studio150
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Back injury nothing to do with fear of 2nd yellow
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Player Ratings Thread (Watford - A)
- Thread starter jcdenton08
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Back injury nothing to do with fear of 2nd yellow
Nothing more to say that you obviously were not at the match today
Ninja Elephant
Doctor Elephant
- Feb 16, 2009
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People who have decided a player's rating before the game begins.
I admit to being as guilty of it as anyone else in some cases, but it's still a fair criticism of others!
Propper a 7.... rubbish.... a couple of times he was in a great position to place a serious thru' ball but messed it up. He's a Dutch Harley
studio150
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Ryan 7 - Caught well, dealt with all he had to do which wasn't much
Bruno 5 - Passing not up to his usual standard
Suttner 6 - Did well going forward
Duffy 7 - Usual tower of strength
Dunk 8 - A good game, and distribution improving
Propper 7 - Looks to keep the ball moving, starting to grow into team
Stephens 7 - Almost back to his best
Knockaert 7 - Good to see him back in the starting line up, adds pace .
March 7 - The step up hasn't fazed him, can still go past defenders with ease, shooting a bit off
Gross 6 - Still to get to grips with the physical aspects of the PL but settling in
Hemed 7 - Unlucky not to score
Rosenoir 5 - Lack of game time showed
Izquierdo 7 - Looked class in his short time on the pitch looks smooth with the ball, has a decent shot and tracked back. Could be giving Knockaert some issues as the fans favourite
Murphy - Not on long enough to score
Bruno 5 - Passing not up to his usual standard
Suttner 6 - Did well going forward
Duffy 7 - Usual tower of strength
Dunk 8 - A good game, and distribution improving
Propper 7 - Looks to keep the ball moving, starting to grow into team
Stephens 7 - Almost back to his best
Knockaert 7 - Good to see him back in the starting line up, adds pace .
March 7 - The step up hasn't fazed him, can still go past defenders with ease, shooting a bit off
Gross 6 - Still to get to grips with the physical aspects of the PL but settling in
Hemed 7 - Unlucky not to score
Rosenoir 5 - Lack of game time showed
Izquierdo 7 - Looked class in his short time on the pitch looks smooth with the ball, has a decent shot and tracked back. Could be giving Knockaert some issues as the fans favourite
Murphy - Not on long enough to score
Megazone
On his last warning
Especially when we maintained the ball very well for large periods of the game.
After 11 hours of travelling I'm too knackered to think it through but:
Below par: Stephens, Bruno, Rosenoir, Gross, Hemed
Above par: Knockaert, March, Dunk (MOM)
The rest par or thereabouts
No rating for Murphy or the new bloke whose name isn't Izzy
Below par: Stephens, Bruno, Rosenoir, Gross, Hemed
Above par: Knockaert, March, Dunk (MOM)
The rest par or thereabouts
No rating for Murphy or the new bloke whose name isn't Izzy
Megazone
On his last warning
Looking forward to seeing Stephens perfectly weighted pass out to Knockaert which resulted in the sending off.
I thought it was Stephens best game for us so far. Surprised he's been marked quite low by a fair few. He showed a lot more of his playmaker abilities today. Out of all our centre-mids, Stephens is still our best player.
I thought it was Stephens best game for us so far. Surprised he's been marked quite low by a fair few. He showed a lot more of his playmaker abilities today. Out of all our centre-mids, Stephens is still our best player.
Really don't get the low ratings... Stephens gave away fouls, mostly due to dodgy ref and Propper had a bad last 10 mins but overall, they were so much better than they were in the previous 2 games. Suttner didn't start well but ended up doing a solid job.
Everyone did their bit today but we just couldn't score that goal.
Ryan 6 - Caught a few balls but nothing to do otherwise.
Bruno 6 - Good for Hughton to sub him off at ht having been booked and given a warning afterwards. Even if Naylor says it was due to back injury.
Duffy 8
Dunk 8 MOTM - We really do have a top defensive pairing
Suttner 6 - as above
Knockaert 7 - We look so much better attacking with him in the side even if he does go a bit too primadonna sometimes.
Stephens 7
Propper 7
March 6.5
Groß 7 - Personally I thought he did quite well today especially linking up with Knockaert.
Hemed 6.5 - Please don't sell him. I do think his effort could pay off eventually and he could be pivotal to us this season.
Rosenior 6
Izquierdo 7 - If his cameo is anything to go by, he could end up being a very very very good player. Not sure why we didn't bring him on sooner.
Murphy N/A
Everyone did their bit today but we just couldn't score that goal.
Ryan 6 - Caught a few balls but nothing to do otherwise.
Bruno 6 - Good for Hughton to sub him off at ht having been booked and given a warning afterwards. Even if Naylor says it was due to back injury.
Duffy 8
Dunk 8 MOTM - We really do have a top defensive pairing
Suttner 6 - as above
Knockaert 7 - We look so much better attacking with him in the side even if he does go a bit too primadonna sometimes.
Stephens 7
Propper 7
March 6.5
Groß 7 - Personally I thought he did quite well today especially linking up with Knockaert.
Hemed 6.5 - Please don't sell him. I do think his effort could pay off eventually and he could be pivotal to us this season.
Rosenior 6
Izquierdo 7 - If his cameo is anything to go by, he could end up being a very very very good player. Not sure why we didn't bring him on sooner.
Murphy N/A
Seagull over Canaryland
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Ryan - 7. Solid today, good to see a clean sheet.
