Player Ratings vs Leyton O

[lcfc_forever]

Musty Quote: King - 6 was fairly anonymous today...needed to help Oakley retain possession better in the centre of the park, but nevertheless took his goal really well - and isn't it great to finally have a midfielder that can score!

No! We desperately need a new Tiatto instead. Or even the old one back.

All of us want to see the players produced through the Academy to prosper but you have to be objective about their performances. All the top clubs have a player that breaks up opposition attacks and we really needed a player like that yesterday to stop their central midfield dominating the game as they did. It's not like we are lacking decent defensive midfielders - Hobbs, Kishichev, Wesolowski etc.

While Oakley struggled as well, you could see he was making the effort while King lacked discipline positionally and didn't pressure the ball enough. He clearly has quality shown by his goals this season but he needs to develop that other part of his game.

[Daggers]

Someone want to explain to me how I have a phone full of texts from people during the match slating Fryatt - and yet on here he is scoring 7's and 8's?

[Tilley]

Someone want to explain to me how I have a phone full of texts from people during the match slating Fryatt - and yet on here he is scoring 7's and 8's?

Probably because he should have scored in the first half, and was very unlucky when he hit the bar in the second half.

He has good yesterday.

[Fez of Mahrez]

Someone want to explain to me how I have a phone full of texts from people during the match slating Fryatt - and yet on here he is scoring 7's and 8's?

I was frustrated with him at half time for not taking his chances to put us clear and thought his best work came in the last 10 minutes, he held the ball up really well and provided a platform for us to go on and win it. A lot of the teams we have played this season would kill to have Fryatt up front - whatever happened in the Championship, we can only deal with the here and now, and he looks pure class in this team in this league.

When we play to our strengths and knock the ball through along the ground, we are at our most dangerous and Fryatt is the most important player on the pitch.

[Simi]

Someone want to explain to me how I have a phone full of texts from people during the match slating Fryatt - and yet on here he is scoring 7's and 8's?

I think that there is a filter on this forum for giving Fryatt below a 7, only seems to allow me to give him below that.

As for me...

Martin - 6 - Drop him.

Gilbert - 6

Tunchev - 8

Morrison - 6 - Drop him.

Powell - 7

Gradel - 6

Oakley - 5

King - 7

Dyer - 7.5

Fryatt - 6

Howard - 6

Subs

Adams - 7

Campbell - 7

[davieG]

Martin - 6

Gilbert - 5

Tunchev - 6

Morrison - 6

Powell - 5

Gradel - 5

Oakley - 6

King - 6

Dyer - 6

Fryatt - 6

Howard - 6

Subs

Adams - 6

Campbell - 6

[syston_fox]

King could bag a hat-trick of overhead kicks and provide the final pass for four other goals and still not get credit from some who seem to think we'd be better served with a team of diggers and combative old-timers.

Its this quote that sums up why people become frustrated with some of your posts in my opinion. If some of the non-youth academy players performed to that kind of standard scoring spectacular goals and things, you would still find a way of passing the credit onto someone else. I.E Levi Porter took the throw in that led to someone passing it to someone else who smashed it in from 50 yards.

None of us has anything against King and he's actually one of the more popular players in the team.

[Vo Rogue]

King could bag a hat-trick of overhead kicks and provide the final pass for four other goals and still not get credit from some who seem to think we'd be better served with a team of diggers and combative old-timers.

Their answer to the likes of Millwall is to match their aggression rather than to fast-pass em into oblivion. In an era where every committed tackle is a potential booking!

How easily they forget that hardcase Danny Tiatto completed a full season at City without being on the winning side once. Great bit of flag-carrying for get-stuck-in football that was and it didn't do much to stop of sliding towards near-footballing irrelevence either. Goals and assists (principal or secondary) from Danny? Not a lot.

If you think King can do miraculous things yesterday was a good time to do them. He didn't. Both centremids were again very ordinary and were once again outplayed by the opposition. A simple fact.

[Corky]

Someone want to explain to me how I have a phone full of texts from people during the match slating Fryatt - and yet on here he is scoring 7's and 8's?

He ran the channels well and was unlucky when he hit the bar in the second half. I couldn't believe Campbell nearly fluffed that chance, but fortunately Fryatt was there to force it in. Fryatt played well.

[Tilley]

Did anyone see the player ratings in the NOTW today?

Very generous, to say the least.

[Bert]

Did anyone see the player ratings in the NOTW today?

Very generous, to say the least.

Yep. Very very generous. Especially Oakley's 8.

[Tilley]

Yep. Very very generous. Especially Oakley's 8.

It was Gradel's 7 that baffled me at first glance.

[Joe.]

YES Lloyd.

[Corky]

King could bag a hat-trick of overhead kicks and provide the final pass for four other goals and still not get credit from some who seem to think we'd be better served with a team of diggers and combative old-timers.

And then there are those that overplay his role in the team and towards a victory. King did quite well yesterday, nothing spectacular but did his job. Lovely goal to finish off. No-one has got anything against him.

