Hull - Player Ratings

[danny.]

that's impressive, considering he only had 15 mins!

[Bryn]

that's impressive, considering he only had 15 mins!

Yep, as bad as Solskjaer was good off the bench.

[Staf]

Yep, as bad as Solskjaer was good off the bench.

Well said

[Thracian]

Well I hope everyone's finally seen enough of Kaebi now.

Fulop: 6 (Saved the initial penalty, he and everyone else were second to react to the loose ball which was a reflection of the day. There some debate perhaps but I didn't see he had much chance with their opener)

N'Gotty 3 (Schoolboy error to give away the penalty. Dribbling on the edge of your own penalty box is bad enough but to do so as last man is totally indefensible).

McAuley 2 (I've said he's slow and he demonstrated the fact in glorious technicolour today. At least Sheehan would have flattened the bloke before he got anywhere near the penalty box but McAuley decided he could catch him the scorer and would have been lapped had they gone much further. THe rest of his game wasn't much better)

Kisnorbo 5.5 (At least took responsibility in defence but Hull might have had four goals and Kisnorbo never looked in command).

Mattock 5.5. (At least held his position and tried to do his job. Marked well enough this week although Hull still got a few too many crosses in which might well have resulted in goals. Never really threatened going forward)

Kaebi 0 (What's he for? Almost every time he was in possession someone ran over him like a steamroller and left him in a heap as if they didn't know he was there. Made one half decent break and failed to deliver a productive final ball and cancelled that by giving a hospital pass to Clemence from which Hull might well have scored. Forever moved inside, contracting the space and thus limiting the passing opportunities for King and others.

Clemence 3.5 (Another sub-standard performance. Huffed and puffed but had no impact.)

King 6 (The only midfielder who tried to make quick, telling first time forward passes. Layed on a sitter for Cort at the end but Cort put his header woefully high from 10 or 12 yards when under no pressure at all. Tends to be one paced instead and to take a break occasionally but kept trying to play properly)

Sheehan 5 (Another early booking didn't help but he still offered our only hope of a breakthrough with his free-kicks. Trouble was, idiot Holloway gave him no targets. Hume and Fryatt are the worst possible options to exploit sheehan's ability and, when the manager did put Cort and John on, Sheehan was withdrawn. Utterly bizarre from a tactical point of view, especially when he left put Fryatt out wide on the left where he was dire.

Hume 4 (That's all four marks for effort because he made precious little headway)

Fryatt 2 (Just a striking non-entity today. Never looked like making anything happen).

Subs: Stearman 3 (I felt sorry for him. He must have felt like he'd entered a disaster zone. McAuley couldn't pass to him from five yards but Stearman got all the blame and the stick just continued At least he tried to drive into attacking areas but we were so disjointed it was largely a lost cause and it was clear the verbals affected his confidence.).

John 3.5 (One good run and disappointing shot. Increased our threat slightly).

Cort 3.5 (Should have scored at the death and, despite his tame and wayward finish gave the impression, with John, that he would ask more questions than our first half attackers. But that's all and it still wasn't much).

Holloway 0 (That had to be one of the worst examples of managerial leadership I've ever witnessed. Ultra suggested to me that it seemed he had totally lost the dressing room and I can only agree. No-one seemed bothered. There was no energy in our team, no suggestion they felt up for the task. Holloway's initial selection and subsequent manipulating of the team made no sense at all. I noticed the name of Leicester City on the team bus and wondered when that name would reflect some pride once more because it was simply held up to ridicule today.).

[Bryn]

Lost the dressing room, or never gained it? Is there anything to gain? Like I've said before, the club is cancered. I feel it's a lost cause and needs an overhaul.

[Thracian]

Tis indeed a fair point 1.5 it is.

Bloke next to me had his newspaper out.

Might have been to wipe Kaebi's arse cos the lad spent so much time in a heap!

[Tevez]

Well I hope everyone's finally seen enough of Kaebi now.

Fulop: 6 (Saved the initial penalty, he and everyone else were second to react to the loose ball which was a reflection of the day. There some debate perhaps but I didn't see he had much chance with their opener)

N'Gotty 3 (Schoolboy error to give away the penalty. Dribbling on the edge of your own penalty box is bad enough but to do so as last man is totally indefensible).

McAuley 2 (I've said he's slow and he demonstrated the fact in glorious technicolour today. At least Sheehan would have flattened the bloke before he got anywhere near the penalty box but McAuley decided he could catch him the scorer and would have been lapped had they gone much further. THe rest of his game wasn't much better)

Kisnorbo 5.5 (At least took responsibility in defence but Hull might have had four goals and Kisnorbo never looked in command).

