Player Ratings: Sheffield United 1-1 West Brom
Gah - and the hopes of play-offs become desperate hopes.
Riley Roberts
Adam Davies - 5
Made one decent stop just after the restart and didn’t really look in much trouble throughout the game.
Ki-Jana Hoever - 5
Had a solid time defensively, though West Brom’s young Ollie Bostock may not have been the toughest foe. Hoever’s game was marred by a series of poor passes, with one going out for a throw after he’d drifted infield and another very comically conceding a corner seconds after we’d taken one at the other end.
Japhet Tanganga - 6
Maybe had a tough task with Heggebo and Dike, both big number 9s likely to give you problems, but Tanganga came out on the winning side more often than not in his individual battles.
Tyler Bindon - 6
Same story here as Bindon battled well up against the Baggies’ two number 9s.
Harrison Burrows - 5
Played a couple of handy passes without really impacting the game too much.
Jairo Riedewald - 5
Had a couple of defensive lapses that, in my opinion, cancelled out his fairly tidy work in possession. He allowed Heggebo to get a run off him towards the end of the first half, where the Norwegian almost got on the end of a dangerous cross, then couldn’t stop Dike’s pass to Price just after half time.
Sydie Peck - 4
I thought Peck struggled to get into a proper rhythm in the game, with a lot of passes seemingly searching for a run that wasn’t there or catching his forward players off guard.
Andre Brooks - 5
Looked a threat and was able to get on the ball in good areas a lot but lacked any real quality moments as the Blades struggled to create against a solid West Brom defensive display.
Callum O’Hare - 5
Got around the pitch a lot and often in the right places to pick up the ball in dangerous areas, but like Brooks couldn’t find the big moments we were crying out for in the game.
Gustavo Hamer - 4
When you carry a high risk, high reward type player like Gus you’re bound to get some off days. On a day where nothing truly clicked for the team in attack it’s no surprise that this was one of those days. Annoyingly picked up a 10th yellow card, signalling a two game suspension.
Patrick Bamford - 4
Picked up a knock which forced him off at half time but hadn’t impacted the game prior to that, with his run selection failing to give an adequate option in behind the Baggies backline.
SUBS:
Tyrese Campbell - 5
A lot has been said about him and his performance, with it being the main talking point for many walking out of the ground, but I find it hard to criticise a centre forward who came on into a misfiring team, made some decent runs and held the ball up nicely.
Average rating - 4.92
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.