Leicester 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

[KefkaClaret]

Pope - 6, probably a 7 but that goal was very poor from him.
Bardsley - 7, was great today
Tarkowski - 6, naive at times
Mee - 7
Ward - 6, very poor from him today, was against Mahrez but he was very sloppy.
JBG - 7, was our main spark today and he's in good form
Cork - 6
Defour - 7, you could see the difference when he came off and if it was fitness issue for the sub then fair enough
Brady - 7, real shame as he looked incredibly lively today.
Hendrick - 6
Wood - 6, wasn't given many chances.

Barnes - 6
Vokes - 6
Arfield - 6, the difference between Arfield and Brady was light years.

[jdrobbo]

Pope 6
Bardsley 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 6
Ward 6
JBG 7
Defour 6
Cork 4
Hendrick 4
Brady 6
Wood 5

Arfield 5

Vokes 5
Barnes 5

[whiffa]

Pope 6
Bardsley 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 6
Ward 5
JBG 6
Defour 6
Cork 4
Hendrick 4
Brady 6
Wood 5

Arfield 5

Vokes 5
Barnes 5

[Tall Paul]

Arfield - 6, the difference between Arfield and Brady was light years.

Light years = one mark?

[KefkaClaret]

Light years = one mark?

I'd ideally give him a 4 but Scotty has some rabid fans on here.

[MACCA]

Pope 6 Sloppy for the goal
Bardsley 6 silly booking, poor crossing
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Ward 6
JBG 7 had the big chance, was possibly too honest, could have gone down.
Defour 6
Cork 6
Hendrick 4 constantly offside, didn't do much, a real off day.
Brady 7 very bright. Looked to be on song. Will be missee
Wood 5 offered little. Maguire had his number all game.

Arfield 4 love Scotty, just wasn't at the races, offered nothing

Barnes 5 took the wrong options.


Could have easily been 2 or 3, 3 tough games in 6 days took it's toll I think on this small squad.
Hopefully brady is back soon.

Move on, I'd have bitten your hand off for 3 points in the away game double header.

Rest up now boys and go again v Watford.

[SalisburyClaret]

Pope 7
Bardsley 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Ward 7
JBG 7
Defour 7*
Cork 5
Hendrick 5
Brady 7
Wood 6

Arfield 5

Vokes 6
Barnes 6

[FCBurnley]

Pope 5 Huge mistake
Bardsley 7
Tarks 8
Mee 8
Ward 7
Brady 8
JBG 7
Defour 9
Cork 6
Hendrick 5
Wood 5

Arfield 4

3 games in 6 days was just 1 too many

[Vegas Claret]

Pope - 6
Bardsley - 7
Tarkowski - 5 (but a good learning experience for him)
Mee - 7
Ward - 6
JBG - 8
Cork - 6
Defour - 7
Brady - 8
Hendrick - 6
Wood - 6
Arfield - 5 loved Scotty over the years but for where we are now as a club.........

Barnes - 6
Vokes - 6

[ClaretTony]

Pope 5
Bardsley 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Ward 6
Gudmundsson 8
Cork 5
Defour 7
Brady 8
Hendrick 6
Wood 6

Arfield 6
Barnes 6

[Slurpy]

Pope 5 Not a bad game but ultimately responsible for the goal
Bardsley 7 Thought hes been great filling in for Lowton
Tarky 7
Mee 7
Ward 7 Solid defensively but not so great going forward at the moment
JBG 8*
Defour 7
Cork 6 Thought he was off it today
Brady 7
Hendrick 5
Wood 5

Arfield 4 Really going to miss Brady and what he offers.

[Ashingtonclaret46]

I see Pope getting low marks, however, I felt that the goal resulted from neither Mee nor Tarkowski attacking the ball and this left Pope having to dive at the last minute and, in most circumstances the ball would have gone out for a corner. Gray was in the right place at the right time and had his bit of fortune, which is what goalscorers need.
That is based on the one showing of the goal, therefore, I could be completely wrong.

