West Brom v Burnley - Player Ratings

[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

[MACCA]

Muric- 8 kept us In the game
Roberts 3 gave the ball away far too much, a major roll in their equaliser
THB 7
Taylor 8 best game if the season, some point earning tackles
Maatsen 7
Cullen 7
Cork 7
Brownhill 7
Tella 8
Jay 6
Vitinho 7

Churlinov 5 miss cost us
JBG 6
Barnes 3 shouldn't wear the shirt ever again, it's no coincidence we lose points when he plays , he's a liability

We only really deserved a point at the very best, but to get so close is absolutely gutting.

Referee couldn't wait to book ours and get involved.

Wallace best player on the pitch , the experience and quality was there for all to see

Majorly Disappointed

[OffTheBar]

Muric 9
Roberts 6
THB 8
Taylor 9
Maatsen 6
Cullen 8
Cork 5
Vitinho 7
Brownhill 7
Tella 9
Rodriguez 7

Churlinov 6
JBG 7

[warksclaret]

Muric 8
Roberts 5
THB 8
Taylor 8
Maatsen 5
Tella 8
Brownhill 6
Cork 5
Cullen 7
Vitinho 6
Rodriguez 8
Bastian 6
Churlinov 6

[Im_not_Robbie_Blake]

Muric 8
Roberts 6
THB 7
Taylor 9 He has morphed into Ben Mee!
Maatsen 7
Cullen 7
Cork 7
Vitinho 6
Brownhill 7
Tella 9
Rodriguez 8

Churlinov 7
JBG 7

[jedi_master]

Muric 9
Roberts 5
THB 7
Taylor 8
Maatsen 5
Vitinho 6
Cullen 7
Cork 6
Brownhill 6
Tella 8
Rodriguez 8

Churlinov 6
JBG 6

[SalouClaret]

Muric - 8
Roberts - 4
THB - 7
Taylor - 8
Maatsen - 5
Cullen - 7
Cork - 5
Vitinho - 7
Brownhill - 7
Tella - 8
Rodriguez - 8

Churlinov - 6
JBG - 7


Referee was absolutely shocking but West Brom deserved their point.

[RVclaret]

Muric 8
Roberts 5
THB 7
Taylor 9*
Maatsen 4
Cork 5
Cullen 7
Vitinho 5 (better at lb)
Brownhill 6
Tella 8
Rodriguez 7

Churlinov 7 (like the look of him shame about the miss)
JBG 6

[Bordeauxclaret]

Muric 9
Roberts 5
THB 7
Taylor 8
Maatsen 4
Tella 7
Brownhill 6
Cork 5
Cullen 6
Vitinho 6
Rodriguez 8

Bastian 6
Churlinov 6
Jbg 6
Barnes 5

[ArthurShelby]

Muric 8 - Great pass for the goal, some great saves and distribution was good. Hope the injury isn’t bad.

Roberts 5 - Struggling to see what he offers, at fault for their goal.

THB 7 - This lad is going to be a good one.

Taylor 8 - His best performance at CB yet, that block was something else.

Maatsen 6 - Sloppy, have the ball away a lot.

Vitinho 6 - His speed helped tracking back but offered little going forward.

Cork 6 - Started well and faded as the game went on.

Cullen 6 - Didnt really impact the game.

Brownhill 6 - Same as Culllen.

Tella 7 - His speed is a great asset, brilliant for the penalty.

Jay 7 - Some good hold up play and a goal.

Subs:
JBG 5 - Offers nothing
Barnes 5 - Past it
Churlinov 7 - Added energy and unlucky not to score

[HahaYeah]

Muric 8
Roberts 6
Harwood Bellis 7
Taylor 8
Maatsen 7
Cullen 7
Cork 7
Brownhill 7
Vitinho 7
Tella 8
Rodriguez 8

Subs
Churlinov 7
Gudmundsson 7
Bastian 6
Barnes 6

[bfcjg]

I'll do mine tomorrow when I have calmed down.

