Lea Siliki can spot a pass, he just hasn't executed it consistently enough.
I don't really blame Fry for their first. 1 on 1 with a CF backing into you in the box all you can do is try & hold him long enough to get help from the front or try & block the shot when he turns.
He could've been stronger before the CF gets the ball, the CF bullied him from the edge of the 18 yard box to near the 6 yard, or called a midfielder back to help but the 'spare' midfielder was lost when two went to close the ball down, so Howson stepped toward their now free man in the D just to see the ball sail over his head and into the space he'd just left.