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

Pope 8
Lowton 9
Tark 9
Mee 8
Ward 8
Westwood 8
Cork 8
Lennon 9
JBG 8
Barnes 10 best game I have ever seen from him
Hendrick 6

Wood 8

Even if we'd have lost I would've still be happy with the performance. All I asked for before the game was that we got at them from the off and TRIED to win, we absolutely did that and the result is a massive bonus. Night and day in mentality, approach from the boring negative dross in a few previous games.

Well what a week makes a great performance but most importantly also a proper entertaining game

POPE - 7
LOWTON - 8 what a ball for the first goal
MEE - 8
TARKS - 7 a bit rusty to begin with but what play to set the 1st goal up
WARD - 7
LENNON - 8
JBG - 7
CORK - 7
WESTWOOD - 7
HENDRICK - 6
BARNES - 9

WOOD - 8

DYCHE - made the correct change at half time and changed the game in out favour

PS - GOOD JOB WALCOTT WAS **** AS HE SHOULD HAVE HAD 3 FIRST HALF

From TV
Pope 8
Lowton 10 faultless
Tarkowski 9
Mee 8
Ward 8
Gudmundsson 8
Cork 8
Westwood 8
Lennon 9
Hendrick 8
Barnes 10 ran Keene ragged

Wood 8

Fabulous performance

KRBFC wrote:Pope 8
Lowton 9
Tark 9
Mee 8
Ward 8
Westwood 8
Cork 8
Lennon 9
JBG 8
Barnes 10 best game I have ever seen from him
Hendrick 6

Wood 8

Even if we'd have lost I would've still be happy with the performance. All I asked for before the game was that we got at them from the off and TRIED to win, we absolutely did that and the result is a massive bonus. Night and day in mentality, approach from the boring negative dross in a few previous games.

Brilliant to read

Beating Big Fat Sam................Priceless

Pope 8
Lowton 9
Tarkowski 9
Mee 9
Ward 8
Gudmundsson 8
Cork 8
Westwood 9
Lennon 9
Hendrick 8
Barnes 9

Wood 8

Pope 7
Lowton 9
Tarkowski 7
Mee 8
Ward 7
Gudmundsson 8
Cork 7
Westwood 8
Lennon 8
Hendrick 6
Barnes 9*

Wood 8

Pope 8
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 8 - MOM
Mee 7
Ward 7
JBG 7
Cork 7
Lennon 8
Hendrick 7
Westwood 8
Barnes 8

Wood 7

Pope 8
Lowton 9
Tarkowski 9
Mee 8
Ward 8
Gudmundsson 8
Cork 8
Westwood 8
Lennon 9
Hendrick 8
Barnes 10 singing Aye Aye Ashley Ashley Barnes
Wood 8

Brilliant, Barnes set the tone for the performance

From TV

Pope - 8
Lowton - 9
Mee - 8
Tarky - 8
Ward - 8
Lennon - 8
JBG - 9
Westwood - 8
Cork - 8
Hendrick - 6
Barnes - 9 MOM

Wood - 7

What a brilliant performance!!!

Pope 8
Lowton 9
Tarkowski 7 marked down for allowing their first
Mee 8
Ward 8
Gudmundsson 6
Cork 8
Westwood 8
Lennon 7
Hendrick 8
Barnes 9* superb today all over the pitch

Wood 7 great to see him back
Much better performance today, Hendricks best performance for a long time.

Pope 8
Lowton 9**
Tarkowski 8
Mee 8
Ward 8
Gudmundsson 8
Cork 8
Westwood 8
Lennon 9
Hendrick 8
Barnes 9

Wood 8

Pope 7
Lowton 8
Mee 8
Tarkowski 8
Ward 7
JBG 9
Cork 7
Westwood 7
Lennon 8
Hendrick 6
Barnes 9*

Wood 7

UTC!

From watching on TV

Pope - 7 could've done better with their goal but grew into the game
Lowton - 9
Mee - 9 deserves a cap Mr Southgate
Tarky - 9 deserves a cap Mr Southgate
Ward - 8
Lennon - 9 I was wrong thinking he was another has been after a Turf Moor pension boost
JBG - 9
Westwood - 8
Cork - 7
Hendrick - 7
Barnes - 9 MOM just in front of Lennon & JoBerg

Wood - 8 now let's start with 2 strikers from now til May

Dyche - 10 best substitution this season.

