Well what a pile of shite that was!
The tone was set as early as the first minute when a flick from Becchio put
Beckford through one on one with the keeper and he hit it against his legs.
Things went from bad to worse as Beckford kept on playing like someone who
couldn't hit a cows arse with a banjo.
Tranmere were a good passing side with someone called St. Thomas Moore - or
was it Ian Storey-Moore - something like that anyway, particularly
prominent. He looked just like that bloke called Moore who used to play for
us. I wonder if they were related. We were lucky to survive on many
occasions and then got even luckier when we scored.
Becchio managed to put a free header straight at the keeper but he only
parried it and the ball hit Johnson on the knees and went in. We got a
second a bit later when their big black defender with the silly haircut
misjudged the bounce of a big hoof from Hughes and Beckford managed to get
the ball and miss-hit his shot that trickled into the bottom corner as the
keeper watched.
We scrambled a third late on when Johnson hit the bar with a free-kick and
the ball bounced down onto Becchio's head and into the net. I suppose you
have to give him credit for being there for the ball to hit him.
Higgs - don't know why we pay him, only made one decent save all game
2
Crowe - up and down the right hand side exchanging passes with Snodgrass all
afternoon. Wish he'd stick to his position and defend properly
2
Marques - not the player he once was 2
Kisnorbo - one good block, poor distribution and why is he wearing that
silly hat? 3
Hughes - right footer at left back, what more can I say 2
Snodgrass - keeps running into his full back trying to beat him when a pass
to team mate would be a better option 2
Doyle - Can't make my mind up about him, creative midfielder or enforcer?
Doesn't do either part particularly well
2
Howson - marginal improvement on recent performances but what happened to
the player who bossed the middle of the park in the play-off semi at
Carlisle? 3
Johnson - scored one made one but crap really 2
Beckford - made hard work of it today, hitting the post twice and the bar
once and the keeper saving from him a couple of times. His ratio of goals
scored to chances he has is appalling and if he doesn't improve that aspect
of his game Grayson will have to give Showumni or Kandol a chance.
1
Becchio - What did this guy ever do for us? Well he put Beckford through
with a clever flick in the first minute but apart from that what did he do
for us.
He forced a save from the keeper that lead to Johnson's goal. OK, but apart
from those two things, what did he do for us?
He scored. Right, right but apart from those things, what did he do for us?
Well fuck all, that's what. 2
Grella - one blocked shot when he should have passed to an unmarked Becchio
and let him miss it. 1
Kilkenny - didn't do much 1
Robinson - fat shite 0
Grayson - getting really pissed off with him. He keeps picking the same old
same old just because we keep winning. It's not good enough and if he
doesn't change things soon we're going to come up against a good side and
get really mullered. 0
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