Bradford City 0-0 Sheffield Wednesday (City win 3-1 on Pens!)

So, Oscar Jansson was our hero at VP in front of the sky cameras! A penalty shootout victory over our League One Yorkshire rivals kept Cooper's undefeated record as caretaker manager intact as he handed the reigns to Phil Parkinson!

So, after meeting the new manager & meeting Wednesday off the coach (getting on Sky on both occasions in the process!) I meet Ben, Tom & company before heading into Valley Parade for the game & attempted to get the moaners of the Co-op rocking for the game! We failed in style, which caused a few arguments with a steward! We want TL or Kop in future please!

So, as the teams entered VP to a funeral amount of noise (Co-op is disgraceful!) The game got underway... Cue the first of the two controversial moments.... Megsongate!

Johnstones Paint Trophy rules & regulations indicate that you MUST have six recognised first team players in your squad & he did until 90 seconds into the game when O' Donnell came on for Weaver & then it went down to three with the final two subs after 17 minutes which meant 73 minutes & penalties had to be survived by the same eleven! He said he only started the three who came off because 'he had to!' As far as I'm concerned, Megson disrespected the JPT, Bradford City & the 729 paying Sheffield Wednesday fans.

So, to the actual first half action! Well, to be honest there was the odd moment to report but not much. Sheffield Wednesday had one or two missed chances & on the City end there was the Hanson header during injury time which went just, just wide. So to controversial moment number two, Drumgate!

Drumgate is an odd one! What is the real reason behind the drum being taken at half time?

We were given these excuses:
Racist Chanting - there was none.
We were given a warning to sit down during the half time interval - We were never given such warning.
Persistent standing - We were told we could by the steward pre-match.
Complaints - They wouldn't confirm this was true after saying it.

So, I was wondering the real reason? Because different stewards saying different things! Also, why did it take three stewards to take one drum of a fourteen year old? We needed atmosphere at the game last night to make up for Sky broadcasting 22,000 empty seats to the rest of the country... Oh Dear!

So, after that a more entertaining second half & were I was sat a more tense & hostile one towards a certain Mark Lawn as well. The bantams started on fire as a dodgy back pass from the young Wednesday centre back sent Jack Compton tearing clear only to  be denied by a class save from Richard O' Donnell in Sheff Wed goal! Then, in the 64th minute Luke Oliver headed a Chris Mitchell corner goalbound & it crossed the line to put City 1-0 up, or so we thought. It was cleared by the shakey Wednesday defence & depsite mass protests the game stood at 0-0. Despite chances from either side which included another Oliver header coming off the crossbar in injury time. Penalties it was.

Clinton Morrison blazed his over the bar for Wednesday, before Jones tucked his away for 1-0.

Liam Palmer had his saved by Oscar Jansson, Michael Flynn put City 2-0 in front.

Giles Coke scored before Hannah replied the same way, 3-1 City.

Oscar Jansson then saved from Chris Sedgwick to keep it at 3-1 & send City sailing through.

Player Ratings:

Oscar Jansson - 8 - Did his job in the penalty shootout to be the hero & send City through! Please keep him Parko!

Liam Moore - 7 - Back to his performance against Dagenham, very happy his loan has been extended!

Guy Branston - 8 - Kept Clinton Morrison very very quiet! And did his part when needed! Also the tissue up the nose in first half... Classic!

Luke Oliver - 8 - Hit the crossbar in injury time & had his goal very cruelly not awarded & was rock solid at the back again.

Robbie Threfall - 7- Getting slightly better game by game! Back to his old self is scouse!

Chris Mitchell - 6 - Bit non exsistent after Saturday, but his crossing & set pieces were top notch again!

Michael Flynn - 6 - Good solid midfield showing from the expierenced Flynn. Finding his McCall form again!

Ritchie Jones - 8 - Getting better game by game & looking to be a stand out performer for the Bantams this season!

Jack Compton - 8- At last I can call Jack MOTM! He terrorised the right side of Wednesday & was denied a goal by a class save from Richard O' Donnell. Overall stand out performer & never dropped out of the picture until he was subbed.

Mark Stewart - 7 - Worked hard as ever! & created space for Hanson to run into!

James Hanson - 7 - How, How did he miss in first half injury time!

SUBS:

Ross Hannah - 6 - Came off the bench & took a beautiful penalty to effectively kill the shootout!

