Player ratings vs. Norwich

[idle]

Travers 7 - No chance on the goal, but saved 5
Leris 4 - Just wasn't his day. Much better when used as a winger
Rose 5 - Ok defending, shite passing
Wilmot 5 - Ditto
Gooch 6 - Ok going forward, bit shaky defending
Pearson 6 - Average game from him. Impressed that he's had 3 early yellows and hasn't been sent off
Burger 7 - POTM. Excellent control, only let down by poor movement from his teammates
Laurent 5 - Invisible again
Campbell 5 - Gets into the right positions, but couldn't finish at all. Lazy as usual.
Wesley 5 - For a lad this big, he loses a lot of duels. And can he even jump? Even an inch?
Junho 5 - Good technique, but too slow in possession. I think he's better centrally.
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Hacksandwich 7 - Excellent technique. Bit shit at set pieces.
Johnson 5 - slow and made the wrong decisions
Junior 6 - Must start next game at RB. Looks quality.
Gayle - Lucky for him he came on to late to rate. Horrible horrible miss.

AN 3 - Something is wrong with his tactics. And I thought Wes was for "certain matches". This wasn't it.

Ref 1 - The usual anti-Stoke shitshow from the profession where the english are the absolute worst in the world. I'd rather have a ref from the Sri Lankan 2nd division.

[tigermoth]

Travers: Travers was a welcome presence in goal. He displayed good positioning and made most saves look easy. However, he should be angry at his defenders for their weak play. (6)

Leris: Leris struggled with allowing passes to go under his foot too often. He also displayed poor defending for the opening goal. (4)

Gooch: Gooch put in a solid effort but seemed more comfortable in an attacking role rather than defending. He allowed a cross that led to the opening goal but did make a dangerous run into the Norwich box. Unfortunately, he couldn't finish the opportunity. (6)

Rose: Rose had a moment of relief when a blocked cross narrowly missed going into his own goal. However, he hasn't been taking control of crucial moments that define Championship games. (5)

Wilmot: Wilmot had some sloppy passing in the first half and appeared to be ball watching during the opening goal. He needs to assert himself better when dealing with long balls. (6)

Pearson: Pearson received a traditional booking for a trip and led a couple of counter-attacks, although his lack of pace hindered their effectiveness. He did help pen Norwich back in the second half. (6)

Burger: Burger was positioned high up the pitch to lead the press when the ball went back to Gunn. He found himself in threatening positions but struggled with the final ball. Additionally, he failed to track Stacey's run. (5)

Laurent: Laurent appeared sharper. He made a couple of forward drives and had a close attempt with his left foot after cutting in from the right. (6)

Junho: Junho faced a challenging game. He displayed the expected energy and had some promising runs, but wasn't able to capitalise on them. Gooch needed more support from him at times. He was quiet in the second half. (6.5)

Campbell: Campbell needed to be closer to Wesley, similar to how Vidigal has demonstrated. He had a missed opportunity when he sliced a chance wide, which should have been an equaliser on the counterattack. (6)

Wesley: Wesley was a handful for Ben Gibson and even had a decent penalty shout. However, he needed more support from the forwards around him. (6)

Johnson . Stoke looked better with Johnson on the pitch. (7)

Gayle. Gayle had a chance to score in the final seconds but struggled to find his footing.

[stokesupporter]

Travers 7 - did what he could really and did it well
Lleris 5 - out of position, and not very good at it
Rose 6 - Okay display
Wilmot 6 - Our best starting defender today
Gooch 6 - played pretty well and stood his ground
Pearson 6 - pretty neutral display
Burger 8 *MOTM very good and calm, found his teammates well
Laurent 6 - Better today
Campbell 6 - poor finishing let him down today
Wesley 5 - this is a strong five, not great today but not totally hopeless either.
Junho 6 - should be played in a free role like Bojan
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Hax 6 - tries and looked dangerous at times
Johnson 5 - didnt get into the game
Junior 7 - Promising, promising, I liked the look of him
Gayle N/A - awful miss in the end. Feel sorry for him.

[roylandstoke]

Travers 7 decent

Leris 4 isn’t a fullback
Rose 6
Wilmot 6
Gooch 8. Shame he had to play on the wrong side.

