Games Weekend: All Leagues

[SkStu]

Borrowing this from the LOI forum as it’s an easy way to post thoughts on the Irish players you’re watching or the updates you’re getting. Instead of one for each week, we can just grow this into a mega thread as it’s a bit easier… See how it goes…

So far… goals for Hogan (Birmingham, 1 up against Plymouth), Mandroiu (Lincoln, a penalty, 1 up against Blackpool) and Cashin (Derby 3-1 up against Peterborough).

Assists for Manning, Molumby.

[SkStu]

Mandroiu assisted Lincoln’s second too. Hogans goal sounds like a tap in.

[SkStu]

Delap got an assist for Hull last night too along with Sykes for Bristol in their 1-1 draw. Delap does really well, strong, pace, good ball across - seems to be growing into the game. Knight also involved in the Bristol equalizer (and features in many of the positive highlights with surging runs from midfield) and another good ball across this time from from Sykes, who also missed a bit of a sitter in the first half. And Connolly definitely should have scored…

Highlights here: 38eZbWEihag

https://youtu.be/38eZbWEihag?si=W19o_DU_6B0FoXbj

[tetsujin1979]

Live blog live blogging here
https://irish-abroad.appspot.com/Live

[SkStu]

That’s far too efficient LOL… I prefer my combo of coffee, streaming and refreshing BBC livescores :D

[Eirambler]

This thread didn't really get going after it was started, but maybe it should have.

To me this weekend feels like one where we really are starting to see a genuine turning point in terms of the development of younger Irish players. Looking across the leagues:

Premier League - Evan Ferguson (04) goal, Chiedozie Ogbene (97 but a late developer) assist and a debut for Alex Murphy (04). Plus the prospect of Caoimhin Kelleher finally getting a run of games in a Top 6 team.

Championship - Goal and an assist for Andrew Moran (03), goals for Azaz (00), Sykes (97) and the still uncapped Sammie Szmodics, who is the division's top scorer.

In the lower leagues there were also goals for, among others, Dan Mandroiu (98), Killian Phillips (02), Barry Cotter (98) and Connor O'Riordan (03), while Troy the Boy (02) got a goal and an assist in the Eredivisie.

As well as the Premier League and Championship lads it's really encouraging to see Jake O'Brien playing regularly in Ligue 1, Festy in Serie A and AGM (as well as Troy) in the Eredivisie. Even Ryan Johansson's name appeared on a team sheet in the Bundesliga today.

I still think we're two years of development away from having a team we can be proud of but, if we can avoid another disaster like Stephen Kenny when choosing our next manager, I really think we might start to see some significant improvement in our fortunes in the next couple of years to get us to a position where we're looking like a team that could do a bit of damage at Euro 2028, rather than just scrape qualification because we're hosting games.

[JR89]

Is there a way of stickying the thread so it's at the top of page one and easier to find.

[tetsujin1979]

Is there a way of stickying the thread so it's at the top of page one and easier to find.

done and done

[SkStu]

Goal for Andy Lyons today. Has worked his way back into the team as a starter after a rough time. Goal sounds like a beauty. Left foot, left side of the box, top right corner.

[SkStu]

Who knows if he’s ours or not but Tom Cannon getting the last 30 minutes for Leicester against Plymouth and I’m pretty sure it’s his first appearance of the season.

[Eirambler]

A very rare goalless Saturday for our lads in the Championship.

Sounds like Bazunu had a great game for about 96 minutes for Southampton before making an error to concede right at the end. Up to that it looked like he was going to be the good news Irish story of the day, so a disappointing day overall in the end.

The longer the Premier League season goes on the more it looks like the three promoted teams will be getting relegated again, which is not great from our point of view either.

[pineapple stu]

I wonder is an idea for the thread to try summarise Irish players' match ratings for the weekend? Gives a decent view of who's done ok or not, even if they don't score?

Whoscored has match ratings for every game in the (let's say) top three English divisions, plus Serie A/Ligue 1/SPL/Eredivisie. Below that is probably not worrying about. You can argue about ratings of course, but at least when they're centralised (and not off, say, the club's website) then they should be reasonably objective. They certainly won't care that the player is Irish for example.

Might need a different poster to update each week though!

On that basis, we have -

Premier Division
Palace 1-2 Liverpool - Kelleher an unused sub
Man Utd 0-3 Bournemouth - Travers and Kilkenny both unused subs
Wolves 1-1 Forest - Doherty 6.1 (got the last 20 minutes). Omobamidele gone from the Forest bench again
Brighton 1-1 Burnley - Ferguson 6.7; O'Shea 6.6. Cullen and Obafemi not on the bench. Is Cullen injured?
Sheffield United 1-0 Brentford - Adedokun an unused sub

Christ, that's slim pickings...

Championship
Sunderland 1-2 WBA - Molumby 6.7
Blackburn 0-2 Leeds - Moran 6.4; Szmodmics 5.8
QPR 2-0 Hull - Armstrong 6.1 (got the last 20 as a sub); Christie 6.5; McLoughlin 6.6; Connolly 6.0 (played the second half); Dunne an unused sub
Huddersfield 1-1 Bristol City - Knight 6.4
Leicester 4-0 Plymouth - Cannon 6.0 (still has an Irish flag by his name on it :p)
Boro 0-2 Ipswich - Gilbert an unused sub
Norwich 0-0 Preston - Duffy 7.4; Idah 5.8; Browne 7.4; Brady 6.4 (a good rating given he only played three minutes). Keane and Cunningham unused subs
Stoke 0-1 Wednesday - Clark 6.8; McNally 7.2; Stevens 6.3
Watford 1-1 Southampton - Bazunu 6.7; Manning 6.3; Smallbone 6.0 (came on after 86 - not sure why he has an English flag by his name!)
Cardiff 1-0 Millwall - McGuinness 6.8; Robinson 6.0 (taken off at half-time); Emakhu 6.0 (came on with ten to go)
Rotherham 1-2 Swansea - Kelly 6.2 (got the last five minutes)

Scottish Premier
Aberdeen 2-1 Hearts - Hayes 7.1; McGrath 7.8
St Mirren 2-0 Ross County - Brown 7.0
Rangers 3-1 Dundee - Shaughnessy 6.8
Motherwell 1-1 St Johnstone - Blaney 7.0; Wilkinson 6.0 (last 10 only); Carey 7.4; Costelloe 6.0 (last 5 only)

League One
Northampton 3-0 Fleetwood - Lawal 6.0
Leyton Orient 0-3 Derby - Cashin 8.3; Hourihane 7.3; Collins 6.5
Burton 1-2 Stevenage - Bennett 6.4
Exeter 0-1 Port Vale - Sweeney 7.6
Reading 1-3 Barnsley - Connell 6.5; O'Keeffe 6.7; Cotter 6.2 (last 10 only)
Wigan 0-0 Lincoln - Adeeko 6.6; O'Cononor 6.9; Mandroiu 6.4; Roughan 6.0; Duffy 6.2 (the last three all came on in the last 15); Shodipo an unused sub
Blackpool 3-0 Carlisle - Hamilton 6.8; Lyons 7.8; Maguire 6.4
Bristol Rovers 1-1 Cheltenham - Seán Long 6.4; Keena 6.0 (last 10 only)
Wycombe 0-1 Shrewsbury - Keogh 6.6; Sadlier 6.2; Phillips 6.6; Sobowale an unused sub

Eredivisie
Twente 4-2 Excelsior - Parrott 7.3

So the positives - Parrott, Cashin, Lyons, Duffy, Browne, McGrath
And the downers - Szmodmics, Idah, Connolly, Robinson

[CraftyToePoke]

Taylor started and played 87 for Ipswich and Harness came on to play the last fifteen Pineappler. At first glance alone your thing is in ruins man, ruins.

Have Bournemouth got a massive injury list or did Kilkenny actually make a PL bench ?

[pineapple stu]

Good spots Crafty! Both marked as English on whoscored. I was flicking down it for Irish flags (and caught a couple - like Smallbone - who are down as English). I could well have missed others.

7.1 for Taylor and 6.4 for Harness (again a respectable rating for a 15 minute cameo)

Bournemouth have eight players listed as injured on livescore (https://www.livescore.com/en/football/england/premier-league/manchester-united-vs-bournemouth/968223/lineups/) but tbh beyond Darren Randolph I don't really know if any are starters or what. (For clarity, I at least know Randolph isn't a starter). But Kilkenny was on the bench alright. Was there midweek too, but September was his last time on the bench before that.

[SkStu]

Yeah, Cullen is injured. He missed the last game too.

Good idea Pineapple.

[Eirambler]

Gavin Kilkenny isn't going to make it in the Premier League, but given the way the result was going yesterday it would have been nice to have seen Bournemouth give him his few minutes in the sun, similar to what Wolves did with Conor Ronan last season. He has waited a long time there with no reward , if they're not going to give him a few minutes when they're 3-0 up, when will they do it, and what's the point in him being there otherwise?

Similar to Ronan I can see him in the MLS or a similar league within a year or two, but it would be nice to see him become a Premier League player first.

[pineapple stu]

Just to finish off the ratings from the weekend -

No Ogbene or Coleman today. Alex Murphy was the only Irish player in any of the Premier League squads I think, and he was an unused sub.

Lyon 3-0 Toulouse - 7.3 for O'Brien; chipped in with an assist for the opener.
Killie 2-1 Celtic - Ndaba 6.4; Johnstone 6.8; Scales 7.3 (only Palma scored higher, marginally - slightly surprisingly, Scales has the third-highest average rating of any Celtic player this season , which you wouldn't expect as Celtic defenders shouldn't have that much to do)
Inter 4-0 Udinese - 6.3 for Ebosele; actually one of their better ratings. Was taken off on the hour with the score already 4-0.

[CraftyToePoke]

Rory Finneran is on the bench for Blackburn tonight.
Midfielder. 15 years old.
& I believe he's dual eligible.

