Player ratings v Fulham

[Tommeh]

Henderson - 6 Didnt have too much to do but kicking still weak

MaAuley 9 - wasn't sure what to make of him at RB but he was outstanding yet again

McCarthy - 6

Kisnorbo - 8

Maybury - 7

Levi - 9 had Fulham defenders crapping themselves 1st half, the sort of performance that get young players admirers from premier league clubs

Williams - 8 once again showed class against superior players

Tiatto - 5 didnt really do much ok first but glad when he was brought off in 2nd

Hughes - 7 did well on the ball

Fryatt - 8 back to himself of last season hunger, quality, and abilty to return defenders all appear to be back just needs a goal now though.

Huuuuume -8 Best game in a while got stuck in well and caused their defenders problems, how he missed from 5 yards in 2nd half though only he knows!

subs

Weso 6

Cadermateri 8 - star of the show, scored one assisted one can't ask for more in 20mins well done Danny

[MC Prussian]

Henderson - 6

McAuley - 9

McCarthy - 6

Kisnorbo - 8

Maybury - 7

Porter- 9

Williams - 8

Tiatto - 6

Hughes - 7

Fryatt - 6

Hume - 6

Subs

Weso - 6

Cadamarteri - 9

[lildave3]

Henderson - 6 - Couldn't have done much about the goals imo

McAuley - 8 - amazing as ever, most consisten player this season.

McCarthy - 7 - Made a few good tackles

Kisnorbo - 8 - Solid at the back, and another goal!

Maybury - 6 - Not too sure why he played today, wouldn't have been my choice.

Hughes - 6 - Rarely made runs and drifted in and out of the game

Williams - 7 - another good performance, brilliant range of passing

Tiatto - 6 - Put himself about

Porter - 9 - Best game yet, absolutely terrorised anyone who came near him

Fryatt - 9 - MOM for me, chased every ball, looks back to his old best.

Hume - 7 - Looked fresh again and caused Fulham a few problems

Subs: Cadamarteri - 8 - 1 assist, 1 goal, need i say more.

Wesolowski - 6 - didn't really notcie him in the time he was on.

[RowlattsFox]

henderson - 7 - didnt need to make many saves, shots were either wide or in the net

mcauley - 8 - thought we were going to play 3-5-2 when i heard the team but i thought he did really well at right back, never scared t come forward

mccarthy - 7 - some good tackles in box

kisnorbo - 8 - back to his best.

Maybury - 7 - did quite well but with him not beong naturally left footed it slowed our attacks down

hughes - 7 - had the beating of rosenior and kept wide as much as he could

williams - 7 - not great but played is part in some good passing moves

tiatto - 7 - put himself about, always seemed available for a pass

porter - 9 - outstanding. nuff said, MOM

fryatt - 8 - thats more like it, control was excellent

hume - 7 - always a threat, surprised he was taken off but credit RK

subs -

Cadamarteri 7 - assist and a goal, could have gambled in box on a couple of occassions though.

weso - 6 - did well

[Simi]

Henderson - 6 - Couldn't have done much about the goals imo

McAuley - 8 - amazing as ever, most consisten player this season.

McCarthy - 7 - Made a few good tackles

Kisnorbo - 8 - Solid at the back, and another goal!

Maybury - 6 - Not too sure why he played today, wouldn't have been my choice.

Hughes - 6 - Rarely made runs and drifted in and out of the game

Williams - 7 - another good performance, brilliant range of passing

Tiatto - 6 - Put himself about

Porter - 9 - Best game yet, absolutely terrorised anyone who came near him

Fryatt - 9 - MOM for me, chased every ball, looks back to his old best.

Hume - 7 - Looked fresh again and caused Fulham a few problems

Subs: Cadamarteri - 8 - 1 assist, 1 goal, need i say more.

Wesolowski - 6 - didn't really notcie him in the time he was on.

Saved me some typing..Although I thought when Weso came on he battled well and won alot of 50-50's that helped set up some attacks.

[Thracian]

Well it's great to see some decent ratings after the probably generous 3's and 4's of the last two matches.

