1) No Norburn and Thomas injured in the warm up so Harvey retained his place. Largely forgettable first-half. Stevenage far more organised at the back and Reid penalised for much he got away with on Saturday.
2) Most of the action took place with the ref involved or uninvolved. He ignored a forearm lead on Alessandra, pulled up Reid for a handball that never was, failed to send off Mellor for what was an obvious deliberate hand-ball with Stevenage through on goal and totally failed to deal with the Doncaster bench pushing Harvey about when he tried to get the ball for a quick throw-in.
3) Banton got to the by-line and produced a couple of decent crosses but Reid couldn't quite get to them. Otherwise we were too predictable and didn't look like we were threatening in the first 45.
4) Stevenage strong in the tackle and the ball was in the air more in the first 45 than it was in the whole 90 against Exeter. Walton got a warm reception and then showed he hadn't changed by constantly moaning at team mates for his short-comings.
5) Second started as the first finished a good penalty shout for Stevenage, a number of decisions against Reid then from nothing McHugh failed to deal with a high-ball and a simple looped header over McCormick gave Stevenage the lead.
6) Smalley and Morgan replaced Reid and the ineffective Harvey. Allen also on for Cox. Surprising that Banton, who hadn't had a great game, stayed on. Changes, if anything, made things worse. Nothing stuck up front and argyle looked like conceding a second.
7) River Allen had the first shot on target for Argyle with about 15 to go. Argyle gradually began to get back into it but couldn't find a decent delivery to cause Stevenage any problems.
8 ) Sad to say after Saturday but we deserved nothing. Our main threat was stifled by refereeing efficiency and we didn't seem to have a plan B. We missed Norburn's ability to find a defence splitting pass and yet again we threw width away by having two wide men who cut in.
9) Loads of Argyle pressure at the end and Stevenage reaped what they sowed with their wasted time as Argyle grabbed a penalty. (Was it Hartley's hands?). Smalley made no mistake.
10 ) Usual low turn-out from the away "support" but at least they brought a coach. Even heard them a handful of times. Argyle largely quiet except when berating the ref. Stevenage played a brand of anti-football which was awful to watch but unfortunately effective.
Luke McCormick - 6
Kelvin Mellor - 5
Curtis Nelson - 6
Peter Hartley - 6
Carl McHugh - 4
Anthony O'Connor - 7
Lee Cox - 5
Tyler Harvey - 5
Lewis Alessandra - 6
Jason Banton - 3
Reuben Reid - 6
Substitutes:
James Bittner - unused
Ben Purrington - unused
River Allen - 6
Dominic Blizzard - unused
Dean Smalley - 5
Marvin Morgan - 5
2) Most of the action took place with the ref involved or uninvolved. He ignored a forearm lead on Alessandra, pulled up Reid for a handball that never was, failed to send off Mellor for what was an obvious deliberate hand-ball with Stevenage through on goal and totally failed to deal with the Doncaster bench pushing Harvey about when he tried to get the ball for a quick throw-in.
3) Banton got to the by-line and produced a couple of decent crosses but Reid couldn't quite get to them. Otherwise we were too predictable and didn't look like we were threatening in the first 45.
4) Stevenage strong in the tackle and the ball was in the air more in the first 45 than it was in the whole 90 against Exeter. Walton got a warm reception and then showed he hadn't changed by constantly moaning at team mates for his short-comings.
5) Second started as the first finished a good penalty shout for Stevenage, a number of decisions against Reid then from nothing McHugh failed to deal with a high-ball and a simple looped header over McCormick gave Stevenage the lead.
6) Smalley and Morgan replaced Reid and the ineffective Harvey. Allen also on for Cox. Surprising that Banton, who hadn't had a great game, stayed on. Changes, if anything, made things worse. Nothing stuck up front and argyle looked like conceding a second.
7) River Allen had the first shot on target for Argyle with about 15 to go. Argyle gradually began to get back into it but couldn't find a decent delivery to cause Stevenage any problems.
8 ) Sad to say after Saturday but we deserved nothing. Our main threat was stifled by refereeing efficiency and we didn't seem to have a plan B. We missed Norburn's ability to find a defence splitting pass and yet again we threw width away by having two wide men who cut in.
9) Loads of Argyle pressure at the end and Stevenage reaped what they sowed with their wasted time as Argyle grabbed a penalty. (Was it Hartley's hands?). Smalley made no mistake.
10 ) Usual low turn-out from the away "support" but at least they brought a coach. Even heard them a handful of times. Argyle largely quiet except when berating the ref. Stevenage played a brand of anti-football which was awful to watch but unfortunately effective.
Luke McCormick - 6
Kelvin Mellor - 5
Curtis Nelson - 6
Peter Hartley - 6
Carl McHugh - 4
Anthony O'Connor - 7
Lee Cox - 5
Tyler Harvey - 5
Lewis Alessandra - 6
Jason Banton - 3
Reuben Reid - 6
Substitutes:
James Bittner - unused
Ben Purrington - unused
River Allen - 6
Dominic Blizzard - unused
Dean Smalley - 5
Marvin Morgan - 5