Scott Parker's Report Card, C+ Is About Right, For Now....

[bfc-njr-2017]

Starting sharing my ramblings on YouTube. Here's my latest about Parker's performance after the 1/4 stage of the season.

Think C+ rating is about right.

Let me know what you think?

WATCH HERE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4g-Gq1RTExc

[Tricky Trevor]

B+. had his side taken from him after 2 matches. lost at Sunderland because of the turmoil and that's the only match we've lost in the league. a few sub-par performances but we are in it until May. He'll get it right.

[Dark Cloud]

Having had the team ripped apart after two games, the ensuing recruitment was swift and largely good, although whether it's quite the quality of what we lost I'm not yet sure. Having said that, the recruitment didn't really adequately address our potential goalscoring threat and because that's an issue which currently could go either way, it's stopping him scoring higher from me atm. He's doing more than ok, but we'll need more for automatic promotion. It's a B.

[bumba]

It's a B for me, squad ripped apart after the season started and still left with some poor signings that aren't his, an injury list of players that would walk in to the majority of championship starting 11's and a big amount of entitled fans that expect a win every week.
Despite all that we're doing better than we should be, big improvements still to be made but I'm confident they'll come.

[helmclaret]

B for me.

Had to rebuild a squad very quickly. Have some patience.

[bfcmik]

Having had the team ripped apart after two games, the ensuing recruitment was swift and largely good, although whether it's quite the quality of what we lost I'm not yet sure.

Of course the recruitment wasn't the same quality as we sold, we are, and probably will be most of the time in the future, a 'buy cheap, hope to sell for loads' club, and that means your new buys are not the finished product but, hopefully, players with a huge upside.

[Goliath]

He's done a good job so far. Now he's at a crossroads. He won't get much patience due to the reviews of other clubs fans.

[warksclaret]

I would give him a B+. He has managed to put a side together that can compete, after the squad was severely depleted of some of the players that could have made a major impact this season. But just as importantly he has removed the toxic atmosphere that we are led to believe from several sources , existed within the squad and dressing room. At the same time we now have a transparency in all the pre match press conferences, plus an honest account of the teams performances post matches.

[Oshkoshclaret]

A solid A from me. Will upgrade to A+ if we are promoted, downgrade to B if we make the playoffs.

[ClaretPete001]

Third in the table. Only one loss because.... well we all know why. C+?

A+ for the jackets and hair; B for the season based solely on the fact that he perhaps should have shuffled the pack at home against Preston after two fairly stilted performances.

Overall, solid but elegance on the pitch is not currently matching it sartorially off the pitch...!

[ClaretTony]

Definitely at least a B because of what he’s had to deal with

[Bosscat]

B+ at the moment ...

[BurnleyFC]

I think C+ is about right.

Our results have been better than our performances.

[ElectroClaret]

It's a B for me, squad ripped apart after the season started and still left with some poor signings that aren't his, an injury list of players that would walk in to the majority of championship starting 11's and a big amount of entitled fans that expect a win every week.
Despite all that we're doing better than we should be, big improvements still to be made but I'm confident they'll come.

Bumba nails it.
Third in the league is at least B+.

[Vegas Claret]

B for me, not sure we could have expected more during the carnage and the downgrade with some of the players. I'm hoping the style improves as time goes on though because at the moment it's rubbish, I'm sure he will sort it though. I like him so really want him to be successful with us.

[Swizzlestick]

B- for me. Had a lot to deal with in terms of squad turnover, and the results have been there in the early stages of the season, but there’s been some slightly concerning signs in recent games.

[agreenwood]

It’s a B.

He’s painted a dandelion. It a very accurate representation of a dandelion and warrants a lot of credit for how real it looks, but it’s a ******* dandelion and nobody is going to hang it in their house.

[gtclaret]

I think all the posts on here talk a lot of sense apart from the OP..B+ from me because of the reasons already stated

[RVclaret]

When you look at Luton’s start in comparison, a team who finished above us last season, and have 2 strikers who scored 18 PL goals, it shows its never ‘straightforward’ when you come down. Going from a team under serious scrutiny and criticism last season, one which let’s be frank, barely tasted wins, to a team that’s together, winning games again and tightened up defensively (yes admittedly it’s a sizeable step lower but still), is what Parker has done well so far. That’s without adding, as others have said, the hand he was dealt 3 games in, essentially having to ‘start again’. Performances overall must improve to sustain an automatic promotion push but the foundation has been set defensively at least.

B so far.

[bfc-njr-2017]

I think all the posts on here talk a lot of sense apart from the OP..B+ from me because of the reasons already stated

Others have given him a C+ on here...

As I said in my video, We can't fully judge him until around the 1st game in November when he's had 10 games with his final squad after the TW.

C+ is exactly where he needs to be right now—plenty that can get better and plenty that can get worse.

[claretabroad]

Incomplete. It is still very. very early in his tenure.

Has taken a team which shipped goals for fun, whose morale was broken, and made us defensively solid (feels like the first few months under Dyche in that regard).

Had a large chunk of his team sold from under him during the later stages of the transfer window but has managed to bring in new players and get them up to speed defensively very quickly.

We need to show a lot more going forward but I'm hopeful that will come in time (like it did with Dyche).

All things considered, we are at the top end of the table and it still hasn't clicked yet. I'm quite impressed but want to see more creativity going forward. I think its unfair to post a grade after only 9 games and really its fewer than that with the current squad.

[Raconteur]

Others have given him a C+ on here...

As I said in my video, We can't fully judge him until around the 1st game in November when he's had 10 games with his final squad after the TW.

C+ is exactly where he needs to be right now—plenty that can get better and plenty that can get worse.

