Sheffield United 1-0 Sheffield Wednesday (A)
Blades beat Wednesday to secure a rare Sheffield derby double
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 – 8
Am I getting a bit carried away? Possibly, but he was very good.
Femi Seriki – 6
Caught in some bad positions early on but offered a lot of threat going forward and showed real strength and grit defensively.
Anel Ahmedhodzic – 7
Massive in relieving the pressure towards the end. Won most of what he had to and looked assured in doing so
Jack Robinson – 5
Struggled up against Smith for the most part but was big in seeing the game out.
Harrison Burrows – 6
Unfortunate not to have got an assist when his ball towards Campbell somehow flashed wide; solid defensively throughout.
Hamza Choudhury – 7
Defended really well with an excellent reading of danger and even played a neat ball into Hamer between the lines as he almost released Campbell. Impressive.
Sydie Peck – 6
Didn’t have quite as big of an impact as he has in some other games but had some quality moments, including in the build-up to the all-important goal. No complaints from me.
Ben Brereton-Diaz – 4
Quiet and skewed the one chance he had. With VAR he’d have been sent off for the kick-out at Gassama. Fortunate in my books.
Rhian Brewster – 6
“Honking”.
Gustavo Hamer – 5
Nature of the game didn’t really suit him, unfortunately, but he still managed to show his class with a nutmeg.
Tyrese Campbell – 7
Constant threat in behind. Looked like he was on a mission to make something happen, and he did just that with some excellent play to set up the goal. Really love watching him play football.
Average rating – 6.09
Average rating – 5.31
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.