[BOYSIE31]

Muric 8
Roberts 5
Taylor 8
THB 8
Maatsen 6
Cork 4
Brownhill 3
Cullen 4
Vitinho 5
Tella 6
Jay 6

Churlinov 6
Barnes 4 - please play the new lads now

Game lost in Midfield and second best

[CoolClaret]

Muric 9 - love this guy, fearless and skilful
Roberts 3 - just crap, constantly giving the ball away and that goal?
THB 8
Taylor 8 - excellent blocks
Maatsen 4 - look more prone to the counter with him in, seems to drag Chaz out, sloppy with the ball tonight
Cullen 8
Cork 5 - probably needed a rest after hectic schedule
Vitinho 5 - doing his best but he’s a fullback not a winger
Brownhill 5
Tella 8* - the boy is class
Rodriguez 8

Churlinov - 6 hard one to mark, some good movement but really should have assisted and scored
JBG 6

[Luppy]

Muric - 7

Roberts - 4
THB - 7
Taylor - 9
Maatsen - 4

Brownhill - 6
Cork - 6
Cullen - 7

Vitinho - 5
JayRod - 8
Tella - 7

Churlinov - 6
JBG - 6

Sloppy in possession on countless occasions, both full backs had a stinker. Clear penalty not given and Churlinov has to score. Great chances but we were never comfortable

Love to know where 8 minutes came from as well - hey ho

[Burnley1989]

Muric 8
Roberts 5
THB 8
Taylor 8
Maatsen 5
Tella 8
Brownhill 6
Cork 5
Cullen 7
Vitinho 6
Rodriguez 8
Bastian 6
Churlinov 6

Same

[BurnleyFC]

Muric 9
Roberts 4
THB 7
Taylor 9*
Maatsen 5
Cullen 7
Cork 5
Vitinho 6
Brownhill 7
Tella 8
Rodriguez 8

Churlinov 7
JBG 6
Barnes 4

[firebfcfire]

Muric - 8
Roberts 5
THB - 8
Taylor - 9
Maatsen - 5
Cork - 6
Cullen - 6
Tella - 8
Brownhill - 7
Vitinho - 5 surprised by the high ratings thought he was poor today
Jay Rod - 7

Churlinov - 7 has to score

Barnes also has to score

[Newcastleclaret93]

Muric 9 - love this guy, fearless and skilful
Roberts 3 - just crap, constantly giving the ball away and that goal?
THB 8
Taylor 8 - excellent blocks
Maatsen 4 - look more prone to the counter with him in, seems to drag Chaz out, sloppy with the ball tonight
Cullen 8
Cork 5 - probably needed a rest after hectic schedule
Vitinho 5 - doing his best but he’s a fullback not a winger
Brownhill 5
Tella 8* - the boy is class
Rodriguez 8

Churlinov - 6 hard one to mark, some good movement but really should have assisted and scored
JBG 6

Same as this. Agree with all the points

[Leyland Claret]

Muric 7
Roberts 3
THB 7
Taylor 7
Maatsen 4
Vitinho 5
Cullen 6
Cork 5
Brownhill 5
Tella 7
Jay 7

Churlinov 5
Barnes 4
JBG 5

Frustrating performance but probably 3 games in 6 days catching up. As good as Cork was Tuesday he was poor tonight. Vitinho was pretty anonymous, Maatsen was well off the pace and Roberts…well what can I say. That at the end pretty much summed up his overall performance. Needs a spell out of the team as I don’t really know what he brings apart from the odd throw in. Just to add the officials, especially the second half were absolutely shocking. The penalty, the challenge on Johann and 8 flaming minutes of stoppages!! The mind boggles

[Cirrus_Minor]

Muric 8
Roberts 5
THB 7
Taylor 8
Maatsen 5
Vitinho 5
Cullen 6
Cork 5
Brownhill 6
Tella 8
Rodriguez 8

Churlinov 4
JBG 5

[KRBFC]

Muric 9
Roberts 5
THB 8
Taylor 8
Maatsen 5
Cork 4 Just kept giving the ball away
Vitinho 5
Brownhill 5
Cullen 7
Tella 8
Jrod 6

Barnes 3 like playing with 10 men when he comes on
Churlinov 8 very good, unlucky with the chance.
JBG 5 anonymous

[DCWat]

Muric 9
Roberts 5
THB 8
Taylor 8
Maatsen 5
Cork 4 Just kept giving the ball away
Vitinho 5
Brownhill 5
Cullen 7
Tella 8
Jrod 6

Barnes 3 like playing with 10 men when he comes on
Churlinov 8 very good, unlucky with the chance.
JBG 5 anonymous

Churlinov looked promising. He really should have played an early ball to JBG though.

