These ratings will follow after every game of the Championship season, and they will — depending on your outlook — be harsh or too kind. Any 1-10 rating should make use of every number, and as Riley explains below, the ratings system starts at a 5 (when a player enters the field) and goes up or down depending on their contribution.
Riley Roberts
Michael Cooper – 7
Made some good saves. Our best performer no doubt.
Alfie Gilchrist – 5
Torn between a harsh 5 and a generous 6. He made that one truly exceptional block which surely saved a goal. However, he also made some very poor decisions and executions of passes. Struggled to read aerial balls too.
Harry Souttar – 6
Also made a good block while having some poor passes. Saw a lot of the ball.
Anel Ahmedhodzic – 7
An intelligent performance. Was in the right place at the right time a lot.
Sam McCallum – 4
Had some moments but not enough to make up for him getting skinned by Doak repeatedly.
Sydie Peck – 4
Started off quite well but as Boro grew, he struggled to keep up. Very hard place to go and play as a young lad but he showed his inexperience tonight.
Oliver Arblaster – 5
Didn’t have his best game but I think people are criticising him a tiny bit too heavily. Played some nice passes and had a lot more impact than Peck. Would be a 5.5 if I was that way inclined.
Jesurun Rak-Sakyi – 6
Threatening. Gave Boro a lot to think about and unlucky not to have found the back of the net.
Callum O’Hare – 4
Just so ineffective again. Had a few little flashes but still no better than any other game.
Rhian Brewster – 5
Not really involved much but looked more like doing something than O’Hare or Moore. A very good piece of defending away from an assist.
Kieffer Moore – 4
May as well have not been on the pitch.
Average rating – 5.18
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.