[SkStu]

Goals for Browne and Keane in the first half tonight for Preston against Huddersfield. Assist for Sammie Szmodics too.

[pineapple stu]

Had a full round of Champions League and Championship games in midweek - a few decent performances...

Champions League
Celtic 2-1 Feyernoord - Johnstone 7.1; Scales 7.7. Scales named man-of-the-match, and BBC agreed, as elated has noted on his own thread.

Championship
Blackburn 2-1 Bristol City - Szmodics 7.1; Moran 5.5; Sykes 6.8; Knight 7.7. Moran badly caught in possession for the Bristol City goal, which was scored by Sykes and set up by Knight.
Huddersfield 1-3 Preston - Browne 8.0; Keane 7.3; Brady 6.1. Brady got the last ten minutes only. Browne and Keane both on target; Browne named man-of-the-match. Cunningham an unused sub
Rotherham 0-2 WBA - Kelly 5.9 (last ten minutes only); Molumby 6.2
Watford 1-2 Ipswich - Harness 6.5; Taylor an unused sub
Stoke 1-1 Sunderland - Bonham 6.0; McNally 7.1; Clark an unused sub
QPR 0-0 Plymouth - Dunne 7.2; Armstrong 6.0 (injury time sub); Azaz 6.9 (unlucky to be the one to make way when Plymouth went down to ten after 25 minutes)
Norwich 3-1 Wednesday - Duffy 7.1; Idah 6.6. Idah played up top in a 4-2-3-1 it seems; the 3 behind him managed three goals, two assists and a shot off the woodwork between them, but nothing doing for Idah
Leicester 3-2 Millwall - Cannon 6.1 (got the last 20); Emakhu an unused sub
Coventry 1-1 Southampton - Bazunu 6.5; Manning 6.7; Smallbone 7.1
Cardiff 0-1 Birmingham - McGuinness 6.3; Robinson 6.0; Hogan an unused sub
Boro 1-2 Hull - Christie 6.8; Connolly 6.5; McLoughlin 6.3 (last 15 only); Gilbert an unused sub

So positives - Scales, Knight, Browne, Keane
And negatives - Robinson, Molumby, Moran; Bonham

[SkStu]

Goal for Connolly - first in 11 games. Cross from Delap and a simple finish for Connolly.

[SkStu]

Two goals for Azaz today. The first was a penalty, the second he swept home. And he is earning a lot of plaudits for his overall display from the fans online.

[pineapple stu]

Few whoscored.com ratings from the weekend, in case that's still of interest!

Premier League
Forest 0-2 Spurs - Omobamidele an unused sub
Man City 2-2 Palace - Adamarola an unused sub
Newcastle 3-0 Fulham - Murphy an unused sub
Burnley 0-2 Everton - O'Shea 6.5; Obafemi and Cullen unused subs. Cullen has only played five minutes in four squad appearances since the start of November. No sign of Coleman
Arsenal 2-0 Brighton - Ferguson 5.9; came off after an hour
Brentford 1-2 Villa - Collins 5.8 (came on for the last 15 minutes with Brentford down to ten men)
West Ham 3-0 Wolves - Doherty 6.0 (got the last ten minutes)
Liverpool 0-0 United - Kelleher an unused sub

Pretty depressing stuff all round there really.

Championship
Ipswich 2-2 Norwich - Harness 6.2; Taylor 6.1 (both late subs); Duffy 7.4; Idah 6.5; Springett 6.0 (came on for Idah with five to go)
Bristol City 0-0 Sunderland - O'Leary 8.6 (man of the match); Sykes 7.0; Knight 6.4
Plymouth 3-2 Rotherham - Azaz 9.6 (man of the match - hit the woodwork in addition to the two goals and an assist); Kelly 5.9 (last five minutes only)
Millwall 1-1 Huddersfield - Emakhu an unused sub
Hull 3-0 Coventry - Christie 6.5; Connolly 7.9; McLoughlin an unused sub; McGuinness 6.0; Robinson 6.2 (last 15 only)
Swansea 1-2 Middlesbrough - Gilbert and Kavanagh unused subs
Preston 1-5 Watford - Browne 7.0; Keane 7.1 (scored his sixth of the season); Brady 6.2 (came on after an hour)
Wednesday 2-1 QPR - Dunne 7.2; Armstrong 6.5 (first start in two months, but was taken off at half-time)
Southampton 4-0 Blackburn - Bazunu 7.6; Smallbone 7.0; Manning dropped to the bench and didn't come on; Moran 6.1; Szmodics 5.8; Gilsenan back on the bench for the first time in two months, but didn't come on
WBA 1-1 Stoke - Molumby 6.0 (last five only - he's only started two games since mid September); Bonham 7.2; McNally 7.0; Clark an unused sub

League One
Cambridge 2-1 Blackpool - Hamilton 6.4
Barnsley 1-1 Charlton - Connell 6.9; O'Keeffe 7.3; Cotter an unused sub
Bolton 1-2 Bristol Rovers - Toal 7.0 (and scored)
Carlisle 2-2 Northampton - Maguire 6.0 (last 5 only)
Cheltenham 1-2 Orient - S Long 6.8; Keena 5.8 (last 10 only)
Oxford 3-0 Burton - Bennett 6.0 (last 15 only)
Lincoln 1-1 Reading - O'Connor 6.1; Mandroiu 6.4; Duffy 6.4 (taken off at half-time); Shodipo and Roughan unused subs
Stevenage 1-1 Exeter - Sweeney 6.8
Shrewsbury 0-3 Portsmouth - Sobowale 6.0 (last 20 only); Rafferty 6.6; Shaughnessy 7.0
Port Vale 3-2 Wigan - Adeeko 6.0
Derby 1-1 Wycombe - Cashin 7.4; Hourihane 6.1; Collins 5.8; Sadlier 6.8; Phillips 6.7; Keogh 6.1 (last 20 only)
Fleetwood 0-1 Peterborough - Lawal 6.6

Scottish Premier
St Johnstone 1-0 Hibs - Carey 8.0 (and scored); Costelloe an unused sub
St Mirren 0-0 Motherwell - Blaney 6.9; Wilkinson an unused sub
Ross County 0-1 Dundee - Brown 6.3; Shaughnessy 8.0 (and scored)
Livi 0-0 Killie - Ndaba 6.5
Celtic 0-2 Hearts - Johnstone 5.5 (taken off at halftime); Scales 7.8 (interestingly Celtic's second league defeat in a row, but Scales has gotten an excellent rating both times)

Other leagues
Udinese 2-2 Sassuolo - Ebosele 6.4
Monaco 0-1 Lyon - O'Brien 6.8
Excelsior 1-1 Go Ahead Eagles - Parrott 7.0

So good weeks (7.5+) for Scales, Carey, Shaughnessy, Connolly, Bazunu, O'Leary, Azaz
And bad weeks (<6.3) for Ferguson, McGuinness, Molumby, Moran, Szmodics (two poor games in the last three for the division's top scorer), O'Connor, Adeeko, Hourihane, Johnstone, Manning (for being dropped)

[pineapple stu]

Few more ratings from the weekend - little enough Irish interest in what's left of it...

Premier League
Palace 1-1 Brighton - Ferguson an unused sub
Forest 2-3 Bournemouth - Travers an unused sub; a new manager for Forest but still no sign of Omobamidele in the squad
Luton 1-0 Newcastle - Ogbene 6.2 (last 10 only); Murphy an unused sub
Fulham 0-2 Burnley - O'Shea 7.0; Cullen and Obafemi unused subs
Kelleher on the bench for Liverpool this evening, Doherty's Wolves in action tomorrow, and Collins' Brentford not in action as Man City are at the World Club Cup

Tets might know more, but it seems like there's less Irish involvement in the Premier this year than last? And for next season you could be looking at Cullen/Obafemi/O'Shea/Ogbene/Egan being relegated, and potentially no Irish players being promoted to replace them. Harness and Taylor are the only two in the automatic promotion places (are they even confirmed for us?) and you could have Leeds taking the third spot for example. Coleman and Doherty may move on in the summer too

Championship
Swansea 2-1 Preston - Brady 6.2 (came off at half-time), Browne 6.5, Keane unused sub
Bristol City 3-2 Hull - O'Leary 6.3, Sykes 6.6, Knight 7.9 (and scored), Christie 6.3, Connolly 7.4 (and also scored), McLoughlin unused sub
Leeds 4-0 Ipswich - Harness 6.1 (last 25 only), Taylor unused sub
Leicester 3-0 Rotherham - Cannon an unused sub, Kelly 5.8 (last 20 only)
Boro 1-0 West Brom - Gilbert and Kavanagh unused subs, Molumby 6.1 (last 20 only)
Norwich 2-0 Huddersfield - Duffy 7.1, Idah 6.1 (dropped to the bench this week; got the last 25)
Plymouth 3-3 Birmingham - Azaz 6.2 (disappointing score given he got an assist), Wright and Hogan unused subs
QPR 0-1 Southampton - Dunne 6.5, Armstrong 6.0 (last 15 only), Bazunu 7.0, Smallbone 6.3, Manning 6.8 (came on after 30 minutes - may help him regain his spot next week)
Stoke 0-0 Millwall - Bonham 6.9, McNally 7.5, Clark an unused sub, Emakhu 6.3 (not bad for an injury-time sub)
Wednesday 1-2 Cardiff - McGuinness 6.5, Robinson 6.0 (taken off before the hour)
Blackburn 1-2 Watford - Moran 6.3