Mattock 5.5. (At least held his position and tried to do his job. Marked well enough this week although Hull still got a few too many crosses in which might well have resulted in goals. Never really threatened going forward)

Kaebi 0 (What's he for? Almost every time he was in possession someone ran over him like a steamroller and left him in a heap as if they didn't know he was there. Made one half decent break and failed to deliver a productive final ball and cancelled that by giving a hospital pass to Clemence from which Hull might well have scored. Forever moved inside, contracting the space and thus limiting the passing opportunities for King and others.

Clemence 3.5 (Another sub-standard performance. Huffed and puffed but had no impact.)

King 6 (The only midfielder who tried to make quick, telling first time forward passes. Layed on a sitter for Cort at the end but Cort put his header woefully high from 10 or 12 yards when under no pressure at all. Tends to be one paced instead and to take a break occasionally but kept trying to play properly)

Sheehan 5.5 (Another early booking didn't help but he still offered our only hope of a breakthrough with his free-kicks. Trouble was, idiot Holloway gave him no targets. Hume and Fryatt are the worst possible options to exploit sheehan's ability and, when the manager did put Cort and John on, Sheehan was withdrawn. Utterly bizarre from a tactical point of view, especially when he left put Fryatt out wide on the left where he was dire.

Hume 4 (That's all four marks for effort because he made precious little headway)

Fryatt 2 (Just a striking non-entity today. Never looked like making anything happen).

Subs: Stearman 3 (I felt sorry for him. He must have felt like he'd enterted a disaster zone. McAuley couldn't pass to him from five yards but Stearman got all the blame and the stick just continued At least he tried to drive into attacking areas but we were so disjointed it was largely a lost cause and it was clear the verbals affected his confidence.).

John 3.5 (One good run and disappointing shot. Increased our threat slightly).

Cort 3.5 (Should have scored at the death and, despite his tame and wayward finish gave the impression, with John, that he would ask more questions than our first half attackers. But that's all and it still wasn't much).

Holloway 0 (That had to be one of the worst examples of managerial leadership I've ever witnessed. Ultra suggested to me that it seemed he had totally lost the dressing room and I can only agree. No-one seemed bothered. There was no energy in our team, no suggestion they felt up for the task. Holloway's initial selection and subsequent manipulating of the team made no sense at all. I noticed the name of Leicester City on the team bus and wondered when that name would reflect some pride once more because it was simply held up to ridicule today.).

Mattock, Sheehan and Stearman were utter dogshite today, and you know it.

[Bryn]

Mattock, Sheehan and Stearman were utter dogshite today, and you know it.

Mattock was probably a "cut above" by our standards today.

[Bert]

I started that.

A fair and honest assessment from Tommeh. The timing of the chant was perfect. Quick and punchy.

WE did actually.

Fulop 5

N'Gotty 4

McAuley 3 - Made to look a complete mug my Caleb Folan.

Kisnorbo 4

Mattock 5 - At least he looked like he wanted the fooker.

Sheehan 4 - One mistimed tackle limited his game.

Kaebi 4 - Too lightweight

Clem 6 - Lots of heart, better than his past few weeks.

King 5 - Tried the searching ball, which was good, shame it wasn't no the floor.

Hume 6 - Worked hard, got bullied by Hulls defenders.

Fryatt 4

John 4 - Lazy, springs to mind

Cort 4 Class first touch

Stearman 2

[Bert]

Thracian. Kaebi 0? Get a grip.

Why compare Sheehan to McAuley? If you're going to compare McAuley to anyone, do it with Kisnorbo, who made Folan look distinctly average when he was up against him.

[danny.]

Well I hope everyone's finally seen enough of Kaebi now.

Fulop: 6 (Saved the initial penalty, he and everyone else were second to react to the loose ball which was a reflection of the day. There some debate perhaps but I didn't see he had much chance with their opener)

N'Gotty 3 (Schoolboy error to give away the penalty. Dribbling on the edge of your own penalty box is bad enough but to do so as last man is totally indefensible).

McAuley 2 (I've said he's slow and he demonstrated the fact in glorious technicolour today. At least Sheehan would have flattened the bloke before he got anywhere near the penalty box but McAuley decided he could catch him the scorer and would have been lapped had they gone much further. THe rest of his game wasn't much better)

Kisnorbo 5.5 (At least took responsibility in defence but Hull might have had four goals and Kisnorbo never looked in command).

