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

From Tele.

Traff-6. Not a lot to do really and couldn't do anything with the goal. Sometimes I can't help but feel he puts us under unnecessary pressure when holding possession.
Roberts-6 thought he was average but probably the worst out the back four
Egan Riley-7 pick of the back
Estéve-7 (plus one for goal) maybe his worst game for us, looked like he got a little bit bullied at times.
Pires-6 average. Nothing special but nothing wrong.
Cullen-6. As above average.
Brownhill-6 As above average.
Hannibal-6 As above average
Edwards-6 showed glimpses but gave it away often and not involved enough.
Anthony- 6 dosnt look as effective off the left but the play still goes through him
Flemming- 6 just not involved enough at all.

From tv (Cardiff coms far better than clarets plus btw)

Trafford 7- couldn’t really do much for the goal

Roberts 6- shaky
Esteve 7 (plus one for the goal)
Cj - 7 good long range passing did ok against a big striker
Pires 4- not a league 1 left back let alone championship

Cullen-6 game bypassed him
Brownhill 7(plus one for goal)
Hannibal 7* (our best player taken off too soon again.
Anthony 5
Edwards 5
Flemming 5 (plus one for the assist)

Subs -all 4 didn’t affect the game in any way shape or form

Great 3 points mind. I’ll take it but worrying second half.

Trafford 6
Roberts 5 poor game
Egan-Riley 6
Esteve 6
Pires 3 could cost us promotion
Cullen 7
Brownhill 7
Hannibal 7
Anthony 6
Edwards 6
Flemming 3 offered zilch, big chance that he missed again

Foster 5
Sarmiento 5
Laurent 5

Trafford 5
Roberts 4
Egan-Riley 5
Esteve 6
Pires 5
Cullen 6
Brownhill 6
Hannibal 5
Edwards 5
Flemming 5
Anthony 5

Turgid, pedestrian and tedious, made Cardiff look like Real Madrid. A Parker master class.

Trafford 8

Roberts 7
Esteve 6
Cj - 7
Pires 6

Cullen-7
Brownhill 7
Hannibal 7
Anthony 7
Edwards 7
Flemming 6

Sarmiento 5
Foster 3
Laurent 5

Not sure what happened towards the end when we retreated but we’d done more than enough to put the game to bed before that.

Trafford 7
Roberts 6
CJ 6
Esteve 7
Pires 6
Cullen 8*
Brownhill 7
Hannibal 7
Edwards 7
Anthony 7
Flemming 7

Foster 6
Laurent 4

You lot with your threes and fours for Pires are absolutely embarrassing. Talk about scapegoat.

Trafford 8
Roberts 6
Egan-Riley 7
Esteve 7
Pires 6
Cullen 7
Brownhill 7
Hannibal 7
Anthony 6
Edwards 6
Flemming 7

Foster 6
Sarmiento 6
Laurent 6

Conroy92 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:10 pm

You lot with your threes and fours for Pires are absolutely embarrassing. Talk about scapegoat.

Couldn’t find our players 80% of the time. Caught out at the back post with their chance in the last 2 mins. He’s not a good defender. It’s just how it is sometimes.

Good with sloppy intervals for an hour in which the game should have been put to bed, and then decidedly scrappy for 30 minutes

Trafford - 6 - not much to do.

Roberts- 6 - a little casual and sloppy at times, including for the Cardiff goal.

Pires - 7 - effective in the first half and steady without being spectacular in the second half.

Egan Riley - 7 - defended well enough and used the ball well for the most part although he too got sloppy as the game wore on.

Esteve- 6 - struggled a little with their centre forward, more than we've come to expect.

Cullen - 8 - ran the game in the first half and kept his head in the second when others were losing theirs.

Brownhill- 8 - good to have him back. Good goal and got through a tonne of work.

Hannibal - 8 - outstanding in the first half last when his forward runs were a feature. Quieter in the second half.

