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Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:20 pm
by ClaretTony
Please leave ratings for all players who have played 20 mins or more.

Scoring is from 3 to 10 as follows:

10 - Out of this World
9 - Excellent
8 - Very Good
7 - Good
6 - Average
5 - Below Par
4 - Poor
3 - Abysmal

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:43 pm
by Duffer_
Heaton 6
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 6
Mee 8
Taylor 9
Hendrick 7
Cork 7
Westwood 8
McNeil 8
Wood 8
Barnes 7

UTC!

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:44 pm
by MRG
Heaton 6
Lowton 6
Tarkowski 7
Mee 8
Taylor 9
Hendrick 6
Cork 6
Westwood 8
McNeil 8
Wood 8
Barnes 7

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:50 pm
by RalphCoatesComb
Heaton 7
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 8
Taylor 9 MOM
Hendrick 7
Cork 7
Westwood 8 (How did he not score?)
McNeil 8
Wood 8
Barnes 7

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:53 pm
by davemanu2000
For me they are all tenners

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:53 pm
by FCBurnley
Heaton 6
Lowton 6
Tarks 8
Mee 7
Taylor 8
Hendrick 7
Westwood 5 You cant miss chances like the 2 he had -2 for the misses
Cork 6 Poor early on but got stronger
McNeil 9 MOM again. Goals and assists win matches and keep you in the PL . Class act this boy
Barnes 7
Wood 8 Did what he is paid to do.

Result not performance is all that counts. Sadly we did Brighton a massive favour in the process.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:55 pm
by joey13
Heaton 6
Lowton 6
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Taylor 9
Hendrick 6
Cork 6
Westwood 7
McNeil 8
Wood 8
Barnes 7

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:56 pm
by Buxtonclaret
Heaton 7
Lowton 7
Tarks7
Mee 7
Taylor 8

Hendrick 6
Cork 6
Westwood 7
McNeil 8 ***

Wood 8
Barnes 7

Bitty at times. But the result was important and, as a team we stood up to them.
Mathematically we might not be safe, but the gaps too big for Cardiff.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:57 pm
by Top Claret
Heaton 6
Lowton 6
Tarks 7
Mee 8
Taylor 7
Hendrick 7
Westwood 6
Cork 6
McNeil 7
Wood 7
Barnes 6

The game should have been all over by half time, should have and would have, if Westwood have had buried those two chances, and not to forget Woods sitter

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:58 pm
by taio
Heaton 6 (only because he had nothing to do)
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Taylor 8
Hendrick 7
Cork 7
Westwood 6 (due to missing two superb chances)
McNeil 8
Wood 8
Barnes 7

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:59 pm
by PhiladelphiaChris
Heaton 7
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 8
Mee 8
Taylor 9
Hendrick 7
Cork 7
Westwood 8
McNeil 9
Wood 8
Barnes 7

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:02 pm
by Claretmatt4
Heaton - 7
Taylor - 9*
Tarkowski - 6 so many stupid fouls in the first half. Could easily have walked.
Mee - 8 solid
Lowton - 7
Hendrick - 7
Westwood - 7
Cork - 7
McNeil - 8
Wood - 8 even without his goals he was excellent today.
Barnes - 7

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:11 pm
by ClaretTony
Heaton 7
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 6
Mee 8
Taylor 8
Hendrick 8
Westwood 8
Cork 7
McNeil 9
Barnes 8
Wood 9

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:14 pm
by MDWat
Heaton 7
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Taylor 9*
Hendrick 7
Cork 8
Westwood 6 (was probably a 4 at half time after missing two sitters, hoofing a corner out of play and giving the ball away but he was the only one who pressed all second half)
McNeil 8
Wood 8
Barnes 7

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:14 pm
by KlyBfc
Think I maybe judging this slightly different to those above :shock:

Heaton 6 nothing to do
Lowton 7
Tarks 6
Mee 7
Taylor 6
Hendrick 7
Cork 6
Westwood 6
McNeil 8
Barnes 5
Wood 8