Michael Bryan - 6 - Won't be a shame when he goes back to Watford but good luck to the lad!
Luke O' Briem - 5- Didn't really have much time to do anything to change the complex of the game.

To finish of the blog, our new Ten Catergories chosen by Chapalar:

Was it worth the money? To see City beat Wednesday of course!

City MOTM - Many, many candidates! Compton just won it for me! Best game in a City shirt so far!

Wednesday MOTM - Their sub keeper Richard O' Donnell kept them in the game until the shootout!

Quote of the Match - 'How is calling you a paedophile racist?'

Goal of the Match - Luke Oliver's ghost goal would've been it! But I'd have to go with Ross Hannah's penalty in the shootout.

Moment of the Match - Oscar Jansson's winning save from Chris Sedgwick!

Fan of the Match - A toss up between Tango & Chris Wood! Yet both miss out to Laney's rant! It goes to Laney!

Chant of the Match - It's a tie between 'We want our drum back!' & 'Timmy's a paedo!'

FB Status of the Match - got a cut on my lip from headbutting the advertising board after last night, joys of penalties - Jonny Stott

Referee Watch - Tony Bates was dodgy & his linesman's error took the game to penalties!

FATWATCH - Tango in the away end wins it this time!

Bradford City 4-2 Barnet, 27th August at Valley Parade.

So for the first time since Monday 25th April, Bradford City have won a game! Okay it was a 4-2 home win over Barnet who are the favourites for the drop, but it was still a win!


Ahead of the game, I went to pick up my L***s v Bradford DVD (Courtesy of Rhino Pete) & met some of the team, discovered L***s got another money making cup tie at home to Manchester United (Lucky!) & got Jack Compton to sign my (Voltage Cherry) away shirt & even had the chance to read my question posed to Ross Hannah in the match day programme! 


The highlight of pre-match though was Guy Branston questioning whether Carribob was my uncle or I was pulling his leg! He says we need to have a forum on the matter! Haha!


After heading into the ground with Tom & Carribob, tucking into our brand new Chicken Balti Pie in the process (still a con though) I met up with Jonny, James, Bradley & of course Loyal himself Ben! The teams then entered VP for the game ahead.


The game got underway & both teams looked as good (or poor) as each other in the early goings with both sides hoofing before the both started playing it on the deck, from the on we had a game. Barnet became the fourth side this season to score from a low cross across the box after a Marshall cross was turned in by the always deadly Izale McLeod in the 15th minute. 


City needed an urgent pick me up, especially after this week! That pick me up came just 70 seconds later as a City attack ended with Hanson heading the Bantams level in the 16th minute. Quality build up & a even better Mitchell assist provided the goal. For the next 5-10 minutes, Barnet midfielder Mark Byrne ran the show & kept, well attempting to challenge Oscar Jansson in the City goal. Then a Jack Compton cross saw Hanson nearly volley us into the lead on the half hour mark. 


Chris Mitchell's splendid curling free kick just went wide. However, it had Dean Brill well & truly beaten! And City should of had a penalty following a barge on Mark Stewart by Barnet defender Clovis Klamdjo.


Half time came & there wasn't much to talk about from Half Time except where is Billy Bantam! So the second half!


The Bantams dominated the second half & believe me it showed! A strong start to the half from City saw us win a corner three minutes in. Chris Mitchell floated the corner over to the head of Captain Guy Branston who put the ball past Dean Brill (worst keeper ever... Fact!) into the goal to put the Bantams into a 2-1 lead & from then on we never looked back!


Just five minutes later, another combination from the hard working Stewart & the set piece king Mitchell saw James Hanson presented with a tap in which he duly delivered to grab his second & put Bradford into a commanding 3-1 lead & more or less wrapped up the game! Barnet tried there best put City were too strong & Lawrie Sanchez had no option to make subs.


Then steward gate took place! A rather big lipped & goofy teethed steward made her way to the back of the stand & made me, Ben & James move... Why? So we couldn't block her view of the match! (Farce!) So, in an attempt to get our positions back & some room to move, me & Ben blocked her view! She then asked us to move before she said 'are you listening' to Ben. James then went onto say 'He's deaf, he uses the drum's vibrations to hear.' She then quite ferociously pushed Ben into me & Ben nearly took a trip down the flight of stairs in front of him! We then threatened her with Childline & her bosses in the police box to the left of us! So she moved back to the front of the stand.