Mattock 5.5. (At least held his position and tried to do his job. Marked well enough this week although Hull still got a few too many crosses in which might well have resulted in goals. Never really threatened going forward)

Kaebi 0 (What's he for? Almost every time he was in possession someone ran over him like a steamroller and left him in a heap as if they didn't know he was there. Made one half decent break and failed to deliver a productive final ball and cancelled that by giving a hospital pass to Clemence from which Hull might well have scored. Forever moved inside, contracting the space and thus limiting the passing opportunities for King and others.

Clemence 3.5 (Another sub-standard performance. Huffed and puffed but had no impact.)

King 6 (The only midfielder who tried to make quick, telling first time forward passes. Layed on a sitter for Cort at the end but Cort put his header woefully high from 10 or 12 yards when under no pressure at all. Tends to be one paced instead and to take a break occasionally but kept trying to play properly)

Sheehan 5.5 (Another early booking didn't help but he still offered our only hope of a breakthrough with his free-kicks. Trouble was, idiot Holloway gave him no targets. Hume and Fryatt are the worst possible options to exploit sheehan's ability and, when the manager did put Cort and John on, Sheehan was withdrawn. Utterly bizarre from a tactical point of view, especially when he left put Fryatt out wide on the left where he was dire.

Hume 4 (That's all four marks for effort because he made precious little headway)

Fryatt 2 (Just a striking non-entity today. Never looked like making anything happen).

Subs: Stearman 3 (I felt sorry for him. He must have felt like he'd enterted a disaster zone. McAuley couldn't pass to him from five yards but Stearman got all the blame and the stick just continued At least he tried to drive into attacking areas but we were so disjointed it was largely a lost cause and it was clear the verbals affected his confidence.).

John 3.5 (One good run and disappointing shot. Increased our threat slightly).

Cort 3.5 (Should have scored at the death and, despite his tame and wayward finish gave the impression, with John, that he would ask more questions than our first half attackers. But that's all and it still wasn't much).

Holloway 0 (That had to be one of the worst examples of managerial leadership I've ever witnessed. Ultra suggested to me that it seemed he had totally lost the dressing room and I can only agree. No-one seemed bothered. There was no energy in our team, no suggestion they felt up for the task. Holloway's initial selection and subsequent manipulating of the team made no sense at all. I noticed the name of Leicester City on the team bus and wondered when that name would reflect some pride once more because it was simply held up to ridicule today.).

Completely biased, and therefore worthless review. Don't bother spending all that time typing it out next time.

[Thracian]

Thracian. Kaebi 0? Get a grip.

Why compare Sheehan to McAuley? If you're going to compare McAuley to anyone, do it with Kisnorbo, who made Folan look distinctly average when he was up against him.

It perfectly obvious why if you note what many of Sheehan's bookings have been for, and my point has nothing to do with Kisnorbo.

Kaebi did well to get 0 instead of less. The bloke was completely overrun. It must have been six times in succession he was fed the ball and as soon as the challenger came in he was down like he'd been hit with a cannonball. There was the good run I mentioned (and inconsequential low cross) but then there was the pathetically weak three yard pass to Clemence which so nearly cost a goal against. What else was there? In what way did he contribute. I can barely remember an attack of note from Leicester in the first half at all.

[Tevez]

It perfectly obvious why if you note what many of Sheehan's bookings have been for, and my point has nothing to do with Kisnorbo.

Kaebi did well to get 0 instead of less.

Kaebi has just been made into a scapegoat.

[Scow]

Opinions and all that, but giving Kaebi a 0 and Stearman a 3 is laughable.

How anyone can defend Stearman is beyond me. He was fooking appalling - even worse than his usual shite standards.

The only players to come out with any sort of credit were Fulop and King. You can't blame Fulop for the first and he made the save for the penalty. Apart from that, he didn't really have anything to do. King tried to get his foot on the ball but a lack of movement and quality by those around him didn't help.

Hull were not any better than us in terms of quality. They worked as a team and wanted it more. We had a group of individuals who couldn't give a shit.

[Cobbo]

Fulop - 7 - did nowt wrong and saved a bloody peno! Poor sod.

N'Gotty - 3

McAuley - 2

Kisnorbo - 3

Mattock - 4 (when doing a good overlap, get something more than a goal kick to the opposition!)

Kaebi - 5 - couple of good breaks but size let him down a bit

Clemence - 4 - can play much better, was poor but for some good passes to Mattock and Sheehan in the first half

King - 6 - wanted the ball and did ok considering how young he is.

