Phillips: 7 Dijksteel: 2 - Good going forward but cannot defend . Why not play Solly at right back when we now have a good left back on the bench Bauer: 7.5 Sarr: 8.5 MOM Only defender looking to pass forward Solly: 7 Bielik: 7 Pratley: 5 - always looking to play backwards Morgan: 7.5 Fosu-Henry: 6 Taylor: 8 Grant: 6
Referee: 7 thought he got most things right even if he missed a few fouls on ours Phillips: 6.5 Dijksteel: 6.5 poor first half, better 2nd Bauer: 7 Sarr: 7.5 great defending, passing poor in first, excellent in 2nd. Solly: 6.5 Bielik: 7 some errors, but he is very young Pratley: 6 Morgan: 7.5 only one of our midfield who looked like going forward first half; pivotal to our self-belief and can go past players. Fosu-Henry: 7.5 Taylor: 7.5 Grant: 7
Referee: 7 Phillips: 7 Dijksteel: 6 Horribly exposed down their left flank especially first half Bauer: 6.5 Sarr: 7 Solly: 6.5 Bielik: 7 Pratley: 6.5 Morgan: 8 Great performance from our 18 year old Fosu-Henry: 6 Taylor: 7.5 Grant: 6.5
Referee: 6 missed a few opportunities to card earlier that wouldve stopped some of the disruption fouls in second half Phillips: 6 Dijksteel: 6 Bauer: 6 I dont see the player others do always prone to mistakes and distribution is poor Sarr: 7 Solly: 6 Bielik: 8.5 mom Pratley: 5 Morgan: 8 Fosu-Henry: 6 Taylor: 8 Grant: 7
Referee: 3 simply for listening to the lino in front of the east who was awful.
Phillips: 6 did well. Once I thought he should have come for a cross (and seems the CB's thought he should have too) but other than that looked decent.
Dijksteel: 5 isolated but didn't deal with it too well. I'm still not convinced full back is his position.
Bauer: 8 brilliant. Sarr: 9 immense Solly: 6 did alright and battled hard but half the player on the left. Bielik: 8 quality Pratley: 7 pretty negative about him starting before the game but he impressed me. Happy enough with him in the squad if he continues like that. Think he's probably only just getting back to match fitness which would give some excuse for the last few games Morgan: 7 continues to look good and impressive for a 19 yr old to have that impact on a big game. Fosu-Henry: 6.5 more good Fosu than bad Fosu today but still a bit of a mixed bag. Draws a lot of fouls due to how good his first touch is. It always takes him past the man which leaves them a choice of foul him or let him go past.
Taylor: 9 love him.
Grant: 6.5 not his game. Sunderland back 4 didn't play a high line so there was no space for him to run into. He tried to play off the shoulder in the first half but there was no space. He isn't the sort of striker to come short and show for it. Did better in the second half by breaking wide more. That also kept one of their fullbacks occupied which was key to them not being able to overload our fullbacks and so not posing the same threat in the second half.
Referee: 6 should have clamped down more on their persistent & cynical fouling of Fosu
Phillips: 7 Dijksteel: 3 first half, 7 second so 5 overall Bauer: 7 Sarr: 8 Solly: 7 Bielik: 6 ponderous/ lost possession Pratley: 6 much better second half though should have scored Morgan: 7.5 Fosu-Henry: 7 Taylor: 8.5 Grant: 7.5
Hard game to mark. Game of two halves so the marks are somewhere in the middle.
Referee: 7 didn’t think he got much wrong, however their persistent fouling could’ve seen a card or two (but then again so could Pratley) Phillips: 7 made a few good stops st the end. Not a lot wrong. Dijksteel: 6.5 potentially his fault for the goal but need to see it again. Makes me nervous when he’s got the ball. Bauer: 7 good game Sarr: 7.5 solid. Probe to the occasional Naby moment though Solly: 7 solid enough Bielik: 7 good second half. That headed back pass could’ve been costly! Pratley: 6.5 would’ve taken him off instead of Morgan. He was OK. Morgan: 8.5 the only player to come off st half time with his head held high. Superb game and deserves to keep his spot in the first team. Fosu-Henry: 6.5 always looking to shoot, never looking for the pass. Greedy st tunes but was involved in a lot of our stacking play second half Taylor: 8 that second half performance is what we pay to see. The fight and determination was brilliant. Grant: 6.5 decision making wasn’t great and let him down. Work rate was good.
