Player Ratings - Plymouth Argyle

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Any of the hero's who made it to Devon fancy shedding some light on the players? Interesting to hear what people made of Bridcutt. Some Plymouth reports saying he ran the game, others (more believably?) suggesting it was Bennett. Would be good to hear what you thought.

 

[Spanish Seagulls]

Probably couldn't tell them apart!

 

[Stumpy Tim]

Bridcutt & Bennett ran the show completely

Casper - 7. Made a good save second half, and didn't spill the ball once. Good distribution too

Calderon - 7. Better than Saturday defensively, and pushed on well
Painter - 6.5. Was given a hard time by their winger in the first half, before Peter Reid cleverly swapped him to the other wing where Calderon had him in his pocket
Elphick - 7.5. Stood out at the back
El-Abd - 7. Solid

Bennett - 9.5. Pretty much faultless in my opinion. He loses half a point as I had a tenner on him to score first at 12-1
Bridcutt - 8.5. Our best player apart from Bennett. Good in the tackle, never loses the ball, and looks to play forward when he can
Sparrow - 6.5. Solid, but nothing more
Dicker - 7. Good performance, but should have scored at the end

Murray - 7. Good shift, though never looked like scoring himself
Barnes - 7. Not as good as Murray in general play, but has that knack of being in the right place. Should have had a second with a free header from a corner

Subs:
Lua Lua - 7.5. Started slowly, but as time went on he shone
Sandaza - 6.5. Tried hard... probably too hard

 

[Withdean11]

Casper - 7

Calderon - 7.5
Painter - 7
Elphick - 8
El-Abd - 7

Bennett - 8
Bridcutt - 8 - Very impressed - MOM
Sparrow - 6.5
Dicker - 7

Murray - 6
Barnes - 7.5

Subs:
Lua Lua - 7
Sandaza - 6.5 - Made some good runs, not the best time for him to make his debut as they were going all out to score, if started i think he would do well

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

I thought Bennett was superb in his new roving role against MK Dons. He didn't get the credit for it but from B Block looked like he was pulling the strings. He gets better and better - what a find.

 

[blockhseagull]

Casper 6

Calderon 7
Elphick 8
El Abd 8
Painter 7

Bennett 9
Dicker 6
Bridcutt 8.5
Sparrow 6

Barnes 7
Murray 7


Lua Lua 6
Sandaza 6

 

[Southwick_Seagull]

Suprised everyone has only given Calderon around a 7. I thought it was the best he's played since coming back from injury, seemed to cut everything out. Bridcutt ran the show, a great performance.

 

[Mr Blobby]

Casper 7 - no mistakes

Calderon 7
Elphick 9 - great goal, great defending!
El Abd 8 - superb game along with Elphick
Painter 7

Bennett 8
Dicker 8
Bridcutt 9 linked up well with Dicker, El-Abd and Elphick for great possession football!
Sparrow 6

Barnes 7
Murray 7
thought the front 2 worked hard as a unit and Barnes was in the right place at the right time to score against his old club

Subs
Lua Lua 7
Sandaza 6

Highlight of the game for me was the Lua Lua cross - the step over my Bennett to allow the ball to run through to the waiting Dicker and his shot, if we had scored would have been one of the goals of the season!