Kuszczak 8
Bruno 7
Bridge 7
Greer 7
El Abd 8
Bridcutt 6
Hammond 6
Dicker 6
Buckley 7
Orlandi 5
CMS 7
Barnes 6
Dobbie 4
Calderon not on long enough.
Thought it was a strange decision by Poyet to try Orlandi for Barnes in an away game.
Kuszczak Did extremely well, but distribution needs working on. 8
Bridge. Brilliant first half, defended very deep in the second, but good game. 7
Greer. Up against iwolumo who is still a class act..struggled at times but strong. 7
El abd. Class act again. Soaked up the pressure well. Watford mate said his challenge on the forward about to score was a stone wall pen...but.....mom 9
Bruno. Looks classy but pushed further and further back in the second half....7
Bridcut in a real battle and struggled with their no 41( the best player on the park IMHO) 7
Orlandi ...game passed him by really. Needs time, didn't look comfortable at all. 6
Hammond...missed a couple of goal chances, but positional play brilliant. Solid and assured..8
Dicker....strong in the tackle and battler...game passed him by in the second half as they took control..7
Buckley...an enigma. Played some sublime stuff at times and cut them apart, other times went and hid on ten touchline. Marmite player. 7
Mac....excellent all around effort..should have scored at least two others , incl 1 on 1 , ran himself into the ground again...8
Subs
Barnes ...not on for long but showed class agin...apart from his silly reaction to their player could have got him easily sent off...7
Dobbie....I will reserve judgement until he has played a few full games. But struggled to hold it up.
Calderon...not on long enough
Pole in goal - 8 (dependable as ever) bar saved him second half.
Bruno - 7 (not a good as Friday)
Greer - 7 ok today
Abs - 7 couple of off balls but defended like a Trojan at the end
Bridge - 7 worked well with buckers tonight
Bridders - 6 not on his game
Dicker -6 some intelligent balls but muscled off too easily
Buckers - 7 tailed off but electric pace end of first half / start of second. Had their full back in his pocket
Orlandi - 6 ok bit needs better quality final ball
Hammond - 6 ok but never really got going
Cms - 8.5 worked his socks off and we missed him when he went off
Referee - 10. Two blatant pens let go IMHO, and allowed Barnes to stay on the pitch. Legend
Subs
Barnes- 6.5 needs to control his temper but was better than Orlandi I'm my opinion
Dobbie - 5. Slow and looked a bit lazy at times
Calders - 7 not on for long but stepped up when needed.
Overall - 6. We ground it out but were hugely lucky. Ugly wins and three points work for me.
I think some of the Orlandi ratings are overly harsh. He wasn't that bad and it was his first start in a long time.