The Camel
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Just home from SJP, I'll have first bash at the ratings.
Ryan - 9 Two fantastic saves highlighted a complete performance. Safe handling, great distribution. Clear MOTM for me.
Bruno - 4 Very poor today. I counted at least 5 attacks which he slowed down to a walk when a bit of urgency was needed. Also looked vulnerable in defence.
Duffy and Dunk - 8 each. Laid their bodies on their line time and again. Dominant in the air, hardly let anything past all afternoon. Also a threat at set pieces.
Bong - 6 pretty solid. But apart from one excellent cross late on, added very little in their final third.
Stephens - 6 did his defensive duties efficiently, but wasn't too good when further up the pitch. Too many times he slowed the attack down and his passing was wayward at times.
Propper - 8 had a very good game. Never gave the ball away. Might have got a 9 but for his poor shooting attempts.
March and Knockaert - 5 each. Both appear way short of the form of last season. Or maybe they are just very good Championship players. Both seem to lack the confidence to take on a full back. Any time they got in decent positions to run an opponent, they seemed to put their foot on the ball and look to pass backwards or sidewards. Both very disappointing for me.
Gross - 6 Is such a clever player. Seems to think at a different level to most of his teammates. Often makes passes to places he thinks his teammate should be running into, yet they haven't moved. Today was not his best day, but easily the most inventive player in yellow. If there was going to be a goal (unlikely I grant you) it would have been created by him.
Murray - 2 woeful.
Ryan - 9 Two fantastic saves highlighted a complete performance. Safe handling, great distribution. Clear MOTM for me.
Bruno - 4 Very poor today. I counted at least 5 attacks which he slowed down to a walk when a bit of urgency was needed. Also looked vulnerable in defence.
Duffy and Dunk - 8 each. Laid their bodies on their line time and again. Dominant in the air, hardly let anything past all afternoon. Also a threat at set pieces.
Bong - 6 pretty solid. But apart from one excellent cross late on, added very little in their final third.
Stephens - 6 did his defensive duties efficiently, but wasn't too good when further up the pitch. Too many times he slowed the attack down and his passing was wayward at times.
Propper - 8 had a very good game. Never gave the ball away. Might have got a 9 but for his poor shooting attempts.
March and Knockaert - 5 each. Both appear way short of the form of last season. Or maybe they are just very good Championship players. Both seem to lack the confidence to take on a full back. Any time they got in decent positions to run an opponent, they seemed to put their foot on the ball and look to pass backwards or sidewards. Both very disappointing for me.
Gross - 6 Is such a clever player. Seems to think at a different level to most of his teammates. Often makes passes to places he thinks his teammate should be running into, yet they haven't moved. Today was not his best day, but easily the most inventive player in yellow. If there was going to be a goal (unlikely I grant you) it would have been created by him.
Murray - 2 woeful.