Referee: 7 - did pretty well but he was too lenient with Sunderland's persistent fouling in the second half Phillips: 7 - very competent. I have a lot of confidence in Dillon, not least because he's never let us down. He really now deserves a chance to nail the position down Dijksteel: 7 - overloaded in the first half and poorly supported but turned in a very strong second half performance. Great physicality Bauer: 7 - solid and consistent throughout. What we have come to expect from him Sarr: 8 - played very well and hit some nice diagonal balls in the second half when we mixed up our approach and really troubled their defence. Loved his second half sliding tackle Solly: 7 - solid Bielik: 7 - a shaky start to the game and nearly gifted them a second goal with a ridiculous attempted back header. A good strike narrowly over just before half time and, like the rest of the team, picked up in the second half Pratley: 5.5 - can't fault his effort but he is a limited player and always seems half a yard off the pace when the opposition have the ball. Missed our best chance Morgan: 7.5 - top man, Albie - this lad can really play. Looks like another one off the Steve Avory conveyor belt Fosu-Henry: 6.5 - he is not suited to the number 10 role. Much better in the second half, although his decision making is still poor. Came in for some heavy treatment from their defenders Taylor: 8.5:MoM - inspirational and a tremendous leader Grant: 7 - worked hard and his pace troubled Sunderland in the second half
Referee: 6 - should of booked some of their players for cynical fouls. especially on Fosu. Phillips: 7 Dijksteel: 6 - shocking first half. much better second. Bauer: 7.5 - won most of the headers. Sarr: 7 - our play maker in the first half. which meant the ball was often given away. still he dident have much to pass to. lost flight of the ball a few times. second half much more assured and quicker on the ball. Solly: 7.5 - playing out of positionas always but as always still gives a great performance. Bielik: 6.5 Pratley: 6 - should of scored. very slow but works hard. Morgan: 7 - won a lot in the middle. good passer. Fosu-Henry: 6 - they kept fouling him so they knew he has a reputation of a tricky player. some really poor passing. Taylor: 8 - immense in the second half. helped drive all the players on along with the crowd. Grant: 6 - should of scored. poor in possession at times but gave a good display in the second half. sunderland back four didn't look to troubled by him though.
Referee: 6 thought he did a decent job and didn’t get much wrong himself, should have given a second yellow, Lino in front of east stand was appallingly bad
Phillips: 6.5 good throws, couple of misplaced kicks, looked good enough with some areas for improvement Dijksteel: 5 bit unfair maybe as he looked like he had been told to play too high up the pitch in the first half but still needs to up his game a bit Bauer: 7 can’t remember anything he did wrong Sarr: 7.5 better on the ball the Bauer Solly: 6.5 don’t like seeing him in the left, he had an odd first 15 minutes where he was running up the touch line in touch repeatedly high up the pitch and was well out of place Bielik: 7.5 lost the ball too much but looks like class when it comes off Pratley: 5 not a fan of his, missed a fairly easy header and looks slow Morgan: 7.5 looked better after 20 minutes after finding some space and a very decent prospect although not the finished article yet Fosu-Henry: 6 looked a bit lost and still not got that super charged feet movement that made him so effective last time out Taylor: 7.5 painful for the opposition to play against again, had a couple of clangers and was drifting a bit wide for him to make the most impact still my MOTM Grant: 6.5 played well but just didn’t quite come off for him, could do with another goal soon
Referee: 8 good decisions throughout, should have produced a few more cards for both sides really though
Phillips: 8 distribution was good and played well when passes from Sarr and Bauer but him under a lot of pressure. Good handling too Dijksteel: 4 only so low as his first half was truly atrocious. Very lucky Sunderland didn't capitalise on his constant mistakes. (very surprised to see the usual moaners on here forgive his first half performance so easily!) Bauer: 7.5 Sarr: 7 Solly: 7 Bielik: 7.5 Pratley: 6 Morgan: 8 played exceptionally well coming into a very tough fixture Fosu-Henry: 7 Taylor: 9 Grant: 7
Referee: 7 Phillips: 7 Dijksteel: 6 much better second half Bauer: 7.5 Sarr: 8 good opening passes Solly: 7 Bielik: 7 some easy mistakes Pratley: 7 Morgan: 7.5 Fosu-Henry: 6.5 too often the wrong decisson Taylor: 8.5 caused trouble for the defense Grant: 7
Williams n/a started with an easy mistake. But after that he showed quality.
