Sheffield United 2-2 Coventry (A)

Play Ratings as the Blades clung on to a draw after playing the whole second half with 10-men.

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

Couldn’t have done much about either goal but made 1 or 2 good saves.

Alfie Gilchrist – 6

Solid. Didn’t do much wrong and put in a good shift in two positions.

Harry Souttar – 3

Worst game for us. Looked jetlagged.

Anel Ahmedhodzic – 2

Silly.

Harrison Burrows – 6

One of his quieter games for us but still solid. Covered a lot of ground.

Vinicius Souza – 7

Warrior. Once again.

Sydie Peck – 6

Played some neat passes and showed determination to get on the ball. Decent.

Jesurun Rak Sakyi – 8

Excellent cross, even better finish. Worked so hard tracking back too.

Callum O’Hare – 6

Was looking as bright as he has done for us in the first half. Feel like the red card might’ve cost him a really big performance.

Gustavo Hamer – 7

Don’t think he was really that good but had such a big involvement in both goals. Hard to argue with that.

Tyrese Campbell – 7

Great movement to give himself a tap-in for the goal, but didn’t really do anything else. I’ll take that from a CF.

Subs:

Femi Seriki – 4

Only memorable moment was him getting skinned once. Didn’t have an easy job in all fairness.

Jack Robinson – 6

Did the job he was brought on to do.

Average rating – 5.77

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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.