League One
Derby 3-1 Lincoln - Cashin 7.0, Hourihane 7.4 (and scored), Collins 7.4 (and scored), O'Connor 6.6, Mandroiu 6.7 (also scored), Roughan 5.9 (last 20 only), Duffy an unused sub
Cambridge 2-0 Exeter - Sweeney 7.4
Bolton 3-2 Orient - Toal 7.6
Blackpool 3-1 Bristol Rovers - Hamilton 6.3, Lyons 6.1
Barnsley 2-1 Stevenage - Connell 6.9, O'Keeffe 6.2, Cotter 6.1 (came on after an hour)
Shrewsbury 1-2 Peterborough - Sobowale unused sub
Reading 2-0 Wigan - Adeeko unused sub
Portsmouth 1-1 Fleetwood - Rafferty 6.4; Shaughnessy 7.0; Scully 5.9 (last 5 only), Lawal 6.8
Wycombe 1-1 Port Vale - Phillips 6.3, Sadlier 7.6 (and scored), Keogh an unused sub
Carlisle 0-1 Cheltenham - Maguire 5.9 (came on after an hour), Long 6.8, Keena 5.9 (last 10 only)
Charlton 1-1 Burton - Bennett 6.4

SPL
Celtic 2-0 Livi - Scales 7.8 (first goal of the season too), Johnston on the bench
Rangers 2-0 St Johnstone - Carey and Costelloe both 6.0, and both came on with 20 to go
Aberdeen 2-1 Livi - McGrath 6.4 (last 10 only), Hayes an unused sub
Killie 2-1 St Johnstone - Ndaba 7.2, Carey 6.3, Costelloe 6.0 (got the last 15 this time)

Other
Torino 1-1 Udinese - Ebosele 6.9. A late equaliser for Torino mean Udinese still have only one win all season and are two points off relegation
Lyon 1-0 Nantes - O'Brien 6.8. A third clean sheet win in a row for Lyon and they club off the foot of the table and out of the drop zone
Ajax 2-2 PEC Zwolle - the Dutch league is on the winter break now until mid-Jan, but I missed Garcia MacNulty (6.4) last week...

So slim enough pickings this week all told -

A good week (7.5+) for Knight, McNally, Toal, Sadlier, Scales
And a poor week (<6.3) for Brady, Azaz, Idah (like Manning last week, including him here partly as he was dropped), Robinson, Lyons, O'Keeffe, Johnston (also dropped)

[tetsujin1979]

Been Greenwood was named as a substitute for Bournemouth as well

[tetsujin1979]

Tets might know more, but it seems like there's less Irish involvement in the Premier this year than last? And for next season you could be looking at Cullen/Obafemi/O'Shea/Ogbene/Egan being relegated, and potentially no Irish players being promoted to replace them. Harness and Taylor are the only two in the automatic promotion places (are they even confirmed for us?) and you could have Leeds taking the third spot for example. Coleman and Doherty may move on in the summer too

Waited until after the final round of fixtures before Christmas to check this - turns out there's an increase on last year, 61 appearances before Christmas last season(44 starts/17 intros) and 95(65 s/30 i) so far this season. Also nine goals scored this season, by four different goalscorers. There were eight goals scored in total last season, by three players.

The 2022/23 season appearances were affected by the break for the World Cup, but it's also an increase on the 2021/22 season, when there were 73 appearances(50 s/23 i) before December 25th

[Eirambler]

Last year was especially awful to be fair. This year will be better but still one of the worst on record. Though we do at least have a few EPL regulars/semi-regulars now in Ferguson, Collins, Ogbene, O'Shea and Egan if he was fit. The first four of those are all reasonably young as well. A real shame Cullen has lost his place and Doherty hasn't nailed down a regular spot though.

[pineapple stu]

Couple of Christmas ratings - with another full round to come at the weekend of course

Premier League
Newcastle 1-3 Nottingham Forest - Murphy an unused sub
Sheffield United 2-3 Luton - Ogbene 6.5 (last 20 only)
Bournemouth 3-0 Fulham - Travers an unused sub (and Greenwood apparently - who is he tets?);
Burnley 0-2 Liverpool - O'Shea 6.7; Cullen and Kelleher unused subs; Obafemi gone from the bench (injured again?)
Chelsea 2-1 Palace - Adaramola an unused sub
Brentford 1-4 Wolves - Collins 4.2 (as discussed in his thread...); Doherty 6.7 (last half hour only); Adedokun and Hodge unused subs (Hodge's first squad involvement since August)
Everton 1-3 Man City - Coleman an unused sub
Brighton 4-2 Spurs - Ferguson 6.7 (last 20 only)

Championship -
Preston 2-1 Leeds - Browne 8.3 (and scored); Keane and Cunningham unused subs
Millwall 2-0 QPR - Emakhu 6.3; Dunne 6.5; Armstrong an unused sub
Rotheham 1-0 Boro - Kelly an unused sub; Kavanagh 6.0 (on for his league debut in injury time); Gilbert an unused sub
Watford 1-4 Bristol City - O'Leary 7.2; Sykes 7.6 (and scored); Knight 7.0
WBA 1-0 Norwich - Molumby 6.1 (last ten minutes only); Duffy 7.5; Idah 6.2 (back in the starting line-up, but not helped by Norwich having an attacker sent off after 30 minutes)
Cardiff 2-2 Plymounth - McGuinness 6.2; Robinson 5.8 (last 15 only); Azaz 6.4 (last half-hour only)
Hull 0-1 Sunderland - Connolly 6.2; Christie 6.3 (last half-hour only); McLoughlin an unused sub
Southampton 5-0 Swansea - Bazunu 7.2; Manning 7.4; Smallbone 6.8 (dropped, but got the last half-hour)
Huddersfield 3-0 Blackburn - Moran 6.0 (taken off at half-time), Szmodics (5.7 - three really poor games in four now since a run of seven goals in five games)
Birmingham 1-3 Stoke - Bonham 7.4; McNally 6.9; Clark an unused sub
Ipswich 1-1 Leicester - Taylor 6.3; Harness 7.3; Cannon an unused sub

League One
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Portsmouth - Rafferty 6.1; Shaughnessy 6.6; Scully an unused sub - last week was his first league appearance in four months
Port Vale 2-3 Barnsley - Connell 6.7; O'Keeffe 7.0; Cotter an unused sub
Lincoln 0-1 Bolton - O'Connor 7.1; Roughan 6.5; Mandroiu 6.0 (sent off with 20 to go); Duffy and Shodipo unused subs; Toal scored the winner - his second in three games - and he's marked as Irish, but hadn't realised he's already been capped by the North
Wigan 0-1 Derby - Adeeko 5.9; Cashin 8.1; Hourihane 6.7; Collins 6.6
Fleetwood 1-1 Carlisle - Lawal 7.4; Maguire 6.5
Exeter 1-0 Wycombe - Sweeney an unused sub; Keogh 6.8; Phillips 6.0; Sadlier 6.0
Cheltenham 2-0 Shrewsbury - Long 7.4; Keena 5.9 (injury time only); Sobowale 5.9
Burton 1-0 Blackpool - Bennett 6.1; Hamilton 7.0

SPL
Dundee 0-3 Celtic - Shaughnessy 7.1; Scales 8.1; Johnston 8.4 (last ten only, but two goals in that time, one assisted by Scales)
St Mirren 0-1 Killie - Ndaba 7.2; O'Hara an unused sub
Livi 0-0 St Johnstone - Carey 5.8 (came on after 40 minutes); Costelloe an unused sub

So good weeks (7.5+) for Browne, Sykes, Duffy, Cashin, Scales and Johnston
And bad weeks (<6.3) for Collins, Idah, McGuinness, Connolly, Moran, Szmodics, Rafferty, Mandroiu, Adeeko, Phillips, Sadlier, Sobowale, Bennett and Carey

[Eirambler]

Ben Greenwood is an Irish qualified left back that plays for Bournemouth Under 21s Stu. He hasn't seen much first team action but has been on the bench in the Premier League a few times.

[pineapple stu]

Cheers. Maybe it's useful to put Irish-qualified players in as well? Thinking the likes of Liam Delap who had a good game at the weekend. All part of keeping an eye on what players are doing what

[pineapple stu]

Don't think there'll be any Irish involvement in today's Premier League games, and with a full round of Championship games tomorrow, may as well do another update today -

Premier League
Luton 2-3 Chelsea - Ogbene 7.0 (second half only, but that's when they almost turned it around)
Wolves 3-0 Everton - Doherty 6.0 (last 5 only), Hodge an unused sub, Coleman 6.4 (got the last half hour - another return from injury, which is great to see)
Villa 3-2 Burnley - O'Shea 6.4, Obafemi an unused sub, but no sign of Cullen - opposite of last week
Palace 3-1 Brentford - Collins 6.4, Adedokun an unused sub

Championship
WBA 1-0 Leeds - Molumby 6.4 (first start in four games)
Southampon 2-1 Plymouth - Bazunu 5.2 (as discussed in his thread), Manning 7.2, Smallbone 6.5, Azaz 6.2
Watford 1-1 Stoke - McNally 6.8
Preston 0-1 Wednesday - Browne 6.1, Cunningham an unused sub
Huddersfield 1-2 Boro - Gilbert, Kavanagh unused subs
Hull 3-2 Blackburn - Connolly 7.8, Delap 7.8, Christie 6.0 (last 5 only), McLoughlin an unused sub, Szmodics 6.7, Moran 6.1 (last 25 only), Gilsenan an unused sub. Connolly and Szmodics both scored, but as SkStu noted in the Connolly thread, Connolly contributed more outside the goal too. Delap also on target
Ipswich 0-0 QPR - Harness 6.8, Taylor 6.2 (last 25 only), Armstrong 6.3 (only his second start in nine games), Dunne 6.8 (good score for last 20 only)
Millwall 1-0 Norwich - Emakhu 6.8, Idah 6.0 (got the last half hour, but only touched the ball four times, and got booked to boot)
Cardiff 0-2 Leicester - McGuinness 6.2, Robinson 5.9 (last 25 only), Cannon 5.7 (last 10 only)
Birmingham 0-0 Bristol City - Long an unused sub, O'Leary 6.5, Knight 6.5, Sykes 6.2
Rotherham 1-1 Sunderland - Kelly 6.1 (last 15 only)

