Player Ratings: Sheffield United 2-3 Preston (A)
Ratings from Riley after the Blades' loss against Preston.
EDITORIAL NOTE - Sorry these are late!
Riley Roberts
Michael Cooper - 3
2 goals which he’ll surely feel he should’ve done better with.
Japhet Tanganga - 2
By far his worst performance for United in my opinion. You can somewhat forgive the own goal, but the amount of times he ceded possession in our own half left me sweating every time he touched the ball.
Mark McGuinness - 4
The least guilty of the backline, but still part of a defence that conceded 3, and may have been less fortunate with a handball decision had it been the Premier League.
Ben Mee - 3
Like Tanganga, gave the ball away too much. I’m surprised how poor he looks on the bal for someone who played at Premier League level for so long.
Harrison Burrows - 2
I love Harrison Burrows, but this is one of the worst performances I’ve seen this season. A cone defensively and unable to get much going at the other end.
Jairo Reidewald - 5
Clearly not fully up to speed yet but showed a desire to get stuck in, despite the fact that Preston seemed to play through our midfield too easily.
Sydie Peck - 5
Similar to Reidwald in that they both have to take responsibility for some of the times Presotn broke our midfield, but did play some nice passes.
Chiedozie Ogbene - 4
Why we have decided to start lumping long balls up to Ogbene I have no idea. That’s not his fault, but him being almost inconspicuous in the game is.
Callum O’Hare - 9
I thought we were going to score every time he touched the ball. I’ve been vocal in criticising him in the past but what we’re seeing now is a player who can take players on, can create, and can score. Loving this form and long may it continue.
Andre Brooks - 7
Got his goal with a very nice finish, showing that ruthlessness in front of goal he’s needed to add to his game for a while. Looked a threat whenever he received the ball.
Tyrese Campbell - 7
Quiet in the 2nd, but you cannot take his contribution to the HT scoreline away from him, setting up both goals and generally looking like an absolute nuisance.
Average rating - 4.64
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.