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 – 6
Cosy. Easy game for him. Little to do.
Alfie Gilchrist – 7
Defended well and provided the assist for the opener. Good shift
Harry Souttar – 6
Solid. Barely had to do any actual defending but did his job.
Jack Robinson – 4
There were a couple of moments when he gave it away in dangerous areas, and he looked destined to give a goal away.
Harrison Burrows – 6
Solid, not much more or less.
Tom Davies – 8
Battled really well and looked the player most likely to make things happen prior to the first goal, and then he set up the second. Brilliant performance.
Sydie Peck – 5
Fine. Played some really nice passes especially in the first half but also got beaten in a lot of his duels, had to be careful to avoid a red.
Jesurun Rak Sakyi – 4
Quiet once again, didn’t get the beating of his man.
Callum O’Hare – 4
Yes, he does work hard but I’d love to trade a bit of that for the ability to not kill attacks half the time he touches the ball. Poor.
Gustavo Hamer – 6
Decent. Similar to Peck in the sense that he was integral to our build-up play finding nice passes to look to break Cardiff down. Did it with a bit more quality though even if everything didn’t come off all the time
Kieffer Moore – 8
Didn’t play particularly well I didn’t think but hard to give a worse mark when he scored both goals. 2
Average rating – 5.82
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.