Player Ratings versus BHAFC

[ellafella]

Player Ratings versus BHAFC
Carson: Cannot really remember him having a save to make. Distribution was pants though: straight- kicked in to touch on 4 occasions and a couple of hospital-pass kicks to Christie. 6/10
Christie: No attacking intent of note until the 83rd minute when Blackman had been withdrawn suggesting tactically told to stay put when Blackman was on. Some good work very late on when he looked a threat. 7/10
Keogh: The usual game; busy, with some lively runs out of the box. 6/10
Shackell: 7/10. Very assured and solid.
Baird: 6/10 Did the job at left-back. Tidy and sensible. What a shame Mr and Mrs Forsyth had an early night 9 months to the day of the big kick off because Mr Forsyth was holding his Mrs’s hand when he should have been flying down the wing. Baird didn’t go over the half-way line.
Bryson: 8/10. Excellent game by Bryson playing very defensive midfield; positioned just in front of the back four, he tackled well and kept the shape and moved the ball on well. What a waste of a superb footballer though. Bryson had a poor season by his own admission a couple of seasons ago explaining “The manager played me very deep”.
Johnson: 5/10 Was the crowd cheering his withdrawal or the arrival of Will Hughes? Oh dear Bradley...some mis-placed passes and a seeming lack of appetite and flair. But a nice hair bun.
Hendrick: 6/10. Lots of toil but never really knits anything together .
Blackman: 5/10. Started well with a couple of runs down the right wing and all looked ok. Then disappeared. Is this man really a footballer? Mr Pearson thinks he has a lot of potential but didn’t say what for...
Ince: 3/10. Anonymous. Had no service. Almost fashioned a goal late in the game when things opened up but lack of possession in midfield by Derby meant he just had scraps. Lost possession on a couple of occasions when he did have the ball.
Bent: 3/10 Ran around a lot. Zilch service.
Subs:
Hughes: 8/10. Derby improved 60% when Hughes was introduced after 60 minutes. Suddenly we kept possession and started to make inroads into Brighton’s half and we even started to threaten their goal. Mr Pearson thinks Blackman has great potential; has yet to say anything about Will Hughes. Maybe he’s got his head in the sand.
Butterfield: 7/10 for Ince 0n 83. Also livened things up adding possession and mobility to midfield.
Martin: 6/10 ; for Blackman (69 mins). Gave us shape up front after 69 minutes of amoeboid-like dimensions. Suddenly we looked almost like a team .
Management. 2/10
I will admit that I haven’t been part of the merry band who have been blowing warm smoke up Mr Pearson’s derriere since he was appointed (“He’s done it before”, “He’s the man etc”) and his team selection justified my reservations. How can you see potential in Blackman and put Will Hughes on the bench? Just a couple of months after Hughes ran the game in their backyard on the south coast? How can you nullify Bryson by playing him at CDM? How can you put out a team that was devoid of any idea other than to pass to Blackman, who then lost it? How can you not bring on Russell to stretch the game when it needed stretching? Derby were 2nd best to Brighton who actually were below par How can you claim credit for a point by saying in previous seasons Derby County would have lost that game? Really Mr Pearson? We drew 2-2 and 1-1 with Brighton last year. They finishe 11 points above us. The season before we beat them 3-0 at home and mullered them 6-2 in a play-offs after beating them 2-1 away twice. I’m just not convinced by authoritarian hard-staring. If you want to know the best Derby team to pick, just ask a supporter and don’t insult us with twaddle post-match.

[macstheman]

Agree totally though a bit generous for Johnson and even Hendrick!!

[mistaram]

Ella. Excellent post just a bit to generous with your points for the management Surely he should be asking Wassell and his staff there thoughts

[macstheman]

It's a bit soon to have a dig at the management, how they respond to that performance both management and players will be interesting!