League One
Wigan 2-0 Carlisle - Adeeko 6.2 (last 25 only), Maguire 6.7
Fleetwood 0-2 Bolton - Lawal 6.6
Orient 0-0 Wycombe - Phillips 6.2, Sadlier 6.2
Port Vale 3-0 Blackpool - Hamilton 6.1, Lyons an unused sub
Peterborough 2-2 Barnsley - Connell 7.1, O'Keeffe 6.4, Cotter an unused sub
Lincoln 1-2 Northampton - O'Connor 5.4 (sent off with 15 to go), Roughan 7.0, Shodipo 6.1 (last 20 only), Duffy 6.4 (last 5 only)
Exeter 0-0 Portsmouth - Sweeney an unused sub, Rafferty 6.6, Shaghnessy 7.0, Scully an unused sub
Cheltenham 2-2 Reading - Long 7.0, Keena 6.5 (second half only)
Oxford 2-3 Derby - Goodrham 6.6 (taken off at half-time), Cashin 8.9 (scored one and assisted another), Hourihane 8.4, Collins 6.4
Burton 1-0 Shrewsbury - Bennett 5.9 (last 20 only), Sobowale 5.8
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Charlton - Casey an unused sub

Serie A
Udinese 3-0 Bologna - Ebosele 7.0. Second win of the season for Udinese, against a side that started the day in the Champions League places

SPL
Aberdeen 0-3 St Mirren - McGrath 6.2, Hayes 5.9 (last 10 only)
Celtic 2-1 Rangers - Scales 6.7, Johnston 6.2 (last 10 only)
Motherwell 3-1 Livingston - Blaney 6.4 (taken off at half-time), Wilkinson an unused sub
Killie 2-2 Dundee - Ndaba 6.0 (last 5 only), Shaughnessy 8.2 (and scored)
Hearts 2-2 Ross County - Brown 6.5

So good weeks (7.5+) for Connolly, Delap, Cashin, Hourihane, Shaughnessy. And a shout-out to Patrick Casey, an 18 year-old making the first-team squad for the first time (at Charlton)
And bad weeks (<6.3) for Bazunu, Azaz, Browne, McGuinness, Sykes, Phillips, Sadlier, Hamilton, O'Connor, Sobowale, McGrath

Interesting to see a couple of players appear in the "good weeks" a couple of times now - Scales, Cashin and (in fairness to him!) Connolly

[tetsujin1979]

Casey came on for his debut today
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[pineapple stu]

Ferguson hopefully in action tomorrow for Brighton, and presumably no Irish involvement tonight (Liverpool v Newcastle - Kelleher and Murphy likely to stay on the bench), but a full round of lower league games today with some good performances -

Championship
Wednesday 3-1 Hull - McLoughlin 6.7, Connolly 6.2 (both taken off at half-time, mainly because Hull were down to ten men from the 35th minute), Christie 6.0 (came on at half-time), Delap 6.1
Sunderland 2-0 Preston - Browne 6.5, Keane 6.0 (last 25 only), Cunningham an unused sub
Swansea 1-0 WBA - Molumby 5.9
QPR 1-2 Cardiff - Dunne 6.9, Armstrong 6.3 (last 10 only), McGuinness 6.6, Robinson an unused sub
Stoke 0-0 Ipswich - Bohham 7.0, McNally 7.5, Clark an unused sub, Taylor 6.0, Harness 6.0 (both last 15 only)
Plymouth 3-3 Watford - Azaz 8.6 (SkStu cooing over him on his thread)
Leeds 3-0 Birmingham - Long an unused sub
Boro 1-3 Coventry - Gilbert 6.2, Kavanagh 6.0 (both late subs)
Norwich 1-1 Southampton - Duffy 6.7, Idah 6.0 (similar to midweek, got the last 15 but only had two touches - Sergent scored off the bench though on his return from injury), Bazunu 6.3, Manning 7.1, Smallbone 6.0 (last 5 only)
Bristol City 0-1 Millwall - O'Leary 6.0, Knight 6.6, Sykes 6.1 (subbed on and off, so presumably injured?), Emakhu 6.4 (last half hour only)
Leicester 4-1 Huddersfield - Cannon 8.5 (scored twice)
Blackburne 2-2 Rotherham - Moran 6.7, Szmodics 7.1 (and scored), Gilsenan an unused sub, Kelly 6.0 (an injury time sub)

League One
Bolton 1-0 Burton - Bennett 6.3 (last 15 only)
Blackpool 2-0 Lincoln - Hamilton 7.6 (and scored), Lyons 6.1 (last 10 only), Duffy 6.8, Shodipo 5.9 (last half hour only)
Carlisle 2-1 Port Vale - Maguire 6.2
Barnsley 1-1 Wigan - Connell 6.3, O'Keeffe 6.3, Cotter an unused sub, Adeeko 6.7
Charlton 1-2 Oxford - Casey 6.1 (last 5 only)
Derby 2-3 Peterborough - Cashin 6.0 (wasn't great for the winner; had two chances to head clear but headed up and back instead), Hourihane 6.0 (came off at half-time), Collins 8.1 (an eventful day - scored after 19 seconds, then missed a penalty but scored the rebound, but they ended up losing), Kioso 6.1
Wycombe 3-2 Bristol Rovers - Sadlier 6.7, Phillips 5.9 (last 10 only), Keogh 6.2 (injury time sub)
Portsmouth 2-1 Stevenage - Rafferty 6.2, Shaughnessey 7.5, Scully an unused sub
Northampton 1-0 Cheltenham - Long 7.1, Keena 6.4 (second half only)
Shrewsbury 3-1 Fleetwood - Sobowale 7.5, Lawal 6.3
Reading 3-2 Exeter - Sweeney 6.7 (last 30 only)

So good weeks (7.5+) for McNally, Azaz, Cannon, Collins, Shaughnessey, Sobowale - and Casey for making his senior debut, as tets noted
And bad weeks (<6.3) for Connolly (albeit with mitigating circumstances), Delap, Molumby, O'Leary, Maguire, Cashin, Hourihane, Rafferty

[pineapple stu]

Hadn't realised there was a full Hogmanay schedule up in Scotland today! So I missed more updates than I realised above...

Premier League
Liverpool 4-2 Newcastle - Kelleher and Murphy unused subs
West Ham 0-0 Brighton - Coventry and Kavanagh unused subs; Ferguson 6.5 (last 25 only)

SPL
St Mirren 0-3 Celtic - Scales 7.5, Johnston an unused sub
Ross County 0-3 Aberdeen - Brown 6.3, McGrath 9.3 (scored twice), Hayes an unused sub
Rangers 3-1 Killie - Ndaba 6.2, O'Hara an unused sub

So can add Ndaba to the "bad weeks" and McGrath and Scales to the good weeks.

No ratings for the FA Cup afaik, so few enough games this weekend (the continental lads really).

[tetsujin1979]

Kavanagh's been on the bench for Brighton's senior team five times already this season, including twice in Europa League, against AEK Athens and Marseille

[pineapple stu]

Who scored just lists appearances, not unused sub instances - my mistake!

[tetsujin1979]

U17 defender Stan Ashbee on the bench for Hull this afternoon

[pineapple stu]

WhoScores has ratings for some random FA Cup games this weekend - mostly involving higher division teams, but not always. May as well put them all up - gives a few random names. I didn't know Shaun Williams was still playing for example.

FA Cup
Arsenal 0-2 Liverpool - FA Cup keeper Kelleher an unused sub sadly
Palace 0-0 Everton - Coleman 6.6
Brentford 1-1 Wolves - Collins 6.1, Doherty 7.4 (man of the match), Adedokun and Hodge unused subs
Fulham 1-0 Rotherham - Kelly an unused sub
Spurs 1-0 Burnley - O'Shea 6.4, Cullen 6.7, no sign of Obafemi again
Stoke 2-4 Brighton - McNally 6.4 (second half only), Ferguson 6.9
QPR 2-3 Bournemouth - Dunne 5.7, Armstrong 7.6, Travers 6.7, Kilkenny an unused sub
Gillingham 0-4 Sheffield United - Masterson 5.9, Williams an unused sub
Chelsea 4-0 Preston - Keane 6.2, Browne 6.0, Cunningham an unused sub
Boro 0-1 Aston Villa - Gilbert 6.0 (last 10 only)
West Ham 1-1 Bristol City - O'Leary 6.9, Knight 6.3
Luton 0-0 Bolton - Ogbene 7.2
Shrewsbury 0-1 Wrexham - Sobowale 6.1, O'Connor 8.7 (and scored), Forde 6.5, McClean 6.9, McNicholas an unused sub
Forest 2-2 Blackpool - Omobamidele an unused sub, Lyons 6.9, Hamilton 6.8

League One
Port Vale 3-3 Charlton - Casey an unused sub
Fleetwood 1-3 Derby - Lawal 6.3, Coughlan 5.9 (last five only - immediate debut for last season's LoI First Division top scorer), Cashin 7.4, Hourihane 7.5, Collins 7.4 (and scored)
Cheltenham 2-1 Portsmouth - Long 6.8, Keena 6.0, Rafferty 6.8, Shaughnessy 6.8, Scully 5.9 (last 5 only)
Burton 1-1 Wycombe - Bennett 6.9, Sadlier 6.2, Keogh and Phillips unused subs
Exeter 2-1 Carlisle - Sweeney 7.2, Maguire 6.5

Serie A
Udinese 1-2 Lazio - Ebosele 6.3

So good weeks (7.5+) for Armstrong, O'Connor and Hourihane
And bad weeks (<6.3) for Collins, Dunne, Masterson, Keane, Browne, Sobowale, Keena and Sadlier. Some of those (Masterson, Keane, Browne, Sobowale) due to playing a higher division side in the Cup - but flip side is that seeing Keane and Browne not really step up against Chelsea puts in perspective where mid-table Championship is at