Pearson 5
Burger 7
Laurent 4

Jun 5 isn’t a winger
Wesley 3 appears to be getting worse under our coaching
Campbell 5

Haksa 6
DJ 5
Junior 6 shame he’s not a LB
Gayle 4

We do have players who are good enough to produce better performances than this.

[maninasuitcase]

Travers 7 - thank go he was fit
Leris 2 - hopeless
Rose 5 - Ok
Wilmot 5 - ok
Gooch 7 - great crosses with some attacking intent. My MOM
Pearson 4 - bang average, a red card pending
Burger 7 - decent today
Laurent 3 - how is he the captain
Campbell 4 - stealing a starting place, missed chances again.
Wesley 3 - for a big lad he has the presence of a wet paper bag
Junho 6 - flashes of a good player
Hamsandwich 7 - needs to start, hes clearly better than anything we had from the start.
Johnson 5 - plodder
Junior 6 - Looks a good buy.
Gayle N/A- another chance another miss

AN 2 - master tactician, yeah right.

[thedeadlyshart]

Travers 7
Lehris 2
Rose 5
Wilmot 6
Gooch 6
Pearson 6
Laurent 5
Burger 6
Campbell 4
Wesley 4
Bae 3

[HarryTheHat]

Travers 6.5 - some good stops, nothing he could do about their goal
Leris 4 - very poor, although not his natural position and their goal came about because of this
Rose 5 - meh
Wilmot 5 - see Rose
Gooch 6.5 - eager and some good running
Pearson 6 - braindead yellow card (again!), steady but unspectacular
Burger 6.5 - a few mistakes but best of a bad bunch
Laurent 5.5 - generally quite anonymous, not a leader
Campbell 4 - bone idle, missed what should have been a sitter in the first half
Wesley 4 - a lump
Junho 5 - disappointing, needed too much time and knocked off the ball too easily, hopefully will improve

Haksabanovic 6 - promising cameo
Johnson 6 - ok, brought some urgency in the second half, always available for link up
Junior 6 - promising cameo also, looks stronger than I was expecting, needs to start next game

[apb1]

Travers - 7, decent and dependable.

Leris - 3 at best.
Rose - 6 not terrible
Wilmot - 6 not terrible
Gooch - 7 I like him he's skilful

Pearson - 5 not his best game but not as bad as some suggest
Laurent - 5 woke up too late
Burger - 6 not so good looking at their goal

Campbell - 5 woke up too late
Wesley - 4 no danger but was being fouled a lot. Needs to cause more damage
Bae - 6 out of position mostly v average but some good moments

Hak - 7 said to be a good sub at Celtic and he was. Watch him start next game and be wank.
Johnson - 5 huff and puff no quality
Junior - 6 one wank cross but otherwise looked ready for the level
Gayle - 3 FFS.

AN - 2 why did he play Bae wide and Leris RB?

[Roger Everyone]

Travers 7
Lehris 3
Rose 5
Wilmot 6
Gooch 6
Pearson 6
Laurent 6
Burger 6
Campbell 3
Wesley 4
Bae 4



Hak 6
Johnson - 5.5
Junior 7
Gayle 2

[boskampsflaps]

Travers 7

Leris 4
Rose 5
Wilmot 5. I feel I'm being kind to both the CBs, such slow awful passing.
Gooch 7

Pearson 5
Burger 6
Laurent 5

Jun 4, not a winger.
Wesley 4, improved and should have stayed on but he wasted 45 mins doing very little.
Campbell 5

[FullerMagic]

Travers 7

Leris 3
Rose 5
Wilmot 5
Gooch 6
Pearson 5
Burger 6
Laurent 5
Bae 5
Wes 3
Campbell 5

[Staffsoatcake]

50 between the lot of them mostly 4s some 5s

[wagsastokie]

How the fuck anyone can score Campbell above a three is mystifying
The blokes robbing a living

[st3mark]

Travers 7 - came for crosses much better, made several saves although they were simple enough at least he did his job largely.

Leris 3 - sympathy because he's not a right back. But if he represents his country in that position I can't pretend he shouldn't be doing better. Poor positioning meant he had no choice but to foul and get himself a yellow. Skinned by his man multiple times. Couldn't control the ball to save his life. Crossing poor and sometimes in golden opportunities. All the basics virtually were terrible.

Wilmot 5 - can't really praise him for anything but first half we could have been 4 down and I hold the whole defence and the manager responsible.