Edwards - 5 - came alive for 10 minutes in the second half when he should have scored and had a penalty, but otherwise quiet.

Anthony - 7 - lovely ball in for the second goal and influential in the first half although he may feel he might have done more with some good first half opportunities.

Flemming - 6 - neat assist but should have buried an earlier chance and otherwise he didn't carry much of a threat.

Much of the first half interplay showcased exactly what Parker wants us to be and it was only our own careless moments that threatened to undermine us. The second half was similar for 15 minutes in which we had a couple of excellent chances and should have had two penalties, but Cardiff were emboldened by their good fortune at being in touch, we got scrappy and it all became a bit of a messbin the final stages.

A win is a win though, 71 points from 35 games is a fine return and we've put ourselves bang in the equation.

Conroy92 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:10 pm

You lot with your threes and fours for Pires are absolutely embarrassing. Talk about scapegoat.

Roberts was worse than Pires.

blatherwickstattoos wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:12 pm

Couldn’t find our players 80% of the time. Caught out at the back post with their chance in the last 2 mins. He’s not a good defender. It’s just how it is sometimes.

Turns out it's then opposite, he found our players 80% of the time.

He's a scapegoat and no mistake.

Trafford 7
Roberts 6
CJ 7
Esteve 7
Pires 5 (can we recall Dodgson ?)
Edwards 6-never got him in the game until second half
Brownhill 7
Cullen 7-great pass for a great chance for Fleming and one of our better players
Hannibal 7 pleny of energy and created first goal
Anthony 6
Fleming 6 (incl one for assist), but missed a sitter (again)

Sarmiento 6 little end product
Foster 7-thought he did well when he came on
Laurent 5-again very poor control and retention of the ball

Trafford 7
Roberts 6
CJ 7
Esteve 7
Pires 5 (can we recall Dodgson ?)
Edwards 6-never got him in the game until second half
Brownhill 7
Cullen 7-great pass for a great chance for Fleming and one of our better players
Hannibal 7 pleny of energy and created first goal
Anthony 6
Fleming 6 (incl one for assist), but missed a sitter (again)

Sarmiento 6 little end product
Foster 7-thought he did well when he came on
Laurent 5-again very poor control and retention of the ball

Conroy92 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:10 pm

You lot with your threes and fours for Pires are absolutely embarrassing. Talk about scapegoat.

Absolutely this

Conroy92 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:10 pm

You lot with your threes and fours for Pires are absolutely embarrassing. Talk about scapegoat.

Why do we need a scapegoat...we won
He just had a poor game and is a poor footballer.
Did you see the simple pass in the first half at the half way line that ended up out for a throw in to Cardiff further towards our goal ok Roberts side?
Put us under unnecessary pressure too often

blatherwickstattoos wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:12 pm

Couldn’t find our players 80% of the time. Caught out at the back post with their chance in the last 2 mins. He’s not a good defender. It’s just how it is sometimes.

Show us the stats to prove this. Luckily things like pass completion are recorded so it will be easy to see youre talking out of your arse

Trafford 7
Roberts 6
Egan-Riley 7
Estève 7
Pires 5
Cullen 8
Brownhill 7
Edwards 5
Hannibal 8
Anthony 6
Flemming 6

Trafford - 6
Roberts - 6
CJ - 6
Esteve - 7 *
Pires - 5
Cullen -6
Hannibal - 6
Brownhill - 6
Anthony - 6
Edwards - 5
Flemming - 5

Laurent - 4
Sarmiento - 4
Foster - 4

Most of our outfield were heading for 7's and 8's during the first half but the longer the game went on, the more withdrawn most became. Cardiff had us running around like chickens at times until the players did their 5 minute cameo of a top 3 team. Every time we moved the ball properly Cardiffvwere chasing shadows.

The blatant penalty miss by the Referee and that redundant lump they call an Assistant, may have set us up for a goal fest.