[SalouClaret]

JBG 5 - Offers nothing

Churlinov 7 - Added energy and unlucky not to score

That's baffled me. If Churlinov squared it to the unmarked JBG we'd have likely won the game. Instead he went for glory and tried shooting from a ridiculous angle. JBG certainly didn't 'offer nothing'.

[Pickles]

Muric 8
Roberts 5
Harwood-Bellis 7
Taylor 8
Maatsen 7
Vitinho 6
Cork 7
Cullen 7
Brownhill 7
Tella 8
Rodriguez 8

Peacock-Farrell 6
Churlinov 7
Gudmundsson 6
Bastien 6
Barnes 5

[Damo]

Muric 8
Roberts 4
THB 7
Taylor 8
Maatsen 5
Brownhill 6
Cork 5
Cullen 6
Vitinho 6
Tella 7
Rodriguez 8

Subs
Churlinov 7
Bastien 6
JBG 5
Barnes 5

[ksrclaret]

Muric 8 - excellent until forced off. Brilliant ball to Tella to win the pen

Roberts 4 - not good enough. Handed them a point when it looked like we'd take all 3.

Harwood-Bellis 7 - another good game

Taylor 9 - his best game at CB. What a block.

Maatsen 3 - appalling defensively and gave the ball away time and time again.

Cork 5 - clearly knackered

Cullen 7 - tried his best to provide the energy for two players in the middle and nearly pulled it off.

Vitinho 5 - not a winger, needs to played in his position at LB

Brownhill 6 - average game. Not much influence

Tella 7 - some brilliant runs and unlucky not to rifle one in first half

Rodriguez 8 - brilliant until he predictably tired


Churlinov 6 - he looks a good player to me, but only a 6 because he should have scored and played JBG in

JBG 6 - did a great job of shutting down their left side when he came on.


Not good tonight with some really tired and sloppy performances. Defensively both full backs were shocking. Need changes there.

[warksclaret]

Some big differences in scores for Churlinov who looked dangerous if not a bit arratic

[ClaretMat]

Muric 8 - very good tonight, a couple of smart saves, and what a pass once more for Tella.
Roberts 4 - awful first half, gave the ball away sloppily on countless occasions. Better in the second half but big mistake for the goal.
Harwood-Bellis 5 - another more sloppy on the ball tonight and didn't dominate.
Taylor 8* - showed real resilience throughout as he was playing with very little support from left back for much of the game. Some excellent blocks and the only one of the back 4 to come out with any credit.
Maatsen 4 - positionally awful this evening and very poor with the ball. Massively naive this evening, even when he was close to the man he was constantly the wrong side.
Vitinho 7 - thought he did reasonably well on the right and sure us up when he moved to left back much better positionally than Maatsen.
Cork 5 - started fine and moved the ball well but seemed to lose energy and his ball retention was very poor.
Cullen 6 - he did OK and retained the ball well albeit slowly and he gradually got overpowered in there.
Brownhill 5 - another to start well but fade away.
Tella 6 - a threat throughout but some poor decision making and part of our issues down that side defensively.
Jay 7 - not as involved as Tuesday but moments of quality.

Churlinov 6 - unlucky with the penalty but should have won us the game tonight, big chance where he hit the post and should have played JBG in..
Barnes 5 - I'd rather see Costelloe, but another who had a glaring opportunity ro win the game.
JBG 6 - thought he did fairly well.

They were the better side in the first half and we didn't deserve to be in the lead, extremely sloppy in possession. Second half however the tactical changes from Kompany helped tighten us up. We could and perhaps should have seen it out for maybe an undeserved win. We had good opportunities and had a poor decision against us.

[claretspice]

Muric - 9 - thought he was outstanding whilst on the pitch, good saves, commanding in the air, immaculate distribution with the pass for the penalty the icing on the cake. His propensity to pick up injuries is the only concern on that evidence.

Roberts - 5 - stuck at it well generally but he was a little shaky all night and he has to do better at the end.

Maatsen - 5 -some nice moments but sloppy defensively and gave the ball away too easily too often.

