Smith – 5 – without mentioning his ‘commanding’ or ‘dealing with crosses’, his distribution tonight was awful. His throwing has improved of late, but tonight we saw an unwelcome return for the Smith that daren’t pass to anybody unless they’re in a different time zone.
Chambers – 5 – struggled, and his passes invariably found yellow shirts.
Morgan – 6 – held together a sinking ship at times, but he can do better.
Wilson – 6 – a couple of important last ditch tackles, but without them his rating would be a lot lower.
Lynch – 5 - lost his man several times before retiring with an unfortunately-timed injury.
Thornhill – 6.5 – plenty of graft and a lovely goal. He wasn’t as involved as we needed him to be, but tonight was not his fault.
Moussi – 4.5 – one of those days where the imperious Moussi is replaced by one that plays like a blind man.
McGugan – 5 – several telling cries of “oh, is Lewis playing” when he occasionally stumbled over the ball. We aren’t in a position to carry this type of player.
McCleary – 6.5 – several pacy runs from deep that caused problems. He was probably the only player likely to create anything all night.
Tyson – 5 – he’ll feel still tomorrow morning. Running into broader shoulders and dead ends all night.
McSheffrey – 6 – there are flashes of real quality, but he fluffed too many important moments.
Subs:
Breckin – 5
Earnshaw - 6
Osbourne - 7
