Brentford (home) player ratings

[DJ NOBO]

Pretty awful today. Yes the ref was bad but we fell for every trick in brentfords book. They did a solid number on us


Stockdale 5
couple of saves but some dodgy kicking and didnt exactly look hard to beat for first goal

Bruno 4
Way off it today. Lacked composure with several attacking opportunities

Bong 5
Slight improvement but shadow of last seasons player

Dunk 7
The only one not to put in a below par performance

Duffy 4
Essentially failed to answer all of the questions put to him

Kayal 5
We lacked presence in midfield. Kayal was anonymous

Norwood 5
Tried to dictate the pace but it didnt come off at all

Murphy 6
Some positive runs in first half . Tired in second

Knockaert 5
Its now looking like stop knocky and you stop brighton. Final ball was poor

Hemed 5
Not his kind of game. Looked sluggish

Murray 4
Service wasnt good but he was usually in the wrong place and slow

Subs
Elvis 6 deserves another go

Stephens , skalak - not on long enough to rate

 

[Foul Play Rocks]

Pretty awful today. Yes the ref was bad but we fell for every trick in brentfords book. They did a solid number on us


Stockdale 5
couple of saves but some dodgy kicking and didnt exactly look hard to beat for first goal

Bruno 4
Way off it today. Lacked composure with several attacking opportunities

Bong 5
Slight improvement but shadow of last seasons player

Dunk 7
The only one not to put in a below par performance

Duffy 4
Essentially failed to answer all of the questions put to him

Kayal 5
We lacked presence in midfield. Kayal was anonymous

Norwood 5
Tried to dictate the pace but it didnt come off at all

Murphy 6
Some positive runs in first half . Tired in second

Knockaert 5
Its now looking like stop knocky and you stop brighton. Final ball was poor

Hemed 5
Not his kind of game. Looked sluggish

Murray 4
Service wasnt good but he was usually in the wrong place and slow

Subs
Elvis 6 deserves another go

Stephens , skalak - not on long enough to rate

I wouldn't argue with much of that. Hope for better come Tuesday.

 

[Deano's Invisible Pants]

Pretty awful today. Yes the ref was bad but we fell for every trick in brentfords book. They did a solid number on us


Stockdale 5
couple of saves but some dodgy kicking and didnt exactly look hard to beat for first goal

Bruno 4
Way off it today. Lacked composure with several attacking opportunities

Bong 5
Slight improvement but shadow of last seasons player

Dunk 7
The only one not to put in a below par performance

Duffy 4
Essentially failed to answer all of the questions put to him

Kayal 5
We lacked presence in midfield. Kayal was anonymous

Norwood 5
Tried to dictate the pace but it didnt come off at all

Murphy 6
Some positive runs in first half . Tired in second

Knockaert 5
Its now looking like stop knocky and you stop brighton. Final ball was poor

Hemed 5
Not his kind of game. Looked sluggish

Murray 4
Service wasnt good but he was usually in the wrong place and slow

Subs
Elvis 6 deserves another go

Stephens , skalak - not on long enough to rate

A nailed on penalty not given, dire refereeing and last season's most consistent player having an absolute nightmare. On another day the pen would have been given and the result different.

That said, these ratings are not far off. Murray and Hemed up front are the wrong combination and devoid of pace. Duffy at the back looked uncomfortable all afternoon, never quite sure whether to leave his man to Bruno. Stockdale also looked uncertain - back to his weak performances under Hyypia.

Elvis was perhaps the only 'positive', though Dunk was a deserved MOM for us.

Let's hope this is a blip - time will tell.

 

[Daddies_Sauce]

A nailed on penalty not given, dire refereeing and last season's most consistent player having an absolute nightmare. On another day the pen would have been given and the result different.

That said, these ratings are not far off. Murray and Hemed up front are the wrong combination and devoid of pace. Duffy at the back looked uncomfortable all afternoon, never quite sure whether to leave his man to Bruno. Stockdale also looked uncertain - back to his weak performances under Hyypia.

Elvis was perhaps the only 'positive', though Dunk was a deserved MOM for us.

Let's hope this is a blip - time will tell.

Hard to disagree with any of that. Sorry but Stockdale has become too comfortable and needs to be dropped, beaten twice at the near post, made a couple of good saves today however distribution was shocking, Bruno and Bong consistently beaten, Duffy looked lost and has no pace. Dunk was the positive in a below par defense. Midfield went missing today, and we presented limited threats up front. Not sure I can agree that this squad is stronger than last years, will we rue again the lack of a quality striker?

 

[Mayonaise]

Agree with the OP's ratings.

The ref Scott Duncan was a 2.

Brentford deserved the win and we cannot hide behind his dire, inconsistent refereeing as an excuse but how is that tosser allowed to referee at Championship level - an incompetent tool!

 

[El Turi]

Stockdale 4

Bruno 3
Duffy 2
Dunk 6
Bong 3

Knockaert 6
Norwood 5
Kayal 4
Murphy 4

Hemed 3
Murray 3

Subs:

Manu 6
Stephens 6
Skalak 6

 

[drew]

Kayal bottled a shot when set up by Knockhaert and within a minute, a chance of being 1-0 up then sees Brentford take the lead.

