Player ratings against City

[SoulDog]

How cruel was that?

To be fair I could see what AVB was trying to do and I do not mind us playing like that away from home if it actually works like playing the ugly side of the game and I thought we did that quite well up until the goal. We were never going to hold on to the lead against such a class team like City.

What the fuck has happened to our passing? We were just sitting back and hoofing it every time we got the ball. It did remind me of watching Stoke today but at least it actually works for them!

ADE was doing everything, he was holding the ball up, going on great runs etc why the hell did AVB take him off and replace him with Defoe? Anyone can see that is never going to work in a game like that.

Frediel- 6 made a couple of good saves but I think he should of done better for the goals. Lloris needs to be in goal!

Walker-5 poor, what was he doing for the goal?

Gallas-6.5 thought he done well yet again,

Caulker-6 done well for the goal, hart should of had it to be fair. Also was in fault for the goal, coming flying into aguero did not stand him up and aguero just done him to easy.

Vertoghen-5 done ok going forward but is clearly not a great defender at LB, got caught going forward for the goal I think?

Bale-5 poor, did nothing, gave it away, was greedy and shot a couple of times when should of passes, and needed to get back more and help vertoghen.

Sandro-7.5 guys a beast, good peformance, was everywhere on the pitch, broke up play well. Good game

Hudd-5 poor. Should not be playing in a game like that.

Dempsey-1? Was he on there?

Lennon-5.5 tried hard but just could not get going, cant completely blame bale and lennon as they had no support.

Ade-7.5 good game, held it up well, made some real good runs, won the ball well in the air.

Dawson-4 thought he could of done better for the goal! poor.


AVb-4 could see what he was trying to do but something is just not right. We cant play like that, the goal was coming all game. It was so obvious to see what was going to happen, and yet again his poor subs may have cost us the game but overall city were the much better side. I dont want to see us keep playing this way, it is horrible to watch.

 

[SoulDog]

Opps just realised I have put this in chat by mistake. Can someone move it in to spurs chat. Thanks

 

[OmarsComing]

Friedel - 6

Walker - 6

Gallas - 6.5

Caulker - 7

Vertonghen - 6.5

Lennon - 5

Sandro - 7.5

Huddlestone - 6

Bale - 5

Dempsey - 5

Adebayor - 6.5

Subs:

Dawson - 5

Defoe -5

Naughton - NET

 

[tobi]

I don't think anyone is worthy of the award, maybe Uncle.

Edit: Forget about Sandro!

 

[theShiznit]

Caulker and Gallas are too limited on the ball to be a great CD partnership.

Friedel, 6; Average
Gallas; 6 Some good defence coupled with average use of the ball and imobility.
Caulker; 6 Good positionally but not great in possession (especially under pressure) And left foot not good enough to play LCB.
Vertonghen; 6 Not a full back (get well soon Benny)
Walker; 5 Low on confidence, second guessing all the time and coming up with the wrong choice.
Lennon; 6 Not involved enough in a side set up to break quickly
Bale; 6. Not involved at all, then when he got involved made bad choices.
Hudd; not bad, not good, it is what it is.
Sandro; 7 (MOM) stopped a mauling pretty much alone in the middle.
Dempsey; 6 Once he takes off those lead lined boots we’ll all see the benefit...
Ade; 7 first half (5 second) was exactly what we needed first half, but second half he dwelt far too much on the ball and it cost us dearly in a couple of attacking situations where we outnumbered them .

AVB... defensive subs are really creating more pressure on us than alleviating it.

 

[King of Otters]

 

[Wheeler Dealer]

Adebayor, Caulker and Sandro are the three who can hold their heads high.

 

[WiganSpur]

Friedel- 7 Good game, dealt with most efforts, maybe could have done better with the 2nd goal
Walker- 5 Improved defensively but his passing was atrocious once again
Gallas- 6.5 Did OK, a few nervy moments
Caulker- 6.5 OK, got his goal but was a bit naive for the Aguero goal
Vertonghen- 5.5 Out of position and it showed
Sandro- 9 Excellent, aggressive yet clean in tackles
Huddlestone- 5 Great FK for the goal but his passing was poor throughout
Bale- 5.5 Didn't do enough, can only recall 1 run at the full back all game
Lennon- 5 Couldn't get in the game, service to him was poor
Dempsey- 4.5 Doesn't suit our style of play at all, terrible today
Adebayor- 7 Held the ball up well

 

[eViL]

Friedel - 5

Walker - 5

Gallas - 6

Caulker - 7

Vertonghen - 5

Lennon - 4

Sandro - 8

Huddlestone - 7

Bale - 5

Dempsey - Didn't turn up

Adebayor - 8

Subs:

Dawson - 5

Naughton - 5

 

[OmarsComing]

If you are goin to create match rating threads, please learn how to add polls to threads. I can't keep on badgering the mods to add a poll, every time you or BC make a match rating thread

 

[tobi]

Uncle - 6
Walker - 5
Gallas - 6
Caulker - 7
Vertonghen - 5
Lennon - 4
Sandro - 8
Huddlestone - 5
Bale - 3
Dempsey - 0
Adebayor - 6

Subs:

Dawson - 5
Naughton - N'A

 

[Mr.Writer]

Uncle - 6
Walker - 5
Gallas - 6
Caulker - 7
Vertonghen - 5
Lennon - 4
Sandro - 8
Huddlestone - 5
Bale - 3
Dempsey - 0
Adebayor - 6

Subs:

Dawson - 5
Naughton - N'A

I thought Adebayor maybe deserves a 7. Can we give negative numbers? I reckon Dempsey's effort today warrants it. Also, Walker was woeful (once again).

