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Marshall - 6     Not much to do really, decent distribution 

McDonald - 6     Looks promising, better going forward than defensively, decent back up to Byrne

Forsyth - 6     His mistake for the goal, was very good 2nd half though

Wisdom - 6     good passing out from the back, helped McDonald & Ebosele through the game too

Mengi - 6     Seems to be getting better every game, but still one or two mistakes in him

Roberts - 7     probably our best player today, skilful, lively, can beat a defender

Bird - 6     Did everything right today apart from the final pass or shot which he weirdly managed to get wrong every single time

Shinnie - 6     Solid, good all round game, unlucky with the bounce at the end

Jozwiak - 5     Got in some great areas & made some very good runs. Always had 3 defenders on him though and made wrong decisions

Lawrence - 6     probably our most likely scorer along with Roberts, tried hard, dangerous on counter attack, poor set pieces though

CKR - 5     Physical & strong but offers very little movement, worked hard

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Marshall       6          not much to do

McDonald    6          great promise when he got himself sorted out

Forsyth        7           kept going well

Wisdom       7           did well against excellent movement

Mengi          7           good lad, get him here next season

Roberts       7           best game for us

Bird             6           good at times, doesn't believe enough

Shinnie       7           what you would expect

Jozwiak      6           frustrating but works so hard

Lawrence   7           sharpness coming back

CKR            6           not his best game, probably still carrying that injury a bit

Can we dig out a performance like that against a middling team? That has been our problem this season. That and taking our chances

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Marshall - 6

McDonald - 6

Forsyth - 5

Wisdom - 6

Mengi - 5

Roberts - 6

Bird - 5

Shinnie - 7

Jozwiak - 4

Lawrence - 5

CKR - 5

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LeedsCityRam

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Marshall 6 - not much to do really. Obviously stood no chance with their goal

McDonald 6 - really ropey first half hour with the ball going over his head time & time again. He then seemed to drop a little deeper which started to nullify their threat down that side. Thereafter, very solid. Didn't offer that much going forward but perhaps not surprising against a team that strong. Decent effort overall

Forsyth 5 - really poor in possession in the first half & hauled down their lad for the free kick winner. Also struggled with the movement of Aarons & Buendia and needed Jozwiak to help out repeatedly. Got involved second half going forward as we gained territorial ascendancy but quality was a bit variable

Wisdom 7 MOM - thought Andre played well today. Positionally very good, decent on the ball & on hand to mop up Mengi's periodic errors. Pukki barely got a kick all game which tells its own story.

Mengi 5 - did some good things including a superb last man tackle late on & a good effort on target second half. Overall very weak positionally though & very anonymous in aerial contests. Lost his man a few times and curiously seemed to head for the goal line when delivery came in - his job is to attack the ball. At the minute I don't believe he is strong enough to be a starting Championship CB.

Roberts 7 - really like this lad & think he's got so much more to offer. The way he moves with the ball is fantastic (bit too much crabbing at times though) & he was always looking to get involved and beat men. There were a couple of occasions where he had virtually beaten 3 defenders to get through on goal but ball ricocheted away from him unluckily.

Bird 6 - solid from Max today. Lots of good defensive work including a couple of shuddering challenges to stop them coming down the centre. Did a good job recycling possession & keeping us front foot throughout the second half. Bit disappointed with a couple of his through balls - can think of 2 in particular where it opened up for him but he put too much on the ball

Shinnie 6 - struggled badly that first 30 mins & couldn't get close to their movement. He was also constantly losing possession & part of the reason the ball kept coming back at us. Second half, his pressing started to win us the ball higher up the park & his passing was excellent - especially the superb ball for Kazim's chance. Missed an absolute sitter late on which really should have been on target (bobble or not)

Jozwiak 6 - worked incredibly hard to protect Forsyth (who badly needed it) & held the ball well up the park when we were under the cosh first half. Unfortunately a few instances of poor decision making/poor quality at the crucial moment. Quieter than Lawrence & Roberts second half

Lawrence 6 - work rate was first class, numerous occasions where he put in a great challenge to win the ball back in midfield. Still think his first touch could be a bit better & is the reason he struggles for space. Delivery was also a bit varied although liked the way he got involved in play second half moving the ball around with purpose

Kazim 6 - ball just wouldn't break for him first half & got little help from a pretty terrible ref. Second half he was better, great save from Krul to deny him with his best chance & fantastic closing down to set up Shinnie's late chance. Worked hard as part of the press in general second half

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15 minutes ago, Chris_Martin said:

Bird - 6     Did everything right today apart from the final pass or shot which he weirdly managed to get wrong every single time

Doesn’t that mean he didn’t do much right then? 