Referee: 8.5 - Pretty good game throughout Phillips: 7 - Did OK and was very positive in distribution which I like Dijksteel: 5.5 - Awful first half but got better as game went on Bauer: 7.5 - Battled well Sarr: 8 - Couple of early poor passes, but immense afterwards Solly: 7 - Got forward well and defended OK Bielik: 7.5 - Took time to get going but huge second period Pratley: 6 - Poor first 45 but better second half Morgan: 7 - Only player to come out with credit first half; looks like he could be a good player! Fosu-Henry: 7 - Decided being fouled was better than losing the ball after half time Taylor: 8 - Showed what a try-er he is Grant: 7 - Always a threat
Phillips: 6, Flaped a couple of times, and kicking poor. Dijksteel: 6, playing out of posistion not doing him any good. Bauer: 7, over all had a good game. Sarr: 8, better than against Walsall, even the passing out of defence improved, and put in a top notch sliding tackle in , half way through 2nd half. Solly: 7, got better as game went on, though pushed up to far in 1st half. Bielik 7, solid defence game, has paased better.: Pratley: 6, solid player, definitly e worthwhile squad player. Morgan: 7, his best performance, is growing into 1st team football. Fosu-Henry: 6, would habe been 7 but for his poor passing. Particularly oin and around the opposistion goal. Taylor:7 In 2nd half was an 8 but overall 7 for the game. Grant: 7 did well with being tag teamed.
Referee: 7 one of the better officials we have had this season, tried to let the game flow. Lino on the side of the East Stand was horrific though.
Phillips: 7 handling was very good and throwing distribution also. Dijksteel: 6.5 hard to give a mark on this one. First half was so poor that a blind man could see he is not a right back. Second half he was very good and got back and forward well. Bauer: 7 solid but didn't win as much in the air as I thought he would against Wyke. Sarr: 8 love Naby, dealt with Maja very well and second half he got in the way of everything as well as being crucial for starting attacks. Solly: 7 will be so much better when back at right back. He does well considering but we really miss that balance on the left. Bielik: 7.5 incredible how good he is when you consider his age and overall lack of match time until coming to us. Going to be some player in future. Pratley: 6.5 poor in the first half but I thought he improved immensely in the second. It was criminal how he didn't even get that chance on target though. Morgan: 7 in possession he is excellent which is great for someone of his age, he can start to ping passes about as well as drive forwards. People think it was the wrong change but I disagree. He doesn't add much out of possession and against a team like Sunderland, it wasn't worth the risk. Fosu-Henry: 7 was dangerous in possession and caused them problems. Would have been even better if he releases the ball quicker and his final end product, mainly passing was to a better standard. Has it all but needs to play with fewer touches and will go very far. Taylor: 8 mainly for that second half performance, he was unplayable and fully deserved to part of the goal. Maybe should've scored himself with the one on one but he is forgiven, he is very good. Grant: 7 got into many dangerous positions and it was his pace again that really hurt them. Should've scored with that chance though, like Pratley, it was criminal not getting it on target.
Williams n/a going to be a classy player, so long as he stays fit, he adds so much quality to our midfield.
Referee: 9 game flowed he did well Phillips: 7 steady game Dijksteel 6.5 All his marks for a good 2nd half Bauer: 8 we need to keep BFG Sarr: 8.5 love the Nabster. Can’t forget that masterful tackle Solly: 7 steady game Bielik: 7.5 very important player for us particularly without Cullen Pratley: 5 missed a sitter Morgan: 8 Immense first half he could be our next star from the academy Fosu-Henry: 6 he wasn’t on top of his game but we need to keep him in the team as hecid a match winner Taylor: 9 MoM he is just brilliant. Gives his absolute all every game and is irreplaceable Grant: 6 missed some good chanes
Williams My whole family took to him watching Net Flix doc. Then we get him. Looks a game changer
Phillips: 6 Presumably playing to orders with the short passing. A couple of good throws though. No chance with their goal and sound without being outstanding otherwise.