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:14 pm
by Texanclaret16
Heaton 7 - Did he have a genuine save to make - good hands for crosses and pop shots
Lowton 7 - Good to see him back and playing well
Tarkowski 7 - Lost head a little in first half but more assured 2nd half
Mee 7 - Solid but had a very nervous 10 mins at start of 2nd half
Taylor 8 - links well with McNeil left side sorted
Hendrick 7 - Can tell not in favourite position but adds defensive stability and cover in midfield for cork and westy.
Cork 7 - controlled game well but seems to have lost a bit of sharpness sadly
Westwood 8 - another great performance getting better and better
McNeil 9 - MOM - WOW getting better and better and a joy to watch.
Wood 9 - right place right time just knows how to score goals should have had hat trick which would have give him a 10 and MOM
Barnes 7 - Linking up with wood well holding up ball well just not getting into goalscoring areas enough for me.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:17 pm
by Foulthrow
Kin hell. Can’t believe the low scores for Westwood. The bloke ran the show. He was absolutely everywhere. I know he missed those chances but surely credit for finding that pocket of space, twice.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:19 pm
by maidenover
Heaton 6
Lowton 6
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Taylor 9 MoM
Hendrick 6
Cork 6
Westwood 6
McNeil 8
Wood 8
Barnes 7

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:23 pm
by taio
Foulthrow wrote:Kin hell. Can’t believe the low scores for Westwood. The bloke ran the show. He was absolutely everywhere. I know he missed those chances but surely credit for finding that pocket of space, twice.
Some people will mark him down because of his attempts at the two clear cut chances. Rightly so in my view.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:28 pm
by cockneyclaret
Heaton 7
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 8
Taylor 8*
Hendrick 5
Westwood 7
Cork 7
McNeil 8
Barnes 8
Wood 8

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:30 pm
by careyclaret
Heaton. 7. Really had very little to do and did it well
Lowton. 6. Poor going forward and Cardiff opened us up down his side several times
Tarks. 6. Some classy and some clumsy play
Mee. 7. Very strong in the air, couldn't see the penalty situations
Taylor. 8. Classy defensive play and a real threat going forward
Hendrick. 7. Solid but I think he could get closer to players when covering.
Westwood. 7. Definitely should have scored at least one
Cork. After that terrible opening to the second half he was instrumental in us getting a foothold
McNeil. 8.mom. Scares players when he runs at them and moves so well off the ball.
Wood. 8. Good all round game today.
Barnes. 7. Barnes

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:37 pm
by claretspice
Overall, after a few twists and turns, a deserved victory which has all but secured this club a fourth successive season in the Premier League. Make no mistake, this is a great day.

Heaton - 8 - Nothing much to do, but did supremely well a couple of time to scramble away short back passes/headers, and his calmness in some of the more chaotic moments like the penalty helped us keep our heads.

Lowton - 7 - He's got more quality going forwards than he showed today, but did a sterling shift defensively.

Taylor - 8 - Lively and determined going forwards, and hugely committed and diligent defensively.

Tarkowski - 8 - Responded to a slightly shaky first half with a superb second half display.

Mee - 7 - We'll all need to see the penalty stuff again, but apart from that he was generally solid as we restricted Cardiff to relatively little.

Cork - 7 - His tendency to get caught in possession was on show again, but in fairness he did pretty solid job in front of the back four.

Westwood - 7 - Another lively, tenacious game. Had two excellent chances to score, although neither were bankers and the second in particular was more a good save than a bad miss. Perhaps guilty of trying too hard to bend his set plays into the back post on occasions.

Hendrick - 7 - Nothing flashy, but kept the ball well, showed some good driving runs and did a sterling job defensively, not least in stepping inside to allow Westwood in particular to push forwards.

McNeil - 8 - In and out of the game, particularly in the second half as we got pushed deep, but two more assists, the second with a little bit of magic to find and exploit the space.

Barnes - 6 - A determined, bustling performance but Cardiff dealt with him fairly well.

Wood - 8 - Two goals, and probably could have had at least one and possibly two more. Ran the channels well and gave us a decent platform.


39 points, and 27 of them in the second half of the season - which makes this half season pretty remarkable and puts in perspective the calls for wholesale changes in personnel this summer. This was a game that was never wholly comfortable until we went 2-0 up, but in truth the game should have been safe by half time and even in the second half we generally kept Cardiff at arms length with relative ease. Had they got the penalty (not seen back, but seemed like a hell of a bold call by the linesman in the first place) or had Hoillett taken his big chance, then things might have been different, but as it was once we'd weathered Cardiff's early storm in the second half we were never in too much trouble.

