Sheffield United 0-3 Hull
The Blades' biggest defeat of the season sparks the lowest ratings.
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 – 4
Probably loving his job a little less this week. Not really at fault for any goal but hard to get a favourable rating as a ’keeper when conceding 3.
Alfie Gilchrist – 3
Really just didn’t get much right all game. Passing and 1v1 defending both poor.
Anel Ahmedhodzic – 4
Covering both CBs here, neither were particularly good but Anel was slightly worse, being beaten too easily twice
Jack Robinson – 4
Long throws were decent, everything else, not so much
Sam McCallum – 5
Offered a bit of threat down the left, was pretty quiet on the whole though.
Harrison Burrows – 4
Unfortunate with the own goal but ultimately wasn’t convincing at any point in the match. Went back to LB and made a defensive error there.
Sydie Peck – 5
Thought he was decent throughout. But made a huge mistake for their first goal - the most important one. Some big tackles in there but loses a point for the aforementioned error.
Andre Brooks – 4
Lost a few notable duels and didn’t manage to muster up much going forwards.
Callum O’Hare – 5
Probably the best of a bad bunch. Played one or two neat passes in the first half and was good off the ball, ran into some dead ends in the second half.
Ben Brereton Diaz – 4
Honestly embarrassing how he chucked himself on the floor claiming a penalty. Was very unimpressed as he clearly looks like he’s lacking sharpness. One neat backheel in the second half was the most ingenuity any of our players showed going forward though.
Tom Cannon – 4
20 touches - simply not involved.
Subs:
Rhian Brewster & Tyrese Campbell – 6
Thought those two made us look a bit smarter in attack, would’ve combined for a goal if not for a poor offside call.
Average rating – 4.46
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.