Dijksteel: 6.5 Question mark re his role in their goal so loses .5 but going forward very good in the second half.
Bauer: 7 Solid
Sarr: 8.5 My MOM commanding performance and imposed himself. Shame he didn't get a bit more on that back header.
Solly: 7 Usual consistent performance
Bielik: 7 Does a lot of the unseen stuff.
Pratley: 6 Would have been 5 or 5.5 but he never hid in a poor first half and did improve in the second half when slightly further forward although missed arguably our best chance of the match.
Morgan: 8 Didn't see him for 35 minutes and he got taken off relatively early in the second half but ran the game for the rest of the time.
Fosu-Henry: 6 Stuck at it but well marked by two Sunderland defenders most of the time.
Taylor: 8 Our talisman will be disappointed not to have scored with his shot.
Grant: 7 Worked hard shame he couldn't get his left foot round the ball on the far post.
EDIT: Missed the ref! 8 It wasn't all about him which was a refreshing change
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Phillips: 7
Dijksteel: 6
Bauer: 7.5
Sarr: 7
Solly: 6.5
Bielik: 7
Pratley: 6
Morgan: 7.5
Fosu-Henry: 6
Taylor: 7.5
Grant: 6.5
Phillips: 7
Dijksteel: 6
Bauer: 7.5
Sarr: 8
Solly: 7
Bielik: 7
Pratley: 6
Morgan: 7
Fosu-Henry: 6.5
Taylor: 8
Grant: 6.5
Dijksteel: 2 - Good going forward but cannot defend . Why not play Solly at right back when we now have a good left back on the bench
Bauer: 7.5
Sarr: 8.5 MOM Only defender looking to pass forward
Solly: 7
Bielik: 7
Pratley: 5 - always looking to play backwards
Morgan: 7.5
Fosu-Henry: 6
Taylor: 8
Grant: 6
Phillips: 6.5
Dijksteel: 6
Bauer: 7
Sarr: 7.5
Solly: 7
Bielik: 7
Pratley: 5.5
Morgan: 7.5
Fosu-Henry: 7
Taylor: 8
Grant: 7
Phillips: 7
Dijksteel: 6
Bauer: 7
Sarr: 8
Solly: 7
Bielik: 7.5
Pratley: 6.5
Morgan: 7
Fosu-Henry: 7
Taylor: 9
Grant: 7
Phillips: 7
Dijksteel: 6.5
Bauer: 7
Sarr: 8
Solly: 7
Bielik: 7.5
Pratley: 6
Morgan: 7.5
Fosu-Henry: 6
Taylor: 7.5
Grant: 7
Phillips: 6.5
Dijksteel: 6.5 poor first half, better 2nd
Bauer: 7
Sarr: 7.5 great defending, passing poor in first, excellent in 2nd.
Solly: 6.5
Bielik: 7 some errors, but he is very young
Pratley: 6
Morgan: 7.5 only one of our midfield who looked like going forward first half; pivotal to our self-belief and can go past players.
Fosu-Henry: 7.5
Taylor: 7.5
Grant: 7
Williams n/a
Phillips: 6
Dijksteel: 6
Bauer: 6 I dont see the player others do always prone to mistakes and distribution is poor
Sarr: 7
Solly: 6
Bielik: 8.5 mom
Pratley: 5
Morgan: 8
Fosu-Henry: 6
Taylor: 8
Grant: 7
Williams 5
Phillips: 7.5
Dijksteel: 6
Bauer: 6.5
Sarr: 8
Solly: 7
Bielik: 7
Pratley: 4.5
Morgan: 7
Fosu-Henry: 7
Taylor:7.5
Grant: 6.5
Phillips: 6 did well. Once I thought he should have come for a cross (and seems the CB's thought he should have too) but other than that looked decent.
Dijksteel: 5 isolated but didn't deal with it too well. I'm still not convinced full back is his position.
Bauer: 8 brilliant.
Sarr: 9 immense
Solly: 6 did alright and battled hard but half the player on the left.
