Rate Holden v Blackbum

[AlbertTatlock]

8 from me, played 4-3-3 defended superbly, should have been more in front at half time and rode our luck in the 2nd half.

Gouranga.

[greystokie]

8 for the first half but 3 for the second when he turned into MON

[thedeadlyshart]

6. Changed the shape, but 2nd half he needed to make changes and didn't. We were very fortunate to not lose that one IMO.

[femark]

7 - Played the right formation and the pressing was good first half. We clearly needed legs in midfield for the second half and his subs were baffling!

[Goonie]

7.5

So pleased he changed the formation which needed it

Could've done more second half to shore up the midfield

Excellent 3 points

Loses half a mark for Clucas 😁👍

[gawa]

Only seen the second half so would be unfair for me to rate him.
The players gave everything for him in that second half and defended well. Great win.

[nosyclothes1]

17 we won

[thewonderstuff]

Get the fuck in/10

Thank God he's gone.

[mrteddysalad]

Played the right formation with the wrong players 6/10

[benjaminbiscuit]

It’s staggering that 

1 anyone could see we needed 433 credit to him 
2 anyone could see sue needed to close the game up subs fates  were with us today but how Kilkenny didn’t get on is beyond comprehension as were the subs in general shows he’s part of the issue 

3 finally credit for playing Thomson in midfield that another one that’s been blindingly obvious since wba last year we’ve 4 decent midfielders and he’s one of them 

[mermaidsal]

Albert you're late

Just really sad this isn't going to last, what a difference when Deano took a proper look at the squad..

9 from me

[Vadiation_Ribe]

We're 17th FFS. Holden out.

On a serious note, it would be good to see him stay at the club.

Do we definitely know if O'Neill was working on this setup/lineup during the week or if it was only down to Holden?

[canadianmoose]

7

Perfect first 45

Awful game and man management in the second 45

[moon]

9

Tough away fixture with a makeshift defence, great first half, nervy second. Defended with some real heart though. Enjoyable game too even if it was backs to the wall for much of the second. Well done Holden and the rest of the management team.

[Gods]

Desperate stuff, but we hung on :-)

[shrewspotter]

7. Started well, should have brought a midfielder on though

[silsdenstokie]

Aug 27, 2022 16:03:45 GMT Vadiation_Ribe said:

We're 17th FFS. Holden out.

On a serious note, it would be good to see him stay at the club.

Do we definitely know if O'Neill was working on this setup/lineup during the week or if it was only down to Holden?

To be honest mate, if Neil is happy to keep him as number 2 I woukd have no problem with it. Im not as convinced that he had as much input under MON as some would suggest

Great win, well dine Holden 👏

[thehartshillbadger]

7
Changed the shape and it seems the mindset.
Didn’t feel he got the subs right though

[spitthedog]

set up the team well initially

But what was he thinking 2nd half!!!

Substitutions were bizarre and apart from Campbell added to our problems.

[terryconroysmagic]

7

Disturbing though that he left Clucas on the pitch

[nonameface]

10 for the result
3 for the performance

Not controlled, on an average day we lose that, but fortunately Blackburn missed a lot of easy chances.

As good as Bakers shot was, their keeper had a Bursik moment.

No individual mistakes for the first time in ages shows the players minds are more focused now which shows a bit of lethargy had probably entered the camp.

Fox had a solid game, scary thought.

[Lakeland Potter]

7

Decent starting 11 but his subs were odd. I can't see a single reason why Kilkenney didn't replace Clucas in the second half.

And I thought Clive Clarke made a decent point that they were having so much success down our right side in the second half that we needed to replace one of our forward players with a right sided defender to double up on their left sided attack.

Still, we won and I thought Taylor, Fox and Flint all had great games. Not sure what happened to Wilmot who looked shaky at right back.

[ohbottom]

8 for 1st half, 4 for 2nd. Averages out at 6/10

2nd half we were clearly being pummeled, our mf totally ran out of gas yet none of the subs he made did anything to address this. Does he not know 5 subs are allowed this season?

[apb1]

I thought he was leaving on Clucas because he's ok in the air from corners. But then he brought DWP on for Brown. Weird, but we now have some fresh legs to come in on Wednesday I guess

Holden gets a 7 from me.

[nonameface]

Aug 27, 2022 16:14:38 GMT Lakeland Potter said:

7

Decent starting 11 but his subs were odd. I can't see a single reason why Kilkenney didn't replace Clucas in the second half.

And I thought Clive Clarke made a decent point that they were having so much success down our right side in the second half that we needed to replace one of our forward players with a right footed defender to double up on their left footed attack.

Still, we won and I thought Taylor, Fox and Flint all had great games. Not sure what happened to Wilmot who looked shaky at right back.

Blackburns style of play is to overload their left side, it's the reason BB-D cuts in from the left all the time.

Our centre backs were effectively free men and didn't have to mark a striker, only handle late runners into the box.

[SamB_SCFC]

6.5. Changed to a back 4 with Bursik dropped for Bonham which were the obvious changes and the improvement was immediately obvious. Controlled the first half and should have been more ahead at half time, was on a 9 or a 10 at that point.

Second half however we completely lost control of the midfield and it needed the manager to react and change things and he failed miserably. The changes came too late and were the wrong changes, absolutely baffling that Kilkenny didn't come on for Clucas. Fortunately the back 4 suited our defenders (which was always obvious it would do) and allowed them to play well and play to their strengths so they were able to see the game out. Bonham was solid in goal and did the basics right which wouldn't have been the case if Bursik had been in and we rode our luck at times too. Loses marks for his poor game management in the second half, on another day we would have not just lost the lead but ended up losing the match 2-1.

Overall a good game and probably perfect actually in the context of Alex Neil watching in the stands because it was a perfect showcase of our strengths and weaknesses. He'll have seen the talent that exists in the squad, but also the glaring weaknesses and the general lack of fitness and conditioning which always seems to affect us in the second half. Hopefully he saw the issues in the second half and had ideas about what he would have done to change things.

[stokesupporter]

8 from me, just because of badly needed 3 points

Otherwise: First half 9, Second 5 (rode our luck)

[pottersrule]

Team selection good barring Clucas,but awful management in the second half when we needed legs in the midfield.Baffling to bring on Wright Phillips.Should have started with Kilkenny,but not to bring him on half way through the second half was very perplexing.
6.

[boskampsflaps]

7 for the result and the first half but thank god he didn't get the job full time, he doesn't have a clue how to use his subs.

[Veritas]

Good starting formation and line up, given the available personnel

Great first half performance

Strange subs and very nearly threw it away second half

But we did win

7/10