[pineapple stu]

Some ratings/updates from the weekend again, with the European leagues returning (except Scotland and Belgium) -

Premier League
Burnley 1-1 Luton - O'Shea 6.8, Cullen 6.8, Ogbene 7.7 (man of the match), no sign of Obafemi
Newcastle 2-3 Man City - Murphy an unused sub
Everton 0-0 Villa - Coleman 7.5

Championship
QPR 1-2 Watford - Dunne 6.7, Armstrong 6.2
Hull 1-2 Norwich - Connolly 6.0 (taken off injured after 10 minutes of course), Furlong and McLoughlin unused subs, Duffy 7.7, Idah 6.2 (last 30 only)
Coventry 3-1 Leicester - Cannon 6.3
Huddersfield 1-1 Plymouth - Wright an unused sub
Cardiff 0-3 Leeds - McGuinness 6.3
Birmingham 2-2 Swansea - Long 6.3, Hogan 6.7
Preston 2-0 Bristol City - Browne 6.6 (taken off at half-time), Brady 6.3 (last 10 only), Keane 8.2 (second half only - scored twice), Cunningham an unused sub, O'Leary 5.9 (an error for one of Keane's goals as noted in his thread), Knight 6.2
Rotherham 0-1 Stoke - Kelly 6.2 (last 10 only), McNally 6.9, Bonham an unused sub
Southampton 4-0 Wednesday - Bazunu 7.5, Manning 7.1, Smallbone 7.0
WBA 4-1 Blackburn - Moran 6.4 (assisted Blackburn's goal), no Szmodics or Molumby
Millwall 1-3 Boro - McNamara 6.4, Azaz 6.7, Gilbert and Kavanagh unused subs
Ipswich 2-1 Sunderland - Taylor 6.5, Harness 6.0 (injury time only)

League One
Cambridge 2-1 Fleetwood - Lawal 6.7, Omochere 7.1 (and scored), Coughlan an unused sub
Shrewsbury 0-1 Stevenage - Sobowale 6.0, Idowu 5.8 (the latter came on for the former on the hour)
Portsmouth 0-3 Orient - Rafferty 5.9, Shaughnessy 7.0, Scully an unused sub (his stock has fallen the last while!)
Northampton 1-1 Wigan - Adeeko 6.2
Charlton 1-2 Peterborough - Coventry 6.1 (last 15 only)
Wycombe 1-1 Lincoln - Sadlier 6.3, Phillips 6.1 (again the latter came on for the former with 15 to go), Roughan 6.5, Duffy 6.7, Moylan 6.2 (last 10 only)
Carlisle 1-3 Oxford - Maguire an unused sub, Goodrham 7.6 (and scored)
Blackpool 2-0 Exeter - Hamilton 7.0, Sweeney 6.5
Barnsley 2-1 Bristol Rovers - O'Keeffe 7.2 (and scored), Cotter an unused sub

Other leagues
Fiorentina 2-2 Udinese - Ebosele 6.1 (taken off before the hour)
Le Havre 3-1 Lyon - O'Brien 4.9 (straight red after 30 minutes)
PSV 3-1 Excelsior - Parrott 6.6
Zwolle 2-2 Heerenveen - MacNulty not in the squad

So good weeks (7.5+) for Ogbene, Coleman, Keane, Bazunu and Goodrham
And bad weeks (<6.3) for Armstrong, Connolly, O'Leary, Sobowale, Rafferty, Adeeko, Ebosele and O'Brien

[pineapple stu]

More ratings for the past week - same caveat as before as to how much exactly you want to read into the ratings, but I think from going through them they seem reasonable enough, in as much as you can reduce a performance to a number of course.

Premier League
Arsenal 5-0 Palace - Adaramola an unused sub
Brentford 3-2 Forest - Collins 6.3, Omobamidele 6.3
Bournemouth 0-4 Liverpool - Travers, Kelleher and Kilkenny all unused subs
Brighton v Wolves tomorrow

Championship
Leeds 2-1 Preston - Keane 7.0 (and scored), Browne 6.0, Brady 6.0 (both last 15 only), Cunningham an unused sub
Sunderland 0-1 Hull - McLoughlin 6.1 (last 10 only), Ashbee and Vaughan unused subs
Swansea 1-3 Southampton - Bazunu 7.1, Manning 7.4, Smallbone 7.5 (and scored)
Plymouth 3-1 Cardiff - McGuinness 5.8
QPR 2-0 Millwall - Armstrong 7.6 (and scored), Dunne an unused sub, McNamara 6.5, no sign of Emakhu
Stoke 1-2 Birmingham - McNally 6.5, Bonham and Hogan unused subs, Long 6.5 (last 15 only)
Norwich 2-0 WBA - Duffy 7.3, Idah 5.9 (last 10 only - goals for Sergeant and Rowe not great news for Idah)
Blackburn 1-1 Huddersfield - Szmodics 6.6, Moran 6.2 (last 20 only)
Bristol City 1-1 Watford - O'Leary 6.0, Knight 7.1
Boro 1-1 Rotherham - Azaz 5.8, Gilbert and Kelly unused subs

League One
Derby 3-2 Burton (Mon) - Cashin 7.8, Hourihane 7.8 (and scored), Collins 7.5 (also scored)
Exeter 0-0 Cambridge - Sweeney 6.9
Barnsley 2-1 Carlisle - Connell 6.2 (taken off at half-time), O'Keeffe 6.4 (also taken off at half-time), Cotter 6.4 (came on at the break), Maguire and Grehan unused subs
Burton 2-0 Charlton - Coventry 6.7
Peterborough 2-1 Shrewsbury - Idowu 6.0 (last 20 only), Sobowale 6.0 (last 5 only)
Wigan 1-0 Reading - Adeeko 6.6
Bristol Rovers 1-2 Blackpool - Hamilton 7.7 (and scored)
Lincoln 0-0 Derby - Roughan 7.0, Moylan 6.0 (last 15 only), Duffy 6.1 (last 35 only), Cashin 8.1, Hourihane 6.8, Collins 6.3
Fleetwood 0-1 Portsmouth - Lawal 7.0, Coughlan 5.9 (last 15 only), Omochere 6.2 (last 30 only), Shaughnessy 6.4, Scully an unused sub

Other leagues
Udinese 2-3 AC Milan - Ebosele 6.0 (taken off just before the hour for the second week in a row)
Excelsior 3-0 Heerenveen - Parrott 8.5 (scored, got an assist and hit the woodwork)
Alkmaar 2-2 Zwolle - MacNulty 6.9
Liege 0-1 Kortrijk - Afolabi 5.9 (last 25 only)

No ratings for the midweek FA Cup replays or for the French/Scottish Cup games this weekend.

So that means good weeks (7.5+) for Smallbone, Armstrong, Cashin (twice), Hourihane, Collins, Hamilton, Parrott
And bad weeks (<6.3) for McGuinness, O'Leary, Azaz, Connell, Ebosele

Good to see the good weeks outnumbering the bad weeks for a change! (Though that may be a factor of where I made the completely arbitrary cut-off of course)

[pineapple stu]

Update for the past week -

Premier League
Brighton 0-0 Wolves - Ferguson 6.0 (last 25 only)

Championship
QPR 1-1 Huddersfield - Armstrong 6.1, Dunne an unused sub
Leicester 1-1 Ipswich - Cannon 6.6, Harness 6.2, Taylor 6.3 (last 30 only)
Leeds 1-0 Norwich - Duffy 6.9, Idah 5.9 (last 10 only)
Millwall 1-1 Preston - Obafemi 5.9 (last 15 only - booked and peripherally involved on his Millwall debut), McNamara an unused sub, Keane 6.7, Brady 6.9 (last 30 only), Browne 6.1 (last 20 only), Cunningham an unused sub
Sunderland 3-1 Stoke - McNally and Bonham unused subs

League One
Wycombe 2-2 Fleetwood - Sadlier 6.3 (last 20 only), Lawal 6.2, Coughlan 6.5 (first start since his move), Omochere 5.9 (scored but was also sent off for two yellows, all in the first half)
Bristol Rovers 0-1 Exeter - Sweeney 6.7
Oxford 0-1 Barnsley - Goodrham 5.7, O'Keeffe 6.5, Cotter 6.3 (last 25 only)
Wigan 1-0 Wycombe - Adeeko 6.3, Sadlier 6.6
Charlton 2-3 Northampton - Springett an unused sub
Bolton 1-0 Cheltenham - Long 6.4, Keena 6.4
Rading 1-0 Derby - Cashin 7.3, Hourihane 6.9, Collins 6.1
Lincoln 0-0 Peterborough - Roughan 6.6, Mandroiu 5.9 (last 25 only), Moylan 6.0 (last 25 only), Duffy an unused sub
Carlisle 1-4 Bolton - Maguire an unused sub
Derby 2-1 Cheltenham - Cashin 8.0, Hourihane 6.4, Collins 7.6 (and scored), Long 7.2, Keena 6.2 (second half only), Kinsella 6.2 (last 25 only - his debut after moving from Swindon)
Northampton 0-2 Shrewsbury - Springett 6.2, Sobowale 6.0 (last 10 only), Idowu an unused sub
Blackpool 1-1 Charlton - Hamilton 6.5
Barnsley 1-2 Exeter - O'Keeffe 5.6 (taken off at half-time), Cotter 6.6 (second half only), Connell 6.6 (last 20 only), Sweeney 6.5
Bristol Rovers 3-1 Oxford - Negru 6.2 (taken off at half-time)
Port Vale 0-1 Portsmouth - Shaughnessy 7.1, Scully an unused sub
Reading 1-1 Leyton Orient - O'Neill 6.3 (last 20 minutes only - his debut of course)