Onwards and Upwards though, 3 points is what counts!

Goliath wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:15 pm

Show us the stats to prove this. Luckily things like pass completion are recorded so it will be easy to see youre talking out of your arse

Let’s see his average markings after this game. He’ll be bottom mark my words

From the tele. Credit Cardiff, individually they've got some talented players.
Trafford 7 Couldn't do anything about their goal.
Roberts 4 Set the tone with silly early needles fouls
Pires 5 Often the scapegoat, often played into trouble and doesn't have the quality to get himself out of it.
Esteve 6 got bullied by their big striker, not his finest game but delighted he got off the mark.
CJ 4 Other than the odd decent pass, got bullied and similar performance to start of the season. Shakey.
Hannibal 6 Drives us forward, puts the opposition under pressure.
Cullen 8* Everything good came through him, the heartbeat of the side.
Brownhill 5 Goal aside he was poor,
Edwards 5 Talented but had opportunities to kill the game off, which nothing came off for him.
Anthony 5 Gets a lot of the ball but overall his end product is frustrating.
Fleming 4 looks miles off the pace as the moment, long season catching up with him, missed a sitter.
Laurent 4 Looks a 500k player at times, today was one of those occasions.
Sarmiento 6 Worked bloody hard.
Foster 6 Fed off scraps.
Worrall 5 Won a couple of headers to see the game out.

Trafford 6
Roberts 5
Egan-Riley 6
Esteve 6
Pires 6
Cullen 7*
Brownhill 6
Hannibal 7
Anthony 5
Edwards 5
Flemming 5

Foster 6
Laurent 5

Trafford 6
Roberts 6
Esteve 6
CJ 7
Pires 6

Cullen 7 ***
Brownhill 7 really well taken goal.
Hannibal 7
Anthony 6
Edwards 7
Flemming 6

Sarmiento 5
Foster 4
Laurent 5

Played so good football that first half.
Lost our way, in the second. We often seem to struggle, these days, regaining the initiative when we lose it.
Another good three away points though.

A good, hard fought win. No marks from me, as I missed the first half hour.

Trafford- 6
Roberts- 6
Esteve- 6
CJ- 6
Pires- 6
Cullen- 7
Brownhill- 6
Hannibal- 7
Anthony- 7
Edwards- 6
Flemming- 6

Sarmiento- 6
Foster- 6
Laurent- 5

Delighted with the win, obviously, but we don’t half make it hard for ourselves. Not helped by an incompetent ref.

But again, more concern if it was needed that when we are disrupted and lose momentum in a game, we have no idea how to win it back.

We also revert our mentality and look to defend what we have far too easily. This needs to change.

blatherwickstattoos wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:17 pm

Let’s see his average markings after this game. He’ll be bottom mark my words

Ok, thats not relevant. You said he misplaced 80% of his passes, show us the evidence

JT - 7 Did well and can't really fault their goal
Roberts - 5 Very sloppy
CJ - 7 Did his job well
Esteve - 7 Same as CJ
Pires - 5 Really poor first half but recovered later on a bit

Edwards - 6 Looked like a man who didn't want to be in Cardiff on a Tuesday night
Cullen - 7 Tried to dictate but not as effective tonight, although likely we would be overrun without him
Hannibal - 7 Confused why he came off
Brownhill - 7 Good finish but not his best game
Anthony - 6 Decent but faded in the second half

Flemming - 6 Good assist, but missed a glaring opportunity

Laurent - 5 No real positive effect on the game
Foster - 4 I think we just need to use Barnes off the bench now. His confidence is so low he won't even shoot.

Trafford 6
Roberts 5
CJ 5
Esteve 7 (+1)
Pires 5
Cullen 6
Hannibal 5
Brownhill 7 (+1)
Anthony 6
Flemming 5
Edwards 6

Foster 4
Sarmiento 6
Laurent 5

Didn’t deserve to win that

I hate criticising our own players but Pires looks way out of his depth to me. I'm willing him to improve but it doesn't seem to be happening.