[MattBFC]

Pope 6 - Error for goal but very commanding on crosses
Bardsley 7 - Good again
Tarky 6 - pretty good but struggled at times with movement and pace of Vardy
Mee 7 - solid
Ward 6 - Missed Brady in front of him for most of game. Tough keeping Mahrez contained
JBG 8* - excellent again. Nearly a terrific counter in second half - expected Morgan to give away a professional foul
Defour 7 - makes everything tick for us
Cork 6 - not his usual self. Looked knackered by the last 10 mins
Brady 8 - such a shame. Him and JBG have been terrific lately.
Hendrick 5 - don’t know if the injury to his mate had got to him but he just wasn’t with it today
Wood 5 - their centre halves kept him out of the game. He had one great chance in first half but his first touch (the chest down) was too heavy

Arfield 4 - while Scotty isn’t always the most talented, he normally gives everything defensively. He did neither today; he didn’t really help Ward with Mahrez, didn’t get forwards too much and his passing let him down. Have to put this down to not playing for months.

[PhiladelphiaChris]

Pope 6
Bardsley 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Ward 6
Gudmundsson 8
Cork 6
Defour 8
Brady 8
Hendrick 6
Wood 7

Arfield 6
Barnes 6

[Pstotto]

Make-up artist for Sean Dyche's post-match interview: 0/10.

[careyclaret]

Pope - 7 - not sure it was entirely his fault for the goal, otherwise did well
Bardsley - 7 - a little rash at times, but generally solid
Tarks - 7 - one rush of blood to the head but generally solid
Mee - 7 - solid
Ward - 6 - up against Mahrez...
JBG - 7 - looked our brightest spark at times
Defour 8 - MOM for me, assume he had a knock
Cork 6 - disappointing by his standards
Hendrick 6 - somewhat anonymous
Brady - 7 - really missed him when he went off
Wood - 6 - not his best
Arfield - 5 - struggled to get into it
Barnes 5 - see Arfield

[fungus_the_bogeyman]

Pope 6
Bardsley 7
Ward 6
Tarkowski 7
Mee 6
Gudmundsson 8*
Brady 8
Hendrick 5
Cork 5
Defour 7
Wood 6
Arfield 4
Barnes 5

[TVC15]

Pope 6 - it was a mistake but not as big an error as some are making out. I think he still had a good game and he claimed a lot of difficult crosses.
Bardsley 7 - a bit rash sometimes as we expected but a couple of great challenges.
Tarks 7 - did well against a fired up Vardy and Marhez
Mee 7 - ditto
Ward 7 - ditto
Defour 7 - was playing well before going off
Cork 7 - not quite as good as previous games
Brady 7 - having a great game before injury
Gudmundsson 8 (mom) - great game...looked a threat and shame he did not score when through
Hendrick 6 - think he struggled today
Wood 6 - well martialled by Maguire and not as good as Wednesday

Arfield 6 - ok defensively
Barnes 6 - should have scored and couple of times made wrong decision but he was causing them problems
Vokes 6 - one good chance

[warksclaret]

Pope 7-kept us in it second half. Seen Leicester score a number of goals to the type of cross Mahrez put in
Bardsley 8. First time I have seen him, apart from a stupid challenge he was very good. Likes to get forward and very strong in the air, Think he will keep his place
Mee7. Some poor distribution but defended well
Tarks 7. Largely contained Vardy, but at times tried to be too clever
Ward 6-started off well, but missed Brady when he went off. Mahrez got the better of him during the goal
Brady 7-was playing well and put in some good crosses
Cork 7.Worked hard but outmuscled at times
Defour 8-our creator today, surprised to see him go off
Hendrick 7, played well when moved deeper
JBG 8. Had a good game-faster than I thought he was. Our best attacking threat today
Woods 6-got on the end of some good crosses. Up against two giants today

We pressed well after they scored and it felt like we could score. They came out strongly second half. Hard knowing where our goal would come .JBG had a good chance after a strong run

[maidenover]

Surprised by some of the low marks above. Leicester are on a better run than even us and I think if Brady had of stayed on, we would have won that.

Pope 7. Similar push out he did on Bournemouth's goal. Partially at fault today but I still thought he played well
Bardsley 7. Like for like with Lowton. Dyche will have a decision to make.
Ward 6. Tough customer in Mahrez
Tarkowski 7. Another tough customer in Vardy but coped well.
Mee 6. Solid as usual from Ben
Gudmundsson 8* and faster than I thought
Brady 8. Excellent. Hope he's not seriously injured.
Hendrick 6. OK from Jeff but it's not his best position. Great through ball for JBG when in his best position.
Cork 6. A bit below his high standards
Defour 7. Surprised he was taken off unless it was injury related.
Wood 6 Struggled against Maguire's strength but kept plugging away
Arfield 5 A bit off the pace but his first game in weeks.
Barnes 6 Put himself about as usual but not much support by the time he came on.