FA Cup
Newport 2-4 Man Utd - Delaney 6.7, Charsley 5.9
Bournemouth 5-0 Swansea - Travers 7.5, Kilkenny 6.2 (last 35 only)
Bristol City 0-0 Forest - O'Leary 7.0, Knight 6.1, Omobamidele 6.8
Ipswich 1-2 Maidstone - Taylot 6.9, Harness an unused sub. Sam Bone (ex Rovers, Waterford, Pat's and Dundalk) played for Maidstone; got a 7.1 rating
Sheffield United 2-5 Brighton - Ferguson 6.9
Leicester 3-0 Birmingham - Cannon 6.9, Hogan 5.9 (last 30 only), Long an unused sub
Everton 1-2 Luton - Ogbene 6.2
Fulham 0-2 Newcastle - Murphy an unused sub
WBA 0-2 Wolves - Doherty 7.5, Hodge an unused sub
Watford 1-1 Southampton - Manning an unused sub, Smallbone 6.5 (last 30 only)
Liverpool 5-2 Norwich - Kelleher an unused sub (disappointing really), Idah 6.2 (last 30 only)

League Cup
Chelsea 6-1 Boro - Gilbert 6.2 (last 5 only)
Fulham 1-1 Liverpool - Kelleher 6.8

SPL
Hearts 2-0 Aberdeen - McGrath 7.3, Hayes an unused sub
Celtic 1-0 Ross County - Scales 7.8, Vata an unused sub, Brown 6.3
St Johnstone 1-1 Motherwell - Carey 6.6, Blaney an unused sub
Livingston 1-4 Dundee - Donnellan 6.3, Shaughnessy 7.0, Costello 6.2 (taken off at half-time)
Kilmarnock 2-2 Hibs - O'Hara 6.6, Ndaba 5.3 (sent off with 20 to go)

Other leagues
Atalanta 2-0 Udinese - Ebosele 5.9 (taken off at half-time - third week in a row being subbed off early)
Excelsior 1-1 Utrecht - Parrott 6.3
Zwolle 1-0 Vitesse - MacNulty 7.2
Mechelen 3-1 Molenbeek - Adaramola 6.7
Kortrijk 0-0 Leuven - Afolabi 6.1 (last 25 only)
Lyon 2-3 Rennes - O'Brien 6.4
Werder Bremen 3-1 Freiburg - Johansson an unused sub. A regular in the 3. Bundesliga, though his side are bottom of the table, having been second last year (but ineligible for promotion)

So good weeks (7.5+) for Cashin, Collins, Doherty, Scales
And bad weeks (<6.3) for Armstrong, Harness, Lawal, Omochere, Goodrham, Collins, Springett, O'Keeffe, Negru, Charsley (who was playing four divisions up in fairness), Knight, Ogbene, Costello, Ndaba and Ebosele

Pretty crappy week in general really...

[SkStu]

I know you’ve talked about how you’ve arbitrarily selected numbers to see if people have been good/bad… from my equally arbitrary perspective, 7.5 does seem a fairly high bar for “good”… is there any way to gauge from the site you use what the usual good, great, “star man” ratings are?

Anyway, whatever about that, it’s a sterling service you are providing!

[pineapple stu]

There's a chart on their site (https://www.whoscored.com/Explanations) which shows the percentages of players getting each rating. It doesn't quite take the cut-offs I have, but you can estimate that maybe 15% of players will get a 7.5 or higher (I'm assuming more players score 7.0-7.5 than score 7.5-8.0 - standard bell curve distribution) and possibly a similar amount will score under 6.3. I don't know how that chart factors in late subs because of course someone coming on with five minutes to go is going to do well to move much beyond the starting point of 6.0, and there's plenty of late subs. I don't count subs in the "bad weeks" for that reason

Of course the real reason I went with those bands is it was fewer players so less work :p

[pineapple stu]

Another update for the week - a double week in some cases...

Premier League
Arsenal 3-1 Liverpool - Kelleher an unused sub
Forest 1-3 Arsenal - Omobamidele 6.3
Luton 4-0 Brighton - Ogbene 8.4 (and scored), Ferguson 5.7 (second half only)
Spurs 3-2 Brentford - Collins 6.2
Man City 3-1 Burnley - O'Shea 6.3, Cullen an unused sub
Liverpool 4-1 Chelsea - Kelleher an unused sub
West Ham 1-1 Bournemouth - Travers and Kilkenny unused subs
Wolves 3-4 Man Utd - Doherty 6.3 (taken off before the hour), Hodge an unused sub
Everton 2-2 Spurs - Coleman 6.1 (last 15 only)
Newcastle 4-4 Luton - Ogbene 7.6
Brighton 4-1 Palace - Ferguson 6.9
Burnley 2-2 Fulham - O'Shea 6.9, Cullen an unused sub
Chelsea 2-4 Wolves - Doherty 6.1 (injury time only)
Bournemouth 1-1 Forest - Omobamidele 7.0, Travers an unused sub

Championship
Boro 1-1 Sunderland - Gilbert an unused sub, Azaz 6.2
Leicester 3-1 Swansea - Cannon 5.9 (last 10 only)
Coventry 2-2 Bristol City - O'Leary 5.6 (bit of a howler for Coventry's equaliser), Knight 6.1
Bristol City 0-1 Leeds - O'Leary 6.9, Knight 6.1
Stoke 0-5 Leicester - Bonham 5.7, McNally 6.0 (last 20 only), McAteer 7.4 (scored, but came off at half-time), Cannon an unused sub
Norwich 2-1 Coventry - Duffy 6.4
Preston 3-2 Ipswich - Browne 7.2, Keane 8.4 (scored twice), Brady 6.0 (last 15 only), Cunningham an unused sub, Harness 6.1 (last 10 only)
Blackburn 1-2 QPR - Moran 6.5, Szmodics 6.3, Armstrong 7.6, Hodge 7.4 (last 35 only - but scored within ten minutes of coming on), Dunne an unused sub
Rotherham 0-2 Southampton - Bazunu 7.3, Manning 7.5, Smallbone 7.2
Hull 1-0 Millwall - Ashbee and McLoughlin unused subs, Obafemi 5.9 (taken off at half-time), McNamara 6.0 (last 25 only)
WBA 1-0 Birmingham - Long 6.8, Hogan an unused sub
Watford 0-1 Cardiff - McGuinness 7.3

League One
Peterborough 2-3 Wigan - Adeeko 6.4
Oxford 2-2 Portsmouth - Goodrham 7.8 (scored, and man-of-the-match), Negru an unused sub, Shaughnessy 6.6
Oxford 1-1 Reading - Negru 6.6, Goodrham 7.0
Orient 3-2 Carlisle - O'Neill 5.8 (last 15 only), Maguire 6.5 (came on after 20 minutes and scored a penalty late on), Grehan 6.7 (last 20 only)
Fleetwood 3-0 Port Vale - Lawal 7.5, Coughlan 7.9 (and scored), Kilkenny 6.1 (last 20 only), Graydon 6.3 (last 30 only)
Exeter 0-1 Port Vale - Sweeney 6.5
Stevenage 1-0 Blackpool - Hamilton 6.0
Shrewsbury 1-2 Cambridge - O'Brien 6.1 (last 15 only), Idowu 6.0 (injury time only)
Portsmouth 4-1 Northampton - Rafferty 6.5, Shaughnessy 6.8, Springett 6.2 (last 20 only)
Bolton 1-1 Barnsley - Connell 6.4, Cotter 6.1, O'Keeffe 6.2 (last 25 only), Grant 6.0 (last 10 only)
Burton 0-1 Lincoln - Roughan 7.2, Duffy 6.0 (taken off in the first half - I think as a formation re-vamp when Lincoln went down to ten men), O'Connor 7.0 (came on for Duffy), Mandroiu an unused sub
Charlton 0-1 Derby - Coventry 6.9, Cashin 7.7 (man-of-the-match), Hourihane 6.9, Collins 6.8
Charlton 1-3 Wycombe - Long 6.4, Keena 5.8 (taken off at half-time), Kinsella 6.1 (last 35 only), Sadlier 6.5

SPL
Dundee 2-3 Hearts - Shaughnessy 6.2
Aberdeen 1-1 Dundee - McGrath 6.4, Phillips 6.1 (last 15 only), Hayes an unused sub, Shaughnessy 6.4, Costelloe 6.8 (last 25 only)
Livi 2-2 Ross County - Donnellan an unused sub, Brown 6.3
Aberdeen 1-1 Celtic - Phillips 6.3, McGrath 7.1, Hayes an unused sub, Scales 6.9, Idah 6.9 (last 30 only), Vata 6.4 (last 5 only)
Ross County 0-1 St Johnstone - Brown 6.9, Carey 8.2 (man-of-the-match)
Rangers 3-0 Livi - Donnellan 6.2
Motherwell 1-1 Killie - Casey, Blaney and O'Hara unused subs

Other leagues
Udinese 0-0 Monza - Ebosele dropped and remained an unused sub
Sparta 0-2 PEC Zwolle - MacNulty 7.0
Almere 2-1 Excelsior - Parrott 7.4 (and scored)
Molenbeek 2-2 Standard Liege - Adaramola 6.8
Club Brugge 3-3 Kortrijk - Afolabi 7.3 (and scored)
St Gilloise 3-2 Molenbeek - Adaramola 6.2
Kortrijk 1-0 Charleroi - Afolabi 6.0 (last 20 only - dropped for this one despite scoring in midweek, strangely)
Lyon 1-0 Marseille - O'Brien 6.7

So good weeks (7.5+) for Ogbene (twice), Keane, Armstrong, Manning, Goodrham, Lawal, Coughlan, Cashin, Carey
And bad weeks (<6.3) for Collins, Azaz, O'Leary, Knight (twice, slightly worryingly), Bonham, Obafemi, Hamilton, Cotter, Duffy, Keena, Shaughnessy, Donnellan, Adaramola

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More ratings for the week gone by...