Henderson 6 (Nothing to say really. Couldn't see he had any real chance with the goals, unless Manwell question's his footwork/positioning for the second. )

McAuley 7 (Nice to see him try to be genuinely constructive from right back - how we've needed it - but for all his thoughtfulness he is simply too slow to be a good full-back).

McCarthy 6 (Fulham always looked capable of slicing our middle open on the counter and it wasn't an easy day for him).

Kisnorbo 7 (Six goals in half a season is solid stuff for a centre-back. His goal was priceless and he was his usual enthusiastic self in other phases).

Maybury 6.5 (He did try to work with Levi but his control was so unreliable. He never looks happy on the left to me).

Hughes 7.5 (As good as I've seen from him for 90 minutes. Worked hard to get forward and tried properly to track back. He's not a right winger but that was far better than anything else we've had this season.)

Williams 6.5 (No lack of effort but errors galore. Still overhits his free kicks, takes too long to make his passes

Tiatto 5.5 (Another part-time contribution which had limited effect. There's really no place for Hughes and Tiatto in the same side as I've said so many times)

Porter 9 (Back to his principally attacking role. Yes he helped out in defence but he was back today making width, attacking the opposition and creating havoc. Great assist for the equaliser, always available for the likes of Hume, varied his ideas up front. Smashing).

Hume 7 (Worked so hard. Seemed to love being involved with our footballing approach. Sadly his finishing again failed to match his general contribution).

Fryatt 6.5 (Looks fit again which was a plus. But once again failed to take relatively simple chances and seemed unwilling to use better placed team-mates).

Subs:

Wesolowski 5.5 (Cannot remember anything of noteone way or the other).

Cadamarteri 9 (How good a 20 minutes can a guy have. One goal one assist. I'm tempted to say Levi was MoM because he did a full 90 minutes but in the end I believe they were jointly MoM and it must be a long, long time since Danny would have made such an impact on a game. Really pleased for him and the effortless way he seemed to cog in with his team-mates).

[Bert]

Hendo 6 - No chance with either goal.

McAuley 8 - What a buy. Absolutly first class, even out of position.

Maybury 6 - Hmmm. He wern't crap, but wern't great.

Kisnorbo 8 - Played well against one of the most under-rated strikeforces in England, nice header for the goal to.

McCarthy 7 - As above but without the goal.

Hughes - 7 Some neat skill and touches.

Porter - 9 MOTM. great passing, touch and runs, assist.

Williams - 7 Neat passing with hard work.

Tiatto - 7 As Above

Hume 7 - Worked hard, missed a good chance.

Fryatt 8 - Getting back to his best.

Cadamarteri - 8 Assist and a goal.

Jimbo - 7 Well stuck inin the time he had.

[Stuliasz]

Henderson 7 - Did well, his kicking was generally better today despite being put under needless pressure on a few occasions

McAuley 8 - Just rarely has a poor game today and adapted to a position that didn't really suit him brilliantly

Maybury 6 - Lacks the ability to know how to effectively distribute the ball. In the league he hoofs it, in the cup he keeps it on the floor but passes it backwards. One or two very good passes for Porter in the second half though.

McCarthy 7 - A few good last ditch challenges but overused his arms to tug shirts dangerously once or twice

Kisnorbo 8 - Solid as ever and came on to the ball brilliantly for his headed goal

Hughes 7.5 - Flashes of inspiration and a few of his shots would have been on target had they not been blocked

Porter 9 - Absolutely tremendous display. If the coaching staff take good care of him, he's going to be one hell of a player

Tiatto 8 - Played his role very well today. First touch let him down on a few occasions but won possession back enough to make up for it.

Hume 7.5 - Dropped back to link up play with the midfield effectively and was unlucky not to score when he dropped his shoulder to open up the space

Fryatt 8.5 - Best he's played for some time because he came back and got himself involved rather than sticking on the shoulder of the last man and spending the entire game offside.

Wesolowski 7 - Did his job when he came on

Cadamarteri 8.5 - Can't argue with the results, changed the game by setting up the first with a sublime cross and an excellent strike for the equaliser in injury time. Had he missed I'm sure many people on this board would have been on his back by now.

An excellent team display overall and Kelly made a brave decision to take off Hume with 15 minutes to go at 1-0 down but it paid off. The replay is going to be a different proposition altogether but at least they have given a good account of themselves and deserve the plaudits today.