Dunk Murphy and knockhaert put in a shift but the latter was getting very frustrated.

 

[Steve Foster]

Stockdale 4

Bruno 5
Duffy 4
Dunk 6.5
Bong 3

Knockaert 6
Norwood 4
Kayal 5
Murphy 4.5

Hemed 5
Murray 2

Subs:


Manu 6 (drop Murray for Tuesday. Manu deserves another go)
Stephens 5.5
Skalak 5.5

 

[BBassic]

Everyone a 3. Except for Dunk. He's a 7.

 

[Boy Blue]

Stockdale 10, Mustard and we need to offer him a new 4 yr contract.

Bruno 3
Duffy 1 £4m wasted.
Dunk 6
Bong 2 Rubbish.

Knockaert 9, Without him we'd be looking at relegation.
Norwood 2, £2 million wasted.
Kayal 4
Murphy 4

Hemed 3
Murray 3

Subs:

Manu 7, quality.
Stephens 6
Skalak enough siad.

 

[One Love]

Stockdale 4

Bruno 1 Absolute stinker
Duffy 3 Early signs we've made a mistake
Dunk 7 The only positive
Bong 4

Knockaert 6 All that ability but greedy
Norwood 5 Mr Average but more than average misplaced passes
Kayal 5 Where is the player of last season?
Murphy 5 Good first half, invisible second half apart from being noticed for his laziness

Hemed 4 Can't pair him with Murray
Murray 4 Stinker

Subs:

Manu 5
Stephens 5 Jury's out
Skalak 5

Hangover season with Hughton looking clueless and still pressing on with plan A.

 

[bhawoddy]

stockdale 5
Bruno 3
dunk 7
bong 2
duffy 2
kayal 4
norwood 4
knockhaert 5
murphy 5
hemed 2
murray 2


becoming a one man team. not sure where the goals will come from this year especially if knockhaert gets injured. dismal defending today and fairly poor all over the park. toothless up front.

roll on tuesday

 

[goldstone]

One of the worst Albion performances for a very long time. We certainly looked nothing like promotion prospects. No desire; too many backward passes; too pedestrian. We started off brightly enough, but all downhill from there.

And why, having turned down a bid of £8m, do you leave your best midfielder on the bench until it's too late to change the game? Bad mistake by Chris. Stephens should have started.

Stockdale 4. A couple of decent saves, but should have prevented both goals and distribution poor.
Bruno 3. Poorest game he's had for a very long time.
Duffy 5. I didn't think he was quite as bad as some other posters, but we need to get Goldson back toute suite.
Dunk 8. MoM by a country mile.
Bong 4. Having appeared to be improving, he took a backward step today.
Kayal 6. OK, but nowhere near his best.
Norwood 5. Looked OK at times, but too many sideways or backward passes. And what the hell was that awful cross from the short corner? Laughable.
Knockaert 6. A few moments of excellence, but should have released the ball earlier on a number of occasions. Hardly got the ball in the second half.
Murphy 5. OK. Better than Skalak - not sure. We need Solly back, quickly.
Hemed 5. OK, but he and Murray don't appear to gel.
Murray 4. Maybe his poorest game this season. Nothing much went his way, but failed to hold the ball up effectively.

Subs:
Manu 6. At least the guy put some effort in. Looked to me as though he should have got a penalty. Harsh booking. Would like to see him given more game time.
Stephens 7. Did his best to improve things, but too late.
Skalak - not enough time to rate.

ANGRY; ANGRY; ANGRY.

 

[amexer]

Stockdale 6 Kicking poor and beaten twice near post
Bong 4 Given a roasting marked up 1 for block in 2nd half
Bruno 3 Dreadfull defending and attacking
Dunk 7 Good game
Duffy 6 To be fair nobody would have been great covering for Bruno all game.
Kayal 6 Average but Murrey and Hemed never made any good runs too receive ball
Norwood 5 Passing poor and far too defensive for a home game
Knockhaert 6 Tried hard to make tings happen but again Hemed Murrey not available
Hemed 3 Offered nothing and could have been sent off
Murrey 3 When having poor game he could at least put himself about more
Murphy 6 Much prefer to Skalak but did tire
Elvis 6 Never thought i would say good to see him on and adding some pace.
Houghton 4 Strength last year was Kayal/Stephens and Dunk/Goldson All fit Why change

 

[Skaville]

DS - 5 - wakey Wakey. come off your line quicker
Bruno - 4 - his worst performance for an age
Duffy. - 3 - utter tosh. What a waste of money. Goldson ASAP please
Dunk - 6 - good, but hogan got far too much room, far too often
Bong - 6 - I thought he was far better today
Murphy -5 - anonymous
Norwood - 5 - anonymous
Kayal - 5 - the game changed when He cut inside on his right rather than take a simple chance on his left. Two minutes later we were one down. That's why he'll never be a top player
Knockeart - 6 - frustrating. Often did far too much when the simple was on
Murray - 4
Hemed - 4

Stephens - 6
Skalak 5
Elvis 6

Hughton - 4 - got his game plan all wrong. The high defensive line cost us.