Harwood Bellis - 7 - decent enough but had his shaky moments.

Taylor - 8 - one dodgy early moment aside, very solid indeed and scrambled really well.

Cork - 6 - very good for 55 minutes but faded and no surprise he was withdrawn.

Cullen - 7 - thought he ratted really well and kept his composure.

Vitinho- 6 - tidy enough but nowhere as effective on the right wing. Diligent enough when he went to full back.

Brownhill- 7 - sharp and got about the pitch and rolled his sleeves up.

Tella - 7 - wonderful touch for the penalty and generally used his pace to good effect, although he might have done a little better with his final ball a couple of times.

Rodriguez- 8 - our best all round player on the night and I was surprised he was withdrawn.

Gudmundsson- 7 - did the job asked of him.

Churlinov- 6 - should have had a goal and an assist and will need to make better decisions and be more clinical but there's no question this lad has something about hi. - promising.

Bastien - 6 - generally neat enough but he was slow of the mark defensively a couple of times and one indirectly led to the goal.

Barnes - 5 - tough for him to get into the game but having done brilliantly to make the chance for himself, had to do better.

Odd evening. It wasn't a surprise to find West Brom were a much stiffer test than we've had, barring Watford, and we were second best for long periods. Bur having weathered the storm we had our chances to put the game to win, didn't take them and then became ragged as the game went into injury time.

In the end a point was the least Albion deserved and was as good a result at full time as it would have been before hand, but having got control of the game, it's hugely frustrating not to see it through.

[CrosspoolClarets]

Barnes and Bastien came on at 77 mins and we played 98.

Muric 9 - outstanding and his injury probably cost us the win
Roberts 5 - big error for the goal and was up and down throughout
THB 6 - unusually was sloppy in possession and gave it away dangerously a bit
Taylor 9 - brilliant game, his block was superb but he was the best defender throughout
Maatsen 6 - looked suspect at the back again, we will get targeted here
Cullen 8 - kept it calm and held possession well
Cork 6 - started well but got jaded second half
Vitinho 7 - not at his best but ok
Brownhill 7 - also not at his best but ok
Tella 7 - had that one magic moment but looked a bit tired
Rodriguez 9 - led the line superbly and made good runs, rarely found

Churlinov 7 - lively and dangerous but wasteful, should have earned a pen if the ref or lino had their eyes in
JBG 7 - some good moments
Barnes 6 - did quite well but that was a bad miss that isn’t like him
Bastien 6 - helped solidify it

Referee - a word on him as I wasn’t there due to C so can't rate him. What a shocker. Was woeful from start to finish. The PL refs are bad but this geezer was something else.

Overall, a draw is the most we deserve but we should have won it but for the Roberts error. We were poor and tired by our standards, gave it away regularly. I thought we were better 2nd half. Do these young lads have what it takes for a 46 game grind? I’m not sure. I thought the error though was not bringing Benson on who changed the game on Tuesday. Maybe he would have done but for Muric’s injury.

Anyway, onwards and upwards. Big game in a week. Win it, we are fine.

[KRBFC]

Churlinov looked promising. He really should have played an early ball to JBG though.

Yeah bit greedy, I don't mind it though, looked a really difficult pass.

[hoskinsgoalatswansea]

Muric 8
Roberts 4
Harwood Bellis 8
Taylor 8
Maatsen 6 (criminal to miss the pass to Rodriguez for 2-0)
Cullen 7
Cork 6
Brownhill 6
Vitinho 6
Tella 7
Rodriguez 8

Churlinov 6 (criminal to miss the pass to Gudmundsson for 2-0)
Gudmundsson 6
Bastien 6
Barnes 5

[AlargeClaret]

Muric - 7 great distribution
Roberts 5 off it tonight , flounced and cheated
THB 8 excellent all round
Taylor 8 2 wonder blocks and good game
Maatsen 5- not his night at all but suspect at back
Tella 7 - not his very best but a real threat
Brownhill 6- huffed n puffed but wayward
Cork 5- tired after 3 real shifts - off the pace
Cullen 7 did his thing well crisp passing
Vitinho 5 thought was very average indeed
Rodriguez 8- great shift , dropped deep , created

Bastien 6
Churlinov 7 very lively though drama queen
Barnes 4 - a shambles
JBG 5 invisible

[spt_claret]

Muric- 9. Monster Muric. Superb.