[DaveyJ]

Can't disagree with most of those ratings. I thought Tiatto was good today. He plays that role well, and the times that we did pass the ball around he was there providing an option alowing us to pass the ball out of defence and building far better attacks.

I thought Levi was great, really got at the Fulham defence. I had a good view of him in the second half, and I think he could have taken his defender on more. As shown with the equaliser he certainly has the quality to go round full backs, but I just felt at times he lacked a bit of confidence.

[Milky]

Does no one else feel Fulham had far too much joy in behind McAuley in the first half especially. If you're going to play the 3 centre backs I'd have much rather had him at centre back with paddy mac at right back.

[Bert]

Does no one else feel Fulham had far too much joy in behind McAuley in the first half especially. If you're going to play the 3 centre backs I'd have much rather had him at centre back with paddy mac at right back.

Yes. Paddy is much quicker as well.

[Yaxx]

Kelly - 8 - Much better decision making and tactics today. Hopefully he'll learn from this and stick with 4-4-2.

Henderson - 6 - Very shakey compared to his commanding performance against Sunderland. No chance with the goals though.

McAuley - 9 - Another great performance and I loved his marauding runs through the Fulham midfield, even if it did cause a few hearstopping moments in defence.

McCarthy - 7 - A solid, sensible, display for a change. Kept his head and played all the better for it.

Kisnorbo - 9 - Back to his best with an excellent performance that was crowned by a superbly taken goal.

Maybury - 5 - The weakest link once again. Where the hell is Johansson??

Porter - 9 - MOTM. Gave their RB a torrid time and produced his best display for the club by far. Outstanding.

Williams - 7.5 - Had his thinking head on today.

Tiatto - 7 - Was here there and everywhere as usual. He definately gives us a competitive edge in midfiled.

Hughes - 7 - The best I've seen him play. However, having said that, he still drifted out of the game for long periods.

Fryatt - 7.5 - Much much better. Hopefully this will give him the confidence he needs to get right back on form.

Huuuuume - 7.5 - Worked as hard as ever and eventually seemed to just run out of steam. A startling miss from 5 yards though.

Subs

Weso - 6 - Little to remember

Cadermateri - 8 - Made exactly the kind of impact you'd want from a sub. Great finish. Great performance.

Officials - 0 - As awful as ever. Somebody was blatently taking the piss by appointing Clattenburg as the ref.

[Thracian]

Does no one else feel Fulham had far too much joy in behind McAuley in the first half especially. If you're going to play the 3 centre backs I'd have much rather had him at centre back with paddy mac at right back.

That's a good point Milky Joe.

I wouldn't have been surprised to see Fulham really attack that area second half because it definitely looked vulnerable to me.

And yet, collectively Leicester seemed to have a much better flow than usual today and McAuley contributed to that.

Whether McCarthy could be nearly as creative from right back I have serious doubts.

[Leicester Lass]

Henderson - 6

McAuley - 7

McCarthy - 6

Kisnorbo - 8

Maybury - 5

Porter- 9

Williams - 6

Tiatto - 7

Hughes - 8

Fryatt - 9*

Hume - 7

Subs

Weso - 7

Cadamarteri - 9

[lcfc_jme]

Hendo 6

McAuley 7.5

Kisnorbo 8

McCarthy 7.5

Maybury 7.5

Hughes 8

Williams 7

Tiatto 7

Porter 9

Hume 7.5

Fryatt 8

Subs:

Cadders 8.5 (would have been higher had he been given longer)

Weso 7

[potter3]

Henderson - 6 - Couldn't really help the goals

McAuley - 8 - Was really good, especially attacking, considering he's a centre-back

McCarthy - 7 - Made a few good tackles

Kisnorbo - 8 - Good performance, and another goal

Maybury - 7 - Looked better than he normally does at left-back, supported attacks well

Hughes - 6 - Did nothing much

Williams - 7 - Decent, some passing went astray though.

Tiatto - 6 - Ineffective

Porter - 9 - MotM - Brilliant game, terrorised the Fulham defenders all game, absolute brilliance to set up the second goal.

Fryatt - 8 - Played like he did last seqason, always harrying defenders

Hume - 7 - Pretty good, missed an absolute sitter though.