Bielik: 8 quality
Pratley: 7 pretty negative about him starting before the game but he impressed me. Happy enough with him in the squad if he continues like that. Think he's probably only just getting back to match fitness which would give some excuse for the last few games
Morgan: 7 continues to look good and impressive for a 19 yr old to have that impact on a big game.
Fosu-Henry: 6.5 more good Fosu than bad Fosu today but still a bit of a mixed bag. Draws a lot of fouls due to how good his first touch is. It always takes him past the man which leaves them a choice of foul him or let him go past.
Taylor: 9 love him.
Grant: 6.5 not his game. Sunderland back 4 didn't play a high line so there was no space for him to run into. He tried to play off the shoulder in the first half but there was no space. He isn't the sort of striker to come short and show for it. Did better in the second half by breaking wide more. That also kept one of their fullbacks occupied which was key to them not being able to overload our fullbacks and so not posing the same threat in the second half.
Williams n/a 7 looked very promising
Referee: 6 should have clamped down more on their persistent & cynical fouling of Fosu
Phillips: 7
Dijksteel: 3 first half, 7 second so 5 overall
Bauer: 7
Sarr: 8
Solly: 7
Bielik: 6 ponderous/ lost possession
Pratley: 6 much better second half though should have scored
Morgan: 7.5
Fosu-Henry: 7
Taylor: 8.5
Grant: 7.5
Williams n/a
Referee: 7 didn’t think he got much wrong, however their persistent fouling could’ve seen a card or two (but then again so could Pratley)
Phillips: 7 made a few good stops st the end. Not a lot wrong.
Dijksteel: 6.5 potentially his fault for the goal but need to see it again. Makes me nervous when he’s got the ball.
Bauer: 7 good game
Sarr: 7.5 solid. Probe to the occasional Naby moment though
Solly: 7 solid enough
Bielik: 7 good second half. That headed back pass could’ve been costly!
Pratley: 6.5 would’ve taken him off instead of Morgan. He was OK.
Morgan: 8.5 the only player to come off st half time with his head held high. Superb game and deserves to keep his spot in the first team.
Fosu-Henry: 6.5 always looking to shoot, never looking for the pass. Greedy st tunes but was involved in a lot of our stacking play second half
Taylor: 8 that second half performance is what we pay to see. The fight and determination was brilliant.
Grant: 6.5 decision making wasn’t great and let him down. Work rate was good.
Williams n/a you can see his quality.
Phillips: 7 - very competent. I have a lot of confidence in Dillon, not least because he's never let us down. He really now deserves a chance to nail the position down
Dijksteel: 7 - overloaded in the first half and poorly supported but turned in a very strong second half performance. Great physicality
Bauer: 7 - solid and consistent throughout. What we have come to expect from him
Sarr: 8 - played very well and hit some nice diagonal balls in the second half when we mixed up our approach and really troubled their defence. Loved his second half sliding tackle
Solly: 7 - solid
Bielik: 7 - a shaky start to the game and nearly gifted them a second goal with a ridiculous attempted back header. A good strike narrowly over just before half time and, like the rest of the team, picked up in the second half
Pratley: 5.5 - can't fault his effort but he is a limited player and always seems half a yard off the pace when the opposition have the ball. Missed our best chance
Morgan: 7.5 - top man, Albie - this lad can really play. Looks like another one off the Steve Avory conveyor belt
Fosu-Henry: 6.5 - he is not suited to the number 10 role. Much better in the second half, although his decision making is still poor. Came in for some heavy treatment from their defenders
Taylor: 8.5:MoM - inspirational and a tremendous leader
Grant: 7 - worked hard and his pace troubled Sunderland in the second half
Phillips: 7
Dijksteel: 6 - shocking first half. much better second.
Bauer: 7.5 - won most of the headers.
Sarr: 7 - our play maker in the first half. which meant the ball was often given away. still he dident have much to pass to. lost flight of the ball a few times. second half much more assured and quicker on the ball.
Solly: 7.5 - playing out of positionas always but as always still gives a great performance.
Bielik: 6.5
Pratley: 6 - should of scored. very slow but works hard.
Morgan: 7 - won a lot in the middle. good passer.
Fosu-Henry: 6 - they kept fouling him so they knew he has a reputation of a tricky player. some really poor passing.
Taylor: 8 - immense in the second half. helped drive all the players on along with the crowd.