[ellafella]

Ella. Excellent post just a bit to generous with your points for the management Surely he should be asking Wassell and his staff there thoughts

Spot on Mista...or just watch the games from last season. They're all on Ramsplayer.

[ramAnag]

Don't think I've ever known you so critical Ella. Can't disagree with very much of it although I am puzzled about you giving Bryson 8/10.
Good in parts but seemed short on pace and energy...got booked for bringing Sidwell down after being completely outpaced by someone who must be amongst the oldest in the league.

[ellafella]

Don't think I've ever known you so critical Ella. Can't disagree with very much of it although I am puzzled about you giving Bryson 8/10.
Good in parts but seemed short on pace and energy...got booked for bringing Sidwell down after being completely outpaced by someone who must be amongst the oldest in the league.

My frustration is really to do with the team selection Anag; as many others have said, it was just plain wrong.

I did forget the save by Carson about 1 minute in to the second half...I did see it but from the other end of the ground so didn't quite appreciate how good it was. I gave Bryson 8 because he did the job that he was presumably asked to do...but playing in such a deep role reduces his potential impact so much.

Basically the midfield was all wrong. We had no symmetry, or balance or possession. The thing that did it was the set up of the team. Unless Pearson learns quickly, we are destined to see an already mature and seasoned team unravel. That has been my fear from the point that Pearson was appointed. As Mistaram says, why doesn't he just have a chat with Darren Wassall...he could learn a thing or two. I suspect he won't though;

Not sure I can sit through many more displays like that though.

[AngryRam]

My frustration is really to do with the team selection Anag; as many others have said, it was just plain wrong.

I did forget the save by Carson about 1 minute in to the second half...I did see it but from the other end of the ground so didn't quite appreciate how good it was. I gave Bryson 8 because he did the job that he was presumably asked to do...but playing in such a deep role reduces his potential impact so much.

Basically the midfield was all wrong. We had no symmetry, or balance or possession. The thing that did it was the set up of the team. Unless Pearson learns quickly, we are destined to see an already mature and seasoned team unravel. That has been my fear from the point that Pearson was appointed. As Mistaram says, why doesn't he just have a chat with Darren Wassall...he could learn a thing or two. I suspect he won't though;

Not sure I can sit through many more displays like that though.

Spot on.. I'm still not over Clement going..

[swaledale]

Spot on.. I'm still not over Clement going..

Yet Clement made some strange decisions and how many games was the build up great with no end product? The draw away to Wednesday sticks in my mind as just one such example.

Ella I understand your opinion of Pearson, I don't know the guy but he does have a strange misdemeanour and has acted very strangely over the years, but then being a football manager is a pressure job, you have 20K plus people who all know better than the manager and 90 mins in which to express that verbally!! What other job do your mistakes and judgements get scrutinised so publicly? Having said that there is much to improve and nobody knows Pearson's reasoning for his selection on Saturday? Maybe he wanted to demonstrate to those with the purse strings just how poor some of those expensive buys are?

I would hope that he takes on board Powell and Phillips' views and is not that daft as to not talk with Wassall surely? Stubborness is not necessarily a bad trait (I believe Clough Snr was famous for disregarding others views!)? He does have achievements, promotion and then keeping the side from being relegated the next year, so clearly isn't a fool, but I do expect a more solid pragmatic approach from him.

Early days but he must know that Derby fans will not hold back in expressing their views at matches and IF he played the same team again, then I'd question his sanity!

[stamfordram]

No great dispute with direction of the ratings but just couple of details:

One of the few highlights of our performance was the 'worldie' save by Carson in the first minute of 2nd half

Christie went rampaging down the wing in the first five minutes when we looked like a team

For me Keogh was all over the place with wild clearances / tackles

Overall I was very frustrated from the moment I saw the team sheet - how Hughes can't get in that team I will never understand

Having watched the 'highlights' we did actually have 3-4 good efforts but the general performance I would summarise as chaotic which considering we have the same players is difficult to fathom