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Half of those players didn’t even play today
I realised that. Can you rate the players by game ? I will be putting up summaries at regular intervals to look for trends good and bad.I rated as the season up to now not on one game.
To be fair the 3 from Zomb is somewhat agenda based. Dunno if there was anyone else who scored him a 3? (and 50% worse than anyone else in their ratings)Interesting Hojbjergs ratings range from 3 to 7. That's very poor to good. He is a player who divides opinion for sure.
He was awful. I think he’s toxic but will mark him up when it’s deserved. He’s had a few 7’s and 8’s alongside Bentacur when he’s looked good, but generally I hate the sight of himTo be fair the 3 from Zomb is somewhat agenda based. Dunno if there was anyone else who scored him a 3? (and 50% worse than anyone else in their ratings)
It may have gone unnoticed but Hojbjerg did set up a goal with a powerful directed attacking header around the half way line. It found Kane and it seemed intentional, Kane then set up Son for his goal with the up and under flick.He was awful. I think he’s toxic but will mark him up when it’s deserved. He’s had a few 7’s and 8’s alongside Bentacur when he’s looked good, but generally I hate the sight of him
I want a CM to do the basics well, G and A are nice to haves….. good passing, being brave to take the ball and moving it quickly are must haves imoIt may have gone unnoticed but Hojbjerg did set up a goal with a powerful directed attacking header around the half way line. It found Kane and it seemed intentional, Kane then set up Son for his goal with the up and under flick.
My mark sheet for Hojbjerg reads.....
First half....poor pass, good pass, good pass, good shot, poor touch, good pass, good pass, good defending, good defending, good pass, lost ball, good pass
Second half.....Good strength, good attacking header set up goal, good pass.
I only mark what I see, I may have missed the odd incident and don't necessarily mark poor positional play and movement because that's not always possible on TV .
PEH was really bad against palace, especially by his standards. He’s usually a 6 at least. So I can’t blame Zomb for this one.
I probably would have given a 4.
Perhaps most frustrating to me is when he can’t make a simple pass or trap. It happens from time to time for him and he had several of those against CP. Every time his lack of technical ability rears its head, it just convinces me further that he can’t be an automatic starter in a best XI if we hope to break into the top 3. He’s just not good enough defensively to be technically inadequate.The media/ web him rated 6.30 . A rival site not finalised yet but looking like 6 ish. I'm not calling anyone out as right or wrong. The only thing I would say is....a two man MF is going to be under pressure, perhaps its no coincidence Skipp was lowly rated also.
I understand but ratings are for the player on the day. What's gone is gone, clean slate and all that. It's difficult sometimes to see the good if a player is not liked.Perhaps most frustrating to me is when he can’t make a simple pass or trap. It happens from time to time for him and he had several of those against CP. Every time his lack of technical ability rears its head, it just convinces me further that he can’t be an automatic starter in a best XI if we hope to break into the top 3. He’s just not good enough defensively to be technically inadequate.
A Useful squad player no doubt, though.
Settling for players like him and thinking they are top players is why we persisted with winks and others for so long. So perhaps I have a bias that others rate him too highly and so I rate him extra low to offset it. If PEH is a top 5 player at a club, that club is going nowhere.
Look, I know you're new around here so I'm going to cut you some slack. But you need to buck up sharpish.If you look at the ratings tables at the start of the thread Hojbjerg is up there in most. He's consistently a top 5 player across 3 seasons . We got CL last season and did ok this season until injuries hit us.
He has even added goals to his resume this season by adapting his game to attack more. On that basis he has improved under Conte despite being under the cosh in MF most of the time.