Player Ratings: Sheffield United 0-2 West Brom (A)
The unbeaten run is over... and, oh dear, that was bad.
Riley Roberts
Michael Cooper - 3
Beaten twice and flapped at a couple of balls into the box, which caused us to look unsettled at the back.
Femi Seriki - 4
Very loose in possession with some frustrating loses of possession, while struggling to have an impact in the final third.
Japhet Tanganga - 3
Made some really poor decisions on the ball and that led to trouble on more than one occasion.
Mark McGuinness - 4
I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt and say that West Brom’s 2nd goal may have been a foul, but it was still pretty poor play in the first place and he allowed Hegebo away too easily for the opener. Made some good clearances as WBA looked to get balls into the box in the first half.
Harrison Burrows - 3
I really don’t know why he hesitated so long before challenging for the ball in the build up to the opening goal.
Jairo Riedewald - 4
The game pretty much completely passed him by with the Dutchman having little effect on the game.
Djibril Soumare - 4
Hassled West Brom high up the pitch on a couple of occasions, but still looked lacking in guile, and positional discipline to my eye.
Andre Brooks - 3
Started the game brightly as we were promising for 15 mins, but was a passenger for the rest of his time on the pitch, with his brief 2nd half performance being one of insignificance and anonymity.
Gustavo Hamer - 3
Should have put us ahead within 8 mins, but had a fairly poor all round performance, losing possession too easily and not providing adequate defensive support.
Tyrese Campbell - 6
Impressed in creating chances, with a lovely knock past a West Brom defender before cutting it back into the path of Soumare. Generally a threat throughout the first half.
Patrick Bamford - 4
Made a hash of the decent opportunity he got around half an hour in and generally lacked the energy to battle with West Brom’s defence.
Average rating - 3.73
Ratings system:
0 – Reserved for anyone who has a wayward effort at goal smash me in the face, unlikely to ever happen.
1 – Worst of the worst. Saved for disastrous performances, with result-altering mistakes.
2 – A terrible performance. Performances where a player offers very little and has many unsuccessful actions, ultimately proving to be a major detriment to the team’s overall performance.
3 – A bad performance. Negative contribution. Like a 2, just a bit less rubbish.
4 – A below-average performance. Not necessarily having a negative impact on the game; it could just be a player who struggled to impact the game at all.
5 – The baseline rating. All players go into a game starting on a 5 — it’s bang average, given out for an unremarkable yet solid performance, for a postman delivering the post.
6 – A decent performance. A player who gets a 6 has positively contributed to the game, and at the very least has had some impressive moments while being generally solid outside of them.
7 – A good performance. Awarded for players who had a noticeable positive impact on the game.
8 – A very good performance. A player who made significant contributions to the outcome of the game with their performance and consistently displayed a high level throughout.
9 – An outstanding performance. To score as high as a 9, a player needs to be dominant throughout the match, performing at a level well above the standard and/or making multiple game-changing contributions.
10 – A perfect 10, unlikely to ever see the light of day as nobody has a flawless game. For me to even think about giving out a 10 it would probably have to be a player doing something historic or unheard of.