Roberts- 3. Every single thing he did went wrong. No idea what's wrong with the guy.
THB-7. Solid.
Taylor-8. Really really growing into the role. Class act.
Maatsen- 5. Poor defensively, sloppy/bad decisions offensively.

Vitinho -6. Doing the work of two men at RW, had a better time at LB.
Cork- 5. Sloppy by his standards, looked tired.
Cullen- 6. Not his best but was working hard to cover for Cork's fatigue.
Tella- 7. Tired as he ran himself ragged but our liveliest attacker.
Jay- 7. Played well but had little opportunity to do much because of how often we were losing the ball early.

Gudmundsson -6. Did fine enough.
Churlinov -6. Lively and found himself chances but end product and decision making let him down.

[Conroy92]

Muric*- 8 kept us In the game and set the penalty up
Roberts- 4 Poor from the start. Gave the ball away constantly and that touch for the goal
THB 7- Solid enough
Taylor 8- Played well and that block near the end was outstanding
Maatsen 5- probably his worst game for us
Cullen 6- didn't see enough of the ball today
Cork 7- looked to be the one trying to dictate
Brownhill 6- didn't see enough of the ball
Tella 8- looks a cut above
Jay 6- not enough service in to him today
Vitinho 6- did ok in patches

Churlinov 6 carried the ball well but end product not quite good enough
JBG 6 average
Barnes 5 ineffective

[MDWat]

Muric 8
Roberts 4
THB 7
Taylor 8*
Maatsen 4
Cullen 7
Cork 6
Brownhill 6
Vitinho 6
Tella 7
Rodriguez 7

Churlinov 7
Gudmundsson 6

[DAVETHEVICAR]

From TV

Muric 7

Roberts 4
THB 7
Taylor 7
Maatsen 4

Cullen 4
Cork 4
Vitinho 4

Brownhill 4
Rodriguez 7
Tella 7

Churlinov 4
JBG 7

2 poor teams tonight who passed more to the opposition than to team members
WBA will finish near the bottom as they have no finishers
We get a point in probably our worst performance of the season

[burnleymik]

Muric 8
Roberts 4
THB 8
Taylor 9
Maatsen 6
Cullen 6
Cork 5
Vitinho 6
Brownhill 6
Tella 8
Rodriguez 8

Churlinov 7
JBG 6

[BleedingClaret]

Muric 7
Roberts 5
THB 8
Taylor 8
Maatsen 5
Tella 8
Brownhill 6
Cork 5
Cullen 8 MoM
Vitinho 7
Rodriguez 8

JBG 7
Bastian 6
Churlinov 6
Barnes 5

[Turftalker]

Muric - 8
Roberts- 5 Given he is being told to tuck in, not sure why Lowton couldn't play that role.
THB 7-
Taylor 8* - Excellent. MOM
Maatsen 5 - a mistake to bring him.straight back in
Cullen 6- was isolated from our team cleverly by WBA
Cork 6 - looked tired.
Brownhill 6 - quiet night
Tella 8- What. A. Touch.
Jay 6
Vitinho 6- better at left back than right wing.

Churlinov 6 - decision making needs to improve but lovely touchs
JBG 6

Barnes and Bastien and BPF were not on long enough. I think Barnes is getting harshly treated. Some mark him but not others to make a dig. He did OK tonight. Yes he lacks mobility but prior to his poor shot the touch and turn was class. He just needs a goal.

VK summarised well. Tired, sloppy performance but we showed effort and defended well enough under pressure.

[DycheAlmighty]

Muric 8
Roberts 5
THB 8
Taylor 9*
Maatsen 7
Cullen 8
Cork 6
Brownhill 7
Vitinho 7
Tella 7
JayRod 8
Churlinov 7
Gudmundson 6

[Dodobdobodobo]

Muric 7
Roberts 4
THB 7
Taylor 8
Maatsen 6
Cullen 6
Cork 6
Vitinho 6
Brownhill 6
Tella 6
Rodriguez 7 +1 for goal

Churlinov 6
JBG 6

[Paddy1882]

Muric- 7

Roberts- 4 World Cup isn’t for another couple of months concentrate on your bread and butter.
THB- 7
Taylor- 8
Maatsen- 5

Cullen- 6
Cork- 4
Brownhill- 6
Vitinho- 5

Tella- 6
Jay- 6

Subs
JBG- 5
Barnes- 5
Churlinov- 6

Any point away from home is decent but when you concede so late on it is a real tough one to take. Too many players not at it tonight but 7 days to rest up and go again.

