Player Ratings: Sheffield United 3-1 Blackburn
Ratings from Riley as the Blades win two games on the bounce with a second-half, sub-inspired comeback.
Riley Roberts
Michael Cooper - 4
While he couldn’t really do much about the goal, I felt his distribution was less than satisfactory.
Japhet Tanganga - 4
Very nearly scored, but I feel like he was actually guilty of leaving space in behind a lot. It felt like Blackburn got into the space between he and Ogbene all game
Mark McGuinness - 6
Not the only player on the pitch who played some horrendously sloppy passes, but one who redeemed himself by winning everything that came his way in the air.
Ben Mee - 4
Played some passes that were just technically poor at best. Put us under pressure too often and generally looked as uncomfortable as I’ve ever seen him.
Sam McCallum - 5
Wasn’t as impactful as on Saturday but didn’t really do much wrong either.
Djibril Soumare - 5
I love this guy, but I couldn’t tell you what my honest opinion of him as a footballer is. Awful passer but does enough hard work and tackling that I can somewhat overlook it.
Sydie Peck - 6
Also played some sloppy passes in a dreadful 1st half but looked more reliable on the ball in the 2nd and visibly gained a bit when better players came onto the pitch.
Chiedozie Ogbene - 4
Just wasn’t effective. Fancied him today in his personal matchup on that side but didn’t get me off my seat.
Callum O’Hare - 7
Best player in the first half (not hard) and then got better in the 2nd when, as said, better players came on. Never stopped running and set up the goal to get us in front.
Danny Ings - 3
Attempted some layoffs that were really bad and I think was fortunate that Cannon took a lot of the fall for him in the 1st half. I expected more.
Tom Cannon - 3
1 pass completed in 60 mins, which is poor, but I’m going to surprise myself and not go lower than a 3. He wasn’t good, far from it, but I don’t think he did enough outwardly negative to warrant worse.
Subs:
Harrison Burrows - 8
That’s the Harrison Burrows I know and love. Showed all of his calmness, and technical class, and then some. What a boy.
Tyrese Campbell - 7
Came on, played a hand in Burrows’ goal, then got his own. Hopefully he really kicks on again from here.
Andre Brooks - 6
Didn’t have the same impact as the other 2 subs in terms of goals or assists, but played a lovely ball for Burrows in the build up to the 3rd goal and generally just looked to have a bit of quality at a time where we were crying out for it.
Average rating - 5.14
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.