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Yet Gardner, who played in a midfield that dominated possession and forced Marshall into two of those saves that massively contributed to their point gets a 5? Surely this is just a load of attention seeking fishing?
To me, Marshall is almost single handedly responsible for Cardiff's point, his rating reflects that.
Gardner as in individual player wasted possession taking long range shots that were never going to test Marshall costing us opportunities to create better chances to score a winning goal from, and was part of a midfield that, while dominant, failed to show the creativity and cohesion to create chances that pushed Marshall (I know that sounds like a contradiction, Marshall's saves were good and he deserves credit for making them and the effect those saves had on his team's fortunes, at the same time only one of them really stuck out as a great save (low to his left to deny Bennett), the rest were either from distance giving him time to read where the shot is going and react, or were at such a height that he just had to dive).
Another point I forgot to mention in my post last night: It still feels like the team doesn't know each other. There were several occasions where it looked like there was confusion/lack of communication - the one that sticks in my mind now is a ball played across the box in the first half, it was clearly behind Lualua and heading toward the overlapping Bennett(?), instead of leaving it, Lualua stopped and back tracked to collect the ball, but then had his back to the goal and all momentum in that attack was lost. I don't mention those names to blame them individually, it was something that occurred over the course of the match with various players. A simple call, or a better understanding of each other is needed.