ALAN SWANN’s player ratings from Peterborough United’s shock home defeat to Cheltenham Town in the Carabao Cup (September 5) as Siriki shines the brightest
Siriki Dembele was the Peterborough Telegraph;s man-of-the-match in today’s surprise Carabao Cup defeat at home to Cheltenham (September 5).
Goalkeeper Christy Pym and striker Mo Eisa also had their good moments, but it was a pretty average display overall.
Key: 10: Perfect, 9: Outstanding, 8: Very good, 7: Good, 6: OK, 5: Poor: 4: Very poor.
Christy Pym: Two fine saves with his feet before beaten by a precise 20-yard strike 7
Nathan Thompson: Competed strongly. Clearly well-up for the battle, but didn’t always channel that aggression wisely 6
Mark Beevers: A couple of sloppy passes early on, but settled down to play solidly 6
Frankie Kent: Not sure he’s happy on the left of a back three, but that doesn’t excuse the woeful backpass that gave Cheltenham their best first-half opportunity 6
Joe Ward: Took up some decent positions, but didn’t use them well. A couple of poor decisions when close to the Cheltenham area 6
Dan Butler: Didn’t play with anything near the drive he showed at the back end of last season. No room to get forward as the opposition also played with wingbacks 6
Reece Brown: A very neat and tidy start to the game, but he soon joined the others in moving the ball on too slowly 6
Jack Taylor: Precious little impact on the game. Passed the ball very safely 6
Ryan Broom: Denied a goal against his old club early on by a decent save, one excellent pass to Eisa almost led to a goal before he was one of three substitutions on the hour mark 6
Siriki Dembele: Always looked the most likely to make something happen. Lively, penetrative and denied a couple of goals, one from an excellent free kick, by an outstanding goalkeeper 8
Mo Eiss: Played wisely on the shoulder of defenders which wasn’t always appreciated by teammates. Struck the crossbar in the second-half with a skilful effort 7
Substitutes:
Ethan Hamilton: (for Brown, 60 mins) Played with a bit of dash and determination at least 6
Idris Kanu: (for Ward, 60 mins) Athletic, but ran into defensive roadblocks, gave away silly fouls 6
Flynn Clarke: (for Broom, 59 mins): Difficult circumstances for a teenager to make a first-team debut 6
Jonson Clarke-Harris: (not used).
Dan Gyollai: (not used).
Harrison Burrows: (not used).
Niall Mason: (not used).