeback from injury.
2) Shocking start with Edwards making an error and Bradford profiting from Smith-Brown failing to clear. Argyle grabbed an equaliser through Ladapo finishing a Carey cross. It wasn't to last, Macey couldn't hold a firm shot and there were no defenders in site as Bradford thumped the ball home. Argyle had the bulk of the play and the better chances but couldn't finish whilst we gifted goals at the other end.
3) The defence was again absolutely hopeless with the exception of Canavan who did at least he look like he should be better. Songo'o had a terrible first 45, gifting possession to Bradford time and time again and unable to make the covering tackles routes to recoup what he had lost.
4) Adams booed off at half-time. Why were we set up so negatively? Why had he not put Carey in central midfield and left Songo'o at centre back? Why we're we not starting with Lameiras and/or Taylor? I expected to see changes at half-time as yet again we tried to recover a disastrous start.
5) No changes at all but that obviously paid off as Grant showed enough determination to ride 3 challenges and still have enough to bundle the ball home. Again it wasn't short lived as Songo'o missed another challenge and Bradford scored their third. Yet again Bradford took their time to get back after scoring and again the referee did nothing about it.
6) 20 minutes into the second 45 Adams finally made a change, Taylor replaced Edwards with Songo'o dropping into the back 4. Argyle could have had a penalty as Canavan clearly had his shirt pulled. Taylor them had a header tipped over the bar. It was from the resulting corner that Ladapo added his second and Argyle's third equaliser.
7) Into the last 10 minutes and Lameiras replaced Grant. Taylor was winning a lot of balls and we were playing much higher up the pitch. Adams switched Taylor first wide righr then wide left as he reverted to the formation that we started with but with Lameiras now in the advanced role. We lost shape and the positivity we'd gained.
8 ) No one really played well. Canavan was the best of the defenders despite an injury time error qhoxh almost gifted a fourth. Ladapo did well and made the most of some really poor service. Sarcevic and Fox worked hard without stamping their authority on the game. Edwards and Songo'o were the worst of the bunch.
9) Bradford were poor, we were worse. We need the transfer window open as soon as possible and a manager who knows how to get the best out of what we have. The defence is simply not fit for purpose. As with last season we are light in midfield reserves. We are in for a grim New Year
Matt Macey - 5
Joe Riley - 6
Ryan Edwards - 5
Niall Canavan - 7
Ashley Smith-Brown - 6
Yann Songo'o - 5
David Fox - 7
Antoni Sarcevic - 7
Graham Carey - 6
Joel Grant - 7
Freddie Ladapo - 7
Kyle Letheren - unused
Gary Sawyer - unused
Tom Purrington - unused
Peter Grant - unused
Ruben Lameiras - 5
Gregg Wylde - unused
Ryan Taylor - 6
2) Shocking start with Edwards making an error and Bradford profiting from Smith-Brown failing to clear. Argyle grabbed an equaliser through Ladapo finishing a Carey cross. It wasn't to last, Macey couldn't hold a firm shot and there were no defenders in site as Bradford thumped the ball home. Argyle had the bulk of the play and the better chances but couldn't finish whilst we gifted goals at the other end.
3) The defence was again absolutely hopeless with the exception of Canavan who did at least he look like he should be better. Songo'o had a terrible first 45, gifting possession to Bradford time and time again and unable to make the covering tackles routes to recoup what he had lost.
4) Adams booed off at half-time. Why were we set up so negatively? Why had he not put Carey in central midfield and left Songo'o at centre back? Why we're we not starting with Lameiras and/or Taylor? I expected to see changes at half-time as yet again we tried to recover a disastrous start.
5) No changes at all but that obviously paid off as Grant showed enough determination to ride 3 challenges and still have enough to bundle the ball home. Again it wasn't short lived as Songo'o missed another challenge and Bradford scored their third. Yet again Bradford took their time to get back after scoring and again the referee did nothing about it.
6) 20 minutes into the second 45 Adams finally made a change, Taylor replaced Edwards with Songo'o dropping into the back 4. Argyle could have had a penalty as Canavan clearly had his shirt pulled. Taylor them had a header tipped over the bar. It was from the resulting corner that Ladapo added his second and Argyle's third equaliser.
7) Into the last 10 minutes and Lameiras replaced Grant. Taylor was winning a lot of balls and we were playing much higher up the pitch. Adams switched Taylor first wide righr then wide left as he reverted to the formation that we started with but with Lameiras now in the advanced role. We lost shape and the positivity we'd gained.
8 ) No one really played well. Canavan was the best of the defenders despite an injury time error qhoxh almost gifted a fourth. Ladapo did well and made the most of some really poor service. Sarcevic and Fox worked hard without stamping their authority on the game. Edwards and Songo'o were the worst of the bunch.
9) Bradford were poor, we were worse. We need the transfer window open as soon as possible and a manager who knows how to get the best out of what we have. The defence is simply not fit for purpose. As with last season we are light in midfield reserves. We are in for a grim New Year
Matt Macey - 5
Joe Riley - 6
Ryan Edwards - 5
Niall Canavan - 7
Ashley Smith-Brown - 6
Yann Songo'o - 5
David Fox - 7
Antoni Sarcevic - 7
Graham Carey - 6
Joel Grant - 7
Freddie Ladapo - 7
Kyle Letheren - unused
Gary Sawyer - unused
Tom Purrington - unused
Peter Grant - unused
Ruben Lameiras - 5
Gregg Wylde - unused
Ryan Taylor - 6