 

[Seasidesage]

Stockdale 6
Some great saves. Distribution was poor and looked nervous.

Bruno 4

At fault for the first goal and along with the rest of the back four at fault for the second. Some nice stuff going forward but frustrating that he leaves such spaces in behind. One of, if not the worst performance he has made in a Brighton shirt.

Bong 3
Sorry got to go. Defensively he was a liability, caught ball watching time after time and more importantly it looked to me like the rest of the back four didn't fancy him.

Dunk 8

Outstanding. Won tackles and headers covered for others. Slow to get out along with the rest of the back four for the second goal though.

Duffy 4

Needs time and deserves to get some leeway, but Goldson can't get fit quick enough on what I've seen so far.

Kayal 5

Very poor for him. Didn't really influence the game at all.

Norwood 7

Thought he did OK and was unlucky to get subbed.

Murphy 6

Did some great work 1st half but didn't see the ball in the second.

Knockaert 7

Absolutely fantastic 1st half, but started to overdo things as he grew frustrated in the second.

Hemed 4

Him and Murray do not work. They make similar runs and are struggling to play together. Was anyone surprised when he was substituted? The decision not to buy a fourth striker looks like a serious error.

Murray 6

Thought Murray worked quite hard and looked threatening. Service petered out in the second period


Manu 6

Pen all day long. To book him for a dive but not speak to the Brentford player who collapsed holding his face in the 1st half after being pushed in the chest was a disgrace, but then so was the rest of his performance. Manu? Could've been sent off, but tried hard to get involved but didn't really make much of an impact.

 

[Napier's Knee]

Pretty awful today. Yes the ref was bad but we fell for every trick in brentfords book. They did a solid number on us


Stockdale 5
couple of saves but some dodgy kicking and didnt exactly look hard to beat for first goal

Bruno 4
Way off it today. Lacked composure with several attacking opportunities

Bong 5
Slight improvement but shadow of last seasons player

Dunk 7
The only one not to put in a below par performance

Duffy 4
Essentially failed to answer all of the questions put to him

Kayal 5
We lacked presence in midfield. Kayal was anonymous

Norwood 5
Tried to dictate the pace but it didnt come off at all

Murphy 6
Some positive runs in first half . Tired in second

Knockaert 5
Its now looking like stop knocky and you stop brighton. Final ball was poor

Hemed 5
Not his kind of game. Looked sluggish

Murray 4
Service wasnt good but he was usually in the wrong place and slow

Subs
Elvis 6 deserves another go

Stephens , skalak - not on long enough to rate

Broadly agree wit this, except:
Dunk 8
Norwood 6
Murphy 4. I agree he tired in the second but he really shouldn't! He is not cutting it all.

Stockdale is consistently getting his angles wrong now and his distribution - which we know can be exceptional - is presently average at best.

 

[Marshy]

Stockdale 7

Bruno 5
Bong 2

Dunk 9
Duffy 5

Norwood 5
Kayal 5

Murphy 6
Knockaert 7

Hemed 3
Murray 5

 

[The Brighton Buzz]

stockdale 5 - Kicking poor but 5 due to one or two good saves
Bruno 3 - Absolutely dire and even having been caught out more than once still continued to lose his player
dunk 9 - Marking against the rest could have been a perfect 10 as the rest were that poor
bong 2 - What happened to the player of last year. Needs replacing.
duffy 4 - Not helped by Bruno playing too far forward but does not appear to read the game very well. Worth £4 mill. No not on this showing.
kayal 4 - Looked tired and one of his worst games
norwood 5 - mixed bag good one minute and dreadful the next
knockhaert 6 - The only attacking player to try and make something happen. Got frustrated and I don't blame him
murphy 5 - Good first half and non existent second
hemed 4 - Lacks pace and cant play with Murray
murray 3 - Lacks pace and cant play with Hemed.

Manu -6 Unlucky to get booked. Good bit of skill to beat his player and pulled back. Not sure if penalty or outside the area. Needs another chance.
Stephens 6 - Needs to start
Skalak -5 Anybody coming on the way we were playing would have struggled to get into the game.

Hughton 4 Needs to get back to the tried and tested. Goldson and Dunk in the centre defence and Kayal and Stephens in midfield

 

[aolstudios]

God, that was dreadful - everywhere
Stockdale 7 - MoM - if he'd been average it would've been 6.0
Bruno 5 - tried but not good
Duffy 3 - not a Brighton player. 4th choice Now, surely
Dunk 7
Bong 5.5
Murphy 5.5
Norwood 5.5
Kayal 5
Knockhaert 6 - sometimes our only threat, sometimes a spoilt baby
Hemed 4
Murray 3

Elvis 6 - inhibited by the booking
Stephens 5.5 - start please
Skalak 6