Player ratings

[WJ99mobile]

Ethridge - 4 - poor kicking, should have done better for the goal
Peltier - 5 - solid until the injury
Flint - 6 - good take for the goal. Anonymous otherwise
Nelson - 5 - same as flint minus the goal
Bennett - 5 little support given to the wingers. Few good moments
Pack - 3 - lost the ball regularly. Slow. Offers nothing except being risk adverse
Bacuna - 6 pretty solid. Couple of good touches
Mendez Laing - 4 - kick and chase merchant. Shouldn’t start. 2 good runs but should have been hooked off well before that
Hoilett- 5 - a couple of decent runs but lacking in real support
Tomlin - 5 - struggled to get a grip on the game and wasn’t getting in the spaces. Not getting behind the man
Glatzel - 3 - lacking in support from anyone and played aimless long balls but just couldn’t win a header or keep hold of the ball regardless

Subs
Jazz - 7 - best city player for me.
Ward - 5 - one decent flick header
Whyte - n/a bit should be starting at the moment

[Tuerto]

Ethridge - 4 - poor kicking, should have done better for the goal
Peltier - 5 - solid until the injury
Flint - 6 - good take for the goal. Anonymous otherwise
Nelson - 5 - same as flint minus the goal
Bennett - 5 little support given to the wingers. Few good moments
Pack - 3 - lost the ball regularly. Slow. Offers nothing except being risk adverse
Bacuna - 6 pretty solid. Couple of good touches
Mendez Laing - 4 - kick and chase merchant. Shouldn’t start. 2 good runs but should have been hooked off well before that
Hoilett- 5 - a couple of decent runs but lacking in real support
Tomlin - 5 - struggled to get a grip on the game and wasn’t getting in the spaces. Not getting behind the man
Glatzel - 3 - lacking in support from anyone and played aimless long balls but just couldn’t win a header or keep hold of the ball regardless

Subs
Jazz - 7 - best city player for me.
Ward - 5 - one decent flick header
Whyte - n/a bit should be starting at the moment

I don't think that NML was as bad as some are making out.

[Garth Blue]

Ethridge - 4 - his kicking reminds me of my golf.
Peltier - 4 - hope he's out for a while
Flint - 6 - Dominant in the air. Distribution poor
Nelson - 6 - Hmmm
Bennett - 6 A lot better in the second half.
Pack - 5 -His most worrying performance of the season
Bacuna - 5, Carries the ball well. But needs more precision and speed of passing
NML 6 - Shit in the 1st half much better in the second with Jazz to play with
Hoilett- 6 - Our best player in the 1st half but faded
Tomlin - 6 - I think he was on the sherry yesterday. Poor 1st half. Much better in the 2nd. Sublime shot and made things happen late on.
Glatzel - 5 - Very disapponting. But lumping the ball up to him is just plain stupid.
Subs
Jazz - 7 - MOM. Made a big difference down the right hand side. One of the few footballers we have. Should be starting
Ward - 5 - Not the answer I'm afraid.
Whyte - n/a Should be starting

[the other bob wilson]

Etheridge 5 - poor kicking, but no worse than normal, so don't understand the lower marks given to him or the criticism for what was a brilliant goal by Wallace.
Peltier 5 - so so performance while he was on.
Flint 6 - played a part in what has been two better defensive performances from the team, couldn't miss for his goal.
Nelson 6 - currently our best centre back.
Bennett 6 - not as error prone today, but still some way short of his best.

Pack 5 - brave player who always makes himself available, but, despite the team trying to play in a way which would suit him more today, was not influential enough.
Bacuna 5 -our most energetic midfielder, but there's also a lack of composure with him that was in evidence today.
Tomlin 6 - not at his best, but what quality City showed on the ball was almost entirely down to him.

Hoilett 5 - erratic today with more careless moments than normal for someone who has been the best of our largely Under performing wingers this season.
Mendez-Laing 6 - better than he has been recently today, but the threatening moments still way outweighed anything that was produced in terms of an end product.

Glatzel 5 - apart from one moment when he showed good footwork to get away a shot, was anonymous in the first half. Improved after the break, but looks another in a long list of disappointing strikers we've had during this decade.

Subs. Richards 7 - agree with earlier comments. In a team so short of "proper" footballers, he should be starting every week if fit.
Ward 5 - made no real contribution while he was on.
Whyte n/a - snatched at late chance to be a hero with his only touch while he was on, but it would be unfair to be too critical of him.

[Lawnmower]

‘Who scored’ player ratings

https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/188/Show/Wales-Cardiff

Interesting how little effect our wingers and strikers have had

Ward the only one to score 5 goals .. Tomlin,Flint,Ralls all involved in more/same

Interesting that Murphy has the most assists of all of them and look at appearances .. all over the shop. You’d expect 5 or 6 to have played all or most of the games.

[surge]

Ethridge - 5 - two or three poor kicks but notably tried to speed up distribution with short passes or throwing the ball out and no one gave him the option. His poor distribution was therefore a collective negative rather than all his own doing, but I do think he should be disappointed in conceding from so far out.

Peltier - 5 - a typical Peltier performance before the injury: wlows us down going forward, at least he's being encouraged to try now, but more or less solid defensively.
Flint - 4 - scored but looked to slow down Etheridge's attempts at speeding up distribution.
Nelson - 5 - big, clean, tackle before half-time in our own box where Tom Bradshaw called for penalty.
Bennett - 5 - offered support to the wingers but clearly rusty

Pack - 3 - lost the ball regularly. Slow. Today was a day where a big manager would have subbed his captain.
Bacuna - 5 pretty solid. Couple of good touches but slowed us down in good offensive areas today.

Mendez Laing - 4 - kick and chase merchant.
Hoilett- 5 - a couple of decent runs but lacking in real support
Tomlin - 5 - struggled to get a grip on the game and wasn’t getting in the spaces. Looked off the pace, potentially as a result of so many consecutive 90 minutes.

Glatzel - 4 - lacking in support from anyone and played aimless long balls but just couldn’t win a header or keep hold of the ball regardless

Subs
Jazz - 7 - best city player for me.
Ward - n/a - looked up for it as ever
Whyte - n/a bit should be starting at the moment

I mostly agree with you but have tweaked the reasoning and some scores.