Anyways, back to the game! City made it 4-1 & killed the game off after a wonderfully taken opportunity from the edge of the area from debutant & Bermuda international Nakhi Wells. Before Barnet slightly killed the mood with a scruffy 93rd minute consolation from Izale McLeod. 


So, lets move onto the player ratings:
Oscar Jansson - 6 - More solid than Hansen, when he had a shot to save though he did! Bit slow on Barnet's 93rd minute consolation though.
Liam Moore - 5 - After last weeks performance did let himself down a bit today. Far too easily turned & out paced by Barnet winger Mark Marshall.
Guy Branston - 7 - Despite questioning mine & Carribob's relation, he finally pushed on & lead by example with tough defending & his second half header which led the Bantams on to victory.
Luke Oliver - 6 - After two MOTM performances in the last three games, had a quiet game today! But along with Branno kept one of our divisions most prolific strikers in Izale McLeod quiet for most of the afternoon.
Robbie Threlfall - 5 - Despite rumours he's only playing to be advertised in the shop window, he had a quiet afternoon & at times I forgot he was there!
Chris Mitchell - 8 - A fantastic performance by the Scottish Under 21 international this afternoon! His assists & set pieces helped us to the three points.
Michael Flynn - 6 - A good solid showing in the centre of park by the former Huddersfield Town man this afternoon.
Ritchie Jones - 6 - A good solid showing in the centre of park by the former Manchester United  man this afternoon.
Jack Compton - 5 - With the exception of the assist to Hanson's near goal in the first half, didn't have the best of games. Still though, wasn't the worst player on the bench courtesy of 9 of the opposition.
James Hanson - 7 - Hot & Cold today. Got two goals which helped us to win, yet on the flip side he should of tucked the volley set up by Compton & is still getting bullied by centre backs.
Mark Stewart - 8 - My MOTM this afternoon. Never gave up & chased every ball fed to him & even Hanson! Didn't deserved to be subbed, but if he hadn't we would have been in for a nervy two minutes after Barnet's second!


SUB:
Nahki Wells - 6 - Heading off to international duty with Bermuda after a good sub appearance in which he scored City's fourth & final goal.


To finish of the blog, our new Ten Catergories chosen by Chapalar:

Was it worth the money? To see City's first three points? Of course it was!

City MOTM - It was a toss up between Mitchell & Stewart but Stewart just wins it for me!

Barnet MOTM - Mark Byrne, only one who didn't give up following the first half equaliser.

Quote of the Match - 'He's deaf, he uses the drum's vibrations to hear.'
Goal of the Match - Guy Branston's header!

Moment of the Match - The reaction following Nahki Wells goal.

Fan of the Match - The Barnet fan singing Beeeeee Army on his own!

Chant of the Match - The ever annoying 'Beeeee Army!'

FB Status of the Match - Period pains? Try support Bradford city by Ellis Lee.

Referee Watch - Gary Sutton, good game & got every decision spot on bar the Mark Stewart penalty incident in the first half.

And a debut for Fatwatch, this weeks winner is of course:

Barnet's kitman/coach... Keep eating those pies lad!

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Phil Parkinson - Stat Pack.

I would like to thank Paul_1978 of the Bradford City Official Message Board for allowing me to publish this stats pack he drew up on Phil Parkinson.


For anyone who is questioning Phil Parkinson's managerial record, I've looked at his stats and compared it against other previous City managers.

After some general viewing of various manager stats, any manager who consisently gains over 50% of wins over their career (vs draws and defeats) is going to be a sought after manager by a long chalk. Take for example Alex Ferguson, in one of his first jobs at St Mirren, his win rate was 44% over 169 games. At Aberdeen, 59% over 459 games, and at Manchester United 59% over just short of 1400 games.
Arsene Wenger has got a similar stat of 57% over 851 games.
Harry Redknapp's career spanning win rate is 40%, with 48% of his games at Tottenham resulting in victories.

So a good benchmark against these long serving Premiership managers shows that a win rate for 45% to 60% and you're going to be one of the best managers in the country.

