PLAYER WATCH v Huddersfield Town

[tonyoz]

PLAYER WATCH v Huddersfield Town

Each incident in the match was rated on the following scale:

+5 GOAL

+4 Excellent play

+3 Very good play

+2 Nice/good play

+1 Decent play

  0 Routine stuff

 -1 Sloppy play

 -2 Disappointing/poor play

 -3 Very poor play

 -4 Terrible play

 -5 Own goal

The ratings for each player were then combined to produce a measure of the players overall contribution to the match.

 

Ratings                                                                             

Key incidents per player  =  coloured stars                            Overall contribution  =  number

Kaminski                 ******** ****     11                          

Nyambe (20)           *** ***    1      

Carter                      **********  ***     10

Ayala                       ******************  *****     30

Pickering               ************  *******     6

Travis                     **************  ****     13

Rothwell (74)           ***************  **     24

Buckley                   ************ ********     4

Dolan (78)               ***  ***    0

Diaz.                       *************  ******     25

Gallagher (78)         **********  *********     4

 

Magloire (20)          ******  ******     -2    

Poveda (74)            **  ******     -6

Khadra (78)             *  *     1

Clarkson (78)          **  **     0

Highlights and Lowlights

A justification for the main ratings above.

00  Thomas takes the ball to the byline and Pickering gets nowhere near preventing the cross. Nyambe is beaten in the air and the ball comes back across goal to Ward who seems taken by surprise. He heads it over the bar. Should be 1-0.

01  Nyambe is caught upfield and the Town man charges down the wing and Carter fails to close him down. His cross is knocked back to an unmarked Sinani in front of goal but he blasts the ball well over. Could be 2-0!

02  Pickering again fails to prevent the cross but Kaminski collects comfortably.

11  We’ve done nothing of significant note yet! Buckley slides the ball down the channel to Gallagher but he’s offside.

12  Nyambe intercepts but the Town man continues his run and clatters into Nyambe’s head. He goes down to his knees as if he’s been hit by Mike Tyson. Nasty!

14  That’s the third or fourth long ball by Kaminski…..not one of them has been productive!

15  Gallagher wins the ball near the corner flag and lays it off nicely. Eventually a cross comes in from Travis and Sam is there to meet it but it’s a bit behind him and he heads over the bar.

16  O’Brien carries the ball forward and Nyambe intercepts his ball into the box but he stumbles and falls and O’Brien crashes the ball against the bar. It seems Nyambe hasn’t recovered from his head blow! I can’t mark him down for that. Rothwell hooks clear.

20  Yep, Nyambe off, Magloire on. Strange he hasn’t gone on as a straight full-back replacement for Nyambe. We’ve gone 3 at the back with Buckley as right wing-back.

21  Rothwell intercepts well and passes to Gallagher who simply runs it out of play!

22  Rothwell to Gallagher; it’s a straight-forward ball but Gallagher fails to control it and it’s back with Town

23  Buckley beats his marker on the wing and swings in a decent cross but the defender gets there first and Diaz fouls in the box.

25  Pickering blocks the attempted cross from the wing and it’s a corner. Very good defensive header away by Ayala. The ball comes back in and Carter gets there first and Travis boots clear. The ball comes into the box again but Kaminski collects confidently.

26  O’Brien dispossesses Buckley beautifully. He’s having a great game so far. Ayala cleans up eventually.

27  Long throw into our box but Magloire gets up well to head clear.

28  Carter is spending quite a bit of time in the attacking third!

31  Nice ball down the wing by Rothwell to Pickering but he’s held up. A bit more interplay and it goes to Diaz 25m out, he takes on the shot and it’s about a metre wide. Good effort though.

33  Buckley intercepts deep in Our half and launches a beautiful long pass to Diaz who controls expertly before laying off to an on-rushing Pickering just inside the box. Unfortunately it lacks half a metre of pace and Pickering can’t get a good contact. Goal-kick.

