Sheffield United 2-0 Cardiff (A)
Another win, another clean sheet, and Sheffield United top the pile going Christmas. Marks out of 10 for this one from Riley Roberts.
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.