Pope 7
Lowton 8
Ward 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Gudmundsson 7
Lennon 8
Westwood 7
Hendrick 6
Cork 7
Barnes 9*
Wood 8

Just Ash for me . 10

Pope 8 handled well. Observed his so called poor distribution. I dont understand the criticism. Was fine.
Lowton 9. Outstanding. Linked well with lennon too.
Ward 8. Our best left back. Solid.
Tarkowski 9. Outstanding.
Mee. 8 just mee. Solid. Steady. Brave. Some mixed distribution which his only weak point.
Lennon 9 so direct and tricky. Gret on the right.
Jbg 7. Quieter than usual. But good in parts.
Westwood. 7. See jbg. Did spray one unreal ball out wide.
Cork. 7. Not his best game. Especially first half. Nearly cost us at 1 nil by not taking walcott out on halfway. Better in second.
Hendrick. 8. Actually thought he played really well. But playing him up top instead of a striker is pointless and unfair on him.
Barnes 8. First half lacked composure in two great positions first half. Second half had two very similar chances and was far better.was better alongside Wood.

Wood 9. To come on after so long out, play well and score shows how good he is

Pope 8 - his command of the area is incredibly reassuring.

Lowton 9 - if DeBruyne had played that pass Lineker et al would have been waxing lyrical.
Tarkowski 8
Mee 8
Ward 7

Lennon 8 - shock horror! Right winger plays well on the right wing.
Cork 8
Westwood 8
Gudmundsson 8

Hendrick 7 - had a good spell mid-half but he should have been hooked 6 weeks ago.

Barnes 10 MOM an incredible performance. Carragher was waxing lyrical all game and rightly so ("Keane will have him in his dreams all night".

Wood 8

All this talk about fine margins was utter sh*te! Fans simply want endeavour, application and a degree of entertainment and that is what we were served up today. Dyche finally became proactive and shamaz! pazazz! through the withdrawal of a generally ineffectual player (for 20 mins today though I actually thought he played well) we get a result.

Pope 8
Lowton 9 * (MOM)
Tarkowski 7
Mee 8
Ward 7
Westwood 7
Cork 7
Lennon 7 (-1 for not scoring when my Granny would have scored)
Gudmundsson 8
Barnes 9
Hendrick 6

Wood 8

Off tv.
Nobody was less than 7 and Barnes was 10.
Some above have gone a bit over the top or we wouldn't have beaten such a dire side just 2-1.

KRBFC wrote:Pope 8
Lowton 9
Tark 9
Mee 8
Ward 8
Westwood 8
Cork 8
Lennon 9
JBG 8
Barnes 10 best game I have ever seen from him
Hendrick 6

Wood 8

Even if we'd have lost I would've still be happy with the performance. All I asked for before the game was that we got at them from the off and TRIED to win, we absolutely did that and the result is a massive bonus. Night and day in mentality, approach from the boring negative dross in a few previous games.

Concur wholeheartedly.

From TV

Pope 7 Safe; nothing spectacular today; kicking OK.

Lowton 8 defensively pretty good; in attack some excellent crosses and of course a super ball for Barnes’s goal.

Ward 6 defensively sound; not much in attack

Tarkowski 5 shaky in the first half, and not much better in the second. Not up to standard and certainly not up to his standard. Playing him instead of Long was a risk which we got away with today.

Mee 8 reliable performance.

Lennon 6 hard work, some good covering, some good crosses but not quite convincing in attack.

Westwood 7 on the whole neat and tidy with few errors.

Cork 7 same as Westwood

Gudmundsson 9 Our only real source of spark in attack; some good crosses and other work.

Hendrick 6 neat control, moved around well with Barnes. Hooked because something needed doing.

Barnes 9 (MoM) superb forward play, a real threat throughout. Excellent goal and good hold up play.

Wood 6 OK. Worked well with Barnes. Goal was almost a free header but he put it in.

The defence was sloppy in the first half and but for the abysmal Walcott we could have been three or four down. I didn’t think we really looked like scoring as Everton blocked most attempts on goal.