[starting_11]

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

I'd suggest people re-read this

[If it be your will]

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[Top Claret]

Pope not to blame. It was a freak goal

[HiroshimaClaret]

A measure of our incredible progress in that I was disappointed not to get anything from this game. Suspect IF Brady had stayed on the pitch we would at least have got a point.

Pope 7 - would have been 8 but for the parrying which was part of their goal.

Bardsley 8 - excellent and one incredible block.
Tarkowski 7 - not his best day but still better than most
Mee 8 - did nowt wrong from memory
Ward 7 - he has been a little flat since Eire`s failed attempt to reach the World Cup.

Gudmundsson 8 - another very good performance. A fantastic outlet
Cork 7 - akin to the Arsenal game, a little subdued.
Defour 9 (MOM) - tremendous. Baffled, TRULY baffled by his withdrawal and it pretty much negated our attacking fluency.
Brady 9 - super duper stuff until the (I honestly think but happy to be proven wrong, self-inflicted) injury. The fact he swung with his right and the injury is to the left fills me with dread.

Hendrick 6 - the marmite man. He can have some super games but too often for he fades and doesn`t use his physicality enough. A very good first 15 minutes then nowt until one lovely through ball for Gudmundsson.

Wood 6 - poor by his very high standards but wasn`t helped by being isolated once we lost Brady.

Arfield 5 - did bugger all when he came on bar one nice interplay. Maybe Taylor would have been/is a better option???

A minor `blip` in an other wise incredible season! Bring on the next game!

[Iloveyoubrady]

pope 6- not great for the goal
Barnsley 7- good defensively, some poor crosses
Tarks and Mee 7- solid
Ward 6- quiet
JBG 8- impressive
Defour 8- ran it
Cork 7- quieter than usual
Hendrick 5- poor
Brady 8- best player on the pitch until injury. Praying it's not too bad.
Wood 6- average

[MDWat]

Pope 6
Bardsley 8
Tarkowski 8*
Mee 6
Ward 6
JBG 8
Cork 5
Defour 6
Brady 8
Hendrick 5
Wood 6

Arfield 6

[claretgimmer]

Pope 6- should really have done better but did see it late
Bardsley 7- Solid enough
Tarks and Mee 7- Good defensively against a lively attack, Poor distribution from Ben, keep it simple lad your not the Kaiser
Ward 6- quiet
JBG 8- MoM looks likely to make something happen when he gets the ball
Defour 8- ran it
Cork 7- three in a week seem to have taken it`s toll but still gives everything
Hendrick 4- Been poor for a few matches, lacks a presence and physicality, yet he shows glimpses of the real JH but we need to see more of that JH
Brady 8- best player on the pitch until injury. Praying it's not too bad.

Barnes 6 Not quite the AB we`re used to chose wrong options
Arfield 5 Seemed a bit ring rusty, never really got into the game

[IanMcL]

Pope 7 - lost 1 for the goal, which was soft.
Bardsley 7
Tarkowski 7
Mee 7
Ward 7
JBG 8
Defour 7
Cork 6
Hendrick 6
Brady 8
Wood 6

Arfield 6

Vokes 6
Barnes 7

Worked extremely hard for limited outcomes.

[bodge]

Pope - 7 Thought he was at fault live, but tv replays showed he was unfortunate.
Bardsley - 5 Lost Gray for the crucial opener, steady away display afterwards.
Ward - 7 Got forward really well first half.
Mee - 6 Solid enough.
Tarkowski - 7 The better of our centre backs, could maybe have done better with his header first half.
Defour - 6 Great first half, faded in the second physically.
Cork - 6 Same as above, couldn't get a grip of the game second half.
Brady - 7 Really bright until his injury.
Gudmundsson - 8 On top form right now, a real threat and got his shot on target in our only good opening. Produced a peach of a ball late on which Barnes missed.
Hendrick - 6 Pressed really well in the first half and won us the ball.
Wood - 6 Got no change out of the outstanding Maguire forcing Dyche to try something different with Vokes and Barnes.

Arfield - 6
Barnes - 6
Vokes - 6

Again we played some really good stuff in the first half and were clearly on top.

We made a really sloppy start to the second half and just couldn't get a head of steam up, fair do's to Leicester they did a real job on us after the break and probably just about deserved the points.

Maguire should start for England at the World Cup if that is representative of his displays this season.