Let's compare this against some City managers, with their win rates in their time at City, with some other detail for comparison:

Lennie Lawrence - win rate of 41% over 77 games at City (low of 29% over 77 games at Grimsby)
John Docherty - win rate of 35% over 83 games at City; (Millwall 38% over 173 games before he joined City).
Terry Dolan - 46% win rate over 112 games at City; (40% at Rochdale over 100 games, 31% at Hull over 322 games, and 32% at York over 173 games)
Trevor Cherry 41% win rate over 201 City games.
Stuart McCall - win rate 35% over 133 City games. (37% at Motherwell over 30 games so far)
Colin Todd - 32% win rate over 135 City games; (high point was 43% at Bolton over 183 games).
Bryan Robson - 25% win rate over 28 games; (at Middlesbrough, win rate was 38% over 282 games).
Jim Jefferies - 28% over 53 games; (at Hearts before he joined us, he had a very credible 45% over 242 games. After City, he attained 36% at Kilmarnock over 325 games, and 41% at Hearts again over 61 games).
Paul Jewell - 39% over 117 games at City (best was Wigan with 44% win rate over 291 games, but just a 21% win rate at Derby over 58 games).
Peter Taylor - 39% win rate over 46 games; (with highs of 55% at Gillingham and Brighton, and a lowest of 32% at Southend). A 42% win rate over his overall league career (ie not including England U21s).
Chris Kamara - 33% win rate at City over 122 games.
Nicky Law - 26% win rate over 87 games (but has attained 45% win rate at Alfreston over 208 games).
Peter Jackson - 21% over his 19 games (35% over 92 games at Lincoln, 41% over 198 games in his second spell at Huddersfield, and 35% over 94 games in this first spell).

So out of all those well known managers, only Terry Dolan has achieved entering the magical 45%+ bracket with a win rate of 46% whilst at City.
But managers such as Jim Jefferies and Peter Taylor have achieved 45%+ at other clubs, and Nicky Law in non-league.
Managers achieving 40%+ but less than 45% include Lennie Lawrence, Colin Todd, Paul Jewell and Peter Jackson.

By my reckoning, to have some sort of reasonable shot at success, we need to be looking at a win rate of 40%+ over a longish period. (It is notable that Jacko achieved this at Huddersfield over just short of 200 games, very similar record to Trevor Cherry's record at City).

This therefore takes us onto Phil Parkinson who is apparently the favourite.

At Colchester United, his win rate was 42% over 187 games. At Charlton Athletic this was 39% over 114 games. His spell at Hull was a realtively short 24 games with a win rate of 21%.

The spell at Hull aside, his record makes for encouraging reading I feel. Let's say that the half way mark between his spells at Colchester and Charlton is 40/41%. This would put him on a par with Lennie Lawrence and Trevor Cherry, and much better than McCall, Todd and Jefferies, and a shade better than Jewell and Taylor.

In spite of all the shenanigans going on at City at present, Phil Parkinson's record seems more than OK. I just hope that if he does become the manager that he can undertake his duties without interference and to attain and perhaps improve on the the impressive win rates that he has achieved at Colchester and Charlton.

Bradford City AFC & the curious case of Peter Jackson.

So after 18 games & 6 months in charge, Peter Jackson has resigned as manager of Bradford City Association Football Club. His spell wasn't the best of a City manager, yet it wasn't the worst either! But the big question is was he pushed or was he jumped? There's two sides to every story (Except Harry Potter) so here's the two sides in 2 minutes!


Peter Jackson Jumped:
- Mark Lawn said he resigned.
- We haven't heard anything from the true City gent himself.
- Apparently Peter Jackson said that he didn't want to leave the club in the same mess Taylor did for him.
- One Draw & Four Defeats from the opening five games of the season.
- Park Bantam said so on the Bradford City official message board.


Peter Jackson Pushed:
- Apparently he didn't see eye to eye with Archie Christie
- Bantams Banter have reported Jackson was visibly upset by leaving.
- Mark Lawn hasn't had much to say on the matter other than he resigned.
- Michael Flynn has said that Jacko was looking forward to Saturday in training.
- Skybet have suspended betting after less than 24 hours with Phil Parkinson as favourite.


As I write this blog some interesting developments have come out into the public regarding Bookmakers suspending betting. Phil Parkinson was favourite with ALL bookmakers at 4/5 & after less than 24 hours of betting, people who bet on Parkinson are being paid out. And Sky Sports News are reporting that he his in the frame for the job! So was Parkinson appointed before yesterday & was Jacko pushed or are Lawn & Rhodes extremely fast in moving on! It wouldn't suprise me if either were the true story, but there is something Christie, sorry Fishy going on here! 