Rose 5 - as above

Gooch 6 - best defender on the day for us. Second half he was productive going forward and there was only really that mistake second half when they hit the side netting where he made a glaring mistake.

Burger 7 - range of passing and calmness in possession top class again. Unlucky not to get a free kick on the edge of the box and generally did his job well.

Pearson 6 - got his usual booking but if he's on his own with two of their players and only him then I expect him to foul if its the only way to stop their advance. Again, generally did his job.

Laurent 4 - invisible most of the first half and blamed others when he gave possession away. Another below par performance although slight improvement second half.

Bae 4 - really wanted to give him more but let's face it - he was swatted off the ball like a fly and he created nothing. He may be a CAM, but I'm under the impression he can play inside forward as well. He's got a long way to go to establish himself in this league. Non existent for the first 20 mins and the time he was on the pitch second half.

Wesley 3 - immobile. Didn't think he did terrible winning the few headers that came near him but for a big bloke they ragged him around like a little girly mard arse. Sulking every time. He should have had a penalty but most other occasions he was just a 6'4 waste of space. Touch of a rapist. Tactically he was the right option today but he didn't produce.

Campbell 6 - much better than Bae and Wesley in the sense that he was actually involved in regular (ish) goalscoring opportunities. Should have scored first half and if he had a pair of balls he could have scored the header second half midway through. Slow start to the match but then skinned someone out of nowhere, if he'd have wanted the ball more he could have exposed that player repeatedly.


Subs

Junior 6 - much improved compared to Leris. Did a bad cross but he was solid and didn't make mistakes.

Haksabanovic 7 - probably the most enjoyable player to watch from our point of view. Showed skill, was fouled a lot as a result but kept going. Wanted the ball. Wanted to try and use it. Should start over Bae on weds for me.

Johnson 5 - didn't really improve us but kept possession which allowed us to tick over and build opportunities.

[sealion100]

Travers: 8 stopped it getting embarrassing
Gooch: 4 ok poor first touch , on the wrong side
Rose : 5 ok
Wilmot : 5 ok
Leris : 2 very poor poor first touch and distribution
Pearson : 5 ok
Wouter : 4 ok nothing special
Laurent: 5 ok didn’t do much through out
Bea: 6 tries to get us forward
Wes: 2 can’t move ,can’t jump , no pace
Campbell:2 missed our only real chance first half (pretty useless all round)
Alex Neil : 0 , just not got it !!!

[robwahlmann]

Travers 7 -Good game.
Leris 4 - He certainly is no fullback!
Rose 5 - Ok defending, shite passing
Wilmot 5 - Same as Rose.
Gooch 6 - The best of the back four.
Pearson 5 - Still not back to the Pearson from last season.
Burger 5 - Thought he had a really mediocre game today!
Laurent 6 - Thought he was our best midfielder today.
Campbell 5 - Too little end product.
Wesley 5 - Should have had a penalty, but he needs to be more involved by his team mates!
Junho 5 - Not very impressive today.
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Hacksandwich 6 - OK first game.
Johnson 5 - Very slow on the ball today.
Junior 6 - Must start next game at RB!
Gayle - Shit as always.

[spongebobflathead]

Travers 7
Lehris 2 he’s just not very good is he !
Rose 5
Wilmot 4 poor again , very over rated player
Gooch 6
Pearson 6
Laurent 6
Burger 6
Campbell 5
Wesley 3 what a fanny !
Bae 5 wants too Long on the ball, needs to adapt

[Gary Hackett]

Apart from 6 for Burger and Gooch everyone else a 4.

It's going to be a long hard season and I'm not convinced Neil is the master tactician he thinks he is.

[cobhamstokey]

Travers 7 Big improvement on Bonham

Leris 4 Awful yesterday. Didn’t look comfortable
Rose 7
Wilmot 6 Some of his passing was poor
Gooch 8 Always wanting to be involved. A real trier.

Pearson 6
Burger 7 Looks a good player
Laurent 4 needs dropping. Should be doing more and doing it better

Jun 5 1 or decent things but poor. Should be in the advanced role in the 3 in midfield not out wide.
Wesley 4 awful and looked lazy
Campbell 4 another very poor effort. Looks uninterested.

Haksa 6 Improved us and put in a beautiful cross or 2
DJ 6 We always improve when he comes on
Junior 6 Looked keen to impress
Gayle 4 missed a sitter