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Player Ratings vs Ipswich

BarclayBoy88

BarclayBoy88

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John Ruddy - 7: I don't remember him having to make a difficult save. His kicking was a little dodgy and he seemed a little indecisive at times when coming for the ball, but a clean sheet is a clean sheet.

Michael Turner - 8: Thought Turner was fantastic today, he really managed to handle whatever Ipswich threw at him, lot of balls to deal with that and he did that comfortably. 

Russell Martin - 7: A decent, solid game for Martin today. Can't remember him getting beat all that much, there were a couple of headers early, but thought he was solid. 

Steven Whittaker - 4: Really thought he was terrible today. Gave the ball away a lot, never looked as though he had the ball under control and players just breezed past him.

Ryan Bennett - 5: Tough luck on the lad, could have staked a claim today but instead he'll be fighting to get another chance. 

Alex Tettey - 8: Superb performance again and bags of energy. He seems really invested in the team right now, and he looks more impressive on the ball than I've ever seen him. 

Bradley Johnson - 7: Another very solid performance by Jonno, had another shot on target and battled away in the middle there. Nothing really stood out but he worked as hard as always.

Nathan Redmond - 7: Was a little quiet for sure but his final ball wasn't bad today and he got a couple of shots on target. Set up the chance for Lafferty and was a good outlet in the final 15 minutes. 

Wes Hoolahan - 7: Again a very solid performance, a couple of passes went astray and he wasn't able to unlock the Ipswich defense, but he did enough. 

Kyle Lafferty - 6: He works hard, but he held the ball too long, tried to do too much and his fitness is worrying, looked exhausted when he came off and doesn't look capable of playing more than 60 minutes right now. 

Lewis Grabban - 8: I know the chip was ill-advised but he was a constant thorn in their side, had a couple of efforts on target, worked hard and scored the important goal, 4 in 4 right now, can't ask for much more. 

Subs

Javier Garrido - 7: I thought Javier played really well today, looked good defensively and played a beautiful ball through for Grabban. Few clearances went astray, but was decent performance. 

Elliott Bennett - 6: Didn't do a great deal when he came on but he offered better cover for Whittaker who needed it. 

Gary O'Neil - 6: Perfect time to bring O'Neil one, added some fresh legs and some physicality to the midfield. 
 
splutcho

splutcho

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Ruddy 8

Turner 9 

Martin 7

Bennett N/A

Whittaker 5

Tettey 8

Johnson 7

Redmond 7

Hoolahan 8

Lafferty 5

Grabban 7

Garrido 7

Bennett 6

O'Neil 7
 
Tomasz Blazak

Tomasz Blazak

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I can't wait to see IpswichCrazy's player ratings!!
 
Canaryboy

Canaryboy

Well-Known Member
Ruddy 8

Turner 9 

Martin 7

Bennett N/A

Whittaker 5

Tettey 8

Johnson 7

Redmond 7

Hoolahan 8

Lafferty 5

Grabban 7

Garrido 7

Bennett 6

O'Neil 7
I was going to have a go at this today, but to be honest I'd probably just have to copy Splutcho's..... looks about right to me. Probably mark O'Neill down to 6, wasn't on the pitch long enough to justify the same rating as Garrido (who I thought was very good today). 
 
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Lake District Canary

Lake District Canary

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5 a bit harsh on Whittaker and Lafferty imo.   Whittaker is fighting to find form and never shirks from the job at task.  Gets forward and puts himself about.   Not the only one guilty of misplacing passes either - and for a defence that has only let in two goals (and good ones at that) in four matches, none of the defenders have done that badly.   Lafferty gets in good positions and just needs a goal to get his confidence up.  Both can improve of course, but there is plenty to improve all round the team.
 
BarclayBoy88

BarclayBoy88

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5 a bit harsh on Whittaker and Lafferty imo.   Whittaker is fighting to find form and never shirks from the job at task.  Gets forward and puts himself about.   Not the only one guilty of misplacing passes either - and for a defence that has only let in two goals (and good ones at that) in four matches, none of the defenders have done that badly.   Lafferty gets in good positions and just needs a goal to get his confidence up.  Both can improve of course, but there is plenty to improve all round the team.
I really thought Whittaker was dreadful, his dawdling on the ball gave the ball away on the edge of the box, he gave it away a lot more than anyone else and the amount of times the Ipswich player just went past him without him getting anything on it, he played 3 balls over the top to absolutely no-one that went straight through to the keeper. Just really poor in my opinion and he'll need to vastly improve. 
 
York Canary

York Canary

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Did not like Russ at CB. Saw several opportunities for their attackers to pass to the CF that Russ left unmarked. He just drifts away from them towards no-man's land and doesn't convince in the air. He did his job admirably enough but looking forward to having Bennett back. Then Russ could go RB or we could ideally invest in a quality one
 
Watling the Gnome

Watling the Gnome

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Ruddy 8

Turner 8

Martin 7

Bennett N/A

Whittaker 5

Tettey 8

Johnson 7

Redmond 7

Hoolahan 8

Lafferty 5

Grabban 7

Garrido 7

E Bennett 6

O'Neil 6

Tettey MoM, Wes 2nd.
 
Yellow Fever

Yellow Fever

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Ruddy 8

Turner 8 

Martin 7.5

Bennett 7 (Until he went off)

Whittaker 6

Tettey 8.5

Johnson 7.5

Redmond 7

Hoolahan 8

Lafferty 7

Grabban 8

Garrido 7

Bennett 6.5

O'Neil 7

It was a great team performance today and everybody contributed, IMO. Full credit to Adams, Holt and Martin for preparing the available players very well. This is a great start to the season and would be even better if Olsson hadn't been sent off. 
 
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