Albion Player Ratings, from the SOUTHAMPTON ECHO...

[Hiney]

I am almost MOIST with excitement for the School run shortly.

I speak to at least SIX Southampton STHs who were REGALING me with stories of the HAVOC about to be caused by their strike partnership.

My son asked me this morning "if it will be OK to make fun of *insert any name of about 10 Saints fans in his class* today?"

Me: "fill your boots my son"



Those player ratings are a JOKE

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Indeed.

Its a GOOD day to be a Brighton fan in these parts Uncle H!

 

[LlcoolJ]

Those ratings are pure dynamite! Especially the referee.

 

[London Pompous]

As I say, ratings aside, the report is very fair.


Saints fans comments are mostly generous too;

"Hats off to Brighton. Came with a game plan and executed it perfectly"

"Wish we had Elphick. He's bossed their back line, and cleaned us up today"

"Didn't see that coming. Hats off to Brighton - they played very well"

"Brighton deserved the win, over a side that just didn't show up"

etc..

That is pretty decent, given that our comments seem to always revolve around Slade/DK/White/Booker out whenever we lose, and never give the opposition any credit.

 

[S'hampton Seagull]

Indeed.

Its a GOOD day to be a Brighton fan in these parts Uncle H!

I share those sentiments. Not so many where I work up here in Winchester though.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I share those sentiments. Not so many where I work up here in Winchester though.

Strangely, there don't seem to be as many here today, as there usually are, either!

Looking forward to my 5-a-side tonight against a team of Saints fans, too

 

[Mendoza]

 

[hans kraay fan club]

I can't wait for Mellotron to read that Murray got a FIVE. He's going to have an ANNEURISM!

 

[Acker79]

I tend to think most player ratings are not very accurate.

How can you (generally speaking when not with benefit of tv replays that allow you to focus on different things each time) notice the run say Forster makes that pulls a defender away giving Murray space to run into the box, if you're focusing on Murray's collection of the ball and neat footwork? How can you notice Dicker closing down his man, taking away an option for southampton's centreback forcing him to keep the ball a little longer, if you're busy watching Dickinson pressure the centreback, forcing the mistake? If you can't see these moments, how can your points rating be a fair reflection of a players entire performance and not just the highlights/lowlights of said performance? You can't watch all the players all the time, so these ratings should always be taken with a grain of salt, one or two high profile mistakes could quite easily be compensated by the actions done off the ball that benefits the team, but you never see that, and conversely one or two moments of skill might not be enough to compensate for the errors we're not seeing that are detrimental to the team.

 

[Aristotle]

I think some of the low marks for Bennett are harsh. Ok, he wasn't such a force going forward, but he was moved after 5 minutes to counter the threat on their right wing, which he did. And as Gus said, once we were closing them down on their right, the rest of our team started making chances. Good team performance in my book.

 

[Father Jack]

to be fair i thought their keeper was worthy of a seven, all the rest of those marks are shocking, i fancy my chances as a reporter on that premise!

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Trotman's FOUR was well deserved. A bit generous even, maybe. He was WOEFUL.

 

[The Wizard]

Trotman's FOUR was well deserved. A bit generous even, maybe. He was WOEFUL.

Not as bad as Jaidi, he let the ball bounce all the time.

 

[The Brighton Ace]

Being a Brighton fan living in Southampton has never been better. I shall wear my shirt with (even more) pride around the streets of portswood

 

[Mellotron]

I can't wait for Mellotron to read that Murray got a FIVE. He's going to have an ANNEURISM!

There are no words.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

There are no words.

Your brother found some.

They were;

"Murray 5? What the f+cking f+ck?"

 

[Mellotron]

Pointlessly bitter ratings, I don't see how you could possibly argue a 5 (FIVE) for Murray, Elphick or Tunnicliffe.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Indeed.

Murray yesterday was as close to a 10 (TEN) as I've seen from an Albion player in a long time.

I actually think the 5 may even just be a typo...Its SOOOO ridiculous.

 

[Skint Gull]

Wouldn't you think both local rags would just get the reporter who follows his own team all over the country to give the scores for that team. Lets be fair, I don't think i could realsitically rate the scum team from yesterday, too busy watching our own lads

 

[webbyson]

Daily Echo ratings;

Michel Kuipers 6
Andrew Whing 6
Tommy Elphick 5
James Tunnicliffe 5
Adam El Abd 5
Elliott Bennett 6
Gary Dicker 6
Andrew Crofts 6
Dean Cox 7
Nicky Forster 6
Glenn Murray 5

Got to be a joke surely.................priceless