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To come up with these figures we ask forum members to rate each player’s performance in the concerned game out of 10, which we then average out to get a rating representative of the fans’ views, we also collect a few user comments to summarise how the player did and show a few different viewpoints from the board. The top scoring player is man of the match; the lowest is mug of the match. This time 21 angry and disillusioned members cast their votes and shared their opinions.

This match saw us continue our terrible start to the year with our worst home defeat of the season, fourth home loss in a row and also our fourth match in a row without scoring. While blame can be widely spread throughout the side for shambolic performance, ultimately Tim Krul put in pretty much an inverse performance to his incredible effect in the reverse fixture, as the first 3 goals all came from sub-standard parries (following poor defensive work in the build-up). However in our fans’ eyes he wasn’t our worst player on the pitch, with Santon taking that honour with a rating of 2.08 for his 45 minutes on the pitch before tactical withdrawal, although the score was only 0-1 at that point in time.

In more positive news, Sammy Ameobi was once again our stand-out player, earning his third man of the match award in a row (and he narrowly missed out on one in the game before this streak) with a rating of just 5.76 standing out against a team average of 3.93, the lowest of the season so far. As you might expect, Pardew also came under heavy fire, also earning his lowest rating of the season, 1.84, as the calls for his head continue to grow in number and intensity. Continue reading →

Click here to go to the discussion thread by Beatski

To come up with these figures we ask forum members to rate each player’s performance in the concerned game out of 10, which we then average out to get a rating representative of the fans’ views, we also collect a few user comments to summarise how the player did and show a few different viewpoints from the board. The top scoring player is man of the match; the lowest is mug of the match. This time a measly 14 members cast their votes and shared their opinions, others no doubt too deflated by our current run of poor form to bother.

Despite our recent form against Chelsea, few were predicting anything but a loss and Newcastle duly delivered just that, being thoroughly undone by a master class performance from one of the brightest talents in football. After a 3 – 0 drubbing you don’t expect many high ratings, and indeed only one player came away from the match with anything above a 6. Our one silver lining was Sammy Ameobi, who is starting to look like that very elusive thing; an academy product that will cut it, earning an average rating of 6.75 and a host of plaudits besides.

Amongst the remaining dross, Yanga-Mbiwa emerges as the mug of the match after coming on as a first-half sub, although along with that many people are continuing to question the wisdom of playing him at right back when he has repeatedly put in poor showings there. Especially puzzling when you consider that he’s previously played well at CB, and that our current pairing are underwhelming to say the least. Continue reading →