Sheehan - 5

Hume - 4

Fryatt - 4

Subs:

John - 5

Cort - 4

Stearman - - that was total bollocks. He let the ball run out before controlling it, twice. Sliced one pass straight out and looked completely lacking in any confidence.

I would normally write more when I rate them, but I really can't be arsed!

[Thracian]

Fulop - 7 - did nowt wrong and saved a bloody peno! Poor sod.

N'Gotty - 3

McAuley - 2

Kisnorbo - 3

Mattock - 4 (when doing a good overlap, get something more than a goal kick to the opposition!)

Kaebi - 5 - couple of good breaks but size let him down a bit

Clemence - 4 - can play much better, was poor but for some good passes to Mattock and Sheehan in the first half

King - 6 - wanted the ball and did ok considering how young he is.

Sheehan - 5

Hume - 4

Fryatt - 4

Subs:

John - 5

Cort - 4

Stearman - - that was total bollocks. He let the ball run out before controlling it, twice. Sliced one pass straight out and looked completely lacking in any confidence.

I would normally write more when I rate them, but I really can't be arsed!

That slice came about because the ball bobbled horribly but no-one will mention that. As for the two passes he was virtually backed into a corner by McAuley who never took one touch today when five would do. You're right he lacked confidence though and I'm not surprised.

Almost an entire Leicester City side looked appalling yet there was barely a whisper against Fryatt, Kaebi, Clemence, McAuley for example. But the moment Stearman comes on it's non-stop vitriol. There were many to blame for our defeat and our ineptitude before Stearman today.

That said, he was pretty wretched.

[Tevez]

Andy King - Hit and Hope.

[Cobbo]

That slice came about because the ball bobbled horribly but no-one will mention that. As for the two passes he was virtually backed into a corner by McAuley who never took one touch today when five would do. You're right he lacked confidence though and I'm not surprised.

Almost an entire Leicester City side looked appalling yet there was barely a whisper against Fryatt, Kaebi, Clemence, McAuley for example. But the moment Stearman comes on it's non-stop vitriol. There were many to blame for our defeat and our ineptitude before Stearman today.

That said, he was pretty wretched.

Yes there were - and I feel that I have given ratings of 2 and 3's showing that I agree with this.

However, as you say, Stearman was wretched.

Another point actually, chasing a game, why would you take a striker off for a bad right back? we still had Hayes on the bench too!

[WetFlannel]

Andy King - Hit and Hope.

dont encourage him...

[Cobbo]

Andy King - Hit and Hope.

No no, that's Kisnorbo.

[The Reverend]

No no, that's Kisnorbo.

No no, thats all of them.

[Thracian]

Yes there were - and I feel that I have given ratings of 2 and 3's showing that I agree with this.

However, as you say, Stearman was wretched.

Another point actually, chasing a game, why would you take a striker off for a bad right back? we still had Hayes on the bench too!

I no more understood the substitution that you did. Hayes would have been the obvious choice. But then I didn't understand a lot of things Holloway did today if he really wanted to win the game.

[Bert]

It perfectly obvious why if you note what many of Sheehan's bookings have been for, and my point has nothing to do with Kisnorbo.

Kaebi did well to get 0 instead of less. The bloke was completely overrun. It must have been six times in succession he was fed the ball and as soon as the challenger came in he was down like he'd been hit with a cannonball. There was the good run I mentioned (and inconsequential low cross) but then there was the pathetically weak three yard pass to Clemence which so nearly cost a goal against. What else was there? In what way did he contribute. I can barely remember an attack of note from Leicester in the first half at all.

Yes. Either stupid late tackles, or professinoal fouls because he's been easily beaten.

All i was trying to get across, was Caleb Folan was up against McAuley then Kisnorbo today, why bring Sheehan into it?

That pass to Clem, if Clem had been looking, maybe it wouldn't have been dangerous. You're picking on Kaebi, because you have some vendetta against him, whilst, you try and make it sound that it's a good thing that Sheehan gets booked every other game. If he wasn;t so clumsy in the first place, 75% of his bookings wouldn't have been.

[Tommy G]

Theres no point even rating individuals. The fact is that we were comfortably beaten by Hull City FFS. That shows how dire we are. The whole team is to blame. Blame the captain more than anything!

[Dames]

Thrac has something against Kaebi (Maybe because he's forgien and played more international football then King or Sheehan) so he will always look to put him down at every oppurtunity.