[General Smuts]

Ticket Office 0 - First, they told those who had booked their tickets to go to the main ticket office, and then to to smaller one at the away end. Then they told us they didn't have our tickets! They blamed City's booking office for not providing them the full list but surely they could have seen that more than eight people would have booked tickets for the game. The girl in the ticket office (who was quite cute) did not have a clue! It meant we all had to buy our tickets again and will have send those tickets to City's ticket office to get a refund - what a joke!

I was similarly shipped around by the Orient staff who were a bit woeful to be honest, literally walked all the way around the ground and was then told that i wanted the ticket office 10 yards from my turnstile. Twat it.

I was frustrated with him at half time for not taking his chances to put us clear and thought his best work came in the last 10 minutes, he held the ball up really well and provided a platform for us to go on and win it. A lot of the teams we have played this season would kill to have Fryatt up front - whatever happened in the Championship, we can only deal with the here and now, and he looks pure class in this team in this league.

When we play to our strengths and knock the ball through along the ground, we are at our most dangerous and Fryatt is the most important player on the pitch.

Why are you always right, i hate that.

[Thracian]

Its this quote that sums up why people become frustrated with some of your posts in my opinion. If some of the non-youth academy players performed to that kind of standard scoring spectacular goals and things, you would still find a way of passing the credit onto someone else. I.E Levi Porter took the throw in that led to someone passing it to someone else who smashed it in from 50 yards.

None of us has anything against King and he's actually one of the more popular players in the team.

Fryatt proves that notion wrong. No-one was more disillusioned with the guy over the last two seasons. He simply didn't do the business and his own comments show that he knows it.

This season - and that includes the close season - he's been a different player and I've been only too pleased to say so.

I hold Porter in high regard too but I don't think this has made me in any way critical of Dyer who seems an excellent signing. In fact my feeling on current form is that Porter should be more competition for Oakley than Dyer.

[Thracian]

It was Gradel's 7 that baffled me at first glance.

Oakley 8, Gradel 7! What is it marks out of 20? Presumably Fryatt and Dyer got about 15 apiece.

[The People's Hero]

Martin - 6

Brilliant save to push a powerful header over the bar. Seemed to see it late and his reactions were first rate once he had to move. Caught the ball well too - just a bit of suspect kicking and the lack of genuine Orient chances keep him to a solid 6.

Gilbert - 6

Suffered due to Gradel not being at the races today. Looks fit and strong though - and was surprised he played as had heard he was carrying a knock. Looks to have good commitment to getting forward and to getting back.

Tunchev - 8

I thought Tunchev was superb today. Anticipation was very good and in the second half, he had a lot to do as Morrison had a mad 10/15 minutes.

Morrison - 5.5

Good first half, poor second half. Problems seem to lie in positioning and anticipation. Plenty of passion and power about him - and he's only young. We'll see.

Powell - 7

Might be more exposed against genuine pace but today he did what he needed to do well. Good to see him often talking to Morrison/King/Gradel etc when able to.

Gradel - 3

Nothing came off for him today - and he didn't even try that much. Seemed scared to take the guy on - but his crossing and passing was appalling. Understandable with what's going on off the pitch. Good decision to take him off. He'll be back better.

Oakley - 6

Some very very neat touches and clever flicks but what we missed today was the things you expect from Oakley. He didn't win the ball enough. We never took it by the scruff of the neck in the middle. Worthy of a 6 - but capable of much more. We need more from Oakley.

King - 5

So frustrating. Two positive moments. 1 through ball for Fryatt AND the goal. Why does he fall over so much? He even celebrated his goal by falling over. His passing was abysmal today. On the rare moments Oakley won the ball, King gave it back to them. So often Adams/Dyer/Fryatt gave him options and he passed it towards Howard's feet (marked and hardly mobile). He needs to look wide more. Dyer was looking irrepressible and King often ignored him. Needs to do a lot more to warrant selection over Clemence/Weso or even Adams in the middle.

Dyer - 8.5

So direct. Always dangerous. Most good things about us came through him. Irrepressible and full of running. Technically he has some deficiencies, but his strength, pace and directness are invaluable at this level.

Howard - 7

Think he's getting short shrift from some. This was a good centre forward performance. The way we played today with trying to get quick balls for Fryatt/Dyer to pounce on was never going to play in to his hands, but he played some good balls, won a lot in the air and made enough of a nuisance of himself to allow space for others. Worthy of a 7 all day long for me. Good decision to withdraw him though as we upped the tempo he became less of a weapon.

Fryatt - 7.5

Always asking questions of the Orient defence. Always in space. Always making runs. Looks confident and we know he is able. Not vintage Fryatt yet by any means by twice the player we saw last year.

Adams - 6

Energetic and helped stretch the game. Wasted possession on a few occasions but obviously offers options on the flank. It was the right change to make and he was straight in to the action. Would have liked to see him take on their full back more often as by then he seemed to be blowing a bit.

Hobbs - 6

Didn't see enough to really rate - absence of glaring errors and the fact he looks massive ensure a 6 from me though.

Campbell - 7

Outside the box he looked a bloody good player, tricks, pace, energy, bit of vision, just appalling in front of goal. I'll give him a 7 through the benefit of the doubt in that I think he and Adams coming on with energy helped us win the game, and he edged it in terms of involvement. Needs a few goals and we might see a different player.