last night ratings

[lincoln canary (& Golden Coppel) 0]

went to the game last night and was really dissapointed with the performance. first 5-10 minutes we started ok and put them under pressure but after that we just could not cope with the energy of paul green in centre midfield. we got no where near kris commons who ripped us to pieces all game, as did rob hulse who in my opinion is the best striker in this league. away fans were load when we sang, but roeder and co did not deserve the support we gave them and were rightly booed. all in all the first half was the worst performance i half seen from norwich in a long time, and derby should really have been 4 or 5 up.

any way heres my ratings

marshall 8 - could do litttle about the goals. Made a couple of great saves to prevent the scoreline looking worse

Omozusi 5 - offered nothing first halh and was repeatably skinned by commons. more of an attacking threat second half

bertrand 4 - Poor game, no composure on the ball, hurried clearances. looked shaky all game. time for drury to be recalled

kennedy 8 - Very classy defender, put his foot on the ball and tried to pass out of defence, put himself about.

stefanovic 6 - at times good, but seems to lose his marker occasionally. difficult job marking hulse and lost alot of headers.

croft 5 - awful first half, lucky not to get substituted at half time. came into life second half but still never beat his man once.

hoolahan 5 - People will slate him for this performance, but he is clearly lacking confidence. only player who tried to create although nothing came off.

russell 5 - all huff and puff. he never gets into space and every time he had the ball last night he was shielding it from a derby player and passing backwards becuase he is to easily marked.

clingan 7 - poor first half never got hold of the game. second half he got on the ball and looked classy, some nice passing and tackling and was alwasys available. shame he could not have done that first half.

sibierski 3 - awfull performance. did absoulutely nothing, barely won a header and was easy to mark. never drops to look for the ball.

lita 7 - always looked dangerous especialy second half. a couple of turns where his shear power just turned the defender. won his fair share of headers but missed a great oppurtunity when through on goal at 2-1.

subs

bell 7- looked dangourous and composed on the ball and produced some good deliverys from corners and crosses.

pattison 6 - battled hard and gave the midfield  a bit of bite. more composed on the ball then rusty.

 

 

[gazzathegreat 0]

Hi Lincoln, a bit harsh some of this I think, I don''t think the first half was our worst of the season (opposition considered) but the player ratings I broadly agree with.

I would have marked Steph with a 7, but you are spot on with Kennedy who was MOM for me. Bell was v good when he came on and if he had put in 90 mins like that he would have easily got MOM. I completely agree about Hoolahan, but think it''s not just confidence, he''s just not in tune with his team mates yet. He thinks too much (not a criticism I for one am pleased we have an intelligent thinking player in our midst again). He did manage quite a few sublime little passes, but most of them fell on empty grass. Importantly though we do have a player who can create and have to work on that. Russell tried but he''s not fit is he? Sibs didn''t do much agreed, but he didn''t fall over as much so I might be generous and give him a 4.

I wasn''t one of those who booed anyone. I think Roeder may have got some things wrong tonight but IMO he didn''t deserve to be booed. The team did try and get back into the game and pushed Derby for the majority of the match.