34  O’Brien making a fool of our defensive midfielders again.

35. Gallagher wins the ball and feeds Buckley who wanders into the middle of Rovers’ half. Koroma just muscles him off the ball far too easily and we’re in trouble. Thomas does Pickering all ends up and slides the ball square to Vallejo just outside the D and he blasts his shot into the net. Kaminski got something on it but should have done better I think. It all started with a lackadaisical Buckley strolling into trouble.

36  We should be level. Directly from the kick-off, a brilliant length of the field pass by Buckley finds Diaz, his defender falls over and he’s clear on goal but the ball gets under his feet, near the penalty spot, he loses the opportunity to shoot and the defence has time to get back. He does manage to slide the ball sideways to Dolan but his shot is blocked.

38  Pathetic short corner by Buckley to Rothwell who has nowhere to go. A rebound is collected nicely by Pickering but his shot from just outside the box goes 1m wide.

41  Lots of passes but we’re making no progress and don’t look threatening!

42  Gallagher passes to Buckley on the wing and he delivers a nice cross to Diaz near the penalty spot but the header is weak and too near the goalie. (+1 as he, at least, got into a good position).

43  There’s a big hole in the middle of our half and Town players are strolling through it with ease! A cross comes in and Ayala ducks under it for some reason? Magloire is beaten on the wing and another cross pings over…..too high fortunately. More Town possession but Travis eventually intercepts. Good run out of defence by Gallagher. More passes until we are inside the box and the ball is deflected straight up in the air. Diaz is under it but his control is poor and the ball bounces off him for a goal-kick. 

 

45  Town throw near our byline. Magloire and Travis allow the attacker to cross far too easily. Pickering eventually puts it out for a corner.

50  Ayala heads an attempted clearance up in the air and Town attack. Sinoma gets in a hard shot but Kaminski saves well at his near post and gathers the bouncing ball.

51  O’Brien cuts us open again but a Town man air-kicks when directly in front of goal!

Pickering to Diaz and a nice pass to Travis who puts Dolan in at the corner but he’s dispossessed. Two weak attempts at a tackle in midfield by Rothwell.

56  A thing of beauty. Rothwell is off on one of his runs from just inside Town’s half. He mesmerises the Huddersfield defenders and runs into the box. He squares the ball perfectly to Diaz’s feet. Ben beats the in-running defender and tucks the ball past the keeper brilliantly. Great goal……(+5 each!)

59  Well that didn’t last long. Town attack, Pickering runs out and over-commits, missing the ball leaving Thomas unmarked. His cross is met powerfully By Ward who crashes his header into the net. Man v boy there as Magloire was bullied out of the way and didn’t get off the ground.

62  Rothwell launches a lovely ball over the top from halfway. Diaz’s first touch takes him away from the defender on the left side of the box. Ben chases the ball into the box and he is scythed down near the penalty spot. Penalty kick!  

Diaz sidefoots it into the bottom right corner. The keeper got something on it but there was enough power to finish in the net.

68  Again Pickering fails to stop Thomas getting his low cross in but Carter clears. The ball reaches Gallagher who immediately heads it to O’Brien. He feeds Koroma but the shot is straight at Kaminski.

70  Buckley blocks a long low pass but Town retain possession. Gallagher backed out of the challenge there and O’Brien slides through a beautiful ball to Ward who smashes it from a tight angle. Kaminski blocks at his near post but Carter is needed to boot the rebound clear.

72  Kaminski throws to Gallagher on the wing but he wasn’t expecting it and he’s dispossessed. Town attack but Rothwell manages to put the ball in touch.

74  Rothwell off injured, Poveda on.

76  Nice ball from Carter to Poveda, Buckley is in space but Poveda is dispossessed and Magloire is beaten on the wing. Poveda chases back and wins the ball but then gives it away again near the box. The cross comes in and Carter heads to safety but it’s a corner. 

