[Albion] Player ratings on a cold Tuesday night in Stoke

[Nobby]

Steele 7 no mistakes
Gross 4
Van Hecke 7 good second half
Dunk 3 hesitant, loose passes
Lamptey 6 tried hard
Caicedo 6 worked very hard
Ali mac 5
Buenanotte 3
Sarmiento 3
Mitoma 5
Ferguson 5
Undav 5
Enciso 3

Lost track - did we lose 4-0

 

[Uh_huh_him]

From the telly..

Steele - 7.5
Gross - 7
Dunk - 7
Van Hecke - 6
Lamptey - 7

Caicedo - 7.5
Mac Allister - 7.5

Buonanotte - 7
Sarmiento - 7.5
Mitoma - 7

Ferguson - 7

 

[Normal Rob]

Caceido was the best player on the pitch by a country mile. Bouanotte was a disappointment albeit better than enciso who had a shocker.

Take the 3 points and move on.

Oh Iggle, you've let yourself down there

 

[worthingseagull]

I’m sure he knows and it is in fact you who has let yourself down

 

[dazzer6666]

Thought Dunks passing was poor. Defending ok.Would have kept Ferguson on.Steele pretty good as were Macand Caicedo. The rest were pretty lightweight.

Ferguson almost certainly being load-managed……

 

[Iggle Piggle]

I’m sure he knows and it is in fact you who has let yourself down

It's the Ashley Barnes scoring mechanism.

 

[dazzer6666]

Oh Iggle, you've let yourself down there

……even though it’s you that’s been whooshed ?

 

[Normal Rob]

I'll take it on the chin!

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

6 - average

Off the TV admittedly but….

Steele - 7
Lamptey - 6
Dunk - 6 - passing hit and miss, he looked surprised at the MoM award.
Van Hecke 7
Gross - 7
MacAllister - 6
Caciedo - 7.5 - MoM
Buonanotte - 6
Sarmiento - 6
Mitoma - 7
Ferguson - 6

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Our general level has dropped in recent weeks and last nights sloppy display was no surprise. The Albion of 5-6 weeks ago would have put this game out of sight, well before the nervy end of last night.
Good marks ( 7 )
Caicedo
Ferguson
Steele
Van Hecke
Above average ( 6.5 )
Mitoma ( assist elevates his mark )
Dunk ( see above )
Average ( 6 )
Gross
Welbeck
Sarmiento
Undav
Lamptey
Mac
Below average ( 5 )
Buonanotte
Veltman
Poor ( 4 )
Enciso

 

[seagullwedgee]

Oh Iggle, you've let yourself down there

I was going to ask “Are you new here?” But you’re clearly not….

 

[chickens]

From t’telly:

Steele - 7 - did everything asked of him, but didn’t always look comfortable doing it

Lamptey - 6 - some good play, sometimes seemed to lack confidence in himself

Dunk - 6 - passing a bit wayward

Van Hecke - 7 - shaky start, grew into the game, were others avoiding passing to him at the start?

Gross - 7 - did a job starting in what is not a preferred position

Macallister - 6 - not a strong game, a bit anonymous

Caicedo- 8 - MotM, despite being kicked about all game

Buonanotte - 6 - I think he will be a player for us, but he’s a bit raw right now. We are down to the bones in terms of squad depth.

Sarmiento- 7 - some good play, seemed bright and hungry, but needs a bit more physicality.

Mitoma - 7 - got the assist, signs of his early swashbuckling form returning.

Ferguson - 7 - got the goal, kept getting in the right positions and good hold up play, not a lot of clear cut chances.

Thought the subs all did a job when they came on, bar Enciso, who started chasing after the ball a couple of times when level with an opponent and then just sort of gave up mid-run. Baffling. Was watching from the telly though, might be being unfair.

 

[HCxUK]

Steele 8 - a few decent saves and tidy with his feet
Gross 6 - ended up playing right wing which is always funny
Van Hecke 7 - shaky start but steadied, luckily he missed the Stoke player when he dived in towards the end
Dunk 7 - solid enough, great pass for the goal
Lamptey 6 - struggled a bit at left back
Caicedo 8 - MOM, a class above
Mac Allister 6 - struggled a bit
Buonanotte 5 - got into good positions but doesn't look ready yet to me
Sarmiento 6 - lively but stifled by Stoke
Mitoma 7 - not his best performance but we look so much more dangerous when he plays
Ferguson 7 - quiet but still pops up with a goal, he's the next Kane

Welbeck n/a
Undav 4 - some awful heavy touches when he came on
Enciso 4 - looked exhausted and doesn't seem particularly quick?
Veltman 6 - we looked a lot more solid defensively when he came on

 

[worthingseagull]

Everyone played well apart from Buonanotte, Enciso + Undav who after multiple opportunities are clearly not Prem standard at the moment

and i'll definitely take £50m for Ali Mac - he's good but not irreplaceable

 

[Normal Rob]

I was going to ask “Are you new here?” But you’re clearly not….

In a desperate and, being very in keeping with NSC, pointless defence I put forward that I have a postcount of considerably under one per day which makes it clear that I'm not a frequent vistor, and it was very early!

Oh balls, guilty as charged.

 

[AlbionBro]

He's a good player ... But for me his level is Brighton. Fair play if he gets a move to a top 4 team but I'm much more confident being ok without him rather than caciedo.

I agree with this, it's surprising how all the part-time pundits hyped him up so high, lazy pundits looking at the gold star upon his chest rather than watching him every minute of every match.

 

[dazzer6666]

Everyone played well apart from Buonanotte, Enciso + Undav who after multiple opportunities are clearly not Prem standard at the moment

and i'll definitely take £50m for Ali Mac - he's good but not irreplaceable

Buonanotte has had last night, plus 33 minutes in the PL as a sub. Hardly ‘mulitiple opportunities’. Last night we were also missing two of our best players and automatic first choices this season so it’s hardly surprising we weren’t at our best.

 

[Swansman]

Saw first half but only half-arsed the second as I had things to do... but again Caicedo was immense. Bailed out a lot of other players yesterday and turned what would have been a rather poor team performance into a decent one.

The youngsters up front did not have a fun time. Other than the goal, Ferguson was quite poor, and Sarmiento and Buonanotte made it difficult for themselves and others. Massively valuable experience for them though.

 

[goldstone]

We did it.

Steele 7.5 -- great distribution, very calm, one solid early save and made the rest look comfortable
Gross 7 -- did his job
Van Hecke 8 MotM -- some great tackles, interceptions, recoveries. Good on the ball too.
Dunk 7.5 -- some great stuff but, unusually, a lot of sloppy passing
Lamptey 5.5
Caicedo 8 -- kicked to bits, immense
Ali Mac 6.5 -- some stuff worked, others didn't
Buonanotte 5 -- a few sparks, but want more from him
Sarmiento 5 -- outrageous skill, but not strong enough, lost too many 50-50s and got done when tasked with holding the ball up
Mitoma 7 -- did what mattered
Ferguson 7 -- ditto

Subs n/a

No way Dunk justified 7.5. You highlighted sloppy passing and there was loads of it from him especially in the first half. A poor game by his standards. I'd score him 6 max.

 

[Hotchilidog]

Caceido absolutely superb and by far the pick of the bunch with JPVH just behind. The assist for the goal aside Dunk's passing was woeful, incredibly sloppy. Thought everyone put a shift in even if the quality was not that great.

Good to see us finally eke out a win when we were not exactly firing on all cylinders