Huge credit to everyone on the playing side of the club for this turnaround. To be safe - for the third season in a row - with games to spare is no mean achievement, even if it's not mathematically certain yet.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:42 pm
by jdrobbo
Heaton 6
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 6
Mee 7
Taylor 9*
Hendrick 6
Cork 6
Westwood 6
McNeil 8
Wood 8
Barnes 6

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 6:52 pm
by Cirrus_Minor
Heaton 6 (cigar on all game)
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 8
Taylor 9
Hendrick 7
Cork 7
Westwood 7
McNeil 9
Barnes 7
Wood 8

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:14 pm
by burnley007
Magnificent 1st half.
Ordinary 2nd half.
Difficult to score players.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:18 pm
by BOYSIE31
Ha Westwood gets 8's and misses 2 golden chances

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:26 pm
by bfcjg
Heaton 8
Lowton 8
Tarkowski 7
Mee 8
Taylor 9
Hendrick 7
Westwood 8
Cork 6
McNeil 8
Barnes 8
Wood 10 mom two crucial goals, led the line well despite some rough house defending and poor service at times.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:43 pm
by Beagleheart
Heaton 7
Lowton 7
Mee 8
Tarkowski 7
Taylor 8*
Hendrick 7
Westwood 8
Cork 7
McNeil 8
Barnes 7
Wood 8

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:51 pm
by Colburn_Claret
Heaton 6
Lawton 6
Tarks 6
Mee 8
Taylor 8
Hendrick 6
Westwood 6
Cork 6
McNeil 7
Barnes 6
Wood 8 mom

We were poor first half, but clearly better than them. Easy to see why they've struggled.
We were awful second half, until we finally kept the ball on the deck and played football, instead of hoof ball. How many times does this have to happen, before the players realise this and stop wellying the ball anywhere.

When was the last time we won 3 games in a row by 2 goals or more? In the top flight it has to be a hell of a long time ago. Over to you.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:52 pm
by andyh
Heaton 7
Lowton 6
Tarkowski 6
Mee 7
Taylor 8
Hendrick 7
Westwood 7
Cork 7
McNeil 8 mom
Barnes 7
Wood 8
A very solid performance. McNeil edged mom for me. 2assists. He had a shot in the first half off target but the thing that stunned me was how little backlift he needed for ok power. That will bag him some goals in the future. Very much a 1st team regular now.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:54 pm
by Duffer_
BOYSIE31 wrote:Ha Westwood gets 8's and misses 2 golden chances
Having made strong intelligent runs to create the chances, with one being denied by a v good save.

Please put your own ratings up before you comment. Thank you.

UTC!

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:57 pm
by Arnold Bashley
Heaton 7
Lowton 6 forgot how bad his crossing is
Tarks 7
Mee 7
Taylor 8 better every week
Hendrick 7
Cork 8
Westwood 7 two sitters missed
McNeil 9 outstanding once again and the difference between the two teams
Barnes 7 very little to do
Wood 8

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:58 pm
by Scott Arfield's Swag
Heaton 7
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Taylor 8*
Hendrick 7
Westwood 7
Cork 7
McNeil 8
Barnes 7
Wood 8

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 7:58 pm
by FactualFrank
A poor stream on mobile...

Heaton 7
Lowton 7
Mee 8
Tarkowski 7
Taylor 8
Hendrick 7
Westwood 7
Cork 7
McNeil 9
Barnes 7
Wood 9*

*MOM

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:18 pm
by strayclaret
Heaton 6
Lowton 6
Tarks 7
Mee 8
Taylor 7
Hendrick 7
Westwood 6
Cork 6
McNeil 7
Wood 8
Barnes 6
Despite a sloppy 20 minutes at the start of the second half, the best team won. Having now seen the disallowed pen again. Well done Mike Dean :roll:

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:24 pm
by Il Duce
Heaton - 6

Taylor - 9
Mee - 6
Tarkowski - 6
Lowton - 7

Hendrick - 7
Westwood - 7
Cork - 6
McNeil - 8

Barnes - 6
Wood - 8

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:24 pm
by fungus_the_bogeyman
Heaton 7
Lowton 6
Taylor 9*
Tarkowski 6
Mee 7
Hendrick 7
McNeil 8
Cork 6
Westwood 6
Wood 8
Barnes 7

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:39 pm
by Flat Stanley
Heaton 7
Lowton 7
Tarks 7
Mee 7
Taylor 8
Hendrick 7
Cork 7
Westwood 7
McNeil 8
Wood 7
Barnes 6

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:42 pm
by Burnley1989
Gob smacked at some Tarky scores, can only imagine Long would have scored 4’s if he’d had that performance

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:42 pm
by Burnley1989
fungus_the_bogeyman wrote:Heaton 7
Lowton 6
Taylor 9*
Tarkowski 6
Mee 7
Hendrick 7
McNeil 8
Cork 6
Westwood 6
Wood 8
Barnes 7
Seriously?!?!?

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:45 pm
by Bin Ont Turf
Burnley1989 wrote:Gob smacked at some Tarky scores, can only imagine Long would have scored 4’s if he’d had that performance

He really was shocking in that first half.