Ayala heads the corner clear from under the crossbar. The ball comes back and it’s panic time. Ayala kicks the ball away but back it comes and Ayala heads away again. Buckley collects just outside the box but he is brushed aside and dispossessed far too easily by the Town player. Magloire is easily beaten and the low cross comes in. Unbelievably it manages to pass through half a dozen players and the Town man is waiting in the centre of goal on the 6 yard box. It has to be a goal…..but no! Kaminski saves and Gallagher, who had previously slid in and missed the ball, is lying on his back and somehow manages to kick the ball over his head and away! The ball comes back in again and Kaminski turns the header over for a corner. Blimey, what a pantomime!

78  Dolan and Gallagher off, Khadra and Clarkson on. With Poveda these are strange lightweight subs for this type of game.

82  Quick feet from Khadra but to no great purpose. Eventually he feeds Poveda but he can’t keep it in and it goes for a goal-kick.

83  Clarkson loses the ball near Town’s D. It’s punted forward, Clarkson chases and magages to get a foot in but the ball is rolling for Huddersfield. Everyone is back-pedalling and out of position. The cross comes into the far post. It’s headed back to Ward who gleefully heads the ball into the net from close range. Everyone at sixes and sevens; it’s hard to apportion blame but it all started when Clarkson lost the ball in an attacking position. Ayala and Carter must take some blame as we were 5 against 1 at one stage and the goal came unchallnged through the middle of the box.

90  Clarkson’s corner is ordinary and is headed clear to Travis just outside the box and central. He tries to bend the ball in but it’s 1m wide. (+1 maybe).

93  Ayala heads forward and Buckley feeds Poveda on the wing with a neat pass. Poveda’s pass is mis-directed. Poor.

94  Buckley drives into the box and goes down. No penalty…..the Town players accuse him of diving.

95 Poveda loses the ball again.

Edited October 1, 2021 by tonyoz

[JacknOry]

So Poveda did the square root of fuck all. Lost it each and every time he touched the ball. One of the worst cameos I've ever seen at Rovers. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Thanks again as always Tony.

[Gutted]

Well done with those substitutions Mowbray. This work by Tony confirms they prob cost us the game. Please go now and take your useless cronies with you.....yes that's you Maggot 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

20 minutes ago, Gutted said:

Well done with those substitutions Mowbray. This work by Tony confirms they prob cost us the game. Please go now and take your useless cronies with you.....yes that's you Maggot 

Yes, those stats are easy to follow and pretty objective. The subs had an impact jointly of minus 7 !

[tonyoz]

1 hour ago, Gutted said:

Well done with those substitutions Mowbray. This work by Tony confirms they prob cost us the game. Please go now and take your useless cronies with you.....yes that's you Maggot 

Hmmmm! I just looked back to my stats on the Cardiff game. Carter was on about 35 minutes and scored 18. Now that’s what I call an effective substitution!

[tonyoz]

8 hours ago, JacknOry said:

So Poveda did the square root of fuck all. Lost it each and every time he touched the ball. One of the worst cameos I've ever seen at Rovers. 

He didn’t do much last time out either! Looks like a poor acquisition.

[tonyoz]

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Yes, those stats are easy to follow and pretty objective. The subs had an impact jointly of minus 7 !

I don’t pretend that the marks are definitive but the poor, collective contribution of the subs seems clear. But why put Poveda and Clarkson on in this situation? They’re not ready, they’ve shown that clearly. I liked Butterworth last time out…..he definitely did make a difference.

[rigger]

1 hour ago, tonyoz said:

I don’t pretend that the marks are definitive but the poor, collective contribution of the subs seems clear. But why put Poveda and Clarkson on in this situation? They’re not ready, they’ve shown that clearly. I liked Butterworth last time out…..he definitely did make a difference.

Because Mowbray is an idiot as far as football systems go

Edited September 30, 2021 by rigger

[Gutted]

1 hour ago, tonyoz said:

Hmmmm! I just looked back to my stats on the Cardiff game. Carter was on about 35 minutes and scored 18. Now that’s what I call an effective substitution!

Exactly Tony, he obviously thought he was some sort of genius after the Cardiff game, and that he'd show how clever he was and over complicated things costing us the game.

[tonyoz]

On 30/09/2021 at 22:33, rigger said:

Because Mowbray is an idiot as far as football systems go

It’s a plausible theory!