Heard Travis packed his bags in the summer to be honest, seems a rumour which has never gone away. Some on twitter noticed Carter having a prolonged clap and chat with the riverside last night, I must say I didn't see anything unusual myself but I wonder if he's got a move lined up.
We looked okay in swathes last night without being really penetrative, we really need to learn to take more shots at goal as I lost count of times the amount of inane passing around the box and the ball coming of Rotherham legs in the process last night. If you're taking a shot make the keeper work and parry it into a danger zone for a striker to follow up with. The same with a lack of crosses going in, albeit I thought Brittain did well in the first half getting two decent attempts in.
Defesively we are suspect and looks like a big balls up not brining an experienced centre half like Danny Batth in whom we were linked with in the summer before it was refused to be signed of by those tossers in Pune. Hill is too small to play CB for me, needs putting out at RB if we are playing against target men, thought he had a really decent drive a few times up the pitch like Carter.
Leo 3 - Looks nervous, clearly targeted, reminded me of the Pears vs Wigan game in which the same manager Richardson made sure it was targeted of every set piece. Lacks concentration as shown by Rathbone's cross bar effort.
Brittain 6 - A decent first half but dropped of in the second half, he lacks a footballing brain of where to go and move next and position himself.
Hill 5 - Average game from him, too easily beaten for the 2nd equaliser. Great run though for the Schmozza goal.
Carter 7 - Decent and was a real good performance from him.
Pickering 6 - Would have been a 7 but the second half seemed to overwhelm him a little, needs to work on crossing the ball in to the box more effectively. Good Effort on goal, that was going in without the world class save.
Tronstad 6.5 - Good player, seems to think of what will happen next and puts himself in the right positions. Decent footballing brain.
A Wharton 6 - Better of the ball than recently but seemed to lack some drive yesterday, another one who I think with his technique should be working on set pieces delivery.
Moran 5 - Waste of time, the odd flash here and now but seems to come inside to much for me and isn't a proper winger.
Schmozza 6 - Below his usual levels, gassed around 70 mins where he couldn't run anymore. Decent finish, lot of stray balls though. Body language wasn't great either berating his fellow players.
Sigurdsson 6.5 - Took his goal really well and unlucky not to have notched a second. Lacks a bit of drive and running with the ball for me though, super first touch but I couldn't tell you what his main strengths are.
Telalovic 6.5 - Ran the channels really well I thought, gave us a prescience with his physicalllness and dropped deep to win the ball back a few times. Strange to bring him off so early for Ennis.
Markanday 4 - Terrible sub, killed momentum, he has a lovely touch on him but doesn't run forwards, doesn't get his head up early enough to spot the runners either.
Ennis 4 - Poor, he could use his physical build to become a Jason Roberts type player but he looks poor. Not enough effort in him.