Trafford 7
Roberts 5 poor for the goal and off it defensively most of the night
CJ 6
Esteve 7
Pires 7 odd sloppy pass first half, but didnt shirk a nasty blow to his foot, tried to support and a number of incisive passes between the lines
Cullen 8 makes us tick
Brownhill 7
Edwards 5 poor for the goal and bar the little spell in the second half i thought he was very very quiet
Anthony 6 (good first half sloppy and out of it second half)
Flemming 6 (plus one for th aissist but not great)
Hannibal 7 energy

I know people like to criticise Pires but I'd say Roberts was definitely the worst full back on the pitch for us tonight

Trafford 7
Roberts 6
Egan Riley 7
Esteve 7
Pires 6
Cullen 8
Brownhill 8
Hannibal 6
Anthony 7
Edwards 6
Flemming 6

Subs:
Foster 5
Laurent 5
Sarmiento na

Goliath wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:20 pm

Ok, thats not relevant. You said he misplaced 80% of his passes, show us the evidence

Mr pedantic tonight eh. From my point of view he gave the ball away a lot. Forward passes especially. Defensively he’s weak too. But I’ll not mention in future so not to upset Goliath

MeeActon1 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:08 pm

Trafford 5
Roberts 4
Egan-Riley 5
Esteve 6
Pires 5
Cullen 6
Brownhill 6
Hannibal 5
Edwards 5
Flemming 5
Anthony 5

Turgid, pedestrian and tedious, made Cardiff look like Real Madrid. A Parker master class.

They won the game….. ******* delighted if we’re beating teams as good as Real Madrid…. Right job.

From TV
Trafford 6
Roberts 6
Pires 7
Esteve 7
CJ 7
Cullen 8
Hannibal 8
Edwards 6
Brownhill 6
Anthony 6
Flemming 5

Laurent 5
Sarmiento 6
Foster 5 ….. what was that at the end?? Shoot !!!!

My God there are some ridiculously negative comments on this thread. Thought we played very well for an hour then started to sit deeper and deeper as they brought on more forwards and fresh legs. Thats just how it goes I think though…. People seem to forget there is an opposition team desperately trying to affect the game and salvage a result.

From TV

Trafford 6

Roberts 5
Pires 5
Esteve 6
Egan-Riley 7

Cullen 8
Hannibal 7
Brownhill 6

Anthony 6
Flemming 6
Edwards 6

Laurent 5
Foster 4

Trafford 6 put us under pressure at times
Roberts 5 poor game by his recent standards
Egan Riley 7
Esteve 6 inc 1 for goal
Pires 6
Cullen 6
Brownhill 7
Cullen 7
Hannibal 7
Anthony 6 a 7 in parts
Edwards 5 good in brief flashes
Flemming 6 just about but poor miss

Subs

Laurent 5 one really poor and nearly costly back pass
Foster 4 zero confidence when in scoring position
Sarmiento 5 just don’t see what he offers

The last 20 mins were very poor. The game should have been put to bed when we were on top but poor finishing and and we then rode our luck a bit. Awful referee decisions too.

Cullen 7 just

Trafford - 6 - not too much to do but the booking is avoidable

Roberts - 5 - needs to be better for the goal
Esteve - 6 yes he scored but for once he looked uncomfortable at the back
CJER - 6
Pires - 6

Cullen - 7
Hannibal - 7

Brownhill - 6 - another goal and thank God for that
Edwards - 6 - got double-teamed a lot but clearly is a threat
Anthony - 6

Flemming - 5 - got an assist but not too much else

Laurent - 5
Foster - 4 - you can only have so much patience with a striker on 10s of 000s weekly who's scored in 1 in 21

It's a win. That's the main thing. But lots of questions still.
Leeds put 7 past these and you can see why. They've hit the woodwork twice against us in a 1 goal game.
The last 25 mins I don't know what the gameplan was.