With Wood on in the second half we seem to up the tempo and looked more of a threat - it was the increased urgency that changed us. What a good goal our first one was although I wondered why Pickford didn’t come out, as he did for a similar Barnes chance later. When Rooney came on we seemed to lose our way a bit but at last our number of corners paid off. Why Williams did almost nothing as Wood headed in I don’t know. He’d played well up to that point. We then just saw the game out to achieve that magic forty points.

I hope this gives us a boost to move onwards and upwards but we were playing a side that didn’t look that good. What on earth has happened to Sigurdsson? He was so lackadaisical. Williams sending off seemed a bit harsh

jdrobbo wrote:Pope 8
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 8 - MOM
Mee 7
Ward 7
JBG 7
Cork 7
Lennon 8
Hendrick 7
Westwood 8
Barnes 8

Wood 7

Tin hat time!

Pope 7
Lowton 8
Ward 7
Tarkowski 8
Mee 7
Gudmundsson 7
Lennon 8
Westwood 7
Hendrick 5
Cork 7
Barnes 9*
Wood 8

A really solid performance all over the pitch. My mark for Hendrick is more because he is a square peg.

Pope 8
Lowton 9 - MotM
Tarkowski 9
Mee 8
Ward 8
Gudmundsson 8
Cork 8
Westwood 8
Lennon 8
Hendrick 6 - Game changed when we took him off. Enough said.
Barnes 9

Wood 8

Pope 7 one smart save.
Lowton 10 Simply outstanding and linked well with Lennon
Tarkowski 8 Bit rusty but came on strong and dominated
Mee 8 steady and brave
Ward 8 Just a good footballer and adds that bit of quality and know how.
Lennon 8 When in full throw adds something nobody else does played well and linked well with Lowton and Barnes
Cork 7 Looks tired but battled hard but at times got caught , I have found teams close him down much quicker now
Westwood 8 Our pick of central midfielders he has decent movment and positional sense (watch first goal as Tarks goes forward he slots in).
Gudmundsson 8 Worked well came very centrally a bit too much in the first half.
Hendrick 6 Is no number 10 did nothing wrong but he is the square peg in the round hall
Barnes 10 on another day he would have scored 3 but my god a **** and his holding up was top draw. You can not question the man
Wood 8 linked well with Barnes both switching into the 10 position.

Dyche 10 did what we all thought he wouldn't

Pope 7

Lowton 8(+1 for assist)
Tarkowski 8
Mee 7
Ward 7

Lennon 8 ... looks a lot better on the right
Westwood 7
Cork 7
JBG 7

Hendrick 6 / Wood 8 (+1 for goal)
Barnes 8 (+1 for goal)

Hipper wrote:From TV

Pope 7 Safe; nothing spectacular today; kicking OK.

Lowton 8 defensively pretty good; in attack some excellent crosses and of course a super ball for Barnes’s goal.

Ward 6 defensively sound; not much in attack

Tarkowski 5 shaky in the first half, and not much better in the second. Not up to standard and certainly not up to his standard. Playing him instead of Long was a risk which we got away with today.

Mee 8 reliable performance.

Lennon 6 hard work, some good covering, some good crosses but not quite convincing in attack.

Westwood 7 on the whole neat and tidy with few errors.

Cork 7 same as Westwood

Gudmundsson 9 Our only real source of spark in attack; some good crosses and other work.

Hendrick 6 neat control, moved around well with Barnes. Hooked because something needed doing.

Barnes 9 (MoM) superb forward play, a real threat throughout. Excellent goal and good hold up play.

Wood 6 OK. Worked well with Barnes. Goal was almost a free header but he put it in.

The defence was sloppy in the first half and but for the abysmal Walcott we could have been three or four down. I didn’t think we really looked like scoring as Everton blocked most attempts on goal.

With Wood on in the second half we seem to up the tempo and looked more of a threat - it was the increased urgency that changed us. What a good goal our first one was although I wondered why Pickford didn’t come out, as he did for a similar Barnes chance later. When Rooney came on we seemed to lose our way a bit but at last our number of corners paid off. Why Williams did almost nothing as Wood headed in I don’t know. He’d played well up to that point. We then just saw the game out to achieve that magic forty points.

I hope this gives us a boost to move onwards and upwards but we were playing a side that didn’t look that good. What on earth has happened to Sigurdsson? He was so lackadaisical. Williams sending off seemed a bit harsh

Hello Kevin how are you? Shame you were back on the bench today

From TV here in snowy upstate NY -- excellent coverage on NBCSN and very positive comments from the studio.
Pope 8
Lowton 9
Tarka 8
Mee 8
Ward 8
Westwood 7
Hendrick 7
Cork 7
Lennon 8
JBG 8
Barnes 9 mom.