Grant: 6 - should of scored. poor in possession at times but gave a good display in the second half. sunderland back four didn't look to troubled by him though.
Phillips: 7
Dijksteel: 6
Bauer: 7
Sarr: 7.5
Solly: 7
Bielik: 6.5
Pratley: 5,5
Morgan: 7
Fosu-Henry: 6
Taylor: 8
Grant: 6
Phillips: 6.5 good throws, couple of misplaced kicks, looked good enough with some areas for improvement
Dijksteel: 5 bit unfair maybe as he looked like he had been told to play too high up the pitch in the first half but still needs to up his game a bit
Bauer: 7 can’t remember anything he did wrong
Sarr: 7.5 better on the ball the Bauer
Solly: 6.5 don’t like seeing him in the left, he had an odd first 15 minutes where he was running up the touch line in touch repeatedly high up the pitch and was well out of place
Bielik: 7.5 lost the ball too much but looks like class when it comes off
Pratley: 5 not a fan of his, missed a fairly easy header and looks slow
Morgan: 7.5 looked better after 20 minutes after finding some space and a very decent prospect although not the finished article yet
Fosu-Henry: 6 looked a bit lost and still not got that super charged feet movement that made him so effective last time out
Taylor: 7.5 painful for the opposition to play against again, had a couple of clangers and was drifting a bit wide for him to make the most impact still my MOTM
Grant: 6.5 played well but just didn’t quite come off for him, could do with another goal soon
Phillips: 7
Dijksteel: 6
Bauer: 6.5
Sarr: 7
Solly: 7
Bielik: 6
Pratley: 6.5
Morgan: 8
Fosu-Henry: 6
Taylor: 9
Grant: 6.5
Phillips: 8 distribution was good and played well when passes from Sarr and Bauer but him under a lot of pressure. Good handling too
Dijksteel: 4 only so low as his first half was truly atrocious. Very lucky Sunderland didn't capitalise on his constant mistakes. (very surprised to see the usual moaners on here forgive his first half performance so easily!)
Bauer: 7.5
Sarr: 7
Solly: 7
Bielik: 7.5
Pratley: 6
Morgan: 8 played exceptionally well coming into a very tough fixture
Fosu-Henry: 7
Taylor: 9
Grant: 7
Dijksteel: 6
Bauer: 6.5
Sarr: 8
Solly: 7
Bielik: 7.5
Pratley: 6.5
Morgan: 7.5
Fosu-Henry: 6.5
Taylor: 8
Grant: 7
Phillips: 7
Dijksteel: 6 much better second half
Bauer: 7.5
Sarr: 8 good opening passes
Solly: 7
Bielik: 7 some easy mistakes
Pratley: 7
Morgan: 7.5
Fosu-Henry: 6.5 too often the wrong decisson
Taylor: 8.5 caused trouble for the defense
Grant: 7
Williams n/a started with an easy mistake. But after that he showed quality.
Phillips: 7 - Did OK and was very positive in distribution which I like
Dijksteel: 5.5 - Awful first half but got better as game went on
Bauer: 7.5 - Battled well
Sarr: 8 - Couple of early poor passes, but immense afterwards
Solly: 7 - Got forward well and defended OK
Bielik: 7.5 - Took time to get going but huge second period
Pratley: 6 - Poor first 45 but better second half
Morgan: 7 - Only player to come out with credit first half; looks like he could be a good player!
Fosu-Henry: 7 - Decided being fouled was better than losing the ball after half time
Taylor: 8 - Showed what a try-er he is
Grant: 7 - Always a threat
Dijksteel: 6, playing out of posistion not doing him any good.
Bauer: 7, over all had a good game.
Sarr: 8, better than against Walsall, even the passing out of defence improved, and put in a top notch sliding tackle in , half way through 2nd half.
Solly: 7, got better as game went on, though pushed up to far in 1st half.
Bielik 7, solid defence game, has paased better.:
Pratley: 6, solid player, definitly e worthwhile squad player.
Morgan: 7, his best performance, is growing into 1st team football.
Fosu-Henry: 6, would habe been 7 but for his poor passing. Particularly oin and around the opposistion goal.
Taylor:7 In 2nd half was an 8 but overall 7 for the game.
Grant: 7 did well with being tag teamed.