We create chances but no-one puts them away. But........it's a win.

blatherwickstattoos wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:36 pm

Mr pedantic tonight eh. From my point of view he gave the ball away a lot. Forward passes especially. Defensively he’s weak too. But I’ll not mention in future so not to upset Goliath

So as suspected you were talking nonsense and instead of fessing up your just acting like a bit of a prat

Trafford 7
Roberts 5 - unusually poor tonight from Connor.
Egan-Riley 6
Esteve 6 - Think we've found out what Steve's kryptonite is, a big lump up top.
Pires 5
Cullen 7
Brownhill 7
Hannibal 6
Anthony 6
Edwards 6
Flemming 5 - plus one for the header across goal to Steve. He needs to start burying the chances that he gets. It's just not good enough for what we need from our forward players, especially if we want to play in the PL where you get one a game if you're lucky.

Trafford 6
Roberts 5
Egan-Riley 6
Estève 6
Pires 6
Cullen 8
Brownhill 7
Edwards 6
Hannibal 7
Anthony 6
Flemming 6

Goliath wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 10:20 pm

Ok, thats not relevant. You said he misplaced 80% of his passes, show us the evidence

There is no evidence.
He talks out of his arse.

Trafford 6
Roberts 4 thought he had a really poor night, usually much more reliable.
Esteve 5 uncharacteristically shaky
CJ 6 better than Esteve tonight
Pires 5 better than Roberts but a low bar
Cullen 8 MOM
Hannibal 7 excellent first half
Brownhill 7 scrapped throughout and a good finish
Anthony 5 quiet
Edwards 6 should’ve had a penalty
Flemming 6 some great lay offs and a brilliant assist for Esteve, should have scored with his own header though.


A good win tonight, important, don’t think we were at our best second half but we hung in there.

From Now TV

Trafford 7 did enough to put their player off at the end
Roberts 6
CJ 7
Esteve 7
Pires 6 at least he survived that high boot, there's no one elsie
Cullen 8* even got a shot on
Brownhill 7 scored, should of had a pen
Hannibal 7 ok first half
Edwards 7 should of had a pen
Anthony 7
Flemming 7 should have scored but had an assist

Foster 5 should have scored at the end but fluffed it
Laurent 5
Sarmiento 6 i'll give him a 6
Worrall 5 just about worked

Trafford 7

Roberts 6
Pires 6
Esteve 6
Egan-Riley 7

Cullen 8*
Hannibal 7
Brownhill 8

Anthony 6
Flemming 6
Edwards 6

Laurent 6
Foster 5

Trafford 7
Roberts 5
Egan-Riley 7
Estève 7
Pires 5
Cullen 7
Brownhill 7
Edwards 5
Hannibal 7
Anthony 6
Flemming 5
Phew that was hard work after an encouraging start.but it’s another 3 points

Trafford 7 Steady performance
Roberts 6 Ok but thought he would be more up for it against Cardiff.
CJ 7 Steady performance
Esteve 6 a second game where he’ s not been quite “on it” (by his high standards). Only temporary I’m sure….
Pires 5 Not as bad as some make out but my heart skipped a beat when he let Fish run off him near the end.
Cullen 8* Metronome, again
Brownhill 7 Good goal and performance from Josh
Hannibal 7 plenty of energy and end product
Edwards 6 Quiet first half, much better 2nd and should have been awarded aa penalty.
Anthony 6 Not quite as effective on the right but still ok. First touch was superb as always.
Flemming 6 Plus 1 for the assist but really needs to do more.

Foster 6 Decent but messed up the easy pass on the breakaway near the end
Laurent 5 Nothing special, but helped the close-down in the last 20 minutes

fatboy47 wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 04, 2025 11:07 pm

There is no evidence.
He talks out of his arse.

Mom Pires then ? Ok fatboy