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Marshall - 6    did as much as a Goalie can do to start attacks 

McDonald - 5     Ok, not brave enough attacking wise which is expected

Forsyth - 6     did well apart from the FK, I think his best position would be LCB in a back 3 at this stage in his career

Wisdom - 6     fairly solid

Mengi - 6     same as above

Roberts - 6   frustrating, always looks like he's close to doing something but had little support  

Bird - 5     also frustrating, does the hard work but then fails with the final pass every time

Shinnie - 8   solid as always, does his role very well, unlucky miss at the end but it shouldn't be his responsibility to score anyway

Jozwiak - 5     same as Roberts, needs to simplify his game more

Lawrence - 5     always "hit or miss" but but at least he has a "hit" in him unlike most of the squad

CKR - 4    poor, the weak link in the team today, zero movement, looks done for the season. We looked a lot better when we stopped trying to play long balls to him. If Waghorn or Gregory were playing I think we would have got something out of the game.

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5 minutes ago, LeedsCityRam said:

Marshall 6 - not much to do really. Obviously stood no chance with their goal

McDonald 6 - really ropey first half hour with the ball going over his head time & time again. He then seemed to drop a little deeper which started to nullify their threat down that side. Thereafter, very solid. Didn't offer that much going forward but perhaps not surprising against a team that strong. Decent effort overall

Forsyth 4 - really poor in possession in the first half & hauled down their lad for the free kick winner. Also struggled with the movement of Aarons & Buendia and needed Jozwiak to help out repeatedly. Got involved second half going forward as we gained territorial ascendancy but quality was a bit variable

Wisdom 7 MOM - thought Andre played well today. Positionally very good, decent on the ball & on hand to mop up Mengi's periodic errors. Pukki barely got a kick all game which tells its own story.

Mengi 5 - did some good things including a superb last man tackle late on & a good effort on target second half. Overall very weak positionally though & very anonymous in aerial contests. Lost his man a few times and curiously seemed to head for the goal line when delivery came in - his job is to attack the ball. At the minute I don't believe he is strong enough to be a starting Championship CB.

Roberts 7 - really like this lad & think he's got so much more to offer. The way he moves with the ball is fantastic (bit too much crabbing at times though) & he was always looking to get involved and beat men. There were a couple of occasions where he had virtually beaten 3 defenders to get through on goal but ball ricocheted away from him unluckily.

Bird 6 - solid from Max today. Lots of good defensive work including a couple of shuddering challenges to stop them coming down the centre. Did a good job recycling possession & keeping us front foot throughout the second half. Bit disappointed with a couple of his through balls - can think of 2 in particular where it opened up for him but he put too much on the ball

Shinnie 6 - struggled badly that first 30 mins & couldn't get close to their movement. He was also constantly losing possession & part of the reason the ball kept coming back at us. Second half, his pressing started to win us the ball higher up the park & his passing was excellent - especially the superb ball for Kazim's chance. Missed an absolute sitter late on which really should have been on target (bobble or not)

Jozwiak 6 - worked incredibly hard to protect Forsyth (who badly needed it) & held the ball well up the park when we were under the cosh first half. Unfortunately a few instances of poor decision making/poor quality at the crucial moment. Quieter than Lawrence & Roberts second half

Lawrence 6 - work rate was first class, numerous occasions where he put in a great challenge to win the ball back in midfield. Still think his first touch could be a bit better & is the reason he struggles for space. Delivery was also a bit varied although liked the way he got involved in play second half moving the ball around with purpose

Kazim 6 - ball just wouldn't break for him first half & got little help from a pretty terrible ref. Second half he was better, great save from Krul to deny him with his best chance & fantastic closing down to set up Shinnie's late chance. Worked hard as part of the press in general second half

Not bad summary but I would think you could do a similar length summary, but for each half, rather than this little synopsis, just so you make it crystal clear your view on each player, sorry to be picky ?

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LeedsCityRam

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5 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Not bad summary but I would think you could do a similar length summary, but for each half, rather than this little synopsis, just so you make it crystal clear your view on each player, sorry to be picky ?

Your disguised sarcasm is SPL level me owd ?

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Jimbo Ram

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2 minutes ago, LeedsCityRam said:

Your disguised sarcasm is SPL level me owd ?

When my sarcasm and humour reaches those depths I will stop, I promise......I didn't see the game today, just followed it on SKY so appreciate the in depth comments.....guy on SKY said we deserved a point.....

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