Murphy 6 - Didn't do much could have done better with second goal but good time wasting and came for crosses
Hussey 6.5- average games he was awful first 70 mins but after that was decent going forward and stopped them scoring at the very end.
Willis 8-good defending looks very promising didn't get forward much but very solid defensively
Edge 9 - Kept King totally quiet, very alert stopped king going through by chasing everything even when he had cramp and could hardly run great performance!!!
Brown 8- best game in a sky blue shirt he was solid won all his headers and cleared his lines well a couple decent passes as well
Kilbane 8- showing his exp today lead the team well always available for a pass and helped hussey and a scorcher of a goal, good through ball for cody to score
Jennings 8- didn't stop running always chose the right options, and solid a good signing
Barton 8-he's not had a pre-season as shaw said he's running on empty he is a good signings has a very good mind, can skin players and is very calm headed
Baker 10!- amazing absolutely amazing he ran at players with the ball he skined a very good birmingham side and his commitment today was top class well done baker (decided he's now going on my new shirt after tonight)
McDonald 8- well taken goal he looked dangerous didn't stop running and great commitment again.
Elliot 7- didn't stop running the entire 120 mins he was always up to the job he also helped for cody's goal if you noticed he pulled one of the CB's with him so kilbane could play the through ball
ball 6- didn't do a lot he should have scored (even though offside anyway) but again great commitment
christie 6- not match fit plainly obvious but i wont comment much he did his defensive duties
sheffers 6 - he had a point to prove tonight he showed his experience in time wasting and also did well defensively even though normally poor
Great game to watch, great result and good team togetherness i would be happy if that team started on Saturday maybe Clarke in but i don't mind if not !
team rating 9- started slow but grew into the game.
Murphy- 7 - Thought he was very commanding of his area today, when he claimed that long punt at the end was great. Some punches were not the greatest but he managed to punch them away from opposition players majority of the time
Willis- 6 - Thought he done well for a young man still learning the game, didn't attack much though and crossing was generally poor
Brown - 8 - For all the criticism he has come under recently he was brilliant tonight, barely put a foot wrong all night
Edge - 8 - King hardly had a kick. Nuff said!
Hussey -7 - Crossing was a great plus for me tonight, hardly wasted any crosses tonight which is always annoying as we know he can cross a ball
Jennings -8 - Work rate, energy an tackling was fantastic. Also seems confident on the ball
Barton -6 - I missed the Bury game but once again he didn't make a great impression on me tbh. I acknowledge he is unfit and won't pass judgement on him until he is fully fit
Kilbane -8 - Was visibly tiring in the second half and ET as Redmond was getting more 1v1 vs Hussey, two great moments of pure class an quality in the first half got us our two goals
Baker -9 - MOTM his performance epitomised the team performance tonight, work rate, commitment and conviction was second to none. Seemed to really believe himself and had the Birmingham defence in knots in times
Mcdonald -6 - Think I may be being harsh on this one, took his goal very well after being played in but I don't recall him doing much else
Elliott -8 - Was a constant thorn in the Birmingham defence with his constant running and wriggling, closing down the defence and running the channels tirelessly all night
Thought we were poor in the first 15 minutes and were lucky not to be 2 down, was thinking same old, same old. We then equalised with probably the best move of the match and scored another cracking goal. I felt we then were on top for the rest of the half and could have scored again a few times, I think we could feel a little hard done by to go into HT level.
The second half was a much more even game and very exciting and the game was going from end to end. We managed to get the decisive goal and saw out the game with excellent defending
The biggest difference tonight was not the formation or personal but the mentality. The work ethic, determination and effort given from all players was probably the best I have seen in a long time, I know the norm is that this is the minimum you expect but tonight the work rate went above the normal level. I think this may be something directly tried to be drilled in to the squad by Shaw and all players including the subs were willing to run themselves into the ground for the sake of their team mates. Even if we had lost tonight I don't think any of us could moan as all players left everything on the pitch.
Yea I haven't seen any goals on replay so it was possible that Brown may have been slightly at fault but if so it wasn't a howlerI really enjoyed tonight but i slightly disagree on Brown. I thought that he was culpable for both of their goals. I haven't seen the highlights yet, so i am willing to stand corrected.
In the second half, however he was immense as was The Edge. I would give Brown 7 and Edge 8 based on what i saw.
Our Midfield were excellent and Baker had his best game in our shirt. not many players have had me on my feet in recent seasons. He deserves his 10.
I actually thought that Elliot was a very close second. He chased and linked everything. I would give him a 9.
Jennings is our Terrier.8 for him
Well done to all the players tonight. It was an enjoyable experience compared to recent performances.
I like Barton, Zinadine ran his socks off, and remember, we have Fleck to come in to the squad.
Any fancy another jolly to Old Trafford??
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