Bruno - 4 Not at his best and wise of CH to sub him at HT (injury or not).
Dunk - 8 MoTM and another commanding performance.
Duffy - 7 Good game, just shaded by Dunk.
Suttner - 5. Too easily skinned for pace, and not for the first time. A concern.
Stephens - 6. Ok but still a tendency to pass sideways or backwards.
Propper - 6. Same as Stephens. Neither of them seem willing to look for a forward pass. Maybe because there aren't many incisive movements in central channels so they know the ball needs to moved out wide. We need a more dynamic, mobile no.10 making runs to give our CMs some better options.
Gross - 5 Disappointing. A good technical player but seems one paced and is too easily knocked off the ball.
March - 7 Mostly good. A couple of lovely moves where he just ghosted past two defenders. Solly is one of our few attacking players to give the opposition something to think about.
Hemed - 6 Thought he tried harder today, was unlucky but still too isolated.
Knockaert - 8. After a petulant game against Barnet was relieved to see him looking more himself. Asked questions of their defence and smacked a nice curling shot against the post. Damned lucky 'that tackle' wasn't a leg breaker. Didn't deserve the abuse he got from the home fans.
Rosenior - 6 A steady job covering for Bruno.
Murphy - 5 The usual mixed bag, some good work but frustrating too.
Izquierdo - 8 A brief cameo. Pity CH didn't bring him on 10 minutes earlier. However he showed enough to suggest he will have a real impact. A nice shot that fizzed just over their bar. Ironically his best moment was to save Suttner's blushes in defence by giving him and the Watford wide player a few yards head start but overtaking them both before putting in a well timed sliding tackle.
A point when it could / should have been three. A clean sheet, hit the post twice and one, if not two, penalty shouts. Signs of positive progress. Still need that pacy no. 10 to really mix up our attacking options.
Bruno - 4 Not at his best and wise of CH to sub him at HT (injury or not).
Dunk - 8 MoTM and another commanding performance.
Duffy - 7 Good game, just shaded by Dunk.
Suttner - 5. Too easily skinned for pace, and not for the first time. A concern.
Stephens - 6. Ok but still a tendency to pass sideways or backwards.
Propper - 6. Same as Stephens. Neither of them seem willing to look for a forward pass. Maybe because there aren't many incisive movements in central channels so they know the ball needs to moved out wide. We need a more dynamic, mobile no.10 making runs to give our CMs some better options.
Gross - 5 Disappointing. A good technical player but seems one paced and is too easily knocked off the ball.
March - 7 Mostly good. A couple of lovely moves where he just ghosted past two defenders. Solly is one of our few attacking players to give the opposition something to think about.
Hemed - 6 Thought he tried harder today, was unlucky but still too isolated.
Knockaert - 8. After a petulant game against Barnet was relieved to see him looking more himself. Asked questions of their defence and smacked a nice curling shot against the post. Damned lucky 'that tackle' wasn't a leg breaker. Didn't deserve the abuse he got from the home fans.
Rosenior - 6 A steady job covering for Bruno.
Murphy - 5 The usual mixed bag, some good work but frustrating too.
Izquierdo - 8 A brief cameo. Pity CH didn't bring him on 10 minutes earlier. However he showed enough to suggest he will have a real impact. A nice shot that fizzed just over their bar. Ironically his best moment was to save Suttner's blushes in defence by giving him and the Watford wide player a few yards head start but overtaking them both before putting in a well timed sliding tackle.
A point when it could / should have been three. A clean sheet, hit the post twice and one, if not two, penalty shouts. Signs of positive progress. Still need that pacy no. 10 to really mix up our attacking options.
Nixonator
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He simmers on the backburner of the scapegoat list. It's a fall back option assuming the usual suspects have good games. Wonder if the FORWARDS STEPHENS gang will resurface for WBA.
Love the way he has been rated down for fouls again, two of which he absolutely needed to make and at least one that wasn't even a foul.
Another defence splitter today that like you said, resulted in the red. He's doing ok, he will adapt no doubt about that.
Completely baffled by the negativity towards Pröpper... Apart from a couple of mistakes he was brilliant today, always turning into space and spraying pinpoint passes, and crucially always looking to go forward.
Which was the antithesis of Stephens, who still hasn't found his feet in the PL yet. I have no doubt he'll grow into it, but at the moment he still looks suspect in possession and isn't quite up to speed with the game..
Which was the antithesis of Stephens, who still hasn't found his feet in the PL yet. I have no doubt he'll grow into it, but at the moment he still looks suspect in possession and isn't quite up to speed with the game..
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Bruno was subbed because of a back injury, not because he was booked.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
I only watched MOTD, but Hemed came really close hitting the post, when Izquierdo makes a excellent effort, which was miles out.
A little biased perhaps?
Megazone
On his last warning
Since when did 1/3 of a yard become miles?
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
1/3 of a yard is a foot. Have you ever heard the saying, a miss is as good as a mile?
kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
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Did you actually go? These ratings are incredibly harsh.
theboybilly
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Not really (Bruno) I thought he was a little unfortunate to see yellow and was walking on eggshells after that. Worth a 6 from me. The rest I will go with Trigger's assessment. Duffy was in Propper's ear all second half
saafend_seagull
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Erm no I'm not. You weren't there. You might need to get up off the couch to give some real views.
Bruno was fine and him in the side brings out the best of knockaert who was outstanding with Bruno and went into hiding with rosenoir on the pitch.
This.
But i would say hemed played out of his skin today but hes not the level we need and gross was just very poor.