 

[werty]

Friedel 6

Walker 6 - Thought it was one of his better game. One wild clearance aside he was pretty good defensively. Thought he was unlucky that his tackle fell perfectly for Aguero. Usless going forward though.

Caulker 7 - Our best attacking threat. Defended well on the whole, but was turned a little too easy for the first goal.

Gallas 7 - Solid.

Vertonghen 5 - Wasn't totally his fault, but he was dreadful in the second half.

Lennon 5 - Wasn't in the game at all. Part of the problem was he didn't get the ball. There was at least 5 times in the second half when he was space to receive the ball but the pass was shockingly bad to him. At least he worked hard, which can't be said of our other winger.

Sandro 9 - Beast. That 50-50 with Yaya Toure just sums him up. I don't think anyone else in the Premiership would have come out on top of that challenge.

Huddlestone 6 - Didn't look for the ball at all during the game. Had a nice shot that was unlucky not to go in. Done a reasonable job defensively, but at the same time gave people to much space to make a pass

Bale 4 - Chase back FFS!

Dempsey 4 - Doesn't look for the ball and doesn't go anything with it when he does have it.

Adebayor 7 - Feel sorry for him having to put up with that shit.

 

[tobi]

I thought Adebayor maybe deserves a 7. Can we give negative numbers? I reckon Dempsey's effort today warrants it. Also, Walker was woeful (once again).

He was good in the first half but Adebayor did nothing of note in the second half.

 

[DFF]

I love the fact that people are forgetting Defoe even came on as a sub.

You can't take Ade off. He was our only outlet all game.

 

[kaz Hirai]

Friedel - 6

Walker - 5 meh

Gallas - 7

Caulker - 6 poor their goal mostly decent though

Vertonghen - 4 constantly caught out, poor left back

Lennon - 3 couldnt get into the game

Sandro - 8 the only fit quality midfielder we have

Huddlestone - 3 terrible passing, always trying these long floaty things that fuck things up for the reciever, bipased easily by silva every time, had a part to play in both conceeded goals

Bale - 3 as lennon

Dempsey - 1 95 minutes and i really can't think of anything, maybe completed a pass

Adebayor - 7 strong in the first half, faded in the 2nd, perhaps a bit knackered


subs

Dawson 5 - understandable sub to deal with the obvious dzeko threat from high balls and dawson is usually quite excellent at dealing with big men, a change i wouldve made too, unfortunately he was a bit poor

Defoe -3 pretty much what you get against top teams, nothing

 

[Goldman]

Friedel - 6 - decent, but nothing outstanding
Verts- 5 - looked uncomfortable today, not support from Bale
Caulker- 5 - Good goal, but very slow
Gallas- 4 - I think it's time for him to be left out of the team
Walker- 2 - Devoid of confidence or imagination, looks a shadow of the player from last season.. Can't pass, throw ins poor too. Time for a rest
Sandro - 8 - only decent player out there today, the guys a beast.. Absolutely flattened Yaya!
Hudd - 5 - decent set pieces, but poor all round with pretty awful distribution
Lennon - 4- a passenger today
Bale -2 - poor going forward, and awful tracking back to help defend
Deuce- 2 - worked hard, but was chasing shadows, poor contribution
Ade -6 - held up the ball well at times, but poor passing, and drifts wide far too much to be an effective lobe striker imo

 

[Blake Griffin]

sandro clearly.

 

[Stavrogin]

I don't get the disappointment - this wasn't a bad performance. It was likely to be our toughest game of the season, not to mention we were probably tired, disjointed and the momentum of the game (the early-ish goal, the physicality) meant we were going to be under the cosh.

For the majority of the game we defended pretty well and had at least some goal threat. Adebayor was good, Sandro and Huddlestone held their shape well and protected the back four - they definitely weren't swarming all over us til things went awry.

We didn't really get much joy from Bale and Lennon and they probably didn't help defend as well as they could have. And Dempsey didn't contribute much. Having someone in the trequartista position when the midfield was pushed so deep isn't wise. He really needed to drop back more so we could have moved forward as a unit - especially since he didn't seem to be a frequent outlet for Adebayor's hold up play.

This was far from our worst performance though. Man City were obviously stronger, more motivated and just a bit better. It was what it was.

 

[gp13tot]

Friedel 6 walker 5 verts 4 gallas 6 caulker 6 hudd 5.5 sandro 7 lennon 4 bale 6 dempsey 3 ade 6. Was a truly abysmal performance we got what we deserved