I don't usually do ratings but i'm bored so here you have it:
Friedel 8
Walker 7
Dawson 8
King 8
Assou-Ekotto 7
Livermore 7
Modric 6
Parker 9
The face of PG Tips 6 (for some reason he irritated me tonight)
Kranjcar 6
Adebayor 6
Saha 6
I think the management could have shown a bit more faith and tried to win the game rather than what appeared to be an attitude of we're short so we'll set up so as not to lose. Nevertheless, we'd have all taken the point and that's what we got.
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Are you purposely forgetting the umpteen crucial challenges and blocks that Parker put in tonight? He hit a few bad passes first half, but the positive far, far, faaaaaaaaaar outweighed any negative.
Unless you are being a WUM I cant see how you have reached this conclusion of his performance based on what you watched tonight. Its so wrong.
friedel 8 - first time i've seen him come off his line all season, did well
I wanted to vote for the cat if ever there was an example of off the ball movement and how to lose your marker that was it.
friedel 8 - first time i've seen him come off his line all season, did well
walker 7 - defended well, ineffective going forward
dawson 7.5 - did everything well
king 7.5 - as above
ekotto 6.5 - not at his best but not bad
livermore 8 - passed, tried to make runs off the ball but was rarely found, pressed everywhere
parker 7 - poor 1st half but a typical blood and guts parker performance in the 2nd half
modric 6.5 - thought he was playing too high up and needed to be alongside livermore/parker more to dictate play as he did against norwich. did ok
kranjcar 7.5 - defended brilliantly and a defence splitting through ball to put bale in
bale 5 - an off night, top movement for his chance but never really looked convincing when in on goal
ade 5 - probably a generous rating, a real invisible performance, rubbish touch
saha 6 - tried, but came on when we were under the cosh
rose 6 - default, not sure he touched the ball
friedel 8 - first time i've seen him come off his line all season, did well
walker 7 - defended well, ineffective going forward
dawson 7.5 - did everything well
king 7.5 - as above
ekotto 6.5 - not at his best but not bad
livermore 8 - passed, tried to make runs off the ball but was rarely found, pressed everywhere
parker 7 - poor 1st half but a typical blood and guts parker performance in the 2nd half
modric 6.5 - thought he was playing too high up and needed to be alongside livermore/parker more to dictate play as he did against norwich. did ok
kranjcar 7.5 - defended brilliantly and a defence splitting through ball to put bale in
bale 5 - an off night, top movement for his chance but never really looked convincing when in on goal
ade 5 - probably a generous rating, a real invisible performance, rubbish touch
saha 6 - tried, but came on when we were under the cosh
rose 6 - default, not sure he touched the ball