Premier League
Brentford 1-3 Man City - Collins 6.5
Man City 2-0 Everton - Coleman 6.1 (last 35 only)
Fulham 3-1 Bournemouth - Travers an unused sub
Liverpool 3-1 Burnley - Kelleher 6.5, O'Shea 7.3 (and scored), Cullen an unused sub
Luton 1-3 Sheffield United - Ogbene 6.4
Spurs 2-1 Brighton - Ferguson 5.9 (last 10 only)
Wolves 0-2 Brentford - Doherty 6.3 (last 10 only), Collins 7.9
Nottingham Forest 2-3 Newcastle - Omobamidele an unused sub (disappointing given he'd started the last six games)

Championship
Coventry 2-1 Millwall - Obafemi 6.6
Wednesday 2-0 Birmingham - Long 6.4, Hogan 6.1 (taken off before the hour)
Ipswich 2-2 WBA - Harness 6.1 (last 15 only), Molumby not in the WBA squad (presume injured?), Johnstone 5.8 (last 35 only)
Boro 1-2 Bristol City - Azaz 7.0, Gilbert an unused sub, O'Leary 7.2, Knight 7.5 (and scored)
QPR 2-2 Norwich - Hodge 6.6, Armstrong 6.3, Dunne an unused sub, no sign of Duffy (again presume injured)
Blackburn 3-1 Stoke - Szmodics 7.4 (and scored), Moran 6.1 (last five only), McNally 5.8
Watford 1-2 Leicester - McAteer 6.5, Cannon an unused sub (seems to be struggling to make the same impact as last year)
Southampton 5-3 Huddersfield - Bazunu 6.3 (weak for Huddersfield's opener), Manning 6.6 (booked for diving in the box), Smallbone 6.8
Cardiff 0-2 Preston - Browne 7.1, Keane 6.7, Brady 6.1 (last 5 only), Cunningham an unused sub
Hull 0-1 Swansea - Connolly 6.0 (last 25 only - but good to see him back), McLoughlin an unused sub

League One
Wigan 1-2 Exeter - Adeeko 5.9 (hooked at half-time), Sweeney 6.1
Bristol Rovers 0-2 Fleetwood - Lawal 7.7, Kilkenny 7.4, Omochere 6.7, Coughlan 7.7 (and scored), Graydon 6.3 (last 40 only), Lonergan an unused sub
Exeter 2-1 Peterborough - Sweeney 6.6 (last 30 only)
Port Vale 0-1 Leyton Orient - O'Neill 5.9 (last 20 only)
Wycombe 5-2 Peterborough - Sadlier 7.6 (and scored)
Barnsley 2-1 Orient - Connell 5.7 (sent off late on), Cotter 6.0 (taken off before the hour), O'Keeffe 7.3 (came on for Cotter and got an assist), Grant 6.2 (last 10 only)
Blackpool 1-1 Oxford - Hamilton 6.1 (last 20 only), Lyons 6.0 (injury time only - first game in a month), Goodrham 6.3
Cambridge 0-1 Cheltenham - Long 7.9 (man of the match), Kinsella 6.8, Keena an unused sub
Carlisle 0-1 Portsmouth - Maguire 6.1 (last 15 only), Rafferty 7.1, Shaughnessy 7.9 (man of the match)
Derby 1-1 Shrewsbury - Hourihane 6.3, Collins 6.5, Sobowale 6.1, Idowu 6.2 (last 15 only), O'Brien 6.1 (last 15 only), Cashin also missing presumed injured
Lincoln 2-1 Fleetwood - Deep breath required here! O'Connor 6.5, Roughan 6.3, Duffy 6.1 (last 25 only), Mandroiu and Moylan unused subs, Lawal 5.1 (sent off in the first half), Kilkenny 6.4, Omochere 7.4 (scored, but taken off at half-time, presumably after Lawal's red card), Coughlan 6.2 (also taken off at half-time), Graydon 6.0 (came on at half-time), Lonergan an unused sub. Patterson and Quitirna also involved - both ex-Waterford.
Northampton 1-1 Bolton - Springett 6.0 (last 15 only)

SPL
Dundee 2-1 St Johnstone - Shaughnessy 6.6, Costelloe 6.6 (second half only), Carey 7.4
Motherwell 5-0 Ross County - Blaney 6.3 (last 15 only), Casey an unused sub, Brown 6.4
Rangers 2-1 Aberdeen - McGrath 6.7, Hayes 6.5, Phillips 6.3 (last 15 only)
St Johnstone 0-1 Hearts - Carey 7.0
Killie 1-0 Livi - O'Hara an unused sub, Donnellan 6.6
Hibs 1-2 Celtic - Scales 7.4 (man of the match), Idah 7.4 (scored two penalties of course), Vata an unused sub
St Mirren 2-0 Dundee - Shaughnessy 6.9
No ratings for the Cup games

Other leagues
Excelsior 0-3 Twente - Parrott 6.1
Go Ahead Eagles 1-1 PEC Zwolle - MacNulty 7.4
Molenbeek 0-4 Royal Antwerp - Adaramola 5.5 (one of four players hooked at half-time, with the team already 3-0 down)
St Truiden 1-0 Kortrijk - Afolabi 6.9 (last 10 only)
Montpellier 1-2 Lyon - O'Brien 6.8
Juve v Udinese is on Monday - Udinese have dropped into the relegation zone after the weekend's games

So good weeks (7.5+) for Collins, Knight, Lawal (but also in the bad week list), Coughlan (but also in the bad week list), Sadlier, Long, Shaughnessy,
And bad weeks (<6.3) for Omobamidele (for being dropped), Hogan, McNally, Adeeko, Sweeney, Connell, Cotter, Sobowale, Lawal (but also in the good week list), Coughlan (but also in the good week list), Parrott, Adaramola

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Another week, another update - a double week in some case. That may explain why the likes of Manning/Armstrong/Hourihane were dropped - bit of squad rotation?

Premier League
Luton 1-2 Man Utd - Ogbene 7.0
Brentford 1-4 Liverpool - Collins 5.3 (at fault for one, if not two, goals), Kelleher 7.5
Brentford 0-5 Arsenal - O'Shea 5.7, Cullen an unused sub
Newcastle 2-2 Bournemouth - Travers and Randolph (remember him?) both unused subs
Forest 2-0 West Ham - Omobamidele 6.1 (injury time only)
Spurs 1-2 Wolves - Doherty 6.0 (injury time only)
Sheffield United 0-5 Brighton - Ferguson 6.6 (last 25 only)

Championship
Preston 2-2 Blackburn - Browne 7.5, Brady 7.8 (and scored), Keane 6.3, Cunningham an unused sub, Szmodics 7.2 (and scored), Moran an unused sub
Leicester 2-0 Sheffield Wednesday - Cannon 6.1 (last 10 only), McAteer 6.2 (last 20 only)
Birmingham 1-0 Blackburn - Long an unused sub, Szmodics 6.3, Moran 6.0 (last 20 only)
Rotherham 1-2 Hull - Connolly and McLaughlin unused subs
WBA 2-0 Cardiff - Johnstone 7.1 (and scored), so sign of Molumby (presume he's injured)
Bristol City 3-1 Southampton - O'Leary 6.7, Knight 6.8, Bazunu 5.6, Manning 6.9, Smallbone 6.0
Stoke 1-0 QPR - McNally 8.2 (man of the match), Hodge 6.6, Armstrong 6.2, Dunne an unused sub
Preston 2-1 Boro - Browne 7.1, Brady 7.2, Keane 6.9, Cunningham 7.0 (came on after 8 minutes), Azaz 8.1 (and scored), Gilbert an unused sub
Millwall 0-4 Ipswich - McNamara 6.0, Harness an unused sub, no sign of Obafemi or Taylor
WBA 0-2 Southampton - Bazunu 6.9, Smallbone 6.8, Manning an unused sub
Bristol City 0-1 QPR - O'Leary 7.4, Knight 6.4, Sykes 6.1 (last 15 only - but first appearance in six weeks), Dunne 7.9, Hodge 6.3 (last 20 only), Armstrong an unused sub
Swansea 1-2 Ipswich - Harness 6.0 (last 25 only)
Stoke 0-1 Coventry - Bonham 6.4 (only his second game since New Year's), Clark an unused sub
Millwall 0-2 Wednesday - Emakhu 6.2 (last 20 only - but his first game since New Year's)
Leicester 1-2 Boro - Cannon 7.2 (came on at half time and assisted Leicester's goal), McAteer 45 (last 30 only), Azaz 7.7 (man of the match and scored), Gilbert an unused sub
Huddersfield 1-2 Hull - Connolly and McLaughlin unused subs