Dijksteel: 4
Bauer: 6
Sarr:8
Solly: 7
Bielik: 6
Pratley: 5
Morgan: 8 MOM
Fosu-Henry: 7
Taylor:7.5
Grant: 7
Phillips: 7 handling was very good and throwing distribution also.
Dijksteel: 6.5 hard to give a mark on this one. First half was so poor that a blind man could see he is not a right back. Second half he was very good and got back and forward well.
Bauer: 7 solid but didn't win as much in the air as I thought he would against Wyke.
Sarr: 8 love Naby, dealt with Maja very well and second half he got in the way of everything as well as being crucial for starting attacks.
Solly: 7 will be so much better when back at right back. He does well considering but we really miss that balance on the left.
Bielik: 7.5 incredible how good he is when you consider his age and overall lack of match time until coming to us. Going to be some player in future.
Pratley: 6.5 poor in the first half but I thought he improved immensely in the second. It was criminal how he didn't even get that chance on target though.
Morgan: 7 in possession he is excellent which is great for someone of his age, he can start to ping passes about as well as drive forwards. People think it was the wrong change but I disagree. He doesn't add much out of possession and against a team like Sunderland, it wasn't worth the risk.
Fosu-Henry: 7 was dangerous in possession and caused them problems. Would have been even better if he releases the ball quicker and his final end product, mainly passing was to a better standard. Has it all but needs to play with fewer touches and will go very far.
Taylor: 8 mainly for that second half performance, he was unplayable and fully deserved to part of the goal. Maybe should've scored himself with the one on one but he is forgiven, he is very good.
Grant: 7 got into many dangerous positions and it was his pace again that really hurt them. Should've scored with that chance though, like Pratley, it was criminal not getting it on target.
Williams n/a going to be a classy player, so long as he stays fit, he adds so much quality to our midfield.
Phillips: 7 steady game
Dijksteel 6.5 All his marks for a good 2nd half
Bauer: 8 we need to keep BFG
Sarr: 8.5 love the Nabster. Can’t forget that masterful tackle
Solly: 7 steady game
Bielik: 7.5 very important player for us particularly without Cullen
Pratley: 5 missed a sitter
Morgan: 8 Immense first half he could be our next star from the academy
Fosu-Henry: 6 he wasn’t on top of his game but we need to keep him in the team as hecid a match winner
Taylor: 9 MoM he is just brilliant. Gives his absolute all every game and is irreplaceable
Grant: 6 missed some good chanes
Williams My whole family took to him watching Net Flix doc. Then we get him. Looks a game changer
Dijksteel: 6.5 Question mark re his role in their goal so loses .5 but going forward very good in the second half.
Bauer: 7 Solid
Sarr: 8.5 My MOM commanding performance and imposed himself. Shame he didn't get a bit more on that back header.
Solly: 7 Usual consistent performance
Bielik: 7 Does a lot of the unseen stuff.
Pratley: 6 Would have been 5 or 5.5 but he never hid in a poor first half and did improve in the second half when slightly further forward although missed arguably our best chance of the match.
Morgan: 8 Didn't see him for 35 minutes and he got taken off relatively early in the second half but ran the game for the rest of the time.
Fosu-Henry: 6 Stuck at it but well marked by two Sunderland defenders most of the time.
Taylor: 8 Our talisman will be disappointed not to have scored with his shot.
Grant: 7 Worked hard shame he couldn't get his left foot round the ball on the far post.
EDIT: Missed the ref! 8 It wasn't all about him which was a refreshing change
Phillips: 7
Dijksteel: 6.5
Bauer: 6.5
Sarr: 7.5
Solly: 7
Bielik: 7.5
Pratley: 6.5
Morgan: 7
Fosu-Henry: 7
Taylor: 8
Grant: 6.5
Referee: 7
Phillips: 7
Dijksteel 5
Bauer: 7
Sarr:8.5
Solly: 7
Bielik: 7
Pratley: 6
Morgan: 7
Fosu-Henry: 6
Taylor:8
Grant: 6
Phillips: 7
Dijksteel 6
Bauer: 7
Sarr: 8
Solly: 7
Bielik: 8 MOM
Pratley: 5
Morgan: 7
Fosu-Henry: 7
Taylor:8
Grant: 6