QuoteTwo 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.
Goal for Connolly - first in 11 games. Cross from Delap and a simple finish for Connolly.
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.
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)
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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)
Last edited by pineapple stu; 23/12/2023 at 5:09 PM.
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.Originally Posted by pineapple stu
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
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
Last edited by pineapple stu; 01/01/2024 at 6:43 PM.
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).
Last edited by pineapple stu; 02/01/2024 at 10:21 PM.
Who scored just lists appearances, not unused sub instances - my mistake!
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
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
Last edited by pineapple stu; 14/01/2024 at 10:50 PM.
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)
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