Mark Lawn has announced a three man shortlist of one employed (John Still, Dagenham & Redbridge) & two un-employed (Phil Parkinson & believed to be Dean Windass) However, this afternoon's developments mean Parkinson looks like he will be the next manager of this club. 


Phil Parkinson other than a promotions with Colchester, failed miserably with Hull & Charlton. The fans will never see eye to eye as we're a opinionated bunch here in West Yorkshire. But for those wondering who is Phil Parkinson? Here is his factfile! 


1967 - Born in Chorley.
1985- Signed first Professional Contract with Southampton.
1988 - Moves to & Makes Professional debut for Bury.
1992 - Moves to Reading from Bury.
May 2003- Retires from Playing.
June 2003 - Takes over the Managers post at Colchester United.
2005/06 - Manages Colchester United to League One Promotion.
June 2006- Leaves Colchester United for Hull City.
December 2006 - Leaves Hull City by Mutual Consent.
January 2007 - Agrees to join Charlton Athletic as Assistant Manager to Alan Pardew.
April 2007 - Turns down Huddersfield Town to remain Assistant Manager at Charlton Athletic.
November 2008 - Becomes Caretaker Manager of Charlton Athletic.
December 2008 - Appointed Permanent Manager of Charlton Athletic.
May 2009 - Relegated to Coca Cola League One with Charlton Athletic.
2009/10 - Loses to Swindon Town in League One Play Off Semi Finals.
January 2011 - Sacked as Manager of Charlton Athletic.


Anyways, back to Peter Jackson. He stunned everybody associated with Bradford City when he walked (or pushed) from his dream job as our manager. Whether he succeeded or failed as our manager, Peter Jackson will forever be a legend at this club, as a born & bred Bradford lad & captain of the 1984/85 promotion team, which ended in the tragic fire disaster which took the lives of 54 Bradford & 2 Lincoln fans. He then led the team round funerals, hospitals & memorials to those who lost their lives in the tragic fire. Peter, you're a true City Gent & legend of this club & I wish you all the best in the future. In Jackson I trust!

Lets see how Parkinson does...

Doncaster Rovers v L***s United - Carling Cup Second Round

After much, much begging by my cousin (third cousin, whatever!) James, I found myself bound to the Keepmoat Stadium for this Yorkshire derby in the Carling Cup.

Roughly between 4-5k made the short trip down from L***s to Doncaster. After a quick trip to McDonalds & a lovely walk through Doncaster to the middle of nowhere, in which a Tesco Depo & the Keepmoat Stadium is located.

After buying our tickets we made our way in & found our seats, there I was! A Bradford fan surrounded by thousands of L***s fans for the second time this season! (L***s v City was the other one!) After watching the teams warm up (Gradel has a shot on him doesn't he?!?) the teams made there way out for the game (In which time I was clapping the teams onto the field while trying not to drop a half eaten Burger & a bottle of Pepsi!)

The game began, whoever 90 seconds into the game a poor error from ex-City defender Andy O' Brien allowed James Hayter to give Doncaster the lead. However, I'm sure it was an O' Brien OG! Two facts came to my attention following the goal!

The first was L***s slow starts this season:

Southampton (A) Dean Hammond gave Southampton the lead in the 10th minute.

West Ham United (A) L***s were one nil down after a 6th minute volley from Carlton Cole.

Doncaster Rovers (A) James Hayter (AOB OG) gave Donny a 2nd minute lead.

The other stat which jumped out at me was L***s OG record this season:

Hull City (H) L***s won 4-1 despite a Tom Lees OG for Hull.

West Ham United (A) A last minute Adam Clayton goal saved L***s a point following a OG from Patrick Kisnorbo.

Doncaster Rovers (A) Andy O' Brien gives Donny an early lead with a OG.

However, the game continued & Doncaster dominated, & even had a fantastic chance to go 2 up, but he hit the crossbar in a moment to forget! A Tekaboo Son moment from Ramon Nunez on the half hour brought them level. It was a goal to savour, he got the ball following a pass from Llyod Sam & turned the centre back Tommy Spurr before sweetly curling the ball into the top left corner from 25 yards. That was it for the first half & half time came.

Half time began with another infamous Facebook rant from me! (I meant every bit of it!) I went to talk to some friends of mine in the food, bar & toilet area. To which I was talked to & accepted despite being a Bradford fan. And one defended me on my infamous FB rant! (Also thanks to Steve, Mark, Ben, James, Auntie Sarah, Tonie, Pete & Alex!) I returned to my seat for the second half.