League One
Peterborough 1-2 Blackpool - Hamilton an unused sub
Shrewbury 1-1 Barnsley - Sobowale and O'Brien unused subs, O'Keeffe 6.8, Cotter 6.2 (last 10 only), Grant 6.2 (last 10 only)
Portsmouth 3-1 Cambridge - Rafferty 6.5, Shaughnessy 6.6
Bolton 2-1 Wycombe - Sadlier 6.3 (taken off before the hour)
Charlton 1-1 Lincoln - Roughan 6.3, O'Connor 7.0, Mandroiu 6.4, Duffy 6.2 (injury time only), Moylan 6.2 (last 35 only)
Cheltenham 2-0 Blackpool - Long 7.3, Kinsella 7.0, Keena 6.0 (last 25 only), Lyons 6.1
Exeter 0-3 Derby - Sweeney 6.2 (last 30 only), Cashin 7.1, Hourihane 6.9, Collins 6.7
Fleetwood 1-1 Reading - Kilkenny 6.8, Omochere 6.6, Coughlan 6.3, Graydon 6.0 (last 25 only)
Orient 4-3 Reading - O'Neill 9.0 (man of the match and scored - think the first 9 we've seen?), Springett 6.0 (last 20 only)
Oxford 4-2 Wigan - Adeeko 5.9
Portsmouth 4-1 Reading - Rafferty 6.2, Shaughnessy 7.3
Shrewsbury 0-1 Wigan - O'Brien 6.2 (injury time only), Adeeko 6.4
Wycombe 0-0 Oxford - Sadlier 6.6, Negru 7.2, Goodrham 6.4
Carlisle 0-4 Cheltenham - Grehan an unused sub
Cheltenham 3-2 Port Vale - Long 7.4, Kinsella 7.1, Keena 6.0 (last 15 only), Sloggett an unused sub
Derby 1-0 Stevenage - Cashin 7.8 (man of the match), Hourihane an unused sub
Fleetwood 1-2 Barnsley - Lawal 7.3 (and scored), Kilkenny 6.4, Omochere 6.0, Coughlan 6.4, Graydon 6.3, Connell 6.9, Grant, O'Keeffe and Cotter all unused subs
Orient 1-2 Burton - O'Neill 6.6
Lincoln 1-0 Exeter - O'Connor 7.3 (man of the match), Roughan 6.7, Duffy 7.0, Moylan 5.9 (last 15 only), Mandroiu an unused sub, Sweeney 6.5
Northampton 3-1 Bristol Rovers - Springett 6.1 (last 20 only)

SPL
St Johnstone 0-3 Rangers - Carey 5.9
Aberdeen 3-3 Motherwell - McGrath 7.3, Phillips 6.3 (last 15 only), Hayes, Blaney and Casey all unused subs
Rangers 3-1 Ross County - Brown 6.5 (shout-out to the Ross County keeper - rated 9.7 for making 20 saves in the match)
Hearts 2-0 Motherwell - Casey 7.1, Blaney an unused sub
Dundee 2-0 Ross County - Shaughnessy 7.5, Costelloe 7.5, Brown 5.8
Celtic 1-1 Killie - Scales 7.0, Idah 6.5, Ndaba 7.8 (man of the match), O'Hara an unused sub
Aberdeen 2-2 Hibs - McGrath 7.5 (and scored), Phillips 6.4 (last 10 only), Hayes an unused sub

Other leagues
PEC 0-1 Almere City - MacNulty 6.2
Sparta 4-2 Excelsior - Parrott 6.2
Juve 0-1 Udinese - Ebosele 6.6 (last 25 only)
Udinese 1-1 Cagliari - Ebosele 6.3 (last 25 only)
Genk 3-1 Molenbeek - Adaramola 6.7
Kortrijk 1-3 St Gilloise - Afolabi 5.9 (last 10 only - disappointing he's still only got the one start, which he scored on)
Lyon 1-0 Nice - no sign of O'Brien; presume he's serving his ban from being sent off recently

So good weeks (7.5+) for Kelleher (!), Browne, McNally, Brady, Azaz (twice), Dunne, O'Neill, Cashin, Shaughnessy, Costelloe, Ndaba, McGrath
And bad weeks (<6.3) for Cullen, O'Shea, Bazunu, Smallbone, Armstrong, McNamara, Lyons, Adeeko, Rafferty, Omochere, Carey, Brown, Parrott, MacNulty

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An interesting weekend's matches!

League Cup
Chelsea 0-1 Liverpool - Kelleher 8.6 (only beaten for man of the match by van Dijk with 9.0 - scoring always helps I guess)

Premier League
Wolves 1-0 Sheffield United - Doherty 6.2 (injury time only), Curtis an unused sub
Man City 1-0 Brentford - Collins an unused sub
Liverpool 4-1 Luton - Kelleher 6.8, Ogbene 8.1 (and scored)
Villa 4-2 Forest - Omobamidele 5.4 (second half only, but a bad error for Villa's fourth)
Brighton 1-1 Everton - Ferguson 6.5, Coleman an unused sub
Palace 3-0 Burnley - O'Shea 5.8, Cullen 6.6 (came on in the first half in a reshuffle after Burnley's red card)
Bournemouth 0-1 Man City - Travers an unused sub

Championship
Boro 0-2 Plymouth - Azaz 5.8 (hooked before the hour against his former club), Gilbert 6.3 (last 10 only)
Cardiff 0-0 Blackburn - Szmodics 6.6, Moran 6.2 (last 30 only)
Ipswich 4-3 Rotherham - Harness an unused sub
Southampton 1-2 Hull - Bazunu 5.5, Manning 6.4, Smallbone 6.1, McLoughlin 6.3 (injury time only), Connolly an unused sub
Plymouth 0-3 WBA - Johnstone 7.5 (last 20 only, but scored)
Coventry 0-3 Preston - Browne 8.5 (man of the match), Keane 7.4 (and scored), Cunningham 6.4 (last 15 only)
Leeds 3-1 Leicester - Cannon 5.6 (last 15 only), McAteer 5.9 (last 15 only). Leicester conceded three goals in that time
Hull 1-1 WBA - Connolly 6.0 (last 30 only), McLoughlin an unused sub, Johnstone 6.8
Blackburn 1-1 Norwich - Szmodics 6.4, Moran 6.1 (last 15 only)
QPR 2-1 Rotherham - Dunne 7.1, Hodge 6.3 (taken off at half time), Armstrong an unused sub
Ipswich 3-1 Birmingham - Harness 6.2 (injury time only), Hogan an unused sub
Southampton 1-2 Millwall - Bazunu 5.9, Smallbone 6.1, Manning 6.0 (last 20 only), Obafemi 6.3 (taken off at half-time), Emakhu on the bench
Wednesday 2-1 Bristol City - O'Leary 6.5, Knight 7.3 (and scored)
Cardiff 2-1 Stoke - Bonham an unused sub

League One
Stevenage 1-0 Wycome - Sadlier 6.5
Oxford 2-2 Northampton - Negru 6.0, Springett 7.1 (last 5 only - but scored in that time)
Wigan 1-1 Cheltenham - Adeeko 6.0 (taken off at half time), Long 6.5, Kinsella 6.5, Keena 6.1 (second half only)
Exeter 1-1 Fleetwood - Sweeney 6.8, Kilkenny 6.0 (taken off at half-time), Lawal 7.2, Graydon 5.9 (taken off at half-time), Coughlan 6.6, Omochere 7.2 (second half only - and scored)
Blackpool 4-1 Bolton - Hamilton 6.0 (last 5 only)
Barnsley 2-1 Derby - Connell 6.4, O'Keeffe 6.1 (injury time only), Grant 6.0 (injury time only), Cotter 6.4 (last 5 only), Cashin 6.7, Hourihane 6.7
Bristol Rovers 2-1 Carlisle - Maguire 6.0 (last 5 only), Grehan an unused sub
Charlton 0-0 Portsmouth - Rafferty 6.8, Shaughnessy 6.5
Oxford 1-2 Orient - Negru 6.2, Goodrham 7.5 (and scored), O'Neill 7.9 (scored one and set up the other - starting to justify the elaborate Twitter signing video!)
Port Vale 0-2 Lincoln - Roughan 6.5, O'Connor 7.2, Mandroiu 6.4, Duffy 6.5 (last 15 only), Moylan 6.1 (last 20 only)
Reading 2-3 Shrewsbury - Sobowale 6.1 (last 10 only), O'Brien an unused sub

SPL
Motherwell 1-3 Celtic - Casey 6.7, Blaney 5.8 (injury time only - Motherwell conceded twice in that time of course), Scales 7.3, Idah 8.1 (second half only - but scored twice. Pipped for man of the match though by Johnston, who got the same rating)
Hibs 2-1 Dundee - Shaughnessy 6.3, Costelloe 6.2 (taken off at half-time)
Killie 2-0 Aberdeen - Ndaba 8.1 (and scored), McGrath 7.3, Hayes and Phillips unused subs
St Mirren 2-0 St Johnstone - Carey 6.2
Ross County 3-2 Livi - Brown 6.1 (last 5 only)

Other leagues
Mechelen 3-0 Kortrijk - Afolabi 5.9 (taken off before the hour - though he did start at least)
Molenbeek 1-1 Leuven - Adaramola 7.5
Excelsior 1-2 Vitesse - Parrott 6.6
Zwolle 1-7 PSV - MacNulty 6.3 (came off with 20 to go; PSV scored another three after that)
Metz 1-2 Lyon - O'Brien 7.0
Genoa 2-0 Udinese - Ebosele 6.3 (second half only - Udinese went down to ten men three minutes later, which can't have helped)

So very good weeks (8.5+) for Kelleher (may as well call out performances like that one!), Browne
Good weeks (7.5+) for Ogbene, Johnstone (impressive achievement for a 20-minute cameo), Keane, Goodrham, O'Neill, Idah, Ndaba, Adaramola
Bad weeks (<6.3) for O'Shea, Azaz, Bazunu (twice), Smallbone (twice), Obafemi, Negru, Adeeko, Kilkenny, Graydon, Costelloe, Afolabi
And very bad weeks (<5.5) for Omobamidele (don't normally include subs here, but he got the whole second half, so I suppose similar to playing badly and being taken off at half-time)

[MancIrishWolf]

Absolutely brilliant analysis, Stu! Love reading this every week. Sincerely appreciated!

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Cheers Manc!

Yep, I think it can add to the player threads - it's great when they bump with (mostly) positive news, but it feels this adds a wider dimension across the board

And I think the ratings do tend to be quite reasonable - Ogbene and Kelleher this week for example. So Omobamidele getting a 5.4 off the bench is a worry - looks like that move to Forest is looking a bad one after all, despite his brief flurry of starts. Collins got a couple of similar ratings and was dropped

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Where are the ratings from? Quality the depth of information. Especially at lower level. Noticed we had a lot hooked at half time this weekend like Kilkenny (although good to see Lawal getting the assist from midfield). Hopefully Omo is a blip. Confidence looks low though. Nice one once again.