I would have been close to subbing him.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:45 pm
by Burnley1989
All opinions, strangest I’ve ever read! We are all Burnley fans let’s not get nasty

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:56 pm
by CrosspoolClarets
Heaton 7 - good communication with his defence and safe hands
Lowton 7 - gets up and down better than Bardsley and had some tenacious moments too
Taylor 9 - some tremendous defending and excellent wingback play from our most improved player in the last 15 games
Tarkowski 6 - punished for a few fouls
Mee 8 - muzzled their attack, another who has improved massively from his first half of the season showing
Hendrick 6 - offered little when in possession and it felt like real negativity from Dyche to leave him on to see out the win second half
McNeil 8 - looked a bit overawed by the occasion but for the second goal was too good for them to handle (though they were looking a beaten side by then)
Cork 6 - solid and unspectacular
Westwood 7 - excellent forward bursts but terrible finishing
Wood 8 - fantastic at getting chances against what is in truth a Championship defence, scored two but was wasteful and it could have cost us
Barnes 7 - tried to wind them up with mixed success

Today was probably more about why Cardiff are not good enough to survive rather than being about us. We did well, and showed flashes of confident play that we have only seen a few times this season. Our defence was generally solid apart from the Hoilett bad miss (reminiscent of the Palace goal just after half time so better players would punish us).

The improved defence is important because this may go unnoticed but we have scored more goals than we did last season and we have also scored more than Wolves have this season.

Talking of Wolves, I reckon if we had played McNeil in October onwards, we would have unlocked stubborn defences at home (Huddersfield, Newcastle etc) and we would now be on the coat tails of 7th, again, despite our ropey defending. But, not to worry, one of those things.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:59 pm
by FactualFrank
Burnley1989 wrote:All opinions, strangest I’ve ever read! We are all Burnley fans let’s not get nasty
6 is average, and I don't see any player rated 5 or lower (although I skimmed through, so may have missed the odd one).

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:00 pm
by Burnley1989
I agree with you mate, I meant in general as I expect some grumpy replies

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:08 pm
by tiger76
Colburn_Claret wrote:Heaton 6
Lawton 6
Tarks 6
Mee 8
Taylor 8
Hendrick 6
Westwood 6
Cork 6
McNeil 7
Barnes 6
Wood 8 mom

We were poor first half, but clearly better than them. Easy to see why they've struggled.
We were awful second half, until we finally kept the ball on the deck and played football, instead of hoof ball. How many times does this have to happen, before the players realise this and stop wellying the ball anywhere.

When was the last time we won 3 games in a row by 2 goals or more? In the top flight it has to be a hell of a long time ago. Over to you.
Courtesy of the beeb.

The Clarets have won three consecutive top-flight games by a margin of two goals for the first time since October 1968.

Burnley have scored in 12 consecutive home league games for the first time since November 2013 (12 in total in that run).

The latter stat surprised me,shows we are improving our attacking.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:18 pm
by Blackrod
Heaton 6 nothing to do
Lowton 6
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Taylor 8
Hendrick 6
Cork 6
Westwood 6
McNeil 8 mom
Barnes 6
Wood 8

Great Result and Great Atmosphere. Without Europe and a and a couple of quality upgrades to the starting eleven (Cork and Hendrick positions ?) and we could really do well next season.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:27 pm
by IanMcL
Heaton 6
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 6
Mee 8
Taylor 8
Hendrick 8
Westwood 7
Cork 7
McNeil 7
Barnes 8
Wood 8

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 10:31 pm
by Royboyclaret
Colburn_Claret wrote:Heaton 6
Lawton 6
Tarks 6
Mee 8
Taylor 8
Hendrick 6
Westwood 6
Cork 6
McNeil 7
Barnes 6
Wood 8 mom

We were poor first half, but clearly better than them. Easy to see why they've struggled.
We were awful second half, until we finally kept the ball on the deck and played football, instead of hoof ball. How many times does this have to happen, before the players realise this and stop wellying the ball anywhere.

When was the last time we won 3 games in a row by 2 goals or more? In the top flight it has to be a hell of a long time ago. Over to you.
Can't resist a challenge. Happy to be corrected on this but almost 51 years appears to be the answer.

October 1968 we actually won four on the bounce by two goals or more in the top flight. We've come close on the odd occasion, particularly in Nov/Dec 1974 but October 1968 seems to be last time we achieved the current feat of three games consecutively winning by two goals or more.

Re: Burnley v Cardiff - Player Ratings

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 11:07 pm
by MDWat
Bin Ont Turf wrote:He really was shocking in that first half.

I would have been close to subbing him.
Absolute bobbins. He was fine.