Wood 8

Well I thought that was a really absorbing game. I thought we played well, had plenty off efforts at goal and on target, mixed up our approaches, stayed calm when we went behind, made a change at half time that gave us another dimension in this game, and got a thoroughly deserved win. Fully confident we can collect a decent points haul from the last 9 games.

Pope 7 Not much to do but did it well
Lowton 9 Great ball for the goal
Mee 8 Solid
Tarks 8 Rather have him than Keane
Ward 7 Ok defensively not much going forward
Cork 7 Battled
Westwood 8 Best game I've seen from him
Hendrick 6 Let man go for their goal but ok
JBG 8 Gave the ball away in the build up to their goal but otherwise superb
Lennon 9 MOM
Barnes 9 Brilliant display. 2 up front allowed him to run in behind in the 2nd half to great effect

Wood 7 Freed up Barnes and got his goal

Everton fans sat in the Bob Lord rubbing our noses in it when they went ahead. Loved seeing them with Egg on their faces. One was going absolutely mental with Fat Sam about the subs and at the end. Very amusing!

Pope 6
Lowton 9
Tark 8
Mee 7
Ward 7
Jbg 6
Westwood 6
Cork 7
Lennon 8
Hendrick 6
Barnes 8
Subs
Wood 7

Really enjoyed a good game of football. The Barnes goal was excellent from the start to the finish

Pope 8 - few good saves today although Everton's finishing was lame 1st half
Lowton 8 - really come on the past 12 months
Tarkowski 8 - other than a hairy slip up, thought he did great
Mee 8 - does what Ben Mee does
Ward 8 - another solid performance
Gudmundsson 8 - he's really improved this year
Cork 8 - gritty
Westwood 8 - as Cork
Lennon 8 - some good runs today and 110% effort
Hendrick 6 - struggling
Barnes 9* - monster

Wood 8 - caused trouble all 45 mins

Pope - 7
Lowton - 9
Tarks - 8
Mee - 7
Ward - 7
Lennon - 8
Cork - 7
Westwood - 7
JBG - 8
Hendrick - 5
Barnes - 9

Wood - 8

Pope 7
Lowton 9 MOTM
Ward 6
Mee 7
Tarks 7
Westwood 8
Cork 7
Lennon 8
JBG 7
Hendrick 5
Barnes 9
Wood 7

Pope 7
Lowton 9
Ward 8
Mee 8
Tarks 8

Westwood 8
Cork 7
Lennon 9 (MoM)
JBG 7

Hendrick 6
Barnes 9

Wood 8

Easy to see Lowton getting MoM, he was superb, but my vote goes for Lennon.
Tireless display with outstanding quality going forward and, tracking back.

Pope 7
Lowton 9 MOM
Tarks 7 Bit rusty first half
Mee 8
Ward 6
Lennon 8
Cork 7
Westwood 8
JBG 7
Hendrick 5 Simply wrong position for him
Barnes 9 Brilliant second half once he had a partner

Wood 7 Bit off the pace but took pressure off Barnes and got his goal

Much better today but Everton still had enough chances to draw at least. BFS face at end was a picture

Pope 7
Lowton 8
Tarkowski 8
Mee 7
Ward 7
Lennon 8
Westwood 8
Cork 7
Guðmundsson 7
Hendrick 7
Barnes 8

Wood 7

Pope 8
Lowton 7
Tarkowski 8
Mee 7
Ward 7
Lennon 8
Cork 7
Hendrick 6
Westwood 7
Gudmundsson 6
Barnes 8

Wood 7

A much needed win, and one which was fully deserved.

Pope 9
Lowton 9 MoM
Tark 8
Mee 8
Ward 8
Westwood 9
Cork 8
Lennon 9
JBG 9
Barnes 9 Beast From The South East
Hendrick 7

Wood 9 - 1 For Goal

Dyche 9 - 1 for Sub

Pope 7
Lowton 8
Mee 8
Tarkowski 8
Ward 7
JBG 8
Cork 9
Westwood 7
Lennon 9
Hendrick 6
Barnes 9

Wood 7

I thought Cork was back to his best today. He broke up the play, used the ball well (apart from a couple of mis-controls) and didn't allow Sigurdsson to really impact the game.