Doncaster dominated the second half, with chances at a slim though, Max Gradel was brought on for L***s & A ironic applause went out to Andy O' Brien when he was replaced moments earlier. From then on, L***s dominated.

In the 82nd minute, L***s scored the winning goal in the same way they equalised. A flowing move was finished in tekaboo son style from the Honduran internation Nunez. He got the ball 25 yards out before this time curling it into the bottom corner to win the game & sent L***s into the third round of the Carling Cup.

On the way home, I managed to burn both my hands with hot chocolate! Never run across a bypass with a hot drink in hand is the morale & lesson of that story! Before boarding the train home, in which time we discussed the game & results from elsewhere, including DB's extra time collapse at Cardiff. A gave of Meow & Woof ended up with a angry Police officer giving some fans behind us a stern telling off, but there was trouble between Wakefield & L***s which resulted in the catering cart being cornored off. Following a quick change of trains in L***s our evening ended.

To finish off though here is the new segment to the blog, ten catergories chosen by Chapalar:

Was it worth the money? Good game to watch & the atmosphere was electric, yes it was worth the money.

Donny MOTM - Kyle Bennent, 99 times out of a 100, he'd of scored the 2-0 chance but was Donny's standout performer.

L***s MOTM - Ramon Nunez, along with Max Gradel played Donny of the park. His two tekaboo son goals, as well as doing his bit defensively won him the L***s & Overall MOTM.

Quote of the Match - The chant is you'll never beat Kisnorbo, West Ham did! He scored for them!

Goal of the Match - Ramon Nunez First Half equaliser.

Moment of the Match - Ramon Nunez's First Half equaliser.

Fan of the Match - Donny fan in a pink shirt who tried to pick a fight with 50-100 L***s fan on his own.

Chant of the Match - 'We're L***s United and we glow in the dark!'

FB Status of the Match - My Half Time rant just tips it... by a landslide!

Referee Watch - Mark Brown, had a quiet match & when he did have a decision made, got it spot on.

Dagenham & Redbridge... Home.

Okay, where to start on Dagenham & Redbridge. We lost 1-0 to a scrappy first half goal scored by the Bantams great tormenter himself Jon Nurse. He loves to score against us & did again on Saturday. Our Man of the Match was centre back Luke Oliver. The lanky lad covered the full backs & saved us conceding more. Jacko outers are now out in full force, but we need to stick by him until the end of September - start of October at least. Liam Moore, on loan from Leicester also looked on top form. Also Compton, Hannah & Jones but in decent shifts but we need to improve for the Barnet game! Until then here are the Dag & Red ratings & farewell!

Martin Hansen - 4 - Slightly better than Tuesday but still looks shaky at times, and felt Branston let him down a bit in the near 2nd goal for Dagenham.
Liam Moore - 7 - Just like Oliver! But Luke just edged him out for me!
Guy Branston - 4 - Slower than a Snail this lad! All mouth, no action at times! Fantastic goal line clearance but nearly granted Dagenham a second goal.
Luke Oliver - 7 - MOTM, Fantastic Performance by the big fan, I'm one of his biggest critics! But he's slowly winning me over so far this season!
Robbie Threlfall - 5 - Set Pieces were average just like his performance, lost his cool with a small group of fans at Full Time.
Michael Bryan - 5 - Some good passing & communication with Moore, disappointed to see him subbed.
Michael Flynn - 5 - Needs to calm it down on the quick free kicks, other than that a average performance from Flynn.
Ritchie Jones - 5 - Good showing by the lad this afternoon, improved his fitness since Tuesday.
Jack Compton - 5 - Sponsors MOTM, Had a good game! Needs to work on the final delivery in training, only thing letting him down.
James Hanson - 4 - When, oh when will we learn that hoofball to the lad doesn't work! Sooner we drop him from Stewart or Rodney the better!
Ross Hannah - 5 - Good game, mass improvement from Tuesday! Exact replica of his Oxford performance minus the goal!

SUBS:
Nialle Rodney - 5 - Another decent sub appearance from the young man, how long til' he gets a start Jacko?
Mark Stewart - 5 - Worked hard after coming on, other than that just a normal sub appearance.
Chris Mitchell - 4 - Came on after mellee & took free kick, forgot he was there after.