CITY Ratings v Watford (1 Viewer)

Mostly fair but I'd knock a point off Baker and Murphy. Baker was awful imo. Murphy was largely ok and certainly better than he has been but got really lucky with one he dropped in the second half.

Btw, anyone know why the ref didn't give a penalty against Christie? Looked a cert to me, did you have a better angle?

I was right infront of it! Had my head in my hands, looked like a bang on pen to me, no big appeals from the players or fans tho?

to be fair there were four nailed on penalties today, and the ref gave none of them.

Murphy -6- Good 1v1 save, made a muck up of a simple shot in the first half though. Luckily the follow up was offside
Christie -8- MOM for me. Got up and down the right really well, got to the by line once or twice and put in a few teriffic crosses, used his pace very effectively to cover the centre halves once or twice.
Keogh -7- Solid, good in the air
Cranie -7- Also looked solid and calm and composed
Hussey -6- Lacks the pace to beat his opposition full back meaning he rarely reaches the byline so any crosses come from deeper positions.
Gael -6- His quietest game for us by far, had one great shot which just went wide. One horrendous pass which put us in deep trouble at one stage
Clingan -7- Held things together well in the middle and started most of the attacks
Baker -6-Made a few silly mistakes with passes but generally I think he did ok, found pockets of space between the midfield and attack and grew into the game as it progressed
Bell -6- Had a quiet game for the first half, improved in the second half with a couple of lovely cross field passes and some very dangerous crosses.
ROD -4- Lots of effort but 0 quality, I could go out there and give my all and run around alot but am I a professional footballer? No - Not good enough for this level
Juke -6- Led the line well and had a good battle with the Watford CB but really should have had 2-3 goals. Had a 1v1 with Loach, should have scored in the scramble at the goal mouth and had a header which he should have done better with when headed over.

Eastwood -7- Had an obvious quality about him when he came on but looked knackered after 5 mins. One great volley where he was unlucky not to hit the target, if he can get himself fit and put in the effort he could be huge for us this year.

rob9872 said:

Mostly fair but I'd knock a point off Baker and Murphy. Baker was awful imo. Murphy was largely ok and certainly better than he has been but got really lucky with one he dropped in the second half.

Btw, anyone know why the ref didn't give a penalty against Christie? Looked a cert to me, did you have a better angle?

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This was the one in front of the Watford fans?
I was at the opposite end of the ground and thought it was a definite penalty from my end.

Agree with you CCFC, Christie was also MoM for me, great future prospect.

Exactly my thoughts mate. They really didn't make a big thing of it at all, but it looked a stick on to me. I also thought at the other end in the first half was a possible shout too (when he looked offside too but I was miles away). Makes a change to get a couple of decisions our way. I thought the ref handled all of it ok actually. Pulled players together and made them shake hands was good, very old school but earns respect and much better than brandishing cards.

Christie was great today and MOTM for me. However, I think people are being a little harsh on Hussey. I think he's developing nicely.