I'm exactly the same.
C+
A higher grade due to the results and position in the league.
Not quite A or B due to the style of play.

[vinrogue]

B+ from me, hell fire, talk about limited time to cockle a team together, Oddbert, JBG scoring for fun then gone, OShea gone, he has been calm through it all and has a shed load of injured players, yet we are still 3rd and lost one game away to the League leaders 1 - 0 when he hadn't a clue who was being sold, who he could rely on for that game.

I can't see us not being top 6 with him at the helm and sorting out his best team when we have the injured back in the fold. UTC

[Hipper]

It’s a bit early really for an assessment like this - only a fifth of the way through the season - but anyway, here are my observations from watching on TV.

Players brought in. Not too impressed. C-

Anthony and Sarmiento haven’t shown a great deal yet although both look to have possibilities for the Championship level. Pires looks more interesting but not fully delivering yet. Worrall’s OK but I don’t think we’ve missed him (bear in mind the quality of teams we’ve played without him though). Hannibal seems to be settling down and I’m looking for a steady improvement. Hladky looks a solid goalkeeper. Humphreys looks OK but no more yet. Only Laurant is a definite hit - he looks excellent and I want to see more of him. So why is he not being used more?

Fitness. Very Good. Keep it up! B

Seems good. We don’t generally run out of steam in matches.

Tactics. Poor. Need to do better. D

Of course the first two games were odd. A better side with an almost full pre-season. Luton was superb tactically, although we didn’t realise how they would struggle so far this season. Cardiff was strange. We struggled defensively and better opponents would have scored some goals. Our finishing was excellent but it was hardly a tactical master class. The Sunderland game can be ignored because of the Transfer Window chaos. The Blackburn performance was attacking with lots of possession but we couldn’t overcome stubborn defence. After that our tactics seem to have been pretty much the same against all opposition. Defensively solid but attackingly increasingly blunt.

Substitutions. Good B

Generally compared to VK’s subs most decisions seem to make sense and even make a difference.

Player Performance. Average but need to do better. C

The first game was excellent overall but then things have deteriorated. I thought it was good against Blackburn apart from not scoring, and excellent defensively against Leeds but still couldn’t convert our chances. In most of the others defensively we have been fine but we are failing to create chances at all against mediocre opposition. The players have mostly done OK but either they are just not good enough or they are not ‘at it’ yet.

Results. Not far off top of the class! Excellent Work. A

Well of course this is the deciding metric. Most results, except last Saturday’s, were what should be expected from a promotion challenging side and one (the win at Leeds) was excellent.

Entertainment. Moderate. Can do Better. C+

The first game was a joy, the second good. Leeds was concerning but ultimately pleasing. Blackburn was good bar the result but since then the pleasure of watching has deteriorated to frustration, culminating (I hope) in the poor performance against PNE, where we were second best and watching was a chore.

Overall Assessment. Third in a class of 24. Doing well but needs to improve players, team and especially tactics. B-

Scott Parker obviously had a tough challenge. Despite what we liked to think was a quality squad (at least for Championship standards) he acquired a team with a losing mentality. He’s had to bring in a lot of new coaches. To pull all that together in four weeks for the Luton performance was outstanding. Unfortunately because of the transfer window and inevitable loss of the Premier quality players, plus a need to cull a bloated squad (not to mention the possible influence of the ‘derogatory e-mail’) the heart was ripped out of that team. He had to start again. With that new beginning he’s done OK in many areas and well with the results.

Of course he needs to push the team forward. Defensively we look sound but it is creativity that is lacking. There has also been some pretty poor finishing when we do create something. The only ‘spark’ in the side is Koleosho and he has become less effective with every game. There may be other ‘special’ players amongst the injured ones but that’s more hope then fact. Is this lack of creativity a limitation of the players or tactics?

It would be interesting to conduct a similar review half way through the season (after the Sheffield United away game, 26th December).

[burnley007]

More points than performances warrant. Papering over cracks in tactics. We have become utterly tedious to watch.

I usually enjoy re-watching the match on a Monday/Tuesday to reflect with a calmer mind. I haven't even watched highlights of our last 3 games, they were bad enough having to watch them once.

Scott has come across quite well in interviews, but our onpitch displays are getting worse, not better.

Also, I'm concerned about the players we've brought in. They really don't look all that good so far. Worrall, Mejbri, Sarmiento, Anthony all look underwhelming. Hopefully it's just poor tactics, rather than poor signings.

C- Could do better.

[Hipper]

I forget to add to my school report:

Discipline - Very poor E

We seem to average fifteen fouls a match according to the stats, the worst in the division.

https://www.fotmob.com/en-GB/leagues/48 ... ship-teams

With 23 yellows and 1 red we are 20th out of 24. Foster leads the way with four and Egan-Riley's on three. It seems to be a Lancashire thing though as Blackburn and PNE are the bottom two.

https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/champio ... bewerb/GB2

An improvement required otherwise we will lose players unnecessarily.

[gtclaret]

I was speaking to a QPR fan,he was telling me about the problems with getting the new players to gel and coping with several injuries.Look at their league position and look at ours.Anyone still give SP only C+

[JR1882]

I think you can’t give him anything other than an A considering

- the turbulence
- lack of a preseason with the squad we now have
- transfer window madness (must have been chaos at the training ground)
- blending a new squad together
- injury list
- league position.

How much we have enjoyed watching it, is irrelevant, he’s doing a great job. I think the goals will come & we will get easier on the eye once we can gel together & settle a back 4 down.

[fatboy47]

A-

All things considered.

[beddie]

A-

All things considered.

What’s A- ? Is that not a B+