Blackburn (H) - Back from the game

[Ian Royal]

I find it quite interesting that Pearce seems to still be getting stick and yet whoscored.com has him as our best player two games in a row.

Likewise I find it hilarious that someone wants to blame Jobi for Royston deciding not to take the freekick he was clearly there to hit and then coming back and just sulkily lobbing it up easily for the defence. People complain about McAnuff's set pieces frequently (and yet we score from his corners reasonably regularly) and then there's little complaint about Drenthe's set pieces.

Jobi had a poor game with end result and giving them the goal. But he was going all game, chasing back, taking on the full back, retaining possession better than more than half our other starters, joint most crosses, the only player to get a shot on target... albeit a shit one.

Compared to his detractors favourite McCleary, who managed a total of 3 crosses, scraped by with 50% pass accuracy and iirc horrifically skyed his only shot. Now he had a bad game, he barely featured in it. Which is a shame given how much damage he's done recently.

I guess this is the issue. McCleary's fans like him because he'll destroy teams sometimes and that's what they remember, completely forgetting teh games where he basically doesn't show up. But Jobi who is always getting stuck in gets criticism because when he does have a bad game he's still in the thick of it so his mistakes stick in the mind. He doesn't do quite as much overt damage when he's on form and so instead that is forgetten.

Yet you gave Jobi a 7 on your own Bus from the game thread?

Didn't realise he was at fault for the goal with that. Down to 6 knowing it.

If he plays badly enough WR, I'll give him a lower score. And I only bring up mccleary to show the double standards on display. Youll notice that despite saying he went missing I think I still gave him a 6

[WestRoyal]

How did you not realise he was not at fault for the goal. You went to the game right?

mccleary will put in a stunning performance and you will try to find the negatives to justify a lower rating
mcanuff puts in a bad performance and you find all the positives to mark him up

then you come back with Oh I didn't realise

At the end of the day player ratings don't mean anything but don't talk about double standards


I wonder what you'd be saying if jobi was doing what McCleary was doing and visa versa.
I thought Jobi was brilliant v qpr and millwall, I have no favouritism and I think the criticism he gets is well unjustified
But it seems to me that you have a bitterness towards McCleary because he is outperforming your mate Jobi


Below is what you said after the shef wed game about Jobi, was the dig at McCleary necessary:


His career is coming towards its end and he's not been at his best a lot of this season. But if you can appreciate the depth of the game and what goes on off the ball, you'll probably rate him. If not You'll just go McCleary amazeballs coz he run fast and shoot straight hur hur hur.

[melonhead]

At the end of the day your ratings don't mean anything




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i h8 to break it to you
but no ones player ratings really mean anything

[WestRoyal]

At the end of the day your ratings don't mean anything




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i h8 to break it to you
but no ones player ratings really mean anything

That's a shame

[Royal Biscuitman]

Ian Royal 7 - Kept going, Held his ground even when outnumbered 2-1
West Royal 6 - Caught out at least once stating the bleedin obvious, Defiantly at fault for a +1 post just to have the last word
bcubed 8 - Knowledge gained from reading other threads shows, caught Ian Royal out and forced him to back down
melonhead 7 - A good comeback in aide of Ian Royal

[melonhead]

[Ian Royal]

How did you not realise he was not at fault for the goal. You went to the game right?

mccleary will put in a stunning performance and you will try to find the negatives to justify a lower rating
mcanuff puts in a bad performance and you find all the positives to mark him up

then you come back with Oh I didn't realise

At the end of the day player ratings don't mean anything but don't talk about double standards


I wonder what you'd be saying if jobi was doing what McCleary was doing and visa versa.
I thought Jobi was brilliant v qpr and millwall, I have no favouritism and I think the criticism he gets is well unjustified
But it seems to me that you have a bitterness towards McCleary because he is outperforming your mate Jobi


Below is what you said after the shef wed game about Jobi, was the dig at McCleary necessary:


His career is coming towards its end and he's not been at his best a lot of this season. But if you can appreciate the depth of the game and what goes on off the ball, you'll probably rate him. If not You'll just go McCleary amazeballs coz he run fast and shoot straight hur hur hur.

That's not a dig at McCleary, that's a dig at the people who don't appreciate McAnuff because of a rather shallow appreciation of what it takes to be good..

I think you'll find I was glowing about McCleary after QPR.

"Didn't actually celebrate McCleary's goal. It was that good I just sat dumbfounded with my hands in the air. He's been really really good the last few games"

McCleary frustrates me because he's devastating some of the time and absent the rest. His defensive side and decision making is coming on massively with this run in the team though, which is what I've criticised him in the past for.

[WestRoyal]

How did you not realise he was not at fault for the goal. You went to the game right?

mccleary will put in a stunning performance and you will try to find the negatives to justify a lower rating
mcanuff puts in a bad performance and you find all the positives to mark him up

then you come back with Oh I didn't realise

At the end of the day player ratings don't mean anything but don't talk about double standards


I wonder what you'd be saying if jobi was doing what McCleary was doing and visa versa.
I thought Jobi was brilliant v qpr and millwall, I have no favouritism and I think the criticism he gets is well unjustified
But it seems to me that you have a bitterness towards McCleary because he is outperforming your mate Jobi


Below is what you said after the shef wed game about Jobi, was the dig at McCleary necessary:


His career is coming towards its end and he's not been at his best a lot of this season. But if you can appreciate the depth of the game and what goes on off the ball, you'll probably rate him. If not You'll just go McCleary amazeballs coz he run fast and shoot straight hur hur hur.

That's not a dig at McCleary, that's a dig at the people who don't appreciate McAnuff because of a rather shallow appreciation of what it takes to be good..

I think you'll find I was glowing about McCleary after QPR.

"Didn't actually celebrate McCleary's goal. It was that good I just sat dumbfounded with my hands in the air. He's been really really good the last few games"

McCleary frustrates me because he's devastating some of the time and absent the rest. His defensive side and decision making is coming on massively with this run in the team though, which is what I've criticised him in the past for.

Does Jobi never frustrate you because he is not devastating? How do you think Jobi's offensive side and decision making is coming on with his run in the team?
I know he works back well but I would consider him and attacking winger/midfielder.(serious question not being funny)

Maybe Adkins should drop mccleary for the next few games to get some of that hunger back and bring in Drenthe

[Ian Royal]

Like I've said, Jobi's not been at his best this season and he's waning. But he's still a threat. Not as devastating as McCleary can be or Kebe could be. But dependable and still contributes plenty. I'd rather he shot less and I'd like him to beat his man more. But he's consistently been one of our best providers and is still regularly contributing to goals.

McCleary doesn't deserve to be dropped on one bad game. Drenthe needs to earn his place by delivering off the bench. Not just looking dangerous for 10 minutes without producing an end product.