Lennon was what we know he can be when played on the right wing! Surely today puts to bed any theory that he might do a job on the left. From schoolboy last week to premier league class this week. Majestic stuff!

And Barnsey. What can you say? He just keeps proving the doubters wrong. His constant running caused them problems all day and allowed us to play a bit higher up the pitch. Him and Wood could be a very good pairing!

UTC!

Very determined performance today.

Pope 7
Lowton 9 Wonderful threaded pass for Ashley's goal.
Tarks 9 He was immense today. Started the move for our equaliser with some very neat skill.
Mee 8 Sir Benjamin does what he does best.
Ward 8
Westwood 8 Starting to look the part of a midfield general.
Cork 8
Lennon 8 Very tidy game. BFS must be kicking himself for letting him go.
JBG 8 Loses a point for that daft pass that led to their goal but gets a point for a lovely cross for the winner.
Barnes 9* Very good game.
Hendrick 7 Had a decent 1st half IMHO.

Wood 8 They couldn't handle him and Ash 2nd half.

SD 10. He finally played the wingers on their correct sides. Halleulah!

WTF have they done to Keano? Looks a shadow of his former self.

Pope 7
Lowton 9
Mee 8
Tarks 7 (+1 for key contribution to equalizer)
Ward 7
JBG 8 (-1 for underhit pass to Lennon for their goal)
Cork 8
Westwood 7
Lennon 8 (-1 for not going to meet JBG pass see above)
Hendrick 6
Barnes 9 * MOM

Wood 8

Pope 8. Solid
Lowton 9 MOM.
Tark 8 Better team with him around
Mee 8 Dependable as ever
Ward 8
Westwood 7
Cork 7
Lennon 8
JBG 7
Barnes 9 Ash the Bash at his best.
Hendrick 6

Wood. 7.

I had forgotten what that winning feeling felt like and its so nice to have it back in my life!!
Well deserved win against as poor an Everton side as I have seen,

Pope 7 - Assured and solid. No chance with the goal.
Lowton 9 - That pass!!
Tarkowski 8 - Looked rusty at first but composure and ball playing makes us a better team.
Mee 8 - Solid as per is going to be on his gravestone. Most underrated player in the league
Ward 7 - A bit like Tarky on the ball he makes us a better team.
Gudmundsson 8 - His ability to play on the left and allow Lennon on the right was so important to us
Cork 8 - Signs he is getting back to early season form.
Westwood 7 - Ok but needs to push us forward a bit more.
Lennon 8 - Decent better on the right.
Hendrick 7 - Thought he was better and a tad unlucky to be hooked but ultimately proved to be the right decision.
Barnes 9 - MOM An Ashley Barnes Masterclass in being Ashley Barnes. Orrible to play against and a better player than lots realise.

Wood 8 - Great to have him back. A clever Centre Forward.

Pope 7
Lowton 9
Tarkowski 8
Mee 9
Ward 7
Lennon 8
Westwood 8
Cork 7
Guðmundsson 7
Hendrick 7
Barnes 9 mom

Wood 8

Pope 8

Lowton 8
Ward 8
Tarkowski 9
Mee 8

Lennon 8
Cork 7
Westwood 8
JBG 7
Hendrick 7

Barnes 9

Wood 8

Pope 7
Lowton 8
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Ward 7
Lennon 8
Westwood 7
Cork 7
Guðmundsson 7
Hendrick 7
Barnes 8

Wood 8

Sadly I had a (much) delayed flight which took off and caused me to miss part of the 2nd half on Sky (and attending the match) so I can’t rate it. What I would say is:

Lowton was my MoM. Outstanding delivery, far better than Bardsley.

Burnley were outstanding, for once a real cutting edge. That has to be the players selected and the position on the pitch they played in.

Outstanding stats (which the one about us never winning from behind is) tend to be rock solid. If that stat has ended, there must be a reason. That for me is a combination of a first choice back 4 (even back 5?), a better standard striker (Wood), pace (Lennon) playing on his correct side, and tactics (targeting Keane). Never in my time watching us in the Premier League have we had all of those. No coincidence.

So everyone forgets the two horrendous mistakes tarks made in the first half which allowed Everton chances...