Subs: Cadamarteri - 8 - An assist and a goal, perhaps he is an impact sub.

Wesolowski - 7 - Battled well in midfield.

*But when I looked (had a sneak preview ) The players chosen looked better suited to a 3-5-2

Henderson

McAuley- Kisnorbo -McCarthy

Maybury----------------------------------- Tiatto

Hughes Williams Porter

Fryatt -----------Hume

[LCFCIMPS]

Great to see McAuley played well. KA did play him at right-back for us most games,he played well where ever he played.

McAuley McAuley

[Guest Gist]

Henderson 6

McAuley 8 - My MOTM, out of posotion yet still very impressive

McCarthy 7

Kisnorbo 7

Maybury 5

Hughes 6

Williams 7

Tiatto 7

Porter 8

Fryatt 7 - Looked much better

Hume 6

Subs : Weso 6 and Cadamateri 7

[Guest Gist]

*But when I looked (had a sneak preview ) The players chosen looked better suited to a 3-5-2

Henderson

McAuley- Kisnorbo -McCarthy

Maybury----------------------------------- Tiatto

Hughes Williams Porter

Fryatt -----------Hume

Yeah that is what I thought when I saw the team sheet.

[Guest ttfn]

Henderson 6

McAuley 7

McCarthy 6

Kisnorbo 8

Maybury 6

Hughes 7

Williams 5

Tiatto 7

Porter 9

Hume 6

Fryatt 8

Wesolowski 6

Cadamarteri 8

[Leonisco]

Hendo - 7

McAuley - 7

McCarthy - 7

Kisnorbo - 7

Maybury - 6

Hughes - 7

Williams - 6

Tiatto - 6

Porter - 8

Hume - 7

Fryatt 7

Danny C - 8

Weso - 6

[lcfc_forever]

Henderson 7 - No mistakes. He did everything that was asked of him.

McAuley 8 - Played well in an unfamiliar right-back position. Just worried on a couple of occasions that he moved too centrally, leaving space on the right and his lack of pace could be exposed. However, his distribution was excellent and looked composed on the ball.

Kisnorbo 8 - Scored a goal and played well again.

McCarthy 7 - Played well but McAuley is a more assured centre-half.

Maybury 7 - Would have given him 8 but when we needed to get the ball forward late on, he kept passing the ball backwards and on occasion gave the ball away. Yet some of that has to do with being right-footed and playing left-back. Defensively sound

Hughes 7.5 - Played brilliantly in the first half but drifted out of the game a little in the second.

Tiatto 7.5 - Played well and pressured the Fulham players well. Tired towards the end and Weso was rightly brought on.

Williams 7 - Passed the ball well and actually put a couple of tackles in.

Porter 8.5 - Looked dangerous whenever he was on the ball. A very good performance.

Hume 7 - Worked hard, showed some nice touches but missed that sitter.

Fryatt 7 - Getting back to his best and looks sharper by the minute.

Subs:

Cadamarteri 8 - Scored a goal and set up a goal. Inspired performance and inspired susbtitution by Kelly than many of us fans questioned.

Wesolowski 7 - Did well in the few minutes he had to make an impact.

The referee was poor, giving free kicks for any physical contact while the linesman close to the East Stand was diabolical - he gave every decision Fulham's way.

Well done City!

[Ultra]

Henderson - 7.

McAuley - 7

McCarthy - 7

Kisnorbo - 7

Maybury - 7

Hughes - 7

Tiatto - 7

Williams - 7

Porter - 9*

Fryatt - 6

Hume - 7

Cadamarteri - 8

Wesolowski - 7

[Joe.]

Fryatt - 6

That's very harsh on Fryatt. He was definitely one of our best players today

[filbertboy]

Henderson 6

McAuley 7

McCarthy 6

Kisnorbo 8 love this guy !!

Maybury 6

Hughes 7

Williams 7

Tiatto 6

Porter 9 outstanding just hope no prem clubs come sniffing !!

Hume 7

Fryatt 7

Wesolowski 6

Cadamarteri 9 well done danny a great start mate !!

A good all round fighting display and fair play to RK to make late change it paid off for us were still in the draw !! agree about the linesman !! must have had a few quid on fulham !!