[bf2k]

Muric 9
Roberts 6
THB 6
Taylor 7 (+1 for the tackle)
Maatsen 6
Cullen 5 - kept giving the ball away. Worst game for us IMO
Cork 5
Vitinho 7
Brownhill 7
Tella 9
Rodriguez 8

Churlinov 6 head up boy, head up
JBG 6

Barnes, May not be able to rate but would have been a 3. that miss FFS

We looked off it tonight but the pleasing thing is even looking off the pace we still looked like the only team who would go on and win the game. This tab will only go from strength to strength.

[nil_desperandum]

I think Barnes is getting harshly treated. Some mark him but not others to make a dig. He did OK tonight. Yes he lacks mobility but prior to his poor shot the touch and turn was class. He just needs a goal.

I'm not a fan of Barnes, but it's rather a shame that he didn't score at the end since - with the players we have signed this week - I don't see a place for him on the bench as from next week.
It would have been great had he scored a pretty spectacular goal on his final appearance. He set the shot up perfectly but his finish was embarrassing, and rather sums up his goal threat this past couple of seasons.
Thanks for the memories Ash but I think the game is up.

[maidenover]

Muric 8
Roberts 4 Now Lowton isn’t going anywhere, may as well play him there, Or Vitinho.
THB 7
Taylor 8 (+1 for super tackle on Wallace)
Maatsen 4 (-1 for suicidal pass back in 1st half)
Cullen 6
Cork 5 (Perhaps a game too many in a short space of time for a 33 years old midfielder)
Vitinho 6
Brownhill 6
Tella 9 MoM for me
Rodriguez 7

Churlinov 6
JBG 7

[quoonbeatz]

Muric - 8 some pass that and his goalkeeping was top as well

Roberts - 4 he has to do better at the end but some sympathy with him because THB shapes to jump for it then doesn't and the ball comes to Roberts at an awkward height where it hard to adjust. He wasn't great otherwise though either.

Harwood-Bellis - 7

Taylor - 8 miles better tonight and that block was great

Maatsen - 4 shouldn't have started

Cork - 5 gradually deteriorated

Cullen - 7 decent tonight but another who faded

Vitinho - 5 for both positions, not really at it tonight

Tella - 8 he scared them to death. Lovely touch for the pen.

Rodriguez - 8 having a cracking season so far and takes a confident pen under pressure

Churlinov - 6 still getting used to things but should have had a goal and an assist. It'll click.

Gudmundsson - 6

Good game this and a good test against one of the better teams in the division. We've not played very well and still been unlucky to come away with just a point. Fair result, although there never should have been 8 minutes added for them to score in.

[Boss Hogg]

Muric 8 looked very assured until the injury which then cost us
Roberts 4 need a different t option here
THB 7 solid enough and good passing
Taylor 8 outstanding block
Maatsen 4 looked a different player
Cullen 6 neat and tidy
Cork 5 gave away posession numerous times
Vitinho 6 better at LB than RW
Brownhill 5 not up to recent high standards
Tella 8 thought he was excellent again
Rodriguez 7 calm pen despite goalie’s antics

Subs:
Churlinov 6 should have buried chance though
JBG 6
Barnes 4 offers nothing so hopefully no room on the bench soon
Bastien 6

Fairly poor overall tonight. Ref had a shocker. Despite chances to win a draw was a fairer result. Think VK will have learned more from that game than the last two. Wallace was superb for them.

[Claretforever]

Muric 7
Roberts 6
THB 8
Taylor 8
Maatsen 6
Cullen 7
Cork 5
Vitinho 7
Brownhill 6
Tella 7
Rodriguez 8

Churlinov 6
JBG 7

I thought Cork was MoM last game, but was the worst performer tonight. He struggled all night keeping the ball, and that’s usually his strong point. He was closely followed by a few.

They’ll learn from this. Move on.