Good points.
Another way of looking at it, a scale ranging from:
0 - Akpom’s couldn’t give a ****, I’m rich prick, performances at The Amex.
10 - Lamptey’s unplayable performance at St.James’s Park. Footballing nectar.
Using your logic, if a goalie plays okay but has a couple of moments of madness directly leading to goals conceded (Alisson recently, Pickford more than once in the past), then that’s an acceptable 6, 7 or 8.
Similarly we saw Montoya elegant on the ball marauding forward, but caught out of...
There are various methodologies.
Some people refuse to dish out a 0 to 3. Someone once told me on here that I had it all wrong, 6 is the minimum. I ignored that.
If a defender’s error or lack of positioning leads to a goal or two that cost us a game, I will mark low. It’s not mitigated imho...
Partly explained by some really poor first half performances eg Trossard, Bissouma and Gross, who were excellent for 30 minutes in the second.
A genuine question - should player ratings be based on the entire game, or a great spell where we outclassed them? Shirley the entire game.
Sanchez - 4 Called into action to pick the ball out of the net.
Veltman - 9 MOTM
White - 3 His pathetic error created something out of nothing. Wasting attacks before that.
Dunk - 5 A mixed bag imo. Some suicidal moments near the centre circle, only just recovering.
Burn - 3 Sorry his...