Player ratings v Glory

Player ratings v Glory

Well, a prett sh*t 80 min and good last ten. Who impressed or frustrated you? For me its...

Harsh on Lochead i reckon..

Otherwise spot on

Whitby boy2008-12-13 22:16:50

Moss 6 - Nearly gave em a clear goal, but seemed alright
Manny 5.5 - Did his job but still a bit shakey
Durante 7 - Did his job
Siggy 7 - maybe not good on the attack, but felt he was good on defence, and that is his job.
Lochy 5 - Very average
Ferrante 5 - The only reason you didn't notice him is because he didn't get 20 shots.
Brown 6 - He's getting into the habbit of scoring.
McKain 5 - Average, a couple of shakey areas, i think he was the one whom left Dadi unmarked.
Troy just 5 - Tried, but anoyed me. Lost the ball and stopped.
Leo 7 - Made some good runs, he gets a bit stroppy though.
Smeltzy 5 - Missed two clear chances, this rating is because he wasn't in the game. And I thought he actually chased less than usual.
Daniel 8 - Yeh, made things happen. I think he played great for the time he got.
Dodd 5 - sh*t passing... gave everyone in the crowd over 60 a heart attack about 3 times.

I also don't really remember them having any long shots. It may be a bad memory, but their only two proper chances was the open goal and Dadi's. Moss didn't actually have to work that hard, normally we have two amazing reaction saves a game.

I also don't think we played that bad, their was some slow bits but hey.
Michael2008-12-13 22:26:51

I think those hare harsh on a fair chunk of the team, we played well but were unlucky (and just inept) in the penalty box.

Couldn't agree more!

I thought McKain was one of the better players tonight. 

He was, his passing is shakey though

Smeltz didn't do anything except miss twice?!?!?!?!?

Bertos had a good game? what???? he had heaps of the ball and lost most of it, his free kick was straight at the wall!!!! very poor showing from bertos I thought!

Overall we were really just a bit meh, not the worst theyve been this year but seemed to lack spark.

Moss - 6. Did he even make a save? Can't remember one. valeo2008-12-14 16:59:36

Well....I thought that Mckain did ok seeing that Tim Brown was not in the game most of the time and I agree with others its seems Tim turns back toward out goal when he gets the ball. Bertos ran  alot...did bugger all apart from that, he seems to hold onto the ball way to long when a pass would be better, and finally  WE DONT HAVE A REGULAR STRIKER IN THE WHOLE TEAM.......please correct me if im wrong but when did a team last win anything without centreforwards and strikers..hmmm let me think....NEVER

Agree with virtually all of what Valeo says.

 I thought Bertos was tremendous going forward and his shot was a ripper, miracle save. Some set play was inaccurate but he made up for it. I love it when he gets the ball, there is always something on, he attacks

Dodd looked like he hadnt played for a bit, (yes he hasnt) was poor with several  passes.
Smeltz played his best game for a while, shame about the miss, still Ruka also did, I thought Smeltz outplayed him
McKain also was better than before, I like him pushing up the field
Manny made a couple of mistakes but he is improving each game

Feeling ok about the possibilities going forward

I also thought Bertos did well. He's a great addition to the team this season; without him running at the defence (whether successful or not) we'd be reduced entirely to pumping long balls over the top.

Really? What was wrong?

Someone (cnut?) revealed that he had his leg iced in the lead up to the game. Not sure of what kind of injury but apparently it was a bit risky bringing him on.

Moss - 6.5 did all that was asked for and the high ball he collected under pressure was solid.
Muscat - 6 thought he played well apart from the miscontrol incident in second half. He is totally outshining Lochead in the fullback role.
Siggy - 6.5 solid and committed, unusually for him sucked out of position couple of times and passing ordinary.
Durrante - 6.5 solid controlled their strikers well.
Lochead - 5 made some positive runs but frequently caught out of position and losing possession in dangerous areas.
Brown - 5 only redeeming thing about Brown was he does get forward from midfield and he got the equaliser.
McKain - 6 at times real good and at times wasteful, Dadi was his man for the goal.
Ferrante - 5 worked hard without making a great impact on game.
Hearfield - 4 totally ineffective
Smeltz - 5.5 worked hard and marked him down because of missed chances.
Bertos - 6.5 good going forward, took the game to them and was a threat. Bit relaxed when lost possession and deadball delivery ordinary.
Daniel - great impact, should have been on earlier. Who knows if he was carrying an injury, RH has been reluctant to give him game time all season when he was fit.
Dodd - a night to forget, if GC were watching he'll probably still be with us next year.

RH - bringing Daniel on changed game, why did he leave it so late? Not sure bench was that well selected with McKain, Siggy and Durrante in starting line up Dodd is a wasted spot on the bench.

i haven't got the time, but i reckon if someone went through all the ratings posts, the central midfielders would have a lower score than any other group (eg. centre backs, attackers etc)

I think people are giving Hearfield a hard time.

Apart from one cross that came too late i thought that he played well!

I'd pick Daniel ahead of Hearfield next week. There's something that improves in our play the second Daniel is on the pitch. Hearfield is definitely one for the future though

Agreed, I also think that if  players read some of these postings (I dont know if they do or should) would wonder if they were playing in the same game we watched to justify the criticisms from some. Still....healthy debate from people who care...the fans!

But I'm starting to see now - isn't that his strength? Just because he starts doesn't mean we'll play like that for 90 minutes. His strength is running them ragged when the opposition is knackered.
Bring him on 15 minutes earlier though, around the 60 - 65 minute mark.


Royal2008-12-14 22:20:46

That's a valid point but I don't think Ricki has given him a chance to start and prove he can perform for 90 minutes in a while.

He can't go for 90. When he starts his legs are gone by 70 and he's dragged. No point having a guy play the front half of the game if he's more effective in the last 20 when he comes on. I want him to get the last 30 mins at least though

StopOut2008-12-14 23:15:32

Plus Hearfield is a great impact player coming on mid-late second half - so play Daniel from kickoff and bring Hearfield on when Daniel tires.

If Daniel hadn't come on we would have lost.  I still don't get why Ricki replaced the creativity of Fred with the workmanship of Hearfield, surely Fred's departure paves the way for Daniel to step up.  He played some fantastic through balls and a great shot leading to our goal.

I don't see why people are bagging Bertos - he carried the ball up and crossed it so many times in the first half ... watching the replay pretty much all the first half highlights were Bertos blitzing down the left.  Plus he had that fantastic shot at the end only just saved by Velaphi - if only that'd gone in.

And Leo was running into channels constantly and never seemed to have his man near him. I'd like to see how many crosses/balls into the area he managed, and then see how many people are still bagging him. He was my man of the match.

I'd like to see Daniel start even if he only lasts 70 mins. At least he'll be there to create chances to score. Why use him to in the last 10 to 15 mins when we are chasing a draw or snatch a last min winner when we could be 1 or 2 goals up - thanks to his assists in the first 70 mins.

Actually I think part of the reason our midfield didn't seem so effective this week was that Perth play a lot of long balls up to Rukavysta and Dadi, often going over top of the midfield altogether which makes it harder for them to have an impact.  The games where they've really shone have been against the more technical passing teams that rely on their midfields for distribution. 

Troyhearfield is so slow

Agreed, as we saw against Newcastle, Troy was effective off the bench so that option sounds a lot better if